Put your hamberders down and watch this recut Big & Tasty TV spot. Stephen Colbert’s Tuesday cold open was a clever edit of a classic Donald Trump McDonald’s ad. In this version, Grimace will be the ...

Ronald McDonald is a clown. Birdie the Early Bird is a bird. The Hamburglar is a burger burglar. Mayor McCheese is the burger-headed mayor of McDonaldland. But what, exactly, is Grimace? On June 6, ...

Legendary McDonald’s mascot Grimace has turned into an online sensation and LGBTQ icon after being brought back for an eye-catching ad campaign. Known as Ronald McDonald’s best friend, the purple blob ...

Months after asking for McDonald's to bring fan-favorite character Grimace back, Ryan Reynolds helped bring him to life in a Super Bowl commercial Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He ...

Grimace, the purple mascot from McDonald's, is apparently supposed to represent a taste bud. But McDonald's implies that its identity is fluid and it could also embody a milkshake, or a blob. Grimace ...

Move over, Hamburglar — it’s Big Purple’s time to shine. On June 6, McDonald’s announced its first-ever purple-colored shake in honor of the iconic McDonaldland character Grimace’s birthday. The ...

Grimace is back! Does anyone care? I’ve been wondering this since McDonald’s announced Grimace’s Birthday Meal, the weirdest “celebrity” meal the brand has launched so far (though surely the cheapest, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In a responding tweet (to himself?), Ryan Reynolds revealed that indeed he is Grimace: “Yes.

Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled. This year's McDonald's Super Bowl ad was all about the moment of indecision — ...