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The Ghostbusters II Promotion at Hardees

October 15, 2025 Mickey Lee 1

Let’s rewind the tape to 1989. I was knee-deep in Ghostbusters fever, and fast food promotions were hitting their golden age. Looking back now, I realize they were a much …

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The Summer of Thunder at Hardee’s

June 17, 2024 Mickey Lee 2

Days of Thunder hit theaters in 1990, and I was all in on it. All in except for actually going to see the movie itself in the theater. Back then, …

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Hardee’s Fried Chicken of the 90s

July 28, 2023 Mickey Lee 3

Like most other American households in the 1980s, when my family wanted fried chicken, we got it from Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not KFC, but Kentucky Fried Chicken. We weren’t all …

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I Was In Love With Hardee’s New York Patty Melt in 1993

May 4, 2022 Mickey Lee 2

In the spring of 1993, when my teenage appetite was as bottomless as my love for fast food, Hardee’s introduced a burger that, for a brief and glorious moment, felt …

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