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TIL the Wendy's commercial featuring Clara Peller saying "Where's the beef?" first aired in January 1984 & is credited for Wendy's sales increasing 31% to $945m in 1985. Wendy's senior VP for communications, David Lynch, stated "with Clara we accomplished as much in 5 weeks as we did in 14.5 years."

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