When you envision the scariest, creepiest or simply most iconic clowns in popular culture, a few characters quickly come to mind: Stephen King’s It/Pennywise, Ronald McDonald, Jigsaw, The Joker, etc. They all share a handful of traits: a big red mouth, a very poor haircut and a hunger to torture and murder (though in Ronald’s case, it’s really just hunger — unless you’re vegetarian). But, according to Burger King Russia, Pennywise and Ronald in particular just look far too much alike. But one imagines McDonald’s would not be keen to have Pennywise associated in any shape or form with its franchise anyway. Nevertheless, if Burger King Russia is accomplishing anything with its current efforts to bring down the clown, it’s giving McDonald’s a whole lot of free promo.

Source: National Post September 28, 2017 12:56 UTC