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(People Magazine)   Sarah Michelle Gellar recalls the time McDonald's sued her. And not fondly, since she was five years old at the time   (people.com) divider line
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Lambskincoat [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 4:10:46 PM  
So that's how she turned Republican.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 4:18:59 PM  

Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.


Maybe in the past.

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west.la.lawyer [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 4:23:35 PM  
Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 4:29:26 PM  

Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.


Oh no..... no Sarah.

Is this true?!?
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 4:35:51 PM  

SpectroBoy: Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.

Oh no..... no Sarah.

Is this true?!?


I don't know about local elections, but nationally she noped the f*ck out after Trump.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 4:38:54 PM  

GardenWeasel: SpectroBoy: Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.

Oh no..... no Sarah.

Is this true?!?

I don't know about local elections, but nationally she noped the f*ck out after Trump.


So she's not Sorbo level crazy.
That's nice.
 
Myrdinn [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 5:08:36 PM  

SpectroBoy: Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.

Oh no..... no Sarah.

Is this true?!?


The OTHER Buffy is the pants-on=head-and-blazing-a-fire Republican.
Geller is the good Buffy.
 
Myk-House of El [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 5:23:45 PM  
So I opened TFA and thus downloaded pictures of Sarah Michelle Gellar.  Thank goodness I am not living in my parents cellar.
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:25:24 PM  
Even David Byrne thinks that cost is ridiculous


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tembaarmswide [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:26:10 PM  

Myrdinn: SpectroBoy: Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.

Oh no..... no Sarah.

Is this true?!?

The OTHER Buffy is the pants-on=head-and-blazing-a-fire Republican.
Geller is the good Buffy.


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Nick el Ass
2023-02-07 5:30:04 PM  

SpectroBoy: GardenWeasel: SpectroBoy: Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.

Oh no..... no Sarah.

Is this true?!?

I don't know about local elections, but nationally she noped the f*ck out after Trump.

So she's not Sorbo level crazy.
That's nice.


Kevin Sorbo isn't crazy he is without a doubt one of the stupidest living people on Earth.
 
freakingmoron
2023-02-07 5:30:58 PM  

jlee4677: Even David Byrne thinks that cost is ridiculous


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Same as it ever was...
 
Cthulhu Theory
2023-02-07 5:31:48 PM  
Guys, guys, guys... this is the important thing right here:

"And what I learned on that day is that when they make the burgers for commercials, they glue each seed on it to make it look all perfect and beautiful, and then they shellac it, and they paint it. You guys, TV is not real," said Gellar.

Did you all know this?! Why am I always the last to find out!?
 
InfoFreako
2023-02-07 5:35:18 PM  
Why sur the actor? Did they think a 5 year old wrote a Burger King ad?

Actually, that's plausible.
 
Jake Havechek [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:35:33 PM  

Cthulhu Theory: Guys, guys, guys... this is the important thing right here:

"And what I learned on that day is that when they make the burgers for commercials, they glue each seed on it to make it look all perfect and beautiful, and then they shellac it, and they paint it. You guys, TV is not real," said Gellar.

Did you all know this?! Why am I always the last to find out!?


Let's see if Sarah will take a selfie the moment she rolls out of bed to prove how fake TV is.
 
Petit_Merdeux [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 5:36:01 PM  
This was this big campaign that I did for Burger King and I was 5," Gellar recounted. "And I was the first person to say another competitor's name in a job, and so McDonald's turned around and sued the advertising agency, Burger King and me at 5."

So...she mentioned McDonalds int he BK commercial and McDonalds sued her?
 
holdmybones
2023-02-07 5:41:28 PM  

west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.


I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.
 
Shagbert [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:46:10 PM  

holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.


Same, except I'm 49 and it was in West London, England.
 
Shagbert [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:47:45 PM  

Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.


Wrong Buffy. That's Kristy Swanson.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 5:47:58 PM  

Myrdinn: SpectroBoy: Lambskincoat: So that's how she turned Republican.

Oh no..... no Sarah.

Is this true?!?

The OTHER Buffy is the pants-on=head-and-blazing-a-fire Republican.
Geller is the good Buffy.


Whew.
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:49:43 PM  

Shagbert: holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.

Same, except I'm 49 and it was in West London, England.


The McDs with the child playgrounds had plenty of kid parties.
 
Bslim [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:56:31 PM  
Whomever styled her and shot that picture in TFA should be banned from the industry and then beaten to death.
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2023-02-07 5:57:59 PM  

Petit_Merdeux: This was this big campaign that I did for Burger King and I was 5," Gellar recounted. "And I was the first person to say another competitor's name in a job, and so McDonald's turned around and sued the advertising agency, Burger King and me at 5."

So...she mentioned McDonalds int he BK commercial and McDonalds sued her?


Apparently it was the first TV commercial to directly name a competitor and I'm guessing McDonald's wanted to set a precedent.
 
west.la.lawyer [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:58:37 PM  

jlee4677: Shagbert: holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.

