Wednesday, May 27, 2026

"Yeeeeessssss?"

When Tee Vee Was King

Kills me every time. Plenty more on YouTube; do your own research.

J.J. Sedelmaier, director of the Wendy's "Where's The Beef?" commercial & other popular '80s adverts, was 92.They're dropping like flies.
 New Jersey Online:
Donald Newhouse, who inherited a media empire, led Advance Publications' newspaper and cable TV divisions, and was Newark Star-Ledger president, dies at 96  —  Donald E. Newhouse, who as President of The Star-Ledger and head of Advance Publications' newspaper group presided over a prolonged period …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:   BuzzMachine  —  I am terribly saddened at word of the death of Donald Newhouse …
Just saw this, for Saurday 19 November 1955. More Weterns than you could shake a six-shooter at, & Yma Sumac on Stage Show w/ the Dorsey Bros. In Jan. '56 Elvis Presley made his first national telebision appearance on the program.
[Sedelmaier obit from Off the Kuff.]

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