Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 ... the "king" of Burger King and "president Lincoln" of Pizza Hut commercials. Eeww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Glad I missed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 And the loud, vulgar "colonel" in the KFC commercials, rather than the almost courtly gentleman of the older commercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Unfortunately, the original Col. Sanders passed away some years ago. Whoever is writing the commercials apparently doesn't have the sensitivity of the original. Another one that gets me is the recent Jimmy Dean ads, where a voice says he is Jimmy Dean and speaks with an affected accent. Problem is, Jimmy Dean passed some years ago, also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 21 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: , the original Col. Sanders passed away But they could have replicated his style. They didn't have to remake him as an uncouth, loud, vulgarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Yeah, but that would be too much trouble! Do it on the cheap, and to blazes what we old-timers think. "There arose a new colonel who knew not the original!" Oh, well, I don't buy their stuff anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said: Unfortunately, the original Col. Sanders passed away some years ago. Whoever is writing the commercials apparently doesn't have the sensitivity of the original. Another one that gets me is the recent Jimmy Dean ads, where a voice says he is Jimmy Dean and speaks with an affected accent. Problem is, Jimmy Dean passed some years ago, also! Actually, I believe they are using old recordings of the real Jimmy Dean. And Col. Sanders has morphed from the old original spokesman to a rotating series of cartoonish impressions. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: Actually, I believe they are using old recordings of the real Jimmy Dean. And Col. Sanders has morphed from the old original spokesman to a rotating series of cartoonish impressions. LL With the George Hamilton version being the most cringe-worthy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 10 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: And the loud, vulgar "colonel" in the KFC commercials, rather than the almost courtly gentleman of the older commercials. That Courtly Gentleman WAS Col. Sanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: That Courtly Gentleman WAS Col. Sanders. I had the privilege to meet him once. His story is quite inspirational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 How about the KFC commercial with Reba McEntire as the Colonel?? Now that was weird!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 5 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I had the privilege to meet him once. His story is quite inspirational. Supposedly he got his recipe from my brother-in-laws grandmother. They were drinking buddies and she taught him how to fry chicken to impress a girl. My sister has made chicken with the old family recipe and did a side by side test with a big group. No one could tell the difference. I've heard a little bit of his story and it was pretty cool. The recipe itself wasn't even half of what made him successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctaw Jack Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Back in the early 70's I worked for KFC during my high school years.Col. Sanders was still doing promo appearances and TV spots.The ad companies gave up trying to have him speak on camera because his language was so "salty". His motivational speeches to the franchisees were quite....colorful. Choctaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I strongly dislike commercials. I understand that they pay for the programs, but that is no reason to be insulting to your audience. Most of the time I can't figure out what their product is, and what they represent, except stupid and discourteous. I really need either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 21 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: And the loud, vulgar "colonel" in the KFC commercials, rather than the almost courtly gentleman of the older commercials. The ad crowd today aren't old enough to remember Colonel Harlan Sanders. Hell, even Reba McIntyre played him a time or two recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Colonel Sanders in the older KFC ads was a pretty respectable character but these fakers now days kinda remind me of my weird uncle Hal who my folks would never leave us alone with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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