Doug Jones

That creature effects makeup designer that made those alien outfits for that commercial then also was doing the moon head for the Mac Tonight campaign for McDonald's.

That creature effects makeup designer that made those alien outfits for that commercial then also was doing the moon head for the Mac Tonight campaign for McDonald's.

Right? Well, it's set to the theme song taken from Mac the Knife, but rebranded for McDonald's as Mac Tonight. I love it. It's Mac Tonight. Hey. Yeah. Yeah. So I ended up booking that job as the Crescent Moonhead guy under this huge, heavy mask, also created by Steve Neal. So I was already getting a taste of, ah, the creature effects world is tight and almost incestuous.

Right? Well, it's set to the theme song taken from Mac the Knife, but rebranded for McDonald's as Mac Tonight. I love it. It's Mac Tonight. Hey. Yeah. Yeah. So I ended up booking that job as the Crescent Moonhead guy under this huge, heavy mask, also created by Steve Neal. So I was already getting a taste of, ah, the creature effects world is tight and almost incestuous.

And, you know, they're very loyal. So if they like working with you. So the reputation got around town that I'm tall, skinny, move well, and don't complain when there's a lot of stuff on me.

And, you know, they're very loyal. So if they like working with you. So the reputation got around town that I'm tall, skinny, move well, and don't complain when there's a lot of stuff on me.

So I guess that's the reputation that got around the creature effects. So the referrals happened and snowballed from there. And here we are 38 years later. And it's with a resume that I never foresaw. I never sought like, I want to be monsters. I really wanted to be a sitcom star when I started. I wanted to be like a goofy next door neighbor that comes, you know, like on the Dick Van Dyke show.

So I guess that's the reputation that got around the creature effects. So the referrals happened and snowballed from there. And here we are 38 years later. And it's with a resume that I never foresaw. I never sought like, I want to be monsters. I really wanted to be a sitcom star when I started. I wanted to be like a goofy next door neighbor that comes, you know, like on the Dick Van Dyke show.

Oh, I love that. Or being Kramer on Seinfeld. The guy who comes in and does something funny and leaves. I had very low aspirations for myself.

Oh, I love that. Or being Kramer on Seinfeld. The guy who comes in and does something funny and leaves. I had very low aspirations for myself.

Oh, thank you. So getting swept up by the Creature Effects world was a surprise to me, but a happy one. It has turned into a career that has been very, very good to me. And, you know, when you mentioned the likes of Guillermo del Toro, when you are standing on the stage at the Academy Awards... Because a movie you were in called The Shape of Water just won Best Picture.

Oh, thank you. So getting swept up by the Creature Effects world was a surprise to me, but a happy one. It has turned into a career that has been very, very good to me. And, you know, when you mentioned the likes of Guillermo del Toro, when you are standing on the stage at the Academy Awards... Because a movie you were in called The Shape of Water just won Best Picture.

And you're there with the entire team accepting the award for Best Picture. And it's an Academy Best Picture with a monster on the cover. This doesn't happen.

And you're there with the entire team accepting the award for Best Picture. And it's an Academy Best Picture with a monster on the cover. This doesn't happen.

And you happen to be the guy who played that monster. It's surreal moment. You can imagine.

And you happen to be the guy who played that monster. It's surreal moment. You can imagine.

what you're looking at you're looking out a sea of the most famous faces you've ever seen in your life and they're all looking back at you with adoration in their eyes it's like this this moment doesn't happen to just anybody no it doesn't you know that's a pinch me moment for sure totally totally i believe the aliens should abduct me now this is insane That's a good time to die happy.

what you're looking at you're looking out a sea of the most famous faces you've ever seen in your life and they're all looking back at you with adoration in their eyes it's like this this moment doesn't happen to just anybody no it doesn't you know that's a pinch me moment for sure totally totally i believe the aliens should abduct me now this is insane That's a good time to die happy.

Isn't that nuts? What are the chances? Isn't that weird? Yeah, it's awesome. Yes.

Isn't that nuts? What are the chances? Isn't that weird? Yeah, it's awesome. Yes.