Klarinet Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 2003/03

From: "Andy Raibeck" <cactus@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] cute names
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:45:16 -0500

From: "Elizabeth Berry" <MarchinCharger88@-----.com>

> Oh!!! My mom watches TV land, I remember seeing that commercial where the
> lady finds the hamburger!
> Dude, that was THE commercial.

"Dude"? That sounds "California-ese". I thought you said you were from
Illinois... :-) :-) :-)

> Can you hear me now, good is what our band director says a whole lot.

Yeah, everyone says it. Back in the mid-eighties, "Where's the beef?" was
the same thing.

> Thanks for your explaination

You're welcome!

P.S. I just re-read my post, and wow, was my typing off....

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Raibeck" <cactus@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: 01 March 2003 21:21
> Subject: Re: [kl] cute names
>
>
> > My recollection may not be 100% accurate, but I think I'm at least
pretty
> > close.
> >
> > "Where's the beef?" was the catch-phrase for a popular Wendy's (the
> hambuer
> > chain) advertising campaign that began, I think, in 1984. The campaign
was
> > built around this little old lady (played by then-unknown Clara Peller).
> In
> > the add, this little old lady who would go from one hambuger place to
> > another, find they served only "wimpy" burgers, and then exclaim in a
> rather
> > gruff/crotchety voice, "Where's the beef?" Finally (of course!) she
wound
> up
> > at Wendy's and found that there burgers were not wimpy.
> >
> > For whatever reason that these things happen, this little catch-phrase
> > "Where's the beef?" became ingrained in the American peoples'
> consciousness,
> > and thus forever became a piece of "Americana".
> >
> > Sadly, Clara Peller died about a year or so later.
> >
> > Back in the early seventies, the folks who market Alka-Seltzer created
> > another such phrase, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing", another
> > classic.
> >
> > Today, an excellent example of this is the "Can you hear me now?" ads
that
> > some cell company is running. Actually I find this one more annoying
than
> > cute, and I can't even remember the company's name, so for me, it isn't
> > working... :-)
> >
> > So getting back to "Where's the Beef(er)?"... Arturo said:
> >
> > > > > >Manny [Arturo's mynah bird, apparently] declares:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <<SQuawk>> "Arturo, when you can't remember where you left
your
> > > > > > clarinet the night before, what will you say?"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Perhaps "Where's the ......"
> >
> > ... Beefer.
> >
> > As in "Bb clariner". As in "Where's the beef?"
> >
> > If you were born in 1988, then you were -4 years old when the Wendy's ad
> > campaign came out, so it is understandable that you might not know about
> > this. (OK, my initial estimate of -8 was a bit off....)
> >
> > Does that help? :-)
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Elizabeth Berry" <MarchinCharger88@-----.com>
> > To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 19:14
> > Subject: Re: [kl] cute names
> >
> >
> > > I still don't get it. :)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Andy Raibeck" <cactus@-----.net>
> > > To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> > > Sent: 01 March 2003 17:36
> > > Subject: Re: [kl] cute names
> > >
> > >
> > > > Wasn't "Where's the Beef?" from back in the early 80's? That makes
> > > Elizabeth
> > > > what, around -8 years old, give or take? :-)
> > > >
> > > > (Now "I've fallen!... and I can't get up!!" might be something she
> would
> > > > remember.)
> > > >
> > > > That said, I'm not sure what "Where's the Beef?" has to do with
> > clarinets.
> > > I
> > > > was thinking that "Beefer" was just a cutesy take-off on "B flat".
> > > >
> > > > Andy
> >
> >
> >
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