The Michael Barry Show, a quick story. The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in 1948 in San Bernardino, California.

You tend to think of McDonald's as the pioneer fast food franchise restaurant.

But by the time that first McDonald's, they hadn't even started franchising it, opened.

There were already over 100 dairy queens. Because 10 years prior to that opening,

in Molene, Illinois, John Fremont McCullough and his son, Alex developed a way to make soft

serve ice cream. They convinced a friend off of the product at his ice cream store in nearby

Kankakee, Illinois. My dad's people are from Kankakee. I did not know this. Actually, my dad was born

in Moments, Illinois, but his people are from Kankakee. They convinced a friend to offer the

product at his ice cream store in nearby Kankakee, Illinois. And it was an immediate smash hit with

his customers, realizing they had a great business opportunity, but needing a better way to

dispense the ice cream. The McCullough's soon discovered a freezer invented by Harry Olts

of Hammond, Indiana, that dispensed a steady flow of ice cream.

Ramon, we take it for granted now, but can you imagine what it was like the first time you pull

that knob and then when blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, it came right out and there you and then

they taught you to make the cone on this world. Can you imagine how cool you were if you worked

at the first dairy queen in your town? Not just kids, adults would have pulled up to watch you make

that swirl. Oh, man. And I will be honest with you. And I think this is something that's wrong with

me, but I bet you there's a lot of people out there like this. Every single time she turns that

blizzard upside down, I deeply intensely hope that it goes plunk because the look on her face

would be worth it, but it never happens. The McCullough's open the first dairy queen taking

its name from the term the elder McCullough used for cow in Juliet Illinois, which you know of

from the Blues Brothers. On June 22nd, 1940, 33 years ago yesterday, 1947, they had over 100

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