Colonel Sanders

[wheelgunguy]

For my money Darrell Hammond should stick to his Bill Clinton impersonation that he did on SNL. But I guess he's like everyone else and likes a paycheck.

 

[JSR III]

He is definitely creepy. Expect to see him in the next Deliverance movie....

 

[Arik]

I think their food is disturbing

 

[Watchdog]

I think their food is disturbing

You are giving them the benefit of a doubt by referring to their products as "food".

 

[wbraswell]

The original Ronald McD is a about as creepy as it gets. That new Colonel is almost as creepy as their gravy. But I have the hots for the Wendy's girl.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Is he on the internet? I haven't seen any commercials here in NE for a while

 

[UncleEd]

Saw a picture of the Wendy's girl out of character. She's a brunette.

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

JUST SAW HIM!!!!

the wife said he looks like a predator!

He doesn't cut it at all.

 

[Dennis The B]

Before the "Colonel", Harlan Sanders and his wife, owned and ran a restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. He had a fairly unique way for preparing "fried" chicken, cooking it in a pressure cooker. When I-75 went through the area, he lost a lot of business, and he turned to selling his chicken recipe and cooking technique. He was fairly successful locally.

He happened to call on a small BBQ restaurant, "The Porky Pig House", in Louisville. It was owned and operated by John Y. Brown, Jr., and his wife Ellie. John Y. Brown, Jr., the son of a Kentucky politician, worked his way through the University of Kentucky by being the top Encyclopaedia Britannica salesman in the U.S. He recognized that Harlan Sanders had a winner with the "fried" chicken. He bought the franchise rights and kept Harlan Sanders as the spokesman. The rest, they say, is history.

Harlan Sanders was curmudgeonly, to be polite. I had the opportunity to work with him when I was a Junior Achievement adviser during the 1970's. While he didn't have the most charming of personalities, he put his money into Junior Achievement. Around the kids he was great, but I'd never go toe-to-toe with him if he was a business rival.

This re-creation isn't even a "reasonable facsimile" of the original.

 

[okiegtrider]

The "new Colonel" was alarming at first. But he's kinda growin on me.

 

[Mule Packer]

I can see it all now...the new Colonel causing children's nightmares.

He's even scarier than Ronald McDonald.

 

[M E Morrison]

Does anybody else think that Colonel Harland Sanders would be rolling over in his grave if he saw the "new" Colonel Sanders in the KFC commercials? I think he is disturbing.

YEP !!!!

 

[PatriotX]

With the push for the Millennials' market share that the fast-food companies are making, I would be very surprised if this isn't a targeted campaign for them.

Irony is 'in,' apparently.

 

[RSBH44]

Not quite as "gentlemanly" as the old Colonel. Kind of like an SNL version.

That's exactly what I thought it was the first time that I saw too, an SNL skit

 

[woodsltc]

Does anybody else think that Colonel Harland Sanders would be rolling over in his grave if he saw the "new" Colonel Sanders in the KFC commercials? I think he is disturbing.

When my wife and I saw the commercial we both had the same thought...this guy is creepy!!! Heck, he doesn't even have a southern accent.


Don

 

[chaparrito]

Fast food is killing us, or rather we're killing ourselves with fast food, slowly. Their food scientists know exactly how to balance salt, fat and sugar in such a way that their "food" pushes ALL the right buttons. I could very easily sit down and eat and no doubt enjoy with drippy fingers and a dozen napkins the meal below. Two pieces of chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, cole slaw and a biscuit with a reasonable 16oz Dr. Pepper. More than half a day's calories, a day and a half's salt and gobs of fat. Went off this poison 10 years ago and never looked back. I mute their commercials, who cares what the new image is? /rant off with apologies/

 

[Smith357]

We have here on this forum a real Southern Gentleman who bears a striking resemblance to Colonel Sanders and would be far better than that bad actor KFC is using.

 

[CajunBass]

Was thinking the same thing - The"new" one is just creepy!

"Creepy" is the exact word my wife and I both used to describe the "new" Colonel.

 

[RudyN]

"Creepy" is the exact word my wife and I both used to describe the "new" Colonel.

I know that, he just looks weird. The original Col. Sanders had a way about him that this one sure doesn't have.

 

[JcMack]

I used to like KFC rotisserie chicken. It was the safest bet since the roaches couldn't hang on to the revolving chicken. The new colonel has a strange laugh. Hee Hee Hee, reminds me of Jingles (Andy Devine)