See Ronald McDonald teach DDR

by Justin McElroy { Jan 28th 2008 at 11:00PM }

We've never really been what you could describe as Dance Dance Revolution experts. We've always believed it was because years of the sedentary blogging life have lead to thick, unwieldy bodies that could sooner emit diabetes-curing indigo light from their fingertips than complete 15 seconds of physical exertion. Now though ... now we're starting to think its because we never had Ronald McDonald to show us the way.

Watch the odd video above and see if you don't end up feeling the same way, just don't blame us if you have to trade your sanity away in the process.

Tags: dance-dance-revolution, ddr, mcdonalds

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Fernando Rocker @ Jan 28th 2008 11:04PM

Why Justin writing is so awesome? =)

Fernando Rocker @ Jan 28th 2008 11:06PM

*And Joystiq is a better place since Griffin started posting news on the weekends =)

sirmokona @ Jan 28th 2008 11:40PM

NOOO! you're back from your holiday!! Nobody spared, not even the children!

btw, das una mala imagen de mexico. estas chavo = D

Fernando Rocker @ Jan 28th 2008 11:44PM

Back from my holiday?

Alex @ Jan 28th 2008 11:53PM

There is no God :(

Victor @ Jan 29th 2008 12:37AM

suckup! :P
jk (:
not really haha x)

B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread @ Jan 29th 2008 11:41AM

"Why Justin writing is so awesome? =)"

Too bad yours isn't. I demand that you stop your attack on the English language! "Why is Justin's writing so awesome?" is the correct sentence.

Trickob @ Jan 28th 2008 11:04PM

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gibbonofdoom @ Jan 29th 2008 5:28AM

hahaha ++

cierra @ Feb 5th 2008 4:15PM

NO,NO,NO,NO,I'M SORRY UR GONNA DIE HA,HA,HA,HA,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mietha CAG @ Jan 28th 2008 11:07PM

ARRRGGGHHHH!!!! My brain... It buuuurrnnssss....

Brad Mecoli @ Jan 28th 2008 11:07PM

pffff, I'd like to see him do that on Heavy

Huey2k2 @ Jan 28th 2008 11:11PM

Remind me again why people think Japan is cool?

Fernando Rocker @ Jan 28th 2008 11:13PM

Less violence, advanced tech, better cars, more culture, more clean cities, and asian hot girls. Ah, and squared watermelons.

Psaakyrn @ Jan 28th 2008 11:28PM

I'd agree on all points except less violence. Somehow, I don't really think that's true there.

Huey2k2 @ Jan 28th 2008 11:37PM

Advanced Tech? Better Cars? More Culture?

That is some of the biggest BS I have ever heard.

1) Most of the technological advances in the world today start in NA and Europe. Japan just takes existing technologies and refines them. Cars, televisions, microprocessors, none of these are Japanese inventions.

2) Better cars, that's all opinion my friend, maybe if you listen to all the hype and PR BS Toyota and Honda give you. The fact is statistically a lot of Japanese brands are no better with regards to initial quality off the line then any other car companies in the world.

3) More culture? Japan doesn't care about the rest of the world. I know people like to talk about the US and how they think they are the centre of the universe, but Japan is just as guilty as the US is at this, if not more so.

Look at the video game industry for instance, in NA we generally accept all game types and game companies, Sony, Nintendo, and MS all sell well. Go to Japan, the only consoles and games that sell well are Japanese. If you look at the software sales in Japan their top games sold are usually shitty Anime based games or weird dating simulators, and the Japanese population in general absolutely refuses to buy an MS branded console. The only culture Japan cares about is Japanese culture.

I'm tire of people sitting around suggesting that Japan is this amazing place and how they wish NA could be exactly like Japan in every way. The grass is always greener on the other side people.

Noshino @ Jan 29th 2008 12:06AM

Might add to Fernando's list

- Less racism than in the US
- Focus on education (without going to the extremes)
- Less censorship than in the US

"1) Most of the technological advances in the world today start in NA and Europe. Japan just takes existing technologies and refines them. Cars, televisions, microprocessors, none of these are Japanese inventions."

Sorry, most nowadays start in Europe, than Asia, then America...

And the very few that start in the US, how many asian people do you think are on the team?

"2) Better cars, that's all opinion my friend, maybe if you listen to all the hype and PR BS Toyota and Honda give you. The fact is statistically a lot of Japanese brands are no better with regards to initial quality off the line then any other car companies in the world."

I agree with you, but then again, every day you see people importing cars from Japan to the US, why not the other way around?

"3) More culture? Japan doesn't care about the rest of the world. I know people like to talk about the US and how they think they are the centre of the universe, but Japan is just as guilty as the US is at this, if not more so."

I lived with my cousin for a few weeks, he tells me that he hasn't had any trouble in Japan, I keep hearing of all these problems, yes, they might not wildly accept influences from other cultures, but unlike the US, I didn't see as much racism as there is here...(might it be that I live in Florida?...)

