Big Mac (1955)

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:33 PM -0500 2/22/01, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>    Who coined "Big Mac"?
>    McDonald's will sue everybody who uses that name--even people
>named "McDonald" opening non-food stores.
>    I have shown that McDonald's didn't originate the "quarter-pound
>hamburger" or "chicken nuggets."
>    McDonald's once, during the administration of late NYC mayor Abe
>Beame, got very angry at NYC's Municipal Assistance Corporation for
>using "Big MAC."
>
I don't think they've tried suing Mark McGwire, or the sports
announcers, journalists, and fans who refer to his as Big Mac.  I
guess he's even more of a cultural icon, for the nonce, than Ronald
McDonald.

larry