What was the name of McDonald’s moon-themed mascot introduced in 1986?

Mac Tonight was McDonald’s moon-themed mascot introduced in 1986.

Mac Tonight was designed for advertising aimed at promoting McDonald’s evening business. The character had a crescent-moon head, wore formal clothing, and played a piano in commercials, giving the campaign a distinctive late-night entertainment style.

His advertisements famously used a rewritten version of the song “Mack the Knife,” which helped make the character memorable. The campaign ran primarily in the United States and became one of McDonald’s most recognizable character-based promotions of the 1980s.

Mac Tonight is not the same character as Mayor McCheese or Officer Big Mac, who belonged to the earlier McDonaldland cast. His branding was built around dinner and nighttime visits rather than McDonald’s general daytime mascot universe.