According to author Kinky Friedman, the three most common words in the English language are Elvis, Jesus and Coca Cola. McDonald's would beg to differ. According to surveys carried out by the company in 1996, nine out of ten American schoolchildren knew who Ronald McDonald was, a higher percentage than recognized Jesus. In fact, the only make believe character more widely known than Ronald was Santa Claus.
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.'
