YumChums (partially lost British McDonald's TV commercials; 2004)
In 2004, McDonald's in the UK had made a few television advertisements for kids to keep healthy. This would feature a British version of Ronald McDonald and a few cartoon characters named the Yum Chums.
Adverts
These series of adverts go like this: It would show Ronald McDonald at a gym. Then it would show what is inside his stomach, pitch black with cartoon-like eyes saying if they're ready. Then it would fade into a colourful environment with the Yum Chum gang:
- A purple blobby character who is on his skateboard.
- A female character who has a swirly tail and likes dancing.
- A small, smart green creature with glasses.
- A big, brown hairy monster.
- A smaller, blue monster with a baseball cap.
All these characters would sing about the joy of being healthy and they would sing one of these songs.
- 5 a Day: Nothing is known much about this advert, but it had all of the gang high-fiveing each other singing "Five! Gimme five! Gimme gimme gimme five a day!". One part had the big monster growing an apple stem on top of his head. Lyrics were found on a website titled 'CreamCheese'.
- Drinking water: This advert had the characters had the characters swimming in water whilst singing a song entitled 'Water! You know you oughta!'. One part featured the green character drinking water from a bottle and telling viewers to drink lots of water.
- Exercising: Nothing is known.
Lyrics
Don't let your yumchums get glum, put healthly stuff in your tum! Think about the things you eat, dont give us toooo many treats! Run about, jump around and play and you will feel yummy everyday.
We're looking for our veggies, 5 a day is what we need. We've got to have our veggies today, hey hey!
We're feeling kinda fruity, come on now be good to me! We've got to have'em all to play, hey hey!
We're looking for our veggies, 5 a day is what we need. We've got to have our veggies today, hey hey!
5, gimme 5. Gimme gimme gimme 5-a-day! 5, gimme 5. Gimme gimme gimme 5-a-day!
We're feeling kinda fruity, come on now be good to me! We've got to have'em all to play, hey hey HEY!
Five a day lyrics
Today
Right now, there has been no footage of the advertisement. But there have been forum posts in the past talking about how annoying this advert was. The picture above was found in a McDonalds Brochure, albeit split in half.
Links
http://web.archive.org/web/20041212001742/http://www.yumchums.co.uk/