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KFC just revealed a new Colonel Sanders â and he represents a major change at the chain The fried-chicken chain has hired actor George Hamilton to portray its founder, Colonel Sanders, in television ads for Extra Crispy Chicken. However, there's a twist. Hamilton will be playing the Extra Crispy Colonel, the first Colonel Sanders to represent a specific product: Extra Crispy Chicken.
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KFC just revealed a new Colonel Sanders Rob Riggle is the newest Colonel Sanders.KFC. There's a new Colonel Sanders at KFC — again. The fried-chicken chain has hired actor and comedian Rob Riggle to portray its founder, Colonel Sanders, in a series of ads tied to the kickoff of the NFL football season.
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'SNL' alum Hammond plays Colonel Sanders in new KFC ads Darrell Hammond of 'SNL' unrecognizable playing the white-haired founder of KFC. Darrell Hammond, an alum of Saturday Night Live, has been hired to portray Colonel Sanders, the white-haired white-suited founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, in TV commercials that debut Monday. KFC said it was resurrecting the Colonel, who died in 1980, to help celebrate its 75th anniversary. On SNL, Hammond impersonated public figures such as President Bill Clinton and actor Sean Connery.
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KFC Unveils the Actor Who Will Be Playing the New Colonel Sanders “Colonel Sanders was too big a personality to be portrayed by just one person.”. These new commercials are part of a broader strategy by the company, which includes a video game, a Colonel-voiced GPS app and more.
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Pete Campbell lands an account! Vincent Kartheiser is the new 'heartthrob' Colonel Sanders for KFC Colonel Sanders is based on the real man who founded KFC, Harland David Sanders. Though Sanders sold the chain in 1964, he continues to be the face of the company until his death in 1980. In 2015, the company decided to reinvent Colonel as the brand's spokesman, bringing in different actors to portray the man.
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SNLAlum Darrell Hammond Plays Colonel Sanders in New KFC Ads (PHOTOS) SNL Alum Darrell Hammond Plays Colonel Sanders in New KFC Ads (PHOTOS) From Bill Clinton to Donald Trump to Sean Connery, former SNL cast member Darrell Hammond is known for his masterful impressions, and now he is taking on another famous figure: Colonel Sanders.
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KFC is bringing back Colonel Sanders Fried chicken fans, rejoice. The Colonel is back. KFC is resurrecting Colonel Sanders for its latest ad campaign. The real Harland Sanders, who created the chain's famous secret recipe, died in 1980.
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- Rob Lowe takes on role as KFC's new Colonel Sanders. Rob Lowe attends the Fox Winter TCA 2016 All-Star Party at The Langham Huntington Hotel on January 15, 2016 in Pasadena, California.
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KFC Debuts a New Colonel For Football Season KFC has unveiled yet another colonel. This time the part is being played by Rob Riggle, the first person to take on the role who is actually a real-life colonel. The actor and comedian is a retired Lieutenant Colonel who used to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Now he plays the owner, head coach, and marketing director of the Kentucky Buckets, a fake NFL team created by Yum Brands-owned (yum) KFC to promote the chain's $20 Fill Ups.
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Rob Lowe Is KFC's New Colonel Sanders This Mad Men star took on as Colonel Sanders by October 2016, according to Adweek, to promote KFC’s Nashville Hot Chicken. Nashville played a big role in Elvis Presley’s life, and the commercial had Kartheiser’s face on a record sporting Presley’s trademark hairstyle. Billy Zane. Earlier this year, KFC had Zane play the Colonel.
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KFC Brings in an Extra-Bronzed George Hamilton to Play Extra Crispy Colonel SUBSCRIBE or WHITELIST US. KFC has welcomed a very sunkissed George Hamilton to the ranks of its Colonel Sanders actors. Mr. Hamilton, who will star in four new nationally-aired TV spots, is specifically the Extra Crispy Colonel, promoting the chain's Extra Crispy chicken, making him KFC's first product-specific Colonel.
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Darrell Hammond Replaced By Norm Macdonald As Colonel Sanders In Hilarious KFC Ads No, this isn’t a lost sketch from the 1996 season of Saturday Night Live. Norm Macdonald, 51, is Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new Colonel Sanders. The Dirty Work comedian has taken over the role from another SNL alum, Darrell Hammond, 59, in a new round of weird and oddly funny commercials for KFC.
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KFC has a new Colonel, and heâs giving people the creeps Picture: KFCSource:Supplied. KFC has hired Golden Globe Award-winning actor George Hamilton to play Colonel Sanders in their new TV ads for Extra Crispy Chicken in the US. He’s the fourth Colonel since the character was revived in marketing last year; the first two were Darrell Hammond and Norm MacDonald.
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Christoph Sanders Christoph Sanders. Christoph Sanders (born April 21, 1988) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Ned Banks in the television series Ghost Whisperer and Kyle Anderson in the television series Last Man Standing. 1 Early life.
