Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's another commercial for a McDonald's Star Trek Happy Meal - a tie-in promotion for Star Trek: The Motion Picture with 5 different boxes. This one featuring a Klingon and an announcer who translates for the parents. (voiceover by Gary Owens)
(previously we found another commercial in the same series: youtu.be/JIZs-j5vx34)
"At participating McDonald's until February 3rd 1980 or while supplies last."
This aired on local Memphis TV on Tuesday, January 8th 1980 during the 7:03pm to 8:02pm timeframe. (1979 Copyright)
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Here's another commercial for a McDonald's Star Trek Happy Meal - a tie-in promotion for Star Trek: The Motion Picture with 5 different boxes. This one featuring a Klingon and an announcer who translates for the parents. (voiceover by Gary Owens)
(previously we found another commercial in the same series: youtu.be/JIZs-j5vx34)
"At participating McDonald's until February 3rd 1980 or while supplies last."
This aired on local Memphis TV on Tuesday, January 8th 1980 during the 7:03pm to 8:02pm timeframe. (1979 Copyright)
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
