Cartoon
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald
The story
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald is an American animated direct-to-video television series, produced by Klasky Csupo in association with the McDonald's Corporation. It centers on McDonald's mascot Ronald McDonald and the gang in McDonaldland having many adventures and learning lessons.
Premise
The show follows the adventures of Ronald McDonald and his best friends Grimace, Hamburglar, Birdie, and Sundae.
Main
The voice talents on the series includes Klasky Csupo veterans Charlie Adler, Christine Cavanaugh, and Kath Soucie. The role of Ronald McDonald is credited as "Himself."
Jack Doepke (ep. 1–3) and David Hussey (ep. 4–6) as Ronald McDonald
Kevin Michael Richardson as Grimace and King Gunga
Charlie Adler as Hamburglar, McNugget #3, and The McSplorer
Christine Cavanaugh as Birdie the Early Bird
Dee Bradley Baker as Sundae (voice), The TV Monitor, and The Squirrel
Pamela Adlon as McNugget #1
Jazmine A. Corona as Tika
James Jonah Cummings as The Announcer
Nika Futterman as Fry Kid #3
Paul Greenberg as Fry Kid #2
Alex D. Linz as Franklin
Lisa Raggio as McNugget #2
Kath Soucie as Fry Kid #1
Verne Troyer as Sundae (suit) (ep. 1–3)
Guest cast
Jeff Glen Bennett as The TV Man and Knight #1
Gregg Berger as The Barber, The Fat Man, and Foodfight Walla
Corey Burton as The Bug and The Mob Man #1
David Eccles as The Bear
Bill Farmer as Knight #2 and The Mob Leader
Henry Gibson as The Blue Planet
Kim Mai Guest as The Kids
Billie Hayes as One-Eyed Sally
Bob Joles as Mayor McCheese, The Mob Man #2, and Knight #3
Carol Kane as Org's Mom
Maurice LaMarche as Dr. Quizzical, The Burger Chef, and Knight #4
Jeff Lupetin as Iam Hungry
Euan MacDonald as Simon
Mona Marshall as The Kids
Drew Massey as Pip
Julie Merrill as The TV Woman
Richard Moll as Org's Dad
Patrick Pinney as The Phantom Head
Phil Snyder as Professor Thaddeus J. Pinchworm and Stiles
Warren Sroka as King Murray
Andre Stojka as The Royal Chef
Tara Strong as The Girl, The Boy, and The Sheep
Meshach Taylor as The Pink Planet
James Kevin Ward as Scotty
Gedde Watanabe as The Karate Master
Bruce Weitz as Blather
Julian West as Dad and The Police Officer
Carl W. Wolfe as Org
Release and reception
The series was produced and released on VHS, with five of the episodes being available exclusively in participating McDonald's restaurants from October 9, 1998 to January 30, 2003.
By various accounts, the episodes turned out to be rather popular, to which individual McDonald's locations frequently ran out of VHS tapes, which were sold individually for $3.49 and could be bought with a small vanilla ice cream cone or Diet Coke. Klasky Csupo also sold them through their online gift shop, which was shut down in fall 2005.
A Happy Meal featuring Lego vehicles to build was released at McDonald's in 1999, a year after the series premiered. The front of each vehicle had an image of one of the McDonaldland characters in the Klasky Csupo style, as depicted in the series.
Crew
Charlie Adler – Voice Director
Barbara Wright – Casting Director
Terry Thoren – Executive In Charge of Production
Tracy Kramer – Executive In Charge of Production
Glenwood Editorial, Inc. – Track Reading
Grimsaem Animation – Overseas Production Facility
Sunwoo Entertainment – Overseas Production Facility