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In 2007, the American Idol television series partnered with McDonalds to make American Idol toys for their Happy Meals. In 2008, they put out eight cartoony figurines of fictional genre singers including this leisure-suited Lothario with an oversize medallion and receding hairline.
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In 2007, the ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319931/reference American Idol]'' television series partnered with fast food megacorporation McDonalds to make ''American Idol'' toys for their Happy Meals. In 2008, they put out eight cartoony figurines of fictional genre singers including this leisure-suited Lothario with an oversize medallion and receding hairline.
  
MTV thinks Disco Dave may be a veiled version of real contestant Sanjaya Malakar.
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The figures each play a different short music clip (no vocals) when their arm is raised.
  
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MTV thinks Disco Dave (#1 in the series) may be a veiled version of real contestant Sanjaya Malakar.
*[http://www.qsrweb.com/article/105932/McDonald-s-debuts-American-Idol-inspired-Happy-Meal-toys McDonald's debuts American Idol-inspired Happy Meal toys ]
 
*[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585197/some-familiar-idol-faces-coming-happy-meal-near.jhtml American Idol' McTwins: Some Familiar Faces Are Coming To A Happy Meal Near You]
 
  
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111113202325/https://www.qsrweb.com/article/105932/McDonald-s-debuts-American-Idol-inspired-Happy-Meal-toys McDonald's debuts American Idol-inspired Happy Meal toys (on archive.org)]
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Latest revision as of 04:47, 17 April 2025

In 2007, the American Idol television series partnered with fast food megacorporation McDonalds to make American Idol toys for their Happy Meals. In 2008, they put out eight cartoony figurines of fictional genre singers including this leisure-suited Lothario with an oversize medallion and receding hairline.

The figures each play a different short music clip (no vocals) when their arm is raised.

MTV thinks Disco Dave (#1 in the series) may be a veiled version of real contestant Sanjaya Malakar.

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