That makes a lot of sense based on a lot of the print ads I find online for these fast foods. I do love the look of this roll and would like to have tried it.
Thanks for using my video in your insanely detailed presentation, glad I could help!
So you’re already familiar with my YouTube channel, Hugo Faces, but you should follow the links there to see my other sites, which are examples of what I call “forensic nostalgia.” Similar to what you do, I like to investigate the ephemera of my past to figure out how, for better or worse, it added up to me.
When I was elementary school in the early to mid-80s, my cafeteria offered a ham and cheese melt on a hamburger roll as the “alternate” to the hot entree. All these years, I wondered why the menu listed it as a “Yumbo”. Now I know!
Since the regular hot entree on Monday was usually a school grade hamburger, I was a big fan. Thank you Mayfield Elementary School for keeping the Yumbo alive! And thank YOU, Retroist, for satisfying my four decades-long curiosity.
I would love to hear that. I was trying to find anything audio or video related to the original release online. Nothing so far, but I will keep looking.
The Yumbo in the original ads was probably a sample that they decided wasn't economical to put into production.
There is a long history of abandoned prototypes being used in ads.
That makes a lot of sense based on a lot of the print ads I find online for these fast foods. I do love the look of this roll and would like to have tried it.
Thanks for using my video in your insanely detailed presentation, glad I could help!
So you’re already familiar with my YouTube channel, Hugo Faces, but you should follow the links there to see my other sites, which are examples of what I call “forensic nostalgia.” Similar to what you do, I like to investigate the ephemera of my past to figure out how, for better or worse, it added up to me.
Anyway, good stuff, keep it up! Happy new year!
When I was elementary school in the early to mid-80s, my cafeteria offered a ham and cheese melt on a hamburger roll as the “alternate” to the hot entree. All these years, I wondered why the menu listed it as a “Yumbo”. Now I know!
Since the regular hot entree on Monday was usually a school grade hamburger, I was a big fan. Thank you Mayfield Elementary School for keeping the Yumbo alive! And thank YOU, Retroist, for satisfying my four decades-long curiosity.
I saw other Yumbo mentions. Glad to get a personal confirmation of the term being applied outside of the BK.
I assume it was meant to be a breakfast item, like BK's current Croissandwich.
It was a lunch/dinner offering. Although the existence of ham in the croissanwich is how some people claim you can order a Yumbo (off menu) even now.
I would love to hear that. I was trying to find anything audio or video related to the original release online. Nothing so far, but I will keep looking.