"If you look at the software sales in Japan their top games sold are usually shitty Anime based games or weird dating simulators, and the Japanese population in general absolutely refuses to buy an MS branded console. "

Guess what? Ace Combat sold quite well in Japan...

Guess what? despite having the "A Team" of the videogame industry, Blue Dragon didn't sell well enough....

Sorry, but that way of thinking doesn't really apply anymore, its like saying that on the US every FPS with aliens sells well.

"I'm tire of people sitting around suggesting that Japan is this amazing place and how they wish NA could be exactly like Japan in every way. The grass is always greener on the other side people."

well, that's your way of thinking, and you have to accept that some might like Japan over the US. I'm tired of people who tried to force their way of thinking to others.

Nailio @ Jan 29th 2008 12:42AM

Noshino

Ahaha, Bull crap on the less racism.
Most Japanese bars wont let foreigners in unless they are with the company of a Japaneses patron.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xCeK0Trz9E0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w-LTBjs9RY8

Also, this.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ffDPTKn7HiY

Noshino @ Jan 29th 2008 2:10AM

Nailio

First, those videos depict the worst part of society, I can do THE EXACT SAME for EVERYSINGLE country...there is ALWAYS a part that is too nationalist

Second, are you REALLY basing your opinion on what someone else says/shows? seriously, go to Japan and see it for yourself.

Third, hey, believe me, I live in Florida, and Davie county is one of the bases of the KKK...if based on those videos, you are telling me that Japanese are bad, then what the hell does that make the KKK?

Pharmacy @ Jan 29th 2008 2:18AM

@Huey: For your third point, I believe you're committing a fallacy of equivocation. The US is considered "the center of the world" because of its influence on other nations. Japan (from what I believe you're trying to say) thinks it's "the center of the world" because it simply doesn't care about other nations.

These 2 "centers of the world" aren't used in the same sense, and therefore cannot be equivocated.

Furthermore, you must understand that the level of English is incredibly low and Japan is an extremely homogeneous country. They aren't interested in other cultures because they are, quite literally, inaccessible. For example, you won't find a China Town or Little Italy in Tokyo.

When it comes to video games, I can tell you many shied away from the Xbox because it was simply too large. You can't understand how incredibly tiny most Japanese homes are unless you've actually lived in one. Also, the games on Xbox are not the type of games that Japanese kids traditionally play. Their culture is different, get used to it.

Pharmacy @ Jan 29th 2008 2:32AM

@Noshino

The Japanese aren't upfront about their racism. And even if they were, you wouldn't understand what say about you anyways. I can vouch that racism is present in Japan, but it's passive. Instead of active hate, it's more like "Gah, why are you here in my country"-type of mentality. Racism is unfortunately everywhere, whether it be the US, Canada or Japan.

It also shows that you've never been in the Japanese education system. It's expensive, it's unhealthy and it favors cramming as opposed to understanding. The lack of public schools allows private schools to charge astronomically high prices per month and the pressure to succeed is far too present. I would never raise my kid in Japan for fear of putting him through that. I could write a novel about all the things that are wrong about that system... (However, I don't want to make it seem like it's ALL bad. Things like having students clean the school every day instead of having janitors teaches responsibility and respect for your surroundings. I know my high school could've used a little more of that.)

Also, hardcore porn is censored in Japan. I don't know what censorship is like in the US, but I hope it doesn't beat that ;)

@Fernando: About the violence bit, while there may be less murders, things like rape and sexual harassment are rampant in Japan. Most aren't reported though, unfortunately. If you're a high school girl in a cute uniform, Japan isn't the safest place on earth.

Also, about the hot girls: those are the ones you see in the media. The Japanese think the same thing about the US... That everyone looks like a supermodel or is fat (since that's all they're exposed to). I used to think you but booooy was I wrong ;) Just thought you should know.

aristokrat @ Jan 29th 2008 4:19AM

Most of those people don't know about the Giant Japanese Hornet, with is a 3 inch long hornet that spits acid (in your eyes, incidentally) and calls its buddies to come and kill whatever it's got its sights on. 30 of those suckers can clean out a 30,000-member bee hive in 3 hours (and they kill the bees by cutting them in half with their giant jaws), and they live RIGHT OUTSIDE TOKYO! After learning about these suckers, I scared about even flying over Japan.

Phi Nguyen @ Jan 28th 2008 11:17PM

Wow... now that was scary.

