In 2016 parts of the United States, Canada, and the UK were under siege from "Creepy Clown Sightings". This Clown Hysteria actually pushed McDonald's to do the unthinkable. They "retired" Ronald McDonald from the Company. Ever since then he's been pushed to the sidelines and largely forgotten about. Let's talk about Ronald McDonald's creator Willard Scott, Coco The Clown, and how the Pop Culture Americana Icon came into existence...before being pushed to the back and never seen again.