Today's Michael Berry Show is sponsored by Bergerchef.

Bergerchef was an American fast food restaurant chain.

It began operating in 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

It expanded throughout the United States

and in its peak in 1973 had over 1,000 locations,

including some of those locations being located in Canada.

In 1972, the chain introduced the fun burger.

It was a hamburger with packaging that included puzzles

in a small toy.

The following year, though, the chain introduced the fun meal.

The world's very first kids meal that included a burger,

french fries, a drink, a cookie, and a small toy.

With expanded packaging that included stories

about the adventures of the chain's two mascots,

Bergerchef and the chef's juvenile sidekick Jeff.

But it didn't just stop with stories about the mascots.

No, sir, it also told stories about their friends

like the magician Bergerini, a vampire count fang burger,

a talking ape, burger rilla, and cackle burger.

Yep, you guessed it, that was a witch.

That just seems wild, though, right?

I mean, no one thought it was odd that a grown man

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