Ken Seang @ Jan 28th 2008 11:26PM

Now im no DDR expert or anything, but aren't you supposed to step on the arrows in order to play the game??? O and I want my 5mins wasted watching that vid back!

eminemd12obie @ Jan 28th 2008 11:27PM

worst video ever made... yet i watched every second of it... twice

Lone Starr @ Jan 28th 2008 11:28PM

McF***ed Up

Evan @ Jan 28th 2008 11:30PM

What in the hell did I just watch?

eminemd12obie @ Jan 28th 2008 11:35PM

correct me if i'm wrong but either this is just a guy dancing and then someone added the DDR stuff afterwards (to be funny) or this is y asians RULE at DDR

Alex @ Jan 28th 2008 11:37PM

Next Week: The King doing some Guitar Hero action

REUYL @ Jan 28th 2008 11:42PM

Ronald McDonald should stick to making kids fat.

Phi Nguyen @ Jan 29th 2008 10:36AM

Nooooo! Don't stuff the kids!?!?! My worst nightmare.

Deck @ Jan 28th 2008 11:47PM

Oh..... my.......

Cheezeman3000 @ Jan 28th 2008 11:52PM

Big red shoes!
Yellow jumpsuit!
Red curly hair!
Scary ass smile? What? What is that last line?

Toasty @ Jan 29th 2008 12:06AM

More like,

BEEG RED SHUUS!

YERROW JAMPA SUUT!

RED CURY HAYA!

aristokrat @ Jan 29th 2008 4:20AM

I think "HAPPY HAPPY FUN!" is the line you were looking for to finish that little chorus up, oddly.

aMac @ Jan 28th 2008 11:57PM

Did someone mention the Japanese Ronald?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q16KpquGsIc

loof @ Jan 29th 2008 1:11AM

I'm going to have nightmares tonight...

Jhongerkong @ Jan 29th 2008 12:25AM

Needs more BUTTERFLY (UPSWING MIX)

Covarr @ Jan 29th 2008 12:31AM

Attention Mr. Ronald McDonald: Please stop cheating at DDR. You are setting a bad example for the kids watching you.

32_Footsteps @ Jan 29th 2008 12:57AM

Sadly, forcing his heart to do that much work after a lifetime diet of McDonalds resulted in Ronald going into cardiac arrest immediately after filming this.

While he survived, he required a quadruple bypass and is ironically forced to live on organic lettuce for the rest of his life.

iMax @ Jan 29th 2008 1:08AM

Big red shoes!

hvnlysoldr @ Jan 29th 2008 1:53AM

Sideshow Bob shot Apu and framed Krusty!

Dio @ Jan 29th 2008 1:48AM

Most of the time he isn't actually playing DDR D:

maverick_saturn_626 @ Jan 29th 2008 4:14AM

Huey, what crap are you going on about? Have you ever visted Japan? Anyone who has actually visited the country wouldn't make such a stupid comment.

Japan is filled with a great presense of culture, they have maintained that throughout history, you can't blame them if they don't want to change that simply because you do.

They don't care about the rest of the world? Lololol, remember where you live mate :) Japanese travel around the world more then you do, in fact, over here in the UK, many of the mates I have, many of the children in our schools, many of the people making a difference in this country and others are Japanese. Besides, Japanese are in your country, making games for your console, and even the Xbox has Japanese people working on it who live in America. So explain to me again, what are you on about?

By the way people, you can now get an A Level at McDonalds over here in the UK, lmao, what has the world come to?

aristokrat @ Jan 29th 2008 4:25AM

From what I understand, while Japanese travel the world, it's almost as if they do so out of competition, taking tons of photographs and turning them into slideshows which they force their friends to endure, rather than for the sheer enjoyment of seeing other places. Similar to the way they hire karaoke coaches so that they can out-perform their friends at the karaoke bar. It's like the ultimate "keeping up with the Jones'," taking all the fun out of otherwise enjoyable activities.

maverick_saturn_626 @ Jan 29th 2008 4:35AM

So? I do that, doesn't mean I any less enjoy the experience of jetsetting to other countries and seeing thier culture. I've been to America, and loved it, we visited New York, California, Miami and Keys, Orlando, and Washington, at different times of course. But each time I come back, I fill my facebook page with pictures :P Or get my family to sit and see the videos on TV and whatnot. Just the same way they do when they go off to Cyprus, Africa, Shanghai and whereever else.

Thats the whole point of visiting other countries, what would you prefer them do, visit and take no photos to come back with? Yeah, it is slightly a competition, but mainly to show how cultured you are, or how many other countries you have been to. But yet, each country you go to stays in your mind. Some you will enjoy, others not so much. Not only do I have Japanese friends, but I have Japanese exchange students in and out of my house, they are wonderful people by nature, I dunno why everyone sees the need to slag them off, especially gamers.

maverick_saturn_626 @ Jan 29th 2008 4:19AM

Oh and Huey, on the terms of racism, its America and Europe that have the KKK, not Japan, its America and Europe who were famous for thier slave trade many years ago, not Japan. Even now, there are still places in America that I as a Black person dare not venture for fear of being shot dead by some tattooed guy and his henchmen. Alabama?

So yeah, I'm not saying there aren't rasists in Japan, but there is Racism everywhere.