- (FBE) We actually have it for you here to try.

- You're kidding!

- Norman takes a taste here.

- My compliments to the chef.

♪ (ragtime intro) ♪

- (anchor) It's chaos at a McDonald's over, of all things,

Szechuan sauce. - Oh my God.

What?

- No way. What is that?

- (anchor) Customers crowd the counter demanding

the Szechuan dipping sauce for their Mcnuggets.

Outside, hundreds more are lining up.

- You gotta be kidding me.

- Oh yeah, they took that away and they brought it back, I think.

- (anchor) Watch as one guy snatches some right off the counter.

- Oh my goodness.

- This is crazy.

- (chanting) Make more sauce! Make more sauce!

- That is nuts. What's happening in this world?

- Where can I get some of that Szechuan sauce,

'cause it's probably hallucinogenic.

- (car horns) - Unbelievable.

- That's gotta be good stuff.

- I'd never seen such a big crowd.

- What? Come on.

- Nobody is gonna be that crazy about

a stupid Szechuan sauce. Really?

- Crazy how people go crazy for food.

- We want sauce. We want sauce.

- Is that real? That is crazy.

- I didn't realize that McDonald's had so many

followers who preferred the Szechuan sauce.

- (man) There it is.

- No, no! You're not gonna step on it?

Ah!

- Oh.

- That's what I think of it. That's what I would have done.

- Is he eating it off the sidewalk?

- Ugh, ew.

- You guys dipping it? Excuse me.

- (crowd yelling) - Oh my God.

- (FBE) So those videos were all showing the clamor

over a McDonald's chicken Mcnugget sauce

called Szechuan sauce. - Well, I got that part.

- I'm telling you, McDonald's is loving it.

- (FBE) We cut the reasoning as to why the sauce

is so popular out of the news report

to ask you if you had any idea why people

would want the Szechuan sauce so much it could cause

this kind of response. - I have no idea.

- There's a drug in it of some sort.

- Does it make them high? I mean, what is going on?

- Maybe it has some sort of underground connotation.

- (FBE) This actually all started because of a TV show.

- And which one was that?

- (FBE) So the next clip we're gonna show you

is from that show many say started the Szechuan sauce craze.

- Well, let's see it.

- Those are the Simpsons?

- Yeah, I'd like to get a ten piece Mcnugget

and a bunch of the Szechuan sauce.

Like, as much as you're allowed to give me.

In 1998, they had this promotion for the Disney film Mulan

where they... - I already know what show this is.

- Called Szechuan sauce and it's delicious

and they got rid of it and now it's gone.

This is the only place we're gonna be able

to try it. - Golly.

- You're doing this bit while your brain is melting.

- Okay, all right, all right.

- Okay. So that was the Simpsons.

That's where it started.

- (FBE) Not the Simpsons. - It looked like the Simpsons.

- That's it? That's what everybody

went crazy for?

- Didn't know. It was nice to get

a little bit of background as to the story

behind it all. Makes a little more sense,

but not 100%.

- Welcome to the darkest year of our adventures.

First thing that's different, no more Dad, Morty.

He threatened to turn me in to the government,

so I made him and the government go away.

- Oh my God.

- (laughs)

- I'll go out and I'll find some more of that Mulan

Szechuan teriyaki dipping sauce, Morty.

- What is happening?

- That's my one armed man. I'm not driven by

avenging my dead family, Morty. That was fake.

I'm driving by finding that Mcnugget sauce.

I want that Mulan Mcnugget sauce, Morty.

That's my series arc, Morty. If it takes nine seasons.

I want my Mcnugget dipping Szechuan sauce, Morty.

- Amazing.

- Wow. That's extreme.

- My goodness.

- Until I get that dipping Szechuan sauce.

- So a cartoon is why they created--

what's that show?

- (FBE) So, that was the animated show

Rick and Morty. - It sounds kind of familiar.

- Rick and Morty. I never saw that one.

- (FBE) We'll discuss the show a little more shortly,

but after seeing the massive demand for the sauce

from customers, McDonald's recently decided to launch

the sauce again. This time in all stores

across the country and we actually have it for you

here to try. - You're kidding!

- No way.

- Oh, well. Lucky me.

- (FBE) It's recommended to try it with

chicken Mcnuggets, we also have fries

and carrots for you to try with if you prefer those.

- Oh, I can hardly wait.

- All right. Who would have known

I would come here and got free dinner.

- I haven't smelled McDonald's in years.

It really smells bad.

- Ooh, I love the smell. Teriyaki.

- It smells good. I do love Asian food.

Any kind.

- Norman takes a taste here.

Yeah, it's not that tasty. It doesn't have a good palate.

- I don't get it. Watered down maple syrup.

Not for me.

- And here, I was on a diet.

Not bad. My compliments to the chef.

- Not bad, but I wouldn't stand in line forever

and ever for it.

- A big goopy spot.

I don't know if I'd dance and shout about it,

but it's good.

- Oh my gosh. I love it.

♪ (McDonald's jingle) ♪

- It's just spicy Asian sauce.

- My profound statement is take it back.

- (announcer) Burn!

- (FBE) Now that you've had a small taste of the sauce,

do you think it was all worth the craziness

and chaos seen in the videos? - I think it's worth

all the craziness. When they pulled it,

they made it even greater. It's like you have

a little taste of heaven and then you pull it away.

- No.

- Hell to the no. It was awful.

- No, but that's me though. Maybe the people

that are younger and they just love that stuff.

- I think it was a little nuts that there were that many

people in line for the sauce. We did crazy things

for the Beatles and all that, so it's the same kind

of idea, I guess.

- (FBE) So, going back to Rick and Morty,

it's a show that's been around since 2013 that has gained

a real cult following. What do you think about

the fact that a TV show could cause a craze like this

over a condiment? - It's crazy.

- It doesn't surprise me that you can go absolutely

spit-faced crazy over something as silly as Szechuan sauce.

- I'm not really surprised. There's a lot of this attention

to these social media, our devices,

and it kind of rules our lives.

- They've got enough viewers, it's no different than--

what is it? One year Oprah talked about

a taco shop in the Valley and the next week

there were lines out the door. That's why people pay

millions of dollars to advertise on TV.

- (FBE) So finally, now that you know more

about the McDonald's Szechuan sauce saga, are you gonna

tell your friends they should check it out

or should they stay clear of McDonald's over the next

little while just to be safe. - Well, I wouldn't say

stay clear of McDonald's, because McDonald's has

some good stuff, but sure as hell keep clear of that.

- I would avoid McDonald's, yes. You can go to your local market

and get Szechuan sauce.

- That's up to people. I can't tell people

where to go or what to eat. I would be kind of leery,

because it tastes like there's a lot of sugar in there.

- It's a good sauce. I mean, it's got a nice flavor.

I'd recommend it to people who go to McDonald's.

To riot over it, that's a riot in itself.

- My grandchildren definitely, I will let them know.

Believe me, they know about it already

and they'll be so excited that grandma knows about it.

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