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= McDonald's history = McDonald's is a best-selling hamburger franchise that Americans know and love. Brothers Maurice and Richard McDonald made the first McDonald's back in the 1940's. It was originally titled, "McDonald's Barbeque." In 1948, they converted the barbeque joint into a drive-through restaurant. A "burger and milkshake joint". instead of an M in the logo, (like we usually see) there was a N. Lowercase, at that. Why was this? Originally, it was supposed to resemble an arch. Real arches were part of the restaurant's design. In 1948, you could get a burger for just 15 cents. In 1985, when the popular Super Mario Bros. released, McDonald's called Nintendo. "Hello. this is McDonald's. We've noticed that your 'Super Mario' character has a hat that has an M. If you could make it more like our logo, we could put Mario in our advertisements, and we would become more popular." Nintendo did not take the offer. Although, we have seen Super Mario advertisements from McDonald's in 1989-present.