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Colonel [a] Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC).
In January 2017, Billy Zane began appearing as a Gold Colonel Sanders to promote a new Georgia Gold flavor chicken. [18] In April 2017, KFC released a campaign featuring Rob Lowe as astronaut Colonel Sanders giving a JFK speech spoof/homage about launching the Zinger chicken sandwich into space. [19] This commercial also featured Wink Martindale.
"Chickens for Colonel Sanders", or "Chickens for KFC", is a political rhetorical analogy which compares the irony of someone supporting a politician, organization, or ideology which contradicts their own beliefs or rights to the idea of chickens supporting American restaurateur Colonel Sanders or his chicken fast food restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The real Colonel -- Harland David Sanders -- was born on a farm on September 9, 1890 in Henryville, Indiana. He worked a variety of odd jobs as a conductor, a blacksmith, a salesman and a boat ...
KFC is doubling down on Colonel Sanders, for the first time casting a black man to play the chicken chain's founder. Comedian David Alan Grier announced on Twitter that he has been cast as the ...
Sanders died in 1980 from pneumonia at the age of 90, having continued to travel 200,000–250,000 miles a year up to this time, largely by car, promoting his product. [23] [65] By branding himself as "Colonel Sanders", Harland became a prominent figure of American cultural history, and his image remains widely used in KFC advertising. [28]
After Colonel Sanders spent time selling his chicken and teaching chefs his recipe, the idea for a restaurant came to fruition. In the ’50s, the Sanders purchased Blackwood Hall, a 125-year-old ...
A Recipe for Seduction is a short film (branded as a "mini-movie") sponsored by KFC and produced by the Lifetime Channel, starring Mario Lopez as Colonel Sanders. [2] The movie premiered on December 13, 2020. [1]