Tony Five: Clean While You Cook - January 6, 2026
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Welcome to The Last Show. I'm David Cooper. And in McDonald's-based news, we are joined by special foreign correspondent Tony Five in London, England, to discuss the arrival of the McRib and some surprises that customers aren't happy about. So much so that there's a major lawsuit that McDonald's is facing. Tony Five, welcome to the program. Hello. McHello, David. How are you, my friend? I am McDoingGreat. We're trying to get a McDonald's sponsorship here, clearly. I know.
It would be wonderful if we could. I have never, ever, ever understood that whole popularity with the McRib. It's kind of a pop culture icon when it comes. It's always a limited release. And for those who don't know, it's a burger, and it's called the McRib, but they have, I think, a beef patty. It's a pork patty.
It's a rib.
It's a pork rib, yeah. Covered in like barbecue sauce. But it's not really that. It's kind of gelatinous, I felt. I find it quite sickly. People do love it. It's in like a sub roll or whatever. But people go crazy for it.
What controversy surrounds the McDonald's McRib meat lawsuit?
Oh my God, they should bring the McRib back. And I don't know whether it's kind of a joke in on itself, but people have like sort of sued McDonald's because it genuinely, people think they've been misled because it's not a genuine rib, a real pork rib.
A 45-page lawsuit was filed at the end of last month in northern Illinois by a bunch of plaintiffs. And they're saying the McRib doesn't really have – let's just say the word allegedly because McDonald's legal counsel has deep pockets. But they're saying that it, like, doesn't have real rib in it. It's just random pork parts.
Well, can I tell you what the constituents are and then you'll maybe rethink it. So it's a process combination of cuts such as the shoulder, the heart, tripe. I've no idea what tripe is, but it sounds disgusting. And scalded stomach, David. Scalded stomach, not just regular stomach, scalded stomach, apparently none of which are just rib meat.
It's what the lawsuit claims. We want to say that very clearly. Allegedly. Allegedly. Yeah, don't sue us, McDonald's. In fact, sponsor us. We love you.
I can imagine Ronald McDonald just kicking your door in and just having a go at you. But okay, carry on. No, it would be the Hamburglar would come in and rough me up. That's right. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, Hamburglar. Oh, what happened to him? Do you reckon he's really behind bars? I feel like he's typecast. Like he maybe did something many, many years ago. And for the last like 40 years, he just has to wear the stripy outfits and stuff.
Yeah, the sorry state of the legal system. He just can't get a job because, you know, he got convicted of a crime. Now, every time he goes in for a background check to get an honest job, it's hamburger theft.
He just fails it. He absolutely fails it all the time. And that Zorro hat he wears doesn't do him any favours, does it?
It does not. He's got a real record with Grand Theft Hamburger. That's what they're saying. A tripe, by the way, is like one of the stomachs of a cow and it's delicious if prepared well. But it is very much like a strong, meaty, like livery, organ meat flavor for sure. Very lovely texture. I feel like you would like tripe. Over Thanksgiving, you tried liver and you liked it. Maybe you would like tripe. Did I? Yes, you had a little bit of liver.
Oh no, the liver parfait. I did try that. Yes, the chopped liver. Yes, I did. I did, I did, I did.
That was nice.
You didn't love it, but you didn't hate it.
Okay, but back to this lawsuit. McDonald's is saying their response to this is that it is a distortion of the facts and many of the claims in the lawsuit are inaccurate. But I feel like that's maybe an admission of guilt. They're saying many of the claims, not all the claims.
Well, they say it's 100% pork, which it is. I mean, it all comes from a pig. I get it.
But it has to be rib for it to be a McRib. And apparently they're advertising that it's rib.
I guess so, but, you know, like, they're quarter pounders. Are they genuinely all a quarter pound? I don't know, you know, and they're cheeseburgers.
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