We all remember Michael Keaton as Batman in the movie “Batman Forever”, coming out at the end of this month will be his new movie, “The Founder”, where he plays McDonald’s Ray Kroc, originally a milk shake machine salesman, and finding himself at the right place at the right time, gave America their food cravings of burgers, fries, soda, and milk shakes, led to the foundation of one the largest corporations in America, McDonalds, a member of the Dow 30. Hopefully this movie will be more successful than last year’s “Steve Jobs” movie. With the coming of Donald Trump, Americans apparently are getting excited about their America. Lets hope so, the fizzle might go away, but a good bottle stopper is needed to keep the fizzle in the bottle will help Ray Kroc’s McDonalds and George Lucas, “Star Wars” find museums to showcase his great contributions.
Today I had the pleasure to speak to Michael Fountaine, a McDonalds franchise owner and a collector of McDonalds memorabilia for some forty eight years, starting at the age of fifteen, and amassing over some 80,000 items. Owning a 4800′ house in a Allentown, Pennsylvania,still not going to get the many attendees, unless it is housed in a McDonald’s sponsored museum. Mister Fountaine has the following ideas for this museum.
A) Hall Of Fame Area-Showcase many of the pioneers of McDonalds. Ray Kroc, Fred L. Turner, Jim Deligatti, Herb Petersen, and many of the celebreties that worked at McDonalds, the likes of Shnaia Twain, Jeff Bezos(Amazon), and Jay Leno, and many many more.
B) A Movie Theatre to show films of McDonalds history, and all the great TV commercials.
C) A play area that both children and parents could play together.
D) A vender area to show McDonalds long relationship with so many venders, Coca Cola, Bama Pie, Simplot, Lamb Wesson, Kraft and many more.
E) Sports Arena, highlighting McDonald’s Basketball Championships Olympics, and the world of Auto Racing.
F) Ronald McDonald House, it’s mission , history, and commitments around the world.
G) The many award winners that McDonalds have honored in their company, Ray Kroc Manager Award Winners, and classes being taught at McDonalds University.
H, The World’s Largest Fast Food Restaurant, featuring over 250 of McDonalds international menu items. (Gift Shop to fund Ronald McDonald House)
I} The Vacation Home of Ronald McDonald, I think he likes California and Florida.
If this wasn’t enough for Batman to help me with, I also noticed that on my Bloomberg phone app, that “George Lucas Cannot Give His $1.5Billon Museum Away.” Mister Lucas like Mister Fountaine and his McDonalds wants to construct a museum to house and showcase his cast art collection, (Rockwells, Flash Gordon comics art, and Mad Magazine covers), and most of all the 500,000 artifacts he fathered of Star Wars. Coming so close to landing a landing spot on Chicago’s lake front and certainly very close to the new headquarters of McDonalds(Harpo Studios), he just might have to go west young man, Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Please, Batman lets give Chicago two more jewels, a Cubs World Series after 108 years, a McDonalds Museum, and tell George Lucas to come back to Chicago.
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR BIG MAC?