Big Mac or Big Ten?

Leaving the drive-through of McDonald’s the other day, I surprised my kids by reciting the ingredients in the Big Mac:

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.

To really get their attention, I sang it: “Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun.”

That’s how I learned it growing up in the 1970s, listening to the catchy Big Mac jingle that practically everyone knew. My mother said I was too young to get the Mac, but I sure knew that jingle.

The hamburger was on my mind because of a recent survey conducted in conjunction with the Oct. 19th theatrical premiere of “The Ten Commandments” animated film.

According to the survey, commissioned by The Ten Commandments Commission, 35 percent of 1,000 respondents could recall all six Brady kids (from the Brady Bunch TV show … also from the 1970s) and 25 percent could name all seven ingredients of the Big Mac, but only 14 percent could accurately list all Ten Commandments.