--- ---  # World Cup Whimsy Captured in New McDonalds Ad by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 24, 2014 12:10 AM UTC  McDonalds World Cup Ad McDonalds World Cup AdMcDonalds by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 24, 2014 12:10 AM UTC Adorable kids, a woman in stiletto heels, and an elderly man in a motorized all can’t help but catch the futbol fever sweeping the world right now, showcasing some spectacular stunts (seriously, how many takes did it take to land that shot in the back of a moving truck?) in a quirky FIFA-themed ad from the marketers under the Golden Arches. The ad serves as a promotion for their site _gol.mcd.com_. Talk about a Happy Meal. World Cup Whimsy Captured in New McDonalds Ad ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2915617/world-cup-whimsy-mcdonalds-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2915617/world-cup-whimsy-mcdonalds-ad/"},"headline":"World Cup Whimsy Captured in New McDonalds Ad","datePublished":"2014-06-24T00:10:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:04.982Z","description":"Adorable kids, a woman in stiletto heels, and an elderly man in a motorized all can't help but catch the futbol fever sweeping the world...","url":"https://time.com/2915617/world-cup-whimsy-mcdonalds-ad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Viral video","World Cup","Advertisement"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70cec67539871fac/698698e9cd804db683ccb9c2/thumb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70cec67539871fac/698698e9cd804db683ccb9c2/thumb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"McDonalds World Cup Ad","caption":"McDonalds World Cup Ad","creditText":"McDonalds","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2915617/world-cup-whimsy-mcdonalds-ad/","name":"World Cup Whimsy Captured in New McDonalds Ad"}}]}] ```