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18 unusual facts about Wendy


Almost Easy

The band stated in an interview with Fuse host Steven Smith on Steven's Untitled Rock Show that the inspiration for the video came from a Wendy's commercial they saw in Asia in which a large crowd is running toward the same hamburger.

Bess Eaton

With a reported $35 million bid, the fast-food chain Wendy's International Corporation prevailed over the Dunkin' Donuts chain in their competition to purchase the 48 defunct Bess Eaton stores and other assets.

Blister in the Sun

The lawsuit stems partly from Gano's authorization of the use of "Blister" in a Wendy's commercial.

Dilley sextuplets

The parents of the sextuplets, Becki and Keith Dilley, met as co-workers at a Wendy's restaurant in Indiana.

Frescata

Frescata is a registered trademark of Wendy's restaurants, and was used to refer to its now discontinued line of cold sandwiches.

Iris Chacón

Merv Griffin said of her that "she was the answer to 'Where's the beef?'", a reference to the Wendy's commercial of that time period.

Jim Keet

In 1975, he joined Gerald Hamra to bring the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers to Arkansas.

Kathleen Nolan

She played Wendy in the original Broadway production of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, and in the first two live telecasts (1955 and 1956) of the musical, but she spent most of her career on television.

Lovie Yancey

Yancey always claimed "I don't worry about McDonald's, Burger King or Wendy's, They may be more popular, but a good hamburger sells itself, and I don't think anybody makes as good a hamburger as we do."

Midnapore, Calgary

Midnapore has a mall, the Midnapore Mall, a community centre that it shares with the adjacent community of Sundance, as well as many fast food restaurants including McDonalds, Wendy's, Tim Hortons, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.

Reo, Indiana

Reo is home to several subdivisions, a bank, two schools, a popular five-screen drive-in movie theater (the Holiday Drive-In), a gas station/Wendy's restaurant and four automobile dealerships, along with a number of other businesses.

Simcoe Composite School

To the north, there is a Wendy's and Subway in addition to other fast food restaurants that are no longer served in the cafeteria due to province-wide ban on junk food in public schools.

Wendy, Cambridgeshire

The double hammer-beam roof over the name was taken from the recently dismantled church of All Saints in the Jewry that stood opposite Trinity College in Cambridge.

The Wendy and Shingay District Church of England School opened in Wendy in 1906, closing again in 1931 with the children transferred to Bassingbourn.

RAF Bassingbourn covers a sizeable portion of the southern part of the parish, and was built just prior to the Second World War.

Wendy was a separate parish until 1957 when it was merged with neighbouring Shingay to form the present civil parish of Shingay cum Wendy.

Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge

ABC televised the event until 2009, showing the tournament tape-delayed on a weekend in December just before Christmas, with the first nine holes broadcast on Saturday, and the final nine holes on Sunday.

The event supports the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a charity established by the founder of Wendy's, the fast food restaurant that sponsors the tournament.


ATV Today

Among those who presented on ATV Today were Bob Warman, Anne Diamond, Brian Maclaurin, Margaret Hounsell, Bill Spencer, Geoff Meade, Chris Tarrant, Wendy Nelson, Derek Hobson and Shaw Taylor.

Baby, It's Fact

After listening to the teacher's (Mark Derwin) rant of no-one going up against jock Blake in the nominations for president, Forrest shyly waves at the girl he likes, Wendy, while she's looking in his direction.

Bryan Dick

Dick trained as a dancer at Joy Irvings dance & Wendy Allens School of dance in Carlisle as a child then at Elmhurst Ballet School in Surrey, moving on to Cumbria Institute of the Arts and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), although he had already worked professionally as a child actor.

Channel Niners

The final presenters of the show were Joanna "Joey" Moore and a former teacher at Adelaide High School, "Robby" Robin Roenfeldt, and their sidekick Winky Dink, a puppet pink duck voiced by children's author Wendy Patching.

Chesapeake House

Starting in October 2012, the existing Chesapeake House restaurants will be replaced with Dunkin' Donuts, Wendy's, Earl of Sandwich, KFC, Cinnabon, Freshens, and Nathan's Famous until the Maryland House is reconstructed.

Children of the Day

After becoming a born-again Christian, 16 year-old Marsha Carter was instrumental to leading her sister Wendy and friend Peter Jacobs to Christianity.

