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Super Size Me was a terrific cheeky stunt, small wonder Spurlock never matched it

Twenty years ago, no one was a bigger beneficiary of the Michael Moore documentary boom than gonzo doc comic Morgan Spurlock who royally punked McDonald’s corporate giant with his uproarious 2004 film Super Size Me. He embarrassed McDonald’s and single-handedly pressured them into withdrawing their mega-portion policies and even into offering unconvincing “healthy” options. And it was happening in a pre-social-media age.