The hamburger was just a mascot, but Jerome Jacobson was the real deal, a McDonald's

security chief who almost pulled off the ultimate inside job.

Hi, I'm Misha Brown, the host of Wondery's podcast, The Big Flop.

Each week, comedians join me to chronicle pop culture's biggest failures and try to answer the age-old question,

Who thought this was a good idea? At the time, the McDonald's collab with Monopoly was a genius

idea. Come get a Big Mac and you could go home with a million-dollar prize piece. The only problem?

When they picked their head of security, the one guy in charge of protecting

those million-dollar pieces. Let's just say, McDonald's drew the wrong card. Comedians,

Ifiwa Diway and Beth Stelling join me to break down what really went down with the McDonald's

Monopoly scandal. You're about to hear a preview of The Big Flop.

Watch full episodes of the Big Flop on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcast.

Remember when a big, beautiful family-sized house cost $250,000?

Something like that today would be, what? Triple the price. Well, imagine,

you get that house for free. Grandpa gets a million dollars and your best friend wins a brand

new car, all thanks to the McDonald's Monopoly game. If that sounds too good to be true,

that's because it is.

Unless, of course, you're the Robin Hood of scammers,

or I guess in this case the hamburger of scammers.

Let's get into it, besties.

It's the monopoly game, only at McDonald's, with over 50 million prizes.

It's supersized excitement.

For years and years, the game was compromised.

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