McDonald's update (Patreon)

Okay, so those of you who were here before iCarly or have gone through my backlog will know that I have long promised a long video analyzing McDonald's and specifically weird McDonald's in America. In fact, it was once a stretch goal on this very Patreon... Except, for some reason, stretch goals no longer exist.

Anyways. I think you will all be very happy to learn that the project has officially begun! Although quite quietly in terms of my online life, my friends will tell you that this obsession has consumed my every waking thought.

As I write this, I have officially filmed 15 unqiue McDonald's, with 5 bonus "retro" '50s McDonald's on the side. This all started last year, when I filmed two locations on Long Island. But then a few months ago, I joined Billiam in Florida to record a bunch of locations there. But I think it was my visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Shrek Fest that really got this project properly back in my blood, as I am fully dedicated to the cause.

By the end of October, I hope to have gone from 15 locations visited to around 23-25. Counting the '50s locations, it will likely actually be about 30. My final goal is to visit at least 50 for the final video, and I have started thinking heavily about how to approach forming a narrative out of this footage, what I want to analyze, potential intermissions, etc.

Now, I have long wanted to post some kind of preview to Patreon of the material I've come up with. At the moment, my current idea is to maybe make a series of videos previewing locations I visited. Maybe once I week, I'll post a new location and everyone can give their thoughts. Or maybe I can group them by trip, etc.

I certainly would love to hear people's suggestions on locations to visit. So far, I have done a long series of locations in Florida (including "EpicMcDorl", the location with PIzza), a Lighthouse McDonald's in Wisconsin, a few odd but not themed McDonald's in New Orleans, and Cowboy McDonald's, "Automatic McDonald's" and Influencer McDonald's in Texas.

Next, I plan to visit New England, Connecticut, New Jersey, Detroit, Oregon, California, Tennessee, Arizona, North Carolina, then Indiana and Ohio. A lot of these trips are just work related with tangents, a few are to visit family. But it's certainly a big investment and I'm hoping this topic does really well and people are excited to see all this insane stuff!