Lost Racist "You Better Don't" McDonalds Ad

We already have a lot of blog + forum mentions, most of which are linked earlier in this thread. 

It's highly unlikely anyone had screenshots in the early 2000s unless the ad was on video sharing platforms, which we currently have zero evidence for.

I'm not even sure if anything in the Defend Your Chicken campaign was airing as late as February 2005. 

Yeah, I had skimmed through the thread and missed that part, but I’ve since read the whole thread and it does seem that every stone has been turned that regard.

In the meantime, I’ve been going through ad compilations that were uploaded recently (last 6 months or so) since it seems that most of the compilations uploaded prior to December 2023 have been combed through pretty thoroughly

I have to say that it strikes me as REALLY odd that we haven’t found this thing yet. We have a specific timeframe of only about 1 month or so, and seeing the same Starburst/T-mobile/etc ads over and over again makes it even weirder that it hasn’t popped up once. It makes me think that
A). YBD was a regional ad that only aired in certain markets (like big cities) (though I feel like I vaguely remember seeing it and I live in the middle of Kentucky), and
B). It only aired during certain strategic hours, like right before lunch/dinner, but most of the shows and ad compilations were recorded during prime time.

I’m halfway considering posting in a FB group with lots of members, like “I Love the 2000’s” or something, and seeing if anyone has info. But I want opinions on that first since this ad is/was somewhat controversial and I’m not a person of color.

I'd go for it. You never know what some random on Facebook could be sitting on.

anyone tried looking at random commercial compilations from the time frame? I know it was mentioned it might have aired on adult swim, so i'm skimming through a few videos to see If there's ANYTHING that gets us even an inch closer

We have been doing this for months now. It's gotten to the point that if I search for 2004 ad breaks I have to scroll for ages to find any videos I haven't already been through. I check new YouTube uploads of 2004 ads every couple of days.

I've also looked at Dailymotion and check Internet Archive regularly.

Has anyone tried checking Vimeo for this ad? As I see lots of rare ads pop up on there.