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November 24, 1985
Burger King launches the infamous "Where's Herb" ad campaign.
Commercials at YouTube above. Below is the January 24, 1986 Atlanta Constitution article about Atlanta actor Jon Menick, who played Herb. A columnist with the Chicago Tribune called Herb one of the most famous men in America.
Atlanta Constitution 1-24-1986 article
Strangely enough, I worked at Delta Air Lines with a Dan Baum tasked with managing maintenance contracts and installing computers for the company Airborn Express. The reporter Dan Baum whose by-line you see at the clipped article above also covered the Jenkinsburg plane crash that's found at the TIMELINE at 9-30-1985.
Oops. Wrong page, Mr. President.
Click the icon above to return to the TIMELINE.
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