Dear KFC,
Having recently witnessed a commercial where you assert that your fried chicken has “less fat than a Burger King Whopper,” I would just like to remind you that this is not an accomplishment, as that statement can be said about most food items in the universe.
Cheers,
Andygirl
It also has less salt than the Dead Sea.
“Improving” their fries wasn’t so hard either.
“Improving” their fries wasn’t so hard either.
Their new ad strategy touting their chicken as health food amuses me to no end, for some reason. It reminds me of a little kid telling some outrageous lie ("Honest, Dad, this guy came in through the window, spit water everywhere, broke the bed, and left!) and desperately hoping it will be believed.
They’re also touting that it’s great for people on low-carb diets, if you’ve missed that commercial.
If I remember correctly, you can get a reasonably low-fat meal at KFC. But you have to peel the skin off of the chicken.
Or oder it and just not eat it. That works, too.
Also, tastes better that way. 
Yes! My friends and I have found this endlessly hilarious.
“You’re looking good, Bob! What’s your secret?”
“Chicken.”
“Chicken?”
“Yeah, chicken. I stopped eating Whopper meals three times a day, now I eat fried chicken. I’m still going to die of a heart attack by the time I’m 35, but at least I’ll be slightly less fat.”
Have some sympathy, and put yourself in the KFC’s advertising agency’s shoes.
They come to you and say, “We need you to make an ad touting the health benefits of our products.” Just what are you going to do?
KFC: You Can’t Get Prostate Cancer From Our Chicken
KFC: No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of This Dinner.
100% True Story.
I went into a KFC today, then left without buying anything. The pervasive smell of congealed chicken fat totally robbed me of all appetite.
Our secret blend of eleven herbs and spices…
(six of which are salt).
In a common-sense way, the health-conscious fast food consumer who eats fast food RARELY (ME), would probably be more likely to go for fast food with less fat.
Thus, KFC and not Burger King.
Then again, I don’t eat at either of those places, ever.
Mmm…KFC.
Mmmm…congealed chicken fat.
I guess one man’s nausea is another’s Jes’ Gooood Eatin’.
:wally
When I lived in CT, the KFC up there had skinless fried chicken which was quite good.
Was that just an experiment that never went anywhere? I haven’t seen it since.
I keep waiting for him to make the “O face” after he says “Chicken?”
(That’s the same guy, right?)
It absolutely is. I think the same thing every time I see the commercial. He’s done a few others, too, and I keep seeing that scene repeated in my mind. Truly disturbing.
The KFC commercial (one iteration of which I just heard in the other room) also reminds me of those bags of candy which tout that they are “A Fat Free Product.” Well, I suppose they’re right, in the sense that pure sugar contains no fat.