On this day, January 10, 1984 an unknown 82-year old beginning actress named Clara Peller starred in her first Wendy's hamburger commercial.  Hollering "Where's the beef?" into the camera, this white-haired, crinkly-eyed grandmother soon became a Pop icon.

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Peller made millions for Dave Thomas' hamburger chain and made herself a household name.  Or at least a household face.  She died just three years after debuting her now famous three-word tag line.  When she passed, Peller was 85.

How many remember seeing this commercial for the first time back in 1984?

 

 

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