Ad of the Day: Wendy's Croons a Pitch-Perfect Pretzel-Bun Love Ballad

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Wendy's isn't known for meat on a stick, but it is doing a pretty good job of skewering schmaltzy pop ballads.

The fast-food chain is promoting the return of its pretzel-bun products with a series of faux music videos, and the first online clip is a masterful parody of please-lover-come-back-to-me visual clichés—the man waking up lonely in bed, the woman standing lonely in a breeze on the beach, and naturally, a lot of highly emotive face grimaces and hand gestures.

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