Amen. Stereotypes are for hacks.

Not related but damn well worth a read is another one from ernieschenk here No Ad Student Left Behind - I've always cursed at the system that creatives who have to work for free to get a foot in door. Not every extreme talent is born with a silver spoon thick enough to pay for college and a full dog-year of free work. The illness is in the business who give away their ideas for free.

For those unintiated with the Wendy's unofficial spokesperson, here's some shortcuts: Mr. Wendy - Ump , Mr. Wendy - Office , Mr. Wendy -Choose , - Mr. Wendy - Mic, Mr. Wendy - Spy, Wendy's Kids' Meal - Choose, Movie Theater, Mr. Wendy - Night.. There's more.. IF you wanna find it you masocist!. ;)

He's refering to the dupliclaim twin (or triplet or more) ads in Badland. There was a case of two ads using the toe-tag visual with similar headlines and core ideas. This ain't a Badlander since the idea is the domain hijack, and the toe-tag is just executional dressing on top rather than the core concept. Could've been a headstone, or whatever.