Much like the rest of us, Hollywood's hottest celebrities spent their formative years stuffing their faces with flame-broiled beef, Enchiritos, and double-cheeseburger pizza. 
 
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 Unlike us, however, those celebrities were stuffing their soon-to-be-recognizable faces for the good of their careers. 
 
 Before they hit it big, beloved actors such as Michael J. Fox and Ben Affleck were starring in fast food commercials for places like McDonald's and Burger King. And while their roles were arguably less meaty than the hamburgers they were endorsing, they used those roles as stepping stones on their journey toward fame, fortune and a fulfilling life in the spotlight. 
 
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 The rest of us were just hungry for Whoppers, probably. Anyway, here's those commercials we mentioned earlier: 
 
 Michael J. Fox 
 
 Michael J. Fox desperately wants his date's affections, but he's also interested in her mouthwatering french fries. Luckily, he escapes this McDonald's commercial with both. 
 
 Steve Carell 
 
 When Brown's chicken switched to a cholesterol-free recipe, Steve Carell was extremely excited to share the news. In fact, he was so excited that he completely disregarded the white sedan that almost ran over a motorcyclist at the 20 second mark. 
 
 Meg Ryan 
 
 In 1982, Meg Ryan interrupted our regularly scheduled Burger King commercials to plug the restaurant's "Aren't You Hungry?" promotion, which offered diners the chance to win a million dollars. 
 
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 Jason Alexander 
 
 Judging by this McDonald's commercial, the #1 problem in the '80s was hamburgers with warm lettuce. The short-lived McDLT arrived to solve all of this, complete with its own song and dance routine starring "Seinfeld" alum Jason Alexander. 
 
 Ben Affleck 
 
 If you're a woman with a sultry voice, don't dial Ben Affleck's car phone by mistake. He has no qualms about fraudulently posing as a Burger King delivery man in order to get your address, drive to your house, and seduce you. 
 
 Julianna Margulies 
 
 For Julianna Margulies of "ER" and "The Good Wife," a McDonald's Big Mac is too much food for its reasonable price tag. What she wants is slightly less food for a slightly more reasonable price tag. 
 
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 James Franco 
 
 When Elvis finally comes back from the dead, he's going to want one thing and one thing only: Pizza Hut. At least that's the sentiment of this Pizza Hut ad featuring James Franco as a skeptic who wrongly assumes otherwise. 
 
 Andrew McCarthy and Elisabeth Shue 
 
 Before they hit it big, Andrew McCarthy and Elisabeth Shue were just two crazy kids in love … with the taste of Pepsi and Whoppers. Here, they inform us of said love with the anxiousness of underage teenagers on the verge of eloping. 
 
 Megan Mullally and John Goodman 
 
 Not only did this McDonald's commercial showcase the talents of actors Megan Mullally and John Goodman, but it also introduced us to a catchy Egg McMuffin jingle that we never knew existed. 
 
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 Sarah Michelle Gellar 
 
 At only 5 years old, future "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Sarah Michelle Gellar was already unhappy with the size of the burger patties at McDonald's, so she went to Burger King instead. (Interestingly enough, this commercial got Gellar banned from McDonald's for a short time.) 
 
 Patrick Duffy 
 
 Does Taco Bell offer its employees a commission on every order? Because that would explain why future "Dallas" star Patrick Duffy feels the need to upsell an innocent Taco Bell customer in this ad from the '70s. 
 
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 Jodie Foster 
 
 If the following commercial is to be believed, Jodie Foster used to live in McDonaldland and survive solely on milkshakes. So when all the drinking vessels in McDonaldland disappeared one day (leaving Jodie without any milkshakes), her and friend Ronald McDonald hatched a convoluted plan to get them back. This is that story. 
 
 Elijah Wood 
 
 Elijah Wood is lucky that his dad is god-awful at planning a backyard barbecue. Otherwise, little Elijah and his family would never have gotten their fill of delicious double-cheeseburger pizza from Pizza Hut. 
 
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 Corey Feldman 
 
 On Christmas Eve, Santa gets more cookies than he knows what to do with. Luckily, little Corey Feldman knew what Santa really wanted: a coupon for 50¢ off his next McDonald's Value Meal. ||||| Most of us turn a blind eye to the preparation methods or sanitary conditions at our favorite fast food restaurants. In the back of our minds, we occasionally question whether something sketchy is going on in the kitchen, but we'd rather enjoy our food in blissful ignorance. 
 
 Let's ruin that right now. 
 
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 Last Thursday, a Reddit user by the name of ohisthename posed the following question to any fast food workers within the Reddit community: "What should we NOT order at your restaurant? Why not?" 
 
 The responses were plentiful, with thousands of users chiming in. And their answers were intriguing, informative, and in many cases, downright gross. 
 
 Here are some of the more insightful things they had to say: 
 
 #1. Avoid Lemons and Ice at All Costs 
 
 From Reddit user hardshell1919: "I've worked at 4 restaurants in my life and lemons and ice are by far the most disgusting things you can get." 
 
