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13 Dec 2006 @ 6:42 AM
Does anyone know who convinced Colonel Sanders to use his face as part of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s logo?
Serving Jesus asked:
Hint: He is well known.
Well, it doesn’t look like anyone else is going to answer. One person helped him to decide to go that route. I think you might be right that many others tried to convince him not to, however. But he decided to take the advice of his good friend, Dave Thomas.
I have heard he did that AGAINST the advice of the high paid advertising firms. I was told it was his own idea to pitch his own product, because it was what he had always done and it would save money. The experts told him it would never work, he was too old to appeal to the right demographics. He was a stately old gentleman of the south and I think he would be appaled at what they have done with his image these days in the silly cartoon form. It is a parody of what the real col. stood for. He was a great empire builder and a charitable humanitarian. Yes I said humanitarian. I didn’t say chickenitarian!
grannywinkie said... 10:19 am - December 19th, 2006
No. However, he was down on his last money when he came up with the receipie. I saw him once at Ohera Field. He sure was a handsome man and always smiling.
6:20 am - December 16th, 2006
I have heard he did that AGAINST the advice of the high paid advertising firms. I was told it was his own idea to pitch his own product, because it was what he had always done and it would save money. The experts told him it would never work, he was too old to appeal to the right demographics. He was a stately old gentleman of the south and I think he would be appaled at what they have done with his image these days in the silly cartoon form. It is a parody of what the real col. stood for. He was a great empire builder and a charitable humanitarian. Yes I said humanitarian. I didn’t say chickenitarian!
10:19 am - December 19th, 2006
No. However, he was down on his last money when he came up with the receipie. I saw him once at Ohera Field. He sure was a handsome man and always smiling.