13-year-old finds a flexi disc inside a newspaper whose contents make him famous overnight

Instructions

The voice conveyed a set of instruction to the listener. He told the listener to make a call on a number. He directed him to do so in order to claim his prize. Well, this came as an unbelievable surprise to Scotty. Had he just found a lottery or should I say just won one? 

Telling Mother

He ran to his mother and told her everything. His mother too could not believe what was she listening to. It was then the boy played the record again. This was not a dream nor a lie. It was all true. They had won a  contest worth a million dollars.

The Song

Do you not want to hear that record? Well, here it is. As mentioned before, the contest had only one winner. Even though the incident has grown quite old, it still has its impact. Additionally, this really helped McDonald’s to emerge as one of the most popular food chains in the world.

Calling The Number

Without wasting one more second they called on the number mentioned in the record. This was it. They actually had won the contest. It was miraculous. What Scotty considered to be trash was a million worth prize.

What was It?

The thing he had mistaken to be a record was a Flexi-disc instead. These discs are made of thin slices of vinyl or vinyl-covered paper. The aim of manufacturing them was to get it distributed all across the country at affordable prices. They were solely made with the purpose of promotion.  

Flexi-Disc

The production cost used to be very less and they were available in every shape and sizes. In those times, almost every house had turntables and that is the reason one could find it glued to the magazines’ spines. They were also mailed out as postcards or sometimes even found on the backside of the cereal boxes. It was owned by everyone but a specific industry that used it the most was the fast-food industry.