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  • Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: At one point, footage from The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald is shown while John Banzhaf mentions that there is a cartoon on television that features Ronald McDonald, explicitly claiming that it airs on Nickelodeon every day. The series in question was actually released Direct to Video and never aired on any television network, major or otherwise. Furthermore, the only connection the Wacky Adventures videos have with Nickelodeon is that their production company Klasky-Csupo also created the Nicktoons Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Wild Thornberrys, As Told by Ginger and Rocket Power, which is presumably why Banzhaf erroneously assumed The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald aired on that channel.
  • Technology Marches On: At one point, the documentary says that more than half the homes in the US don't have internet access. That might have been true when the documentary was released, but it's definitely not the case in the 2010s, much less the 2020s.
  • What Could Have Been: There was a scene in the extras on the DVD that wasn't in the movie, wherein four different foods from McDonald's and some chips bought from another location were placed in jars and left to decompose. All of them showed mold and the like... except the McDonald's fries. No mold at all. The experiment only ended because the food got thrown away by accident. It should be noted that the fries don't decompose, not because of preservatives or anything scary, but because they have almost no water content, due to their thin size, high salt content, and the fact they're deep fried; bacteria, mold, and mildew can't grow without water. It's why a slice of bread in a plastic bag will grow mold but one left sitting on the counter will merely dry out and get stale.

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