Christopher Wight

He has four brothers (Brian, his twin David, Michael and Philip) and five sisters (Sandra, Deborah, Ann- Marie, Wendy and Jennifer).

Coca-Cola Raspberry

The only remaining place that Coca-Cola Raspberry can be found is in Coca-Cola's new line of touch screen vending machines called Freestyle found in select Jack in the Box, Taco Time Northwest, Five Guys, Moe's Southwest Grill, Fuddruckers, Burger King, Wegmans, Davanni's Restaurants, Wendy's, Firehouse Subs, Schlotzsky's, Pei Wei Asian Diner, and select Popeyes stores in the US.

Deep Fried and Minty Fresh

Brass finds evidence that "Elizabeth Martin" is an assumed name, while Wendy finds Gary, a former drug addict, is in the system—and that his epithelials were in a razor found at the restaurant, indicating he was the one living in the kitchen.

Freya Tingley

In 2013 Freya was cast in Once Upon a Time as Wendy, a 13 year old girl based on the heroine Wendy Darling from the novel Peter Pan.

Fruit at the Bottom

Wendy Melvoin's twin sister Susannah and Cole Ynda, Lisa's sister, contributed background vocal work to the record as well as touring extensively with their sisters.

Fugitive Rage

Fugitive Rage is an crime drama action film directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring Shauna O'Brien, Jay Richardson & Alexander Keith, credited as Wendy Schumacher.

Green card marriage

In the TV show Parks and Recreation, the character Tom Haverford entered into a green card marriage with Wendy, his Canadian college friend.

Institute of Welsh Affairs

As at November 2010, the Board members were Eurfyl ap Gwilym, Guy Clarke, Rhys David, Geraint Talfan Davies (Chairman), Peter Davies, Sue Essex, Nigel Griffiths, Gerald Holtham, Megan Mathias, Rob Humphreys, Robert Jolliffe, Ruth Marks, Chris O'Malley, Wendy Sadler, Professor John Tucker, Sir Adrian Webb, Dr. Ruth Williams and Professor Laura McAllister.

Jeff McEnery

McEnery has also been involved in acting, starring in the feature films "Dog Pound" and "Camille" as well as CTV's "Many Happy Returns" ad campaign and several commercials (Wendy's, Doritos, Comcast etc.) He has made guest appearances on the shows Naturally, Sadie, "The Jon Dore Television Show" and "Covert Affairs" and was also a cast member on the Comedy Network's sketch series "Hotbox".

Jefferson Center Dunmore

The highest level program finds jobs for the students at places including Allied, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Sam's Club, and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

Jeremy David Fisher

As a Production Assistant, Jeremy worked on sets for commercials for clients such as Wendy's, Samsung Televisions, Head Tennis Co. and a Japanese clothier with the cast of Cirque Du Soleil.

K-911

They also reluctantly team up with Sergeant Wendy Welles and her Doberman Pinscher, Zeus, who, according to Welles, was trained in the Netherlands and listen to commands in Dutch (although in reality the commands are in German).

Kelly Stables

Her two largest roles were in the Thousand Oaks Civic Light Opera's Peter Pan as Wendy, and in Sleeping Beauty as the title character.

Kyle Kaplan

He played Greg Grunberg's nephew in NBC's Grand Union sitcom pilot in 2005 and has appeared in several national commercials, including Wendy's restaurants, Yahoo!, Cingular Wireless, Simon Malls, Dairy Queen, and most recently, Honda.

Mind Ripper

The movie begins with the family unit of Stockton (Lance Henriksen), daughter Wendy (Natasha Gregson Wagner), and son Scott (Giovanni Ribisi), preparing for a visit to the desert.

Pierluigi Giombini

It was Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach records that inspired him to study and create the synth sounds that he later used on his hit records in the 1980s.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

She has also co-edited a number of collections with other editors and writers, including Eliza Castle, Alison Tyler, Stacy Bias, Wendy Caster, Julie May, and Christopher Pierce.

Renegadepress.com

Wendy Anderson and David Neale appear as Zoey's parents, and Lorne Cardinal appears as Jack and Crystal's father (Wayne Sinclair).