 From Reddit user littlebosheep: "Even with regular cleaning ice machines are disgusting." 
 
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 From Reddit user velleux: "But really though, those lemons have been sitting out all day. Stop ordering them." 
 
 #2. Don't Order the Chili 
 
 From Reddit user doopercrooper: "Don't eat the chili at fast food places. It's usually the old meat chopped up into pieces and thrown into a chili." 
 
 #3. Steer Clear of the Hot Food at a Movie Theater 
 
 From Reddit user lizardmon: "I worked at a movie theater for a year. Never buy anything that came out of a warmer. Unless you are there at 7 p.m. on a Friday or Saturday night chances are it was made between 2 and 4 hours ago." 
 
 #4. … And Sometimes the Popcorn, Too 
 
 From Reddit user 318daily: "I used to work at a movie theater. Don't get popcorn if you're watching the first showing of the day. At night we would make popcorn and bag it up which is what we would serve in the morning the following day." 
 
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 From Reddit user juandurfel: "Be careful if you order popcorn for the first show time of the day at your theater. Some [theaters] take the popcorn left over in the popper from the night before and store it in a trashbag in the break room. They then dump the popcorn back into the popper the next day and sell it first." 
 
 #5: Inspect Your Sandwich Meats 
 
 From Reddit user hey-you-pikachu: "The roast beef is so full of preservatives its iridescent (super shiny and rainbow). The cold cuts are in a nasty syrup that smells like [expletive deleted], and the black forest ham has little piggy hairs on them if you look close enough." 
 
 From Reddit user ChipCrumbMassacre: "I work at a local sub-place … Do not order ham or turkey subs. When we microwave the ham, it sparks, and sometimes when we cut the turkey with the slicer, you can hear a little clink because there was something solid that was cut through." 
 
 #6. You Shouldn't Be Ordering a Taco Pizza 
 
 From Reddit user grdctrl2mjrtom: "Don't order the taco pizza then. Never in my 3 years of off and on working at 3 different [pizza chain locations] have I seen anyone use gloves to put the lettuce, tomatoes, or cheddar cheese on one of those suckers." 
 
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 #7. Your Fish Sandwich Might Be Iffy 
 
 From Reddit user Recede: "We had to make them at 11 when lunch started and had the same ones in the tray until the elderly people came to get their supper at 3 P.M. ... Never order them." 
 
 From Reddit user phillipssyndrome: "I would never trust ANYONE cooking ANY fish." 
 
 #8. Stop Ordering From the Non-Existent 'Secret Menu' 
 
 From Reddit user bwat4ou: "Current Starbucks employee here. To expand on this, one person's "secret menu recipe" for a drink they got off Pinterest or some crap site might vary from another persons recipe from the same 'drink' from some stupid other website.... So we never really 'know' the exact recipes..." 
 
 From Reddit user Ssutuanjoe: "Every redditor who works at Chipotle has the same consensus; Don't order the quesorito. I've never ordered it and it never seemed appealing to me to begin with, but apparently when customers order them, every employee in the restaurant hates you." 
 
 #9: There's a Reason They're Called Dirty-Water Hot Dogs 
 
 From Reddit user FreakyCheeseMan: "Do not. Buy. The Hot Dogs. They made it out of the package okay, and might even have been edible after we finished grilling them — and then they went into the water. We kept three pans of water at the back of the grill that held the hot dogs. Any hot dogs left at the end of the day went back into the fridge, and came out again the next day. Me and the other cook put our feet down on throwing out the water and old hotdogs after two full days, but the management didn't want to let us." 
 
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 #10: Demand Decaf 
 
 From Reddit user fishkybuns: "Our coffee has to be made on certain times. It can't be too old. However not many people order decaf. So we don't make it too often during slower hours (our busy times are early and later morning. Afternoon, evening, and night is what I'm taking about) So if you order it drive thru, and there isn't any, you'll likely get regular." 
 
 READ: How Gross is Your Coffee Maker? 
 
 Despite the negative responses, several Reddit commenters, were quick to point out that not all of these franchise stores operate the same way, some even saying that their local locations are "spotless" and serve completely safe, fresh food. 
 
 Just hope you like near one of those the next time you're downing an icy drink with a lemon wedge. ||||| Steakhouses aren't just about the beef. 
 
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 It's those delicious side dishes that complete the meal. 
 
 Del Frisco's steakhouse (where Taylor Swift recently dropped by for a bite) also is known for its mouth-watering sides, including the ever-popular lettuce wedge. 
 
 This popular menu item is served up with a dollop of homemade blue cheese dressing and apple smoked bacon ... topped with more blue cheese crumbles, of course! 
 
 WATCH: The Waldorf Astoria's Official Recipe for Their Waldorf Salad 
 
 Their executive chef Elvis Inniss shows us how it's made. 
 
 While it may seem like a no-brainer, the secret's in the blue cheese dressing. 
 
 Watch the video above and make your own tonight! 
 
 RECIPE: Beer-Battered Onion Rings ||||| Rating is available when the video has been rented. 
 