Same, except I'm 49 and it was in West London, England.

The McDs with the child playgrounds had plenty of kid parties.


ah... I'm pre-playplace generation.  That makes sense.
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 6:00:08 PM  

west.la.lawyer: jlee4677: Shagbert: holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.

Same, except I'm 49 and it was in West London, England.

The McDs with the child playgrounds had plenty of kid parties.

ah... I'm pre-playplace generation.  That makes sense.


I am 54 but have a daughter who attended said parties.
 
austerity101
2023-02-07 6:19:43 PM  

jlee4677: Even David Byrne thinks that cost is ridiculous


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The overcoat fits her just fine. It's double breasted, so there's gonna be a lot of fabric.

The stupid part is that she didn't take the f*cking label off the sleeve. You're supposed to remove it. It's only basted on so that you can see the maker of the coat on the rack without digging inside it.

And for the love of f*ck, pull out the basting stitches in the vents in the back of your jackets, people! They're only there to keep the shape during shipping/selling until you buy it. What the hell.
 
blondambition [OhFark]
2023-02-07 6:32:11 PM  

Cthulhu Theory: Guys, guys, guys... this is the important thing right here:

"And what I learned on that day is that when they make the burgers for commercials, they glue each seed on it to make it look all perfect and beautiful, and then they shellac it, and they paint it. You guys, TV is not real," said Gellar.

Did you all know this?! Why am I always the last to find out!?


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Bith Set Me Up
2023-02-07 6:48:08 PM  
Those ads also had Lea Thompson and Elisabeth Shue.

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djfitz
2023-02-07 7:08:41 PM  

Bith Set Me Up: Those ads also had Lea Thompson and Elisabeth Shue.

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I'm guessing SMG is the 5 yo in the picture. Lea Thompson is to her left and Elisabeth Shue is to LT's left?
 
Dick Gozinya
2023-02-07 7:17:46 PM  

austerity101: jlee4677: Even David Byrne thinks that cost is ridiculous


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The overcoat fits her just fine. It's double breasted, so there's gonna be a lot of fabric.

The stupid part is that she didn't take the f*cking label off the sleeve. You're supposed to remove it. It's only basted on so that you can see the maker of the coat on the rack without digging inside it.

And for the love of f*ck, pull out the basting stitches in the vents in the back of your jackets, people! They're only there to keep the shape during shipping/selling until you buy it. What the hell.


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The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 7:18:33 PM  

holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.


I am 44 and remember them well....my 7th birthday was at one.  IIRC, we threw bean bags into the mouth of a Grimace was was made from plywood.
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 7:19:33 PM  
Q:  Why did everyone leave Burger King?

A:  Because the King let out a Whopper.
 
Gooch [BareFark]
2023-02-07 7:20:16 PM  

djfitz: Bith Set Me Up: Those ads also had Lea Thompson and Elisabeth Shue.

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I'm guessing SMG is the 5 yo in the picture. Lea Thompson is to her left and Elisabeth Shue is to LT's left?


And the cinematographer was...

...you guessed it, Frank Stallone
 
talkertopc [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 7:20:52 PM  

west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.


I'm 59 and I think I was around 12 or 13 the first time I ate at McDonald's. I had never heard of that chain and I'm only 75% sure it was a McDonald. The only thing I vaguely remember was that there was no table service and that the hamburger buns had seeds on them.
 
SBinRR [OhFark]
2023-02-07 7:37:25 PM  

west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.


I'm 56 and these weren't a thing with my peers, but my 50 year old sister attended quite a few, and probably had one herself.
 
HighlanderRPI
2023-02-07 7:45:28 PM  

Cthulhu Theory: Guys, guys, guys... this is the important thing right here:

"And what I learned on that day is that when they make the burgers for commercials, they glue each seed on it to make it look all perfect and beautiful, and then they shellac it, and they paint it. You guys, TV is not real," said Gellar.

Did you all know this?! Why am I always the last to find out!?


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Sliding Carp [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 7:57:10 PM  

Bith Set Me Up: Those ads also had Lea Thompson and Elisabeth Shue.


They could sell me a sandwich.

/sorry
//I'm not always a pig
///
 
rga184
2023-02-07 8:21:41 PM  

Myk-House of El: So I opened TFA and thus downloaded pictures of Sarah Michelle Gellar.  Thank goodness I am not living in my parents cellar.


Hey fella, I should do the world a favor and cap you like old yeller.
 
Barricaded Gunman
2023-02-07 8:21:59 PM  

holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.


Same, but Michigan. Might be more of a Midwest thing. But this part here is what stuck out as odd to me:

"It was tough because, when you're a little kid, McDonald's is where all your friends have their birthday parties, so I missed out on a lot of apple pies," Gellar said told the outlet.

