Mac Tonight - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• Talk-show host (and onetime McDonald's employee) Jay Leno often refers to his resemblance to Mac Tonight, and in promos for his show during the credits of NBC programming his face is depicted as a moon.

• Mac Tonight is also a meme on the website YTMND. The meme, called "Moon Man," features a Mac Tonight animation dubbed with AT&T's text-to-speech program voices. The meme's contents are usually violent, sexist and racist, and have prompted AT&T to tighten restrictions on its demo content.

• The Simpsons episode "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" featured Mac Tonight. Bart mentions that the thermostat is "just painted on". In response, Homer says, ""Oh my God, you're right. I better call the guy." and pretends to dial a phone also painted on the wall. He then reaches into the kitchen and, retrieving a cardboard cutout of Mac Tonight, says, "Oh, here he is." Lisa remarks, "Dad, that's Mac Tonight." Homer replies, "Yeah, well while I'm gone, you'll do what he says."