8 People You Won't Believe Won Razzie Awards

2. Ronald McDonald

Orion Pictures
Orion Pictures

Jennifer Aniston made her film debut as an extra in Mac And Me (1988), an ET rip-off about about a handicapped boy who befriends an alien called MAC (short for €œMysterious Alien Creature€). Ronald McDonald also appears (as €œHimself€) during a party scene set in a McDonald€™s, which is little more than a shameless plug for the company.

The Razzies weren€™t fooled by this bit of self-promotion and at their 9th annual ceremony, they nominated the picture in 4 categories, from which it €œwon€ Worst Director for Stewart Raffill (tied with Blake Edwards for Sunset) and Worst New Star for Ronald McDonald. The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which calls the picture a €œthinly-veiled feature length commercial for McDonald€™s and Coca-Cola.€

Small world dept: the actor who plays Ronald, Squire Fridell, later played the Sheriff in John Carpenter€™s Village Of The Damned €“ a movie about a group of abnormal children. No conclusions here, just some food for thought.

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'