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Colonel Sam Flagg Deal Me Out. (M*A*S*H TV series, Season 2) The Colonel Samuel Flagg character is a careful CIA Agent whose area of assignment includes the 4077th MASH unit on the CBS television series M*A*S*H, played by actor Edward Winter.
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Darrell Hammond Replaced By Norm Macdonald As Colonel Sanders In Hilarious KFC Ads Since May 2015, Darrell Hammond has portrayed Colonel Sanders in commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken. No, this isn’t a lost sketch from the 1996 season of Saturday Night Live. Norm Macdonald, 51, is Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new Colonel Sanders. The Dirty Work comedian has taken over the role from another SNL alum, Darrell Hammond, 59, in a new round of weird and oddly funny commercials for KFC.
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George Hamilton Is The âExtra Crispy Colonelâ â Why KFC Keeps Switching The Actors The commercial is aimed for those who are unaware of who the real Colonel Sanders was, but many of them don’t know who George Hamilton is either or why he is perfect to play the “Extra Crispy Colonel.”.
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Pete Campbell lands an account! Vincent Kartheiser is the new 'heartthrob' Colonel Sanders for KFC Vincent Kartheiser is the latest actor to take on the role of Colonel Sanders in new print and TV ads for KFC. The 37-year-old - who is married to Gilmore Girls star Alexis Bledel - is by far the youngest actor to portray Sanders so far, as the chain tries to promote their new Nashville Hot Chicken.
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Norm MacDonald takes over for Darrell Hammond as KFCâs Colonel Sanders Norm MacDonald takes over for Darrell Hammond as KFC’s Colonel Sanders. There’s a new Colonel on the block. Comedian Norm MacDonald will replace fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum Darrell Hammond as Kentucky Fried Chicken’s iconic white-goateed pitchman, Colonel Sanders. Hammond, who caught heat for his controversial portrayal, helped the fried chicken joint relaunch its mascot in May.
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KFC customers hate the new Colonel, and the CEO says that's a good thing If you're more confused than ever after watching the ad, you aren't alone. KFC clarified to Mashable that the company will reveal the new celebrity to play Colonel Sanders in a spot set to air during the Super Bowl pregame. The new actor will be the third to play the role of KFC's founder in less than a year. Colonel Sanders has been featured front and center in KFC's recent marketing efforts. The chain reintroduced the Colonel to marketing last May, played by Darrell Hammond. Norm MacDonald took over the role in August.
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- Just like no one person could play the Colonel, no one Colonel can sell both Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken, says Kevin Hochman, KFC U.S. CMO. And no actor was more qualified to play our Extra Crispy Colonel than a very tan George Hamilton..
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Watch Darrell Hammond Play Colonel Sanders In New KFC Commercials All in all, I really dig Hammond as the new Colonel Sanders. He’s got the face for it, he’s got the awkward chuckle, and he looks as dashing as ever in that suit. Not as dashing as his Celebrity Jeopardy version of Sean Connery, naturally, but it’s still striking.
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Watch Darrell Hammond Play Colonel Sanders In New KFC Commercials But for the new (and oddly excellent) fleet of KFC ads, former Saturday Night Live performer and current announcer Darrell Hammond put on a wig and fake mustache and became the classic pitchman Colonel Harlen Sanders. Check out the old-fashioned awesomeness in the video below. Let s see. We ve got a record player, we ve got a classic telephone model, a mock Time magazine mirror, and a use of the phrase boy howdy. Colonel Sanders is back, America! And with him is a band of mandolin players (who serve as the subject of another commercial).
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Reba McEntire plays Colonel Sanders in new KFC commercial Country music star Reba McEntire is the latest celebrity to play Colonel Sanders in a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial. Country music star Reba McEntire is the latest celebrity to play Colonel Sanders in a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial.
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Birth Date between 1997-01-01 and 1997-12-31  (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) Holly Taylor Actress, The Colonel Holly Taylor is a Canadian actress and dancer, born in Middleton, Nova Scotia, on Halloween 1997. Taylor began her career in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot at the age of 11 as Sharon Percy (Ballet Girl) and continued in the role for almost 2 years.
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- Some Colonel Sanders fans find new KFC ads distasteful. Jere Downs, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal 6:44 p.m. EDT May 27, 2015. This image provided by KFC shows Saturday Night Live alum Darrell Hammond as Colonel Sanders in a new KFC television ad. The real Col. Harland Sanders died nearly 35 years ago, and KFC hasn't featured him in TV ads for about 20 years. (Photo: AP).
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- “Extra Crispy Chicken is fried to a golden brown. George Hamilton isn’t fried to a golden brown, but he is tanned to a golden brown,” says Hochman. Well he did need an update – #KFC announced George Hamilton as the new “extra crispy” Colonel Sanders https://t.co/VNTP2oFoOi. — Nicole Forten (@n_forten) June 27, 2016.