Who under the age of 70 goes to McDonald's for the apple pies?
 
rga184
2023-02-07 8:26:06 PM  

austerity101: jlee4677: Even David Byrne thinks that cost is ridiculous


[Fark user image image 425x637]

The overcoat fits her just fine. It's double breasted, so there's gonna be a lot of fabric.

The stupid part is that she didn't take the f*cking label off the sleeve. You're supposed to remove it. It's only basted on so that you can see the maker of the coat on the rack without digging inside it.

And for the love of f*ck, pull out the basting stitches in the vents in the back of your jackets, people! They're only there to keep the shape during shipping/selling until you buy it. What the hell.


Ok, i have no idea what you're talking about but I want to know.  Can you explain with pictures maybe?  Because this might apply to me.
 
revrendjim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 8:27:46 PM  

Barricaded Gunman: holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.

Same, but Michigan. Might be more of a Midwest thing. But this part here is what stuck out as odd to me:

"It was tough because, when you're a little kid, McDonald's is where all your friends have their birthday parties, so I missed out on a lot of apple pies," Gellar said told the outlet.

Who under the age of 70 goes to McDonald's for the apple pies?


I remember those from my childhood. The filling was heated to the temperature of the Sun and would burn the fark out of your mouth, yet somehow they were considered a special treat.
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2023-02-07 8:57:05 PM  

rga184: austerity101: jlee4677: Even David Byrne thinks that cost is ridiculous


[Fark user image image 425x637]

The overcoat fits her just fine. It's double breasted, so there's gonna be a lot of fabric.

The stupid part is that she didn't take the f*cking label off the sleeve. You're supposed to remove it. It's only basted on so that you can see the maker of the coat on the rack without digging inside it.

And for the love of f*ck, pull out the basting stitches in the vents in the back of your jackets, people! They're only there to keep the shape during shipping/selling until you buy it. What the hell.

Ok, i have no idea what you're talking about but I want to know.  Can you explain with pictures maybe?  Because this might apply to me.


They're tailor stitches not meant to be in the finished product. They look like exaggerated stitching.

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baron von doodle [OhFark]
2023-02-07 8:57:42 PM  
Kinda like tack welding.
 
holdmybones
2023-02-07 9:02:44 PM  

The_Sponge: holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.

I am 44 and remember them well....my 7th birthday was at one.  IIRC, we threw bean bags into the mouth of a Grimace was was made from plywood.


12 years later I regularly played a similar game while drinking irresponsible amounts of shiatty beer.

Funny how we get bigger but only grow up a little.
 
holdmybones
2023-02-07 9:04:29 PM  

revrendjim: Barricaded Gunman: holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.

Same, but Michigan. Might be more of a Midwest thing. But this part here is what stuck out as odd to me:

"It was tough because, when you're a little kid, McDonald's is where all your friends have their birthday parties, so I missed out on a lot of apple pies," Gellar said told the outlet.

Who under the age of 70 goes to McDonald's for the apple pies?

I remember those from my childhood. The filling was heated to the temperature of the Sun and would burn the fark out of your mouth, yet somehow they were considered a special treat.


Yep. They weren't great or even really good but were a treat. Unless we could get one of those ice cream sundaes in the little clear plastic cup.
 
uncoveror
2023-02-07 9:49:26 PM  
Suing a 5 year old girl? What kid of a clown came up with that idea?
 
uncoveror
2023-02-07 9:59:30 PM  
uncoveror: Suing a 5 year old girl? What kid of a clown came up with that idea?

KIND
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 10:50:52 PM  

holdmybones: The_Sponge: holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.

I am 44 and remember them well....my 7th birthday was at one.  IIRC, we threw bean bags into the mouth of a Grimace was was made from plywood.

12 years later I regularly played a similar game while drinking irresponsible amounts of shiatty beer.

Funny how we get bigger but only grow up a little.


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Bread314
2023-02-08 12:39:04 AM  

jlee4677: west.la.lawyer: jlee4677: Shagbert: holdmybones: west.la.lawyer: Do not remember birthday parties at a McDonald's being a big thing in elementary school. That bit didn't compute. But older than 45, so maybe there is a generation gap.

I'm 44 and had one there and attended many more there. They were a huge deal in my small ruralish Ohio town.

Same, except I'm 49 and it was in West London, England.

The McDs with the child playgrounds had plenty of kid parties.

ah... I'm pre-playplace generation.  That makes sense.

I am 54 but have a daughter who attended said parties.


Those McDonalds are disappearing but still exist in certain places because they are still the perfect place to hand over younger kids in joint custody after divorce.  Parent A can send Suzie in to play, argue with the ex about paying for swimming lessons with parent B, leave, and parent B takes them home.
 
chitownmike
2023-02-08 12:48:37 AM  

InfoFreako: Why sur the actor? Did they think a 5 year old wrote a Burger King ad?

Actually, that's plausible.


It didn't happen
 
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