Mac Tonight also made a cameo in a Big Mac commercial in 1988,ĭuring the late 1980s through the early 1990s, people in Mac Tonight costumes used to greet McDonald's customers, along with people appearing as Ronald McDonald, Grimace and other characters. A number of three-inch hard plastic Mac Tonight toys were available in Happy Meals. Doug Jones played Mac Tonight in twenty-seven of them. The original campaign in the United States included twenty-nine commercials, initially airing from 1986 to 1997. Talk show host (and onetime McDonald's employee) Jay Leno often makes references to his likeness to Mac Tonight and promos for his show during the credits of NBC programming show his face as a moon. Mac Tonight no longer appears in commercials in the United States, but pictures and statues of him can still be seen in some McDonald's restaurants. "When the clock strikes half past six, babe Time to head for golden lights It's a good time for the great taste - dinner! At McDonald's, it's Mac Tonight Come on, make it Mac Tonight!". "When the stars come out to play, babe A twinkling show, ooh - dinner! - out of sight Yeah, the night time is golden light time - big dipper! At McDonald's (showtime), it's Mac Tonight!" Other lyrics include this set from a 1987 commercial The song that played over the advertisements, called "It's Mac Tonight", was also a variant on that song, but with McDonald's-themed lyrics, such as those featured in the original 1986 commercial: The name was a play on words of the song "Mack the Knife", made popular in America by Bobby Darin. He had a crescent moon for a head, wore a suit and sunglasses, and was depicted as being a jazzy lounge singer. The only McDonald's advertising character not to appear in McDonaldland commercials, he was intended to advertise McDonald's late night hours to adults.
Mac Tonight was a mascot introduced by McDonald's restaurants in 1986. Has appeared in many TV/print ads for McDonald's in the 1980s
Man with a crescent moon for a head wearing a black suit and sunglasses
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