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1m19s
I know what you're thinking. "What the heck do I need a five spindle for, when I barely sell enough milkshakes to justify my single spindle?" Right? Wrong. Are you familiar with the notion of the chicken or the egg, Mr. Griffith? I mention it because, well, I think it applies here. Do you not need the multi-mixer because, well heck, you're not selling enough milkshakes? Or are you not selling enough milkshakes because you don't have a multi-mixer? I firmly believe it's the latter. You see your customer comes in here and he knows if he orders a shake from your establishment, he's in for a terrific wait. He's done it before and he thinks to himself, "Well by-golly, I'm not going to make that mistake again." But if you had the Prince Castle five spindle multi-mixer with patented direct-drive electric motor, we greatly increase your ability to produce delicious, frosty milkshakes fast. Mark my words, dollars to donuts, you'll be selling more of those sons-a-bitches than you can shake a stick at. You increase the supply, and the demand will follow. Increase supply, demand follows. Chicken-egg. Do you follow my logic? I know you do, because you're a bright forward-thinking guy who knows a good idea when he hears one.
The Founder
57.9s
- Hello, McDonald's. - Hello, good afternoon. May I please speak with the owner. - Which one? - I'm sorry? - Dick or Mac? - Ahh, whichever one's available, I guess. - Order up! I need six fries! - Patties up! - This is Dick. - Hello, Dick, this is Ray Kroc from Prince Castle Sales. The reason I'm calling is someone placed an order... - Yes. Yes, that was me. How soon can you get them out here? - Well, that's actually why I'm phoning now, Dick. I think there might have been some kind of miscommunication... - Freezer! Top shelf! Left side! Sorry. - No problem. My secretary's under the impression that you wanted six? - Yeah, you know, I think that was a mistake. - Well, that's what I figured. I mean, what kind of drive-in can make 30 milkshakes at a time. - Better make it eight. - What's that, Al? - There's a brand new box... - Look, now isn't the best time. - Yeah, I'm sorry. I understand. I'm still a little bit... - You know where to send them? San Bernardino, California. - Yeah. - Corner of 14th and E. - Hold on a minute. To anyone in particular? - Just the store is fine. McDonald's. Okay. Thanks a lot. - Yeah.
The Founder
1m12s
Persistence. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent won't; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius won't; unrewarded genius is practically a cliché. Education won't; the world is full of educated fools. Persistence and determination alone are all powerful. Show that you don't have to be defeated by anything. That you can have peace of mind, improved health and a never ceasing flow of energy. If you attempt each and every day to achieve these things, the results will make themselves obvious to you. While it may sound like a magical notion, it is in you to create your own future. The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. Or as Ralph Waldo Emerson declared, "A man is what he thinks about all day long."
The Founder
37.4s
Prince Castle Sales, how can I help you? - Hi, June. - Ray, how's it going down there? - Good, swell, lot of interest. - Hold on, let me fetch your messages. Let's see, Gene Rafferty from United Aluminum needs to reschedule Friday. Ed Nance calling about the refund. Sloan and Sons, they called again, we're sixty days past due. A lady from the March of Dimes, oh... We got an order, six mixers. - Six? - Mm-hmm. Some drive-in out in California. - Same place, one place. No that's... that's impossible. - I've got the slip right here. - No, I'm sure you misunderstood. You know what? Give me the number. - You got a pen? - Okay. All right.
The Founder
24.5s
There's a lot of good leads, real-real strong leads. Yeah. What? Nothing. That's wonderful. - Well, I mean, there's just tremendous interest. - I'm sure there is. - You sound like you don't believe me. - Of course, Ray. Why wouldn't I? - All right. I've got a lot of paperwork to do here. So ahh... I'll... I'll call you from the road tomorrow. - Okay. - All right. Goodnight.
The Founder
53.2s
- Franchise! - Beg your pardon? - Franchise! Franchise the damn thing! It's too damn good for just one location. There should be McDonald's everywhere. Coast to coast. Sea to shining sea. - Mr. Kroc... - Hey, you know I... I got a confession I want to make to you boys. I'm not out here in California for any kind of business meetings. I came out here for you. A few days ago, I got into St. Louis, Missouri. And I was doing some business, and I broke out my map. And I followed my finger on one single highway west. Route 66. - Mr. Kroc... - And something told me. Something told me to get into my car and drive that highway. And you know where it led me? Right here. Right smack dab here. Right to this unbelievable establishment. And when I saw these lines and your whole operation, and tasted your product, I knew what needed to happen. Franchise. Franchise! Franchise! Franchise! Franchise!
The Founder
28s
Five. Three in Southern California. One in Sacramento. And one in Phoenix. And that's all there will ever be. - Why? - Two-words. Quality control. It's almost impossible to enforce standards from afar. Places were a mess, filthy kitchens, inconsistent menus. - Sacramento was selling burritos. - To watch your precious creation be mismanaged like that... Your name... - Put Mac in the hospital.
The Founder
1m21s
Put your back into it, Seth! And pickles and pickle and mustard! We take the layout to a builder, custom build the kitchen to our exact specs. - Tada! The Speedee System is born. The world's first-ever system to deliver food fast. It's totally revolutionary. - And a complete disaster. - Why? Opening day, cars pull up onto the lot and they start honking immediately because no carhop comes up. You place your order! - We try to explain to them the walk-up window. And they are bewildered. Now they're furious. What do you mean I gotta get out of my car? Most of them just cuss us out and drive off. And the few that stay are mad as heck because they're eating off paper and they gotta discard their own trash. - Why? - You're doing great. Yeah, we won't be coming out to the car, but you can come on up. Welcome to McDonald's! We may have underestimated the learning curve. - So by five o'clock Dick is calculating how much it's going to cost to go back to drive-in. But I am not ready to throw in the towel. I go back to our old Hollywood days, I think to myself, we gotta go big with this. We gotta put on a show. So I say, "Dick, I wanna throw a grand re-opening. A gala premiere that would put Louis B. Mayer to shame." So we rent a bunch of spotlights. Same ones we used to haul around in the Columbia days. We get sparklers, a juggler for the kiddies. It is an event, people show up in droves. - And then... - The flies. They must've been drawn by all the lights. Millions of them. It was like a scene outta Exodus. The Pharaoh would've released the Israelites.
The Founder
28.3s
See all this open space here now? We've rearranged the fry situation. So now it's stage left. The deep fryer stage right. Begin! That's great. - Come on, guys. - We're pretty tied up here. - Watch out, it's the timing of the Lazy-Susan. Those are finished burgers. You can't... Hold it. I-I still think there's a third version. - What do you want to move? - I want to move everything. Back to stage left, please.
The Founder
18.1s
- And Dick is running around with this stick marking where all the equipment should be. - Tuck in. Tony are you going to skip the pickles when we're really doing it? - They do it over and over, hashing it out. Choreographing it like some crazy burger ballet. What's going on over there? - Yes! No! No!
The Founder