Hey gang, just a few words from someone who has a pair of those big red magic shoes sitting beside me. Make no mistake, I want to make this point perfectly crystal clear; There are a great many wonderful hardworking people who work for McDonald's Corp. that contribute to our society in so many good ways. These folks are just trying to make a living, I would never, ever want anyone to confuse my problems and issues with McDonalds to having anything negative to say about these people. My proble...

Ronald's note from the Road JoeMaggard Sep 09, 01:42 PM [ Reply ] Hey everybody, greetings and salutations from out here on the road in the heartland of America. First and foremost, lets keep our friends down in Florida in our prayers and wish em well. Next, Lets all not forget that the SuperSizeMe DVD will be out on 9-28, so pass the good word to everyone you see to be on the lookout for it and lets put this wonderful movie in every house in America. As an actor I will be voting fo...

The Wall Street Journal CareerJournal OpinionJournal RealEstateJournal StartupJournal WSJbooks CareerJournalAsia CareerJournalEurope

Joe Maggard Add contact/agent Date of birth (location) 8 December 1955 Lynch, Kentucky, USA IMDbPro Professional Details Filmography as: Actor, Notable TV Guest Appearances Actor - filmography (1990s) (1980s) Ruby Bridges (1998) (TV) .... State Patrolman Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) .... Man at Cafe Sophie and the Moonhanger (1996) (TV) .... Andy Palmer One Christmas (1994) (TV) .... Dixon Hobbs Love Field (1992) .... Redneck Wild Card (1992) (TV) ...

Ronald McDonald From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ronald McDonald is a character, created in 1963, to advertise McDonald's restaurant chain. Depicted as a smiling, friendly clown in a village of food-related characters, he appeared in many vignettes creating a safe, pleasant fantasy for children. The highly successful advertising campaign continues to draw in parents who succumb to the pleas of their young children for a Happy Meal or other treats from McDonalds. Many of the restaur...

All Press Releases for June 17, 2004 Ronald Sues McDonalds Actor Joe Maggard, who played Ronald McDonald, has filed a Lawsuit in Federal Court in Raleigh NC against McDonalds and Leo Burnett Advertising for fraud. Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) June 17, 2004 -- Today Actor Joe Maggard(Matlock,Love Field,One Christmas) announced he filed a Lawsuit(Case No. 7:04-CV-117-FL(1)) against McDonald's Corp. and Leo Burnett Advertising in Federal Court in Raleigh NC on June 9th 2004. Mr. Maggar...

Scarlett Johansson's says McNO JoeMaggard May 16, 03:11 PM [ Reply ] Monday, 16 May , 2005, 13:10 London: Actress Scarlett Johansson was so shocked after watching documentary 'Super Size Me' that she stopped eating junk food at McDonald's. "I don't go to McDonald's anymore. After I saw 'Super Size Me' - no way," femalefirst quoted Scarlett as saying. The actress, who has been linked to Josh Hartnett, also claimed that she is happy being single. "I'm single and busy. It's nic...

EXCLUSIVE Small Mac and skinny fries FULL NEWS INDEX By CLODAGH HARTLEY McDONALD’S has been accused of super-sized hypocrisy after banning fat people from new TV ads. In a leaked memo, the casting company providing actors was told to ensure they were all were small fry. The importance of having no fat people was even outlined in capital letters. It read: “Because this is McDonald’s, it is important that all artists submitted to us are NOT FAT OR OVERWEIGHT in any wa...

Did McDonald's Dump Ronald? August 10, 2004 Ronald McDonald made fans laugh in his commercials, but now the man who claims he was the guy behind the makeup says he's got a big beef with the Golden Arches, claiming he was given the work he was promised. Joe Maggard says he made three spots as Ronald McDonald, spokes-clown for the worldwide fast-food chain McDonald's. Originally hired as a stand in, Maggard says he was given the main role after the original Ronald came to work drunk. "...

A couple pages on being and playing Ronald McDonald. I guess the first thing I noticed was the handlers, people who's job it is to make sure Ronald is always looking for any and every opportunity to polish the image of McDonalds. There are usually three "producers" from the Agency, in my case Leo Burnett in Chicago. The marketing technique McDonalds uses is to pick different groups, such as the current push toward the Latino Market. It is not wasted on McDonalds that the Latino's are now ...