{"id":1178,"date":"2011-11-03T20:14:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2011-11-03T20:14:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T00:14:37","slug":"wheres-the-beef-wendys-of-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/11\/wheres-the-beef-wendys-of-course.html","title":{"rendered":"‘Where’s The Beef?’ Wendy’s, Of Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

I LOVE my trip to Wendy’s<\/em> every couple of weeks because I enjoy their burgers and their salads.<\/p>\n

Yes … that’s right the salads. Wendy’s has some of the most creative ones around and I still say it’s good to have some greens once in a while even if they are drowning in dressing.<\/p>\n

And I really enjoyed the $2.99 combo they just did away with in Apex, N.C. … or has it been eliminated everywhere due to this awful economy?<\/p>\n

(That’s no knock on Wendy’s … my favorite size soup, OK … the large one … at Brueggers Bagels<\/em> just went up $4!).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I digress as I often do when talking about one of my favorite subjects … FOOD!<\/p>\n

The point of this feature was to praise the return of the “Where’s the Beef?” TV commercials.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aISkVvi5iI8<\/a>\n

Wendy’s brought in the perfect guy to play the role of unsuspecting kid who bought a “Where’s the Beef?” t-shirt because he thought it was different.<\/p>\n

The ex-boyfriend of a Modern Famil<\/em>y character is the perfect dupe because he doesn’t know why strangers are making a fuss over his shirt.<\/p>\n

“Where’s the Beef?” of course was one of the most famous fast food ad campaigns of any era, starring Clara Peller<\/em>, who passed in 1987.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the company apparently never answered the question in its ad until the new incarnation began just a few months ago.<\/p>\n

The actor realizes where the beef is … when he walks in front of a Wendy’s, of course.<\/p>\n

Genius … in its simplicity, an ad that truly needs no “beefing up.”<\/p>\n

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