Where’s the beef? Remember those old commercials? They were pretty awesome. But if you were born after 1984, like one of the authors of this blog, you will have no memories of this, because you were not even a fetus when these commercials were regularly interrupting your family’s nightly Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy viewings.
Anyway, you may have noticed that Wendy’s has recently revived its “Where’s the Beef?” campaign. At first, I was irritated. When I saw a repro of the shirt at Urban Outfitters around Christmas, all sorts of obscenities ran through my head, because I’ve owned an original since high school, and had been planning to sell it on eBay for (hopefully) some mad cash.
Anyway, then I thought… maybe this is the perfect time for me to sell it! So I listed it for $29.99, and it had 2 or 3 watchers, and nobody bought it. So I relisted it for $14.99 and it ended up selling for $38, and about six different people were warring over it. WTF?! Here are some pics of the shirt:
Proof of its originality for all of the skeptics out there:
I bought this t-shirt way before I ever met Erin. I found it for 25 cents at a garage sale in the mid ‘90s. I used to think it was real cool to wear it ironically when I was a vegetarian for two years in high school. Then I got mono and realized that people can’t survive on french fries and ranch dressing.
Anyway, I digress. One of my favorite things to do when people buy my items on eBay is look at the last few things that person bought, so I can try to figure out their steeze. One of the best things about selling this shirt is that the person who ended up winning the shirt must be the weirdest person on the face of the earth. Here are the last six things this person bought. Trust me–it is worth clicking on the links:
3. This disgusting Betsy Johnson vampire ring … (maybe she goes to City Club?
4. A KOOSH BALL (What. The. F*ck.)
5. A vintage “Coney Island Hot Dog and Bun Warmer” … ?!?!?!?!?! (maybe for a post-City Club snack?)
6. A M.U.S.C.L.E. man … whatever that is.
WHO IS THIS PERSON?!
-Sarah