The Best Idea Yet 🍟 The Happy Meal: A Delicious McMystery

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Episode #1 of our new show… The Best Idea Yet. We’re serving it up here early for the Besties & Yetis.

For future episodes of TBIY, subscribe/follow here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/

The Happy Meal is the most successful meal in human history. With over 35 billion units sold, or about four for every person on Earth, McDonald’s iconic “Food and Fun in a Box” has also made the company a bigger toy distributor than Hasbro or Mattel (and maybe even Santa). But few know the Happy Meal’s contested origin story. Was the creator a mom of five in Guatemala, an ad man from Kansas City, or a forgotten franchise called “Burger Chef”? Spoiler, it wasn’t Grimace. Hear how McDonald’s perfected a strategy called the “window of loyalty,” and visit a little place called “Hamburger University.” Listen to find out why The Happy Meal is the best idea yet!

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet for the untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with, and the bold risk takers who brought them to life.

Episodes drop every Tuesday, subscribe here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/

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0:00.0	This is Jack. It's Friday, October 11. And today's part is
0:05.8	The Best Idea Yet.
0:08.8	Ladies, we've been telling you all week about our new show,
0:12.0	TBIY, the best idea yet episode one drops worldwide next
0:16.8	Tuesday October 15 but that's four days away so far away so we wanted to whip up
0:22.1	something special for you right here.
0:24.3	Today, right now actually, Jack.
0:27.0	Episode one is about to play for you.
0:29.5	That's right, we got the episode early just for our T-boy listeners for the Yetis out there. We hope you enjoy episode number one of our brand new show
0:37.9	We've actually recorded a dozen of these episodes already. Yeah, we have. They're incredible, but this episode is the best one yet.
0:44.6	Of the best idea yes. Thanks for clarifying. You're welcome. Now to listen to this new show every week,
0:50.4	you'll have to subscribe to the new show page and we drop the link in this episode
0:54.3	description.
0:55.3	That's pretty simple right Jack.
0:56.7	Simply tap to follow wherever you listen to your pots, it's free.
0:59.8	It'll be in the feed every week for it.
1:01.4	Because Jack and I found the most surprising stories behind the most viral products of all time.
1:07.2	And each week, Nick and I will tell those wild stories, T-boy style, in our 45-minute show.
1:13.0	So besties, yeah it is.
1:14.2	Subscribe now to the best idea yet wherever you get your pods.
1:17.6	Now sit back and enjoy this special early drop of episode number one,
1:21.8	the McDonald's Happy Meal.
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