Dave and Buster's $5 Bites TV Spot, 'The Dave and Buster's Method: Trade' Featuring Micah Parsons.

800 commercial advertisements Thomas was the founder and chief executive officer of Wendy's, a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. In this role, Thomas appeared in more than 800 commercial advertisements for the chain from 1989 to 2002, more than any other company founder in television history.

800 commercials After starring in more than 800 commercials, the long-running Dave Thomas Campaign made him one of the nation's most recognizable spokesmen.

Who Was Dave Thomas? After complaining that he couldn't find a good hamburger in Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opened his own restaurant on November 15, 1969: Wendy's, named after Thomas' 8-year-old daughter. Wendy's quickly caught on, and within less than a decade, had grown into a 1,000-store franchise.

1,600 clips, months to produce, and Terry Crews! Here's how Old Spice made the longest commercial ever. Could you sit and watch a commercial for 14 hours? Procter & Gamble made one for Old Spice and it's just been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest commercial ever.

the Discount Tire Company's Thank you commercial The world's longest running TV commercial is the Discount Tire Company's Thank you commercial, produced by Swartwout Productions (Arizona, USA) and first aired in 1975. The same commercial has been aired continuously every year in parts of the USA.

Thomas had been afflicted with a carcinoid neuroendocrine tumor for a decade, before it metastasized to his liver. He died on January 8, 2002, in his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 69. Thomas was buried in Union Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.

Dave Thomas is best known for founding Wendy's hamburger restaurant chain. He became the company's TV spokesman in 1989.

Old Spice's Inception-style TV ad is the longest ever at 14 hours - and will run forever online. If you have a product which lasts "forever" then what's the most appropriate way to advertise it? Well, how about with a commercial that will also never end?

Alejandro “AJ” Fragoso An American guy has just set the Guinness World Record for the longest TV marathon - notching up a quite literally eye-watering 94 hours. Alejandro “AJ” Fragoso and two of his female friends stepped up to take on the record, which beforehand stood at 92 hours.

Consumers welcomed carved signs and sales increased. In the history of advertising, the first-ever written ad was found in the ruins of Thebes in Egypt. It was a Papyrus created in 3000 BC by a slaveholder trying to find a runaway slave while also promoting their weaving shop.

January 8, 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United StatesDave Thomas / Died