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Am I the only one who thinks the new Col. Sanders is creepy?:thumbsdown::ugh1::no1:

 

Nope, he is extremely creepy. I saw a KFC commercial yesterday and it sure was creepy. Like a scary clown without the makeup selling fried chicken. :wtf1:KFC :AR15firing:New Col. Sanders

 

The new KFC colonel is not going to have a long-term favorable economic impact on KFC's unsustainable economic model. KFC has been on a downhill slide for the last 30 years. They are way overpriced and their portion sizes are a Bona Fide ripoff (compared to other fast food chicken restaurants). Lastly, Publix Grocery Store sells fried chicken for a fraction of the retail cost of KFC -- and taste tests favor Publix over KFC. KFC's heyday and hullabaloo ended 30 years ago.

Yes, he is creepy.

 

I don't know if "creepy" is the right word. I am uncomfortable with the fact that Col. Harland Sanders was a real man who was alive during the course of most of our lifetimes (even if only a few months, in my case).

As Maniac Craniac as pointed out, it would be like making a "new" Dave Thomas.

If KFC was going to go this route I think they should have thrown the throttle forward and just gone for a full-blown zombie Colonel in the spirit of Beetlejuice.

Don't be "kind of" offensive. Either do it or move on.

 

Colonel Sanders is/was a true American rags to riches story in the mode of Horatio Alger. He hit it big with his eleven herbs and spices, Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe and it became a family favorite, especially on Sundays, getting a bucket of fried chicken and sharing with young and old alike. And he had this success when most people his age had already retired! Some historic people should not be messed with and this is one of those instances.

 

Sanders was the real deal, not unlike Orville Redenbacher. KFC started out by him going to restaurants and selling (licensing, actually) his recipe. He later moved into opening his own restaurants.

Coincidentally, Dave Thomas was mentioned above. Thomas was the genius behind the incredible growth of KFC. He leveraged his profits from that to start Wendy's.

Both men were really cool.

Just this evening I was mentioning to Paula how weird I thought it was that they were depicting Sanders with a live person. It was a few years back when they had him as a cartoon character. That was bad enough. This is, I agree, creepy. Ironically, I used the notion of bringing back a guy dressed as Dave Thomas for comparison. I'm sure we're not the only ones.

Go to Popeye's or Church's for real quality fried chicken.

 

I like Popeyes. I hate the way that fake Sanders guy laughs. Creepy.

 

But I don't think there are any Popeye's or Church's fried chicken restaurants near me.

 

I found this slide-show about the 11 worst fast-food chains in America. I'm not vouching for its accuracy. The 11 Worst Fast Food Restaurants In America | The Fiscal Times

KFC was rated #2 on the "worst list." Church's was rated #3 - slightly less-bad, as they see it. Popeye's did not make their "worst list." I don't eat at any restaurants. Haven't for years. I have long been suspicious of food prepared by others - family excepted. Avoiding it saves me the expense of hiring a professional taster. :smile:

J.

 

Definitely creepy - When I first saw it, I immediately thought of a SNL parody. Then I realized that Darrell Hammond is the new Col Sanders... at:

 

Where I live now in Texas there's several in the greater metropolis. Personally I like Popeye's chicken and their biscuits are great. Many years ago when I went to a BM college in Ohio a buddy of mine managed a Church's in Columbus. He was a student at OSU and worked at a store near the campus. My other friends and I would visit him on weekends and wait until he closed the store to go out and do whatever we had in mind to do. Well one night we were helping him clean up and one of us started a food fight with the others and there was chicken bones and frozen half and whole chickens flying all over the place. Of course we had to clean this mess up so we did and didn't think twice about it. Came to find out a couple of weeks later that he had taken those chickens that we fought with and had cooked them and served them the next day. Needless to say I lost my appetite for Church's from that day on. Every time I pass a Church's I remember this and haven't set foot in one since.

 

Church's and Popeye's were owned by the same company not too long ago. I love Church's biscuits; Popeye's biscuits are second on my list. KFC's biscuits taste like pillows. No matter which location I went to, in the past 15 years or so, the chicken at KFC always seemed old like it had been sitting for a few hours.

I don't find the new Col. Sanders creepy. The commercial was just boring to me.

 

Absolutely no comparison with the real Col Sanders. This new guy with the crazy little sneering giggle at the end reminds me of these movies where an animal or person is brought back from the dead, but something is wrong with them. Like in Stephen King's Pet Sematary.

 

Col. Sanders lived here in Canada for about 15 years - had a very nice house in Mississauga ON. I read that he was a legendary curser if provoked - say, by a franchisee whose product wasn't up to his standards. I admire the late Col. Sanders for his accomplishments - his reputation for swearing doesn't bother me a bit. But I don't like the taste or smell of fried chicken at all. Not specifically KFC - any kind. How's the cardboard bucket, nutrition-wise? :smile:

J

 

I just looked it up and I also thought it was an SNL skit! That guy is a dead ringer for Phil Hartman!

 

High in carbs, low in protein.

 

OK so here's my next one . . . I already don't like Flo from Progressive Insurance but there's one commercial, the one where she's trying to comfort the guy who didn't make a sale . . . and she tells him they can go get ice cream but when he asks she says he can't have sprinkles because "sprinkles are for winners . . ." I would really want to bitch-slap her.