And, as you might have imagined, The Today Show made sure that the Archives Intern had some late, late nights pouring through hours of old footage looking for stuff to throw into a video montage of memories and gap-toothed grins. That intern works for fingernail clippings and coffee straws.
It was kind of neat to take a trip down old people clothes from old people times lane, but I was a little disappointed that the Archives Intern forgot to include the most important and notable aspect of Willard Scott's career.
He was the very first Ronald McDonald. He also played Bozo the clown for a short time in the Washington D.C. franchise of the show, but that's neither here nor there. That's right, that redheaded burger pusher gracing the box now it's usually paper bags, what up with that? began with the Smuckers Birthday Guy. Video after the break!
Here's a super old Mc's commercial.
You can thank me for your nightmares at a later date...
Bonus video of Willard's greatest moments.