Skin Games

Despite sinking with relatively little trace, Wendy Page and Jim Marr went on to pen some big hits for Martine McCutcheon (Perfect Moment) and Billie Piper (Honey to the Bee, Because We Want To) and also wrote and produced Dangerous To Know on Hilary Duff's second album.

Stephanie Wilkins

Vampy and sarcastic Stephanie Wilkins came to the fictional community of Henderson with her stepmother, Ramsey Weskitt, and her young daughter Wendy (Andrea McArdle, later Lisa Peluso) after divorcing a man named Dave Wilkins (Dale Robinette).

The Girls of Old Town

In the movie, both Goldie and Wendy are played by Jaime King.

The Ninth Cloud

The Ninth Cloud is an upcoming feature length comedy-drama film set in contemporary London starring Michael Madsen, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Leo Gregory, Meredith Ostrom, Megan Maczko, Joshua Feinman, Wendy Thomas and a strong supporting cast of up-and-coming British and Foreign talent.

The Truth Below

The film, which was developed by Glen Echo Entertainment and produced in Calgary, Alberta, by Nomadic Pictures, was directed by Scott Glosserman and written by Wendy Diane Miller.

The Winning Season

Bill begins to regret his decision when he meets the girls on the team: Abbie (Emma Roberts), Tamra (Meaghan Witri), Mindy (Melanie Hinkle), Wendy (Rooney Mara), Lisa (Shareeka Epps), and Kathy (Emily Rios).

Transvision Vamp

Wendy James launched her solo career in 1993 with the Elvis Costello-written album Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears.

Truly Blessed

Phyllis Yvonne, Marva King, Mark Philosit, Michelle Kornegay, Annette Hardeman, Jacqueline Gregory, Paula Holloway, Charlene Holloway, Minnie Curry, Terry Price, Darryl Phinnessee, Dorian Holley, Jim Gilstrap, Julia Tiltman Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, Wendy Fraser, Rosalind Keel, Fred White, Phyllis St James, Portia Griffin, Joey Diggs, Solomon Henderson Jr., Keith Jones, Sheila Lakin, Bridgent Potts, Ron Monroe, John Kee, Andrea Deese, Clarissa Rhodes, Jeanette Taylor - backing vocals

Vantiv

Vantiv maintains a number of relationships with large and small merchants including Barnes & Noble, Dollar General, The Kroger Company, Walgreens, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Inc and T.J. Maxx, and restaurants including In-N-Out Burger, T.G.I. Friday’s, Wendy’s International, Inc.and Bob Evans.

Vermont State Treasurer election, 2012

Wendy Wilton, the Rutland City Treasurer and former State Representative, was the Republican nominee.

Wendy Boase

After her death Julia Eccleshare (Children's Book Editor of the Guardian newspaper and chairman of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize) and Anne Marley (Head of Children’s, Youth & Schools Services for Hampshire Library & Information Service) decided to create an annual award named the Branford Boase Award in commemoration of both Wendy Boase and her colleague Henrietta Branford who also died of cancer the same year.

Wendy Boase (14 October 1944 – 15 March 1999) born in Melbourne, Australia, she was one of the co-founders of the children's publishing company Walker Books.

Wendy Christensen

Wendy Christensen is a fictional character in the Final Destination series, portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Wendy Dascomb

Wendy Dascomb (born c. 1949) is a pageant titleholder from Metairie, Louisiana, who held the Miss USA 1969 title.

Wendy P. McCaw

Wendy McCaw is the owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press.

Wendy Petrie

Wendy Petrie is a presenter (since January 2006) of Television New Zealand's One News (with co-presenter Simon Dallow) at 6pm.

Wendy Selig-Prieb

Wendy Selig-Prieb is the former CEO of the Milwaukee Brewers team in Major League Baseball, having served in that position from 1998 to 2004, during which time she was Major League Baseball's only female CEO.

Wendy Sulca

Wendy Sulca Quispe (born April 22, 1996 in San Juan de Miraflores, Perú) is a Peruvian singer of Huayno music, who found fame thanks to YouTube, where her videos "La Tetita" ("The tittie"), "Cerveza, Cerveza" ("Beer, beer") and "Papito" ("Daddy") exceeded ten million hits.

You're So Good to Me

On the 2001 release An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson, Wilson Phillips sang a cover version and mentioned the love that Wendy and Carnie have for their father, and for Chynna Phillips.