Word: peller
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Dates: during 1984-1984
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...that time, inflation was 12%, and Volcker had little choice but to give the economy a cold shower. This year price rises have been so modest that Treasury Secretary Donald Regan has taken to asking in the manner of Clara ("Where's the beef?") Peller, "Where's the inflation?" Since January the consumer price index has risen at an annual rate of 4.5%. Producer prices, which often foreshadow trends in consumer costs, have gone up at a mild 1.8% pace so far this year and have actually declined for the past three months. Many economists think Volcker...
...well. Days of Our Lives is airing episodes taped at the World's Fair in New Orleans, and Another World has shot several segments on locations around New York City. The network has also increased on-air promotion. In one spot, Clara ("Where's the beef?") Peller demands, "Where's the soaps?" in a pointed reference to ABC's pre-emptions...
...million television ad campaign. The first 30-second spot features three elderly ladies who have walked into a fictional "Home of the Big Bun" hamburger outlet and become outraged by the microscopic size of the patty on a gargantuan, fluffy bun. One woman, played by Octogenarian Clara Peller, asks irately, "Where's the beef?" The implied answer: Wendy's quarter-pound burgers have the beef. In a second spot, Peller uses a telephone to put the inevitable question to the owner of "Big Bun," who is ensconced on his yacht...
...Where's the beef?" has transformed Clara Peller into a cult star. The diminutive former Chicago beauty-shop owner stands to get an as yet unnegotiated percentage of the profits from licensed items that bear her likeness. She has already completed a West Coast promotional tour and appeared on Today, Good Morning America and Entertainment Tonight. So far Peller has received more than 600 fan letters, and a Clara Peller fan club is being planned...