This week's video spotlight is a special one, because I've got not one, but two videos to share! This month marks the 30th anniversary of the live-action Flintstones film, and I have three posts dedicated to celebrating it, starting with today's entry. These are two commercials from Mcdonald's (rechristened as RocDonald's to go with the film's stone-age setting) that were released to promote their tie-ins to the movie. The first one presents both the Grand Poobah Super-Size meal, as well as a special RocDonald's T-shirt, probably now available at a thrift store near you.
This second one advertises a line of four Flintstones glass mugs that the fast-food chain was offering at the time. I'm guessing these sold pretty well, as barely a year later, McDonald's would do another line of mugs for Batman Forever, a similarly big summer blockbuster. This ad, like the prior one, also features an appearance from Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble. Anyone here who had any of these mugs back in the day?
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