 This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. ||||| Even if you don't love fast food, you probably still know a lot about it. Who among us can't tell the difference between a Whopper and a Big Mac, for instance? 
 
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 But what about more obscure minutiae, like where Taco Bell's newest logo came from, or what Colonel Sanders did before he became a household name? Sure, the answers to these trivial questions may not net you any points on SAT or IQ tests, but they're interesting just the same. And who knows? Some of this info might come in handy in other ways, like during a spirited round of pub trivia at your local bar. 
 
 Eh, probably not. But here's ten fun facts anyway: 
 
 1. In 1989, two employees at a Domino's Pizza in Chamblee, Georgia, were held at gunpoint by a man named Kenneth Lamar Noid. According to a police detective, Noid was "having an ongoing feud in his mind with the owner of Domino's Pizza" over the Domino's mascot, called The Noid. Noid agreed to release his hostages in exchange for $100,000 (along with a library book, a getaway car and a pizza), but both employees managed to escape unharmed after about five hours. Noid only got the pizza before giving himself up. 
 
 2. Despite eating food from the McDonald's menu "every single day," the company's CEO claims to have slimmed down over the last year. Don Thompson credits his 20-pound weight loss to picking his "butt up" and "working out again." 
 
 3. Taco Bell is named after its founder, Glen Bell. His earlier burger joint was called Bell's Burgers. 
 
 4. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Sarah Michelle Gellar appeared in a Burger King commercial when she was only five years old, and in it, she criticized the size of McDonald's hamburger patties. As a result, McDonald's brought a lawsuit against Burger King, during which time Gellar was prohibited from eating at any McDonald's locations. "It was tough because, when you're a little kid, McDonald's is where all your friends have their birthday parties. So I missed out on a lot of apple pies." 
 
 5. Depending on the source, Taco Bell's current pink and purple logo either debuted in the 1993 film "Demolition Man" or it was modeled after the version that appeared on-screen. (In the movie, Taco Bell is the only restaurant left in the futuristic city of San Angeles after some sort of "franchise war.") 
 
 6. Before founding KFC, Colonel Sanders shot a guy in a gun fight. While operating a fledgling gas station in Corbin, Kentucky, he (along with two representatives from Shell Oil) got into a heated shoot-out with the owner of a Standard Oil station across the road. Sanders wasn't charged with the crime, seeing as someone else started the altercation. 
 
 7. Clara Peller, the actress who played the "Where's the Beef?" lady in Wendy's 1984 ad campaigns, was fired in 1985 after uttering her famous phrase in another company's commercial — specifically, an ad for Prego spaghetti sauce. Wendy's claimed that the commercial "infers that Clara found the beef at somewhere other than Wendy's restaurants.'' 
 
 8. In 1962, McDonald's franchise owner Lou Groen was looking for ways to cater to the Roman Catholic population that lived in his Cincinnati neighborhood, because they tended to abstain from meat on Fridays. He brought his idea for a fish sandwich to McDonald's headquarters, where McDonald's chief Ray Kroc issued him a challenge: If Groen's Filet-O-Fish sold better at a specific McDonald's location than Kroc's own idea for a Hula Burger (containing only a bun and a slice of pineapple), Kroc would add it to the national menu. "I won hands-down," claimed Groen. 
 
 9. The McDonald's Big Mac was originally slated to be called the "Blue Ribbon Burger." It was 21-year-old Esther (Some sources say that the name "Aristocrat" was also a front-runner, and that the burger itself was modeled after the Bob's Big Boy.) 
 
 10. Most In-N-Out Burger locations have palm trees growing on the premises, with two planted specifically to form an X. In-N-Out founder Harry Snyder was reportedly a huge fan of the film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," in which a host of characters race to uncover a buried treasure located beneath criss-crossing palm trees.
– Much like the rest of us, Hollywood's hottest celebrities spent their formative years stuffing their faces with flame-broiled beef, Enchiritos, and double-cheeseburger pizza. Unlike us, however, those celebrities were stuffing their soon-to-be-recognizable faces for the good of their careers. Before they hit it big, beloved actors such as Michael J. Fox and Ben Affleck were starring in fast food commercials for places like McDonald's and Burger King. Here are 16 big names to do so: James Franco: When Elvis finally comes back from the dead, he's going to want one thing and one thing only: Pizza Hut. At least that's the sentiment of this Pizza Hut ad featuring James Franco as a skeptic who wrongly assumes otherwise. Michael J. Fox: Michael J. Fox desperately wants his date's affections, but he's also interested in her mouthwatering French fries. Luckily, he escapes this McDonald's commercial with both. Steve Carell: When Brown's chicken switched to a cholesterol-free recipe, Steve Carell was extremely excited to share the news. In fact, he was so excited that he completely disregarded the white sedan that almost ran over a motorcyclist at the 20 second mark. See the 13 other fast-food A-listers and watch all 16 commercials at FOX News Magazine. More From FOX News Magazine: 10 Things You Didn't Know About McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Other Fast Food Restaurants Steakhouse Secrets For Making a Perfect Wedge Salad at Home Fast Food Employees Name The Items You Should Never Order