KFC plants hidden secret in new TV commercial

[CatWoman]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Psstt. KFC wants to share a secret. No, not that secret.

Colonel Sanders’ herbs-and-spices recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken is still safely locked away, but the chain unveiled a new TV ad Thursday that allows viewers to crack a hidden message if they play the spot back slowly on a digital video recorder or VCR.

The gimmick is aimed at countering the rise of technology that enables television viewers to skip past commercials faster than ever before.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11527548/

[ulysses]

1. "paul is dead"

:thumbsup:

[CatWoman]

5. did you play it backward?

[ulysses]

6. the tv doesn't fit on the turntable.

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

11. The new flat-screens do ... at least the smaller ones.

:evilgrin:

[ulysses]

14. but how should I put the hole through the middle of it?

:o

[TahitiNut]

16. I used a spear gun. (I call it a ballistic spindle.)

:evilgrin:

[ulysses]

19. LOL

ballistic spindle indeed. :D

[TahitiNut]

23. Yep. I think of it as a convergence of technologies.

:rofl: Especially when I get a clear shot through an SUV's open window.

[CatWoman]

12. well, that's no excuse!!!!

:D

[ulysses]

17. got a pottery wheel?

:D

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. This Is Brilliant Marketing And Good For Them!

Totally creative and original, and I totally give them their props for coming up with it. I may have to buy that sandwich to show my support! (I always love creative marketing concepts)

[MadMaddie]

10. Maybe the Democratic Party needs to get the KFC marketing..

people because we surely could use some good, hard-hitting commercials about......right now!!:shrug:

[northzax]

3. clever, clever

someone gets a bonus in the marketing department...

[QuettaKid]

4. reminds me of when the heavy metal band

I think it was Judas Priest, was being sued by a dead teens parents over the "satanic" messages in the backwards version.....guy from the band said something like, if we were going to plant subliminal messages it wouldn't be 'Hail Satan!!" it would be "buy 12 more albums....buy 12 more albums"

[Mythsaje]

8. ROFL

I remember that. Can't remember who it was, though. JP or Iron Maiden, most likely.

I still remember when Motley Crue volunteered to label their albums and sold even more copies.

[Initech]

18. Yeah, it was Judas Priest

The quote was hilarious, but then it started James Dobson on trying to equate rock music with satanism.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. So you think they'll start a campaign to ban KFC for subliminal

messages? They might even be satanic!

:7

[Initech]

35. Their "food" certianly is!

*rimshot*

[zbdent]

43. Aren't they owned by Yuck?

Er, I mean, Yum?

[Initech]

44. My boss used to work at one..

Said he'd never eat there again!

If that's any indication... :puke:

[PurpleChez]

20. I've wondered sometimes whatever happened to the whole backmasking thing.

I'm old enough to remember some parents having shit fits because backwards messages on LPs were gonna turn their kids into satanic pot heads. Cover art, too. I remember seeing one minister's listing of satanic symbols on album covers. One of the most absurd examples was the globe pictured on one band's album -- the globe was supposedly the symbol of Satan's earthly realm. Basically they could turn ANY language or image into a satanic message. In spite of the internet I haven't heard too much of that stuff lately.

[hyphenate]

28. Gee

What would they have managed to find in The White Album's cover art? :rofl:

[tridim]

29. Satan gave up

and now just speaks through Republicans.

[Mythsaje]

34. I bet they would've had fits

with the cover of Steppenwolf's "Monster" album.

[Virginia Dare]

7. Clever, but not so original..

these types of marketing ploys have been going on for years, this is just a 21st Century digital version. Remember in "A Christmas Story", the message that had to be decoded during the Ovalteen commercial?

[TahitiNut]

13. Yep. Just a variant on "Easter Eggs" methinks.

:shrug:

[Orsino]

9. "Ovaltine? OVALTINE!???" n/t

[TahitiNut]

15. Ahhh... you got your Red Ryder decoder ring, too, I see.

:rofl:

[Orsino]

24. I'm assuming that any "hidden message" in a KFC commercial...

...will be pure puffery.

Now, let 'em give away money via via these grease-o-grams--that would be brilliant marketing.

[The Stranger]

21. "Number Nine . . . Number Nine . . . Number Nine" -- Revolution 9

Backwards: "Turn me on, Dead Man."

[greekspeak]

40. I have listened to that a number of times...what is says is

tuh-me-ah-deah-ma. That and the song that allegedly says satan six six six. I determined that is says SAY-uh SIH SIH SIH

[The Stranger]

49. Record it digitally and reverse it. Wear headphones.

Maybe it will sound better.

[greekspeak]

53. If I have to do all that, how is the message to worship Satan getting thru

Isn't that what all these "messages" are supposed to do? Somehow the mind is supposed to take some garbled, backwards lyrics open to subjective interpretation and interpret them subconsciously as orders to commit suicide or worship the devil. But if we play the record backwards, in a studio, with digital equipment, and special headphones, and god only knows what else, we can pretty much be fairly sure that we have evil messages tucked in the music. I would rather Christians take care of the poor, needy and suffering in the country--as Luke's Jesus demands--instead of playing songs backwards to hear secret occult messages that may or may not be there.

[The Stranger]

54. Whatever.

I was just talking about the White Album.

[terrya]

22. "You'll die if you eat this stuff all the time"?

They didn't call it Kentucky FRIED Chicken for nothing...

[burythehatchet]

25. REDRUM....REDRUM

[BrotherBuzz]

26. "Be sure to drink more Ovaltine."

[hyphenate]

30. Does anyone remember the 70s hit

They're Coming to Take Me Away? It's not exactly the same, but the reverse side of the 45 had the entire song done backwards. It really could drive you nuts! Not exactly the same thing, but this thread reminded me of that.

[alfredo]

31. Just what is the hidden message?

I don't watch much TV and I wouldn't pay to eat their food, even though the Colonel was a good soul.

He used to like to do quirky things like drive his own limousine ( a white Rolls Royce), the black driver would sit in back. They'd pull up to where they were going and the Colonel would get out and open the door for his driver. Down south in the sixties that was a real act of defiance. He also used to go to Cherokee park in Louisville and bring free chicken for the hippies who hung out there. He might have had his dark side, but over all he seemed like a good guy.

[NYCGirl]

37. It's a code number, which, when entered on their website, gives you a

coupon for a free sandwich.

Cute, but I'll continue to fast forward through commercials.

[alfredo]

38. I'd rather make my own chicken and not bother.

[norml]

42. So what's the number, so we can skip the commercial

and go strait to the sandwich.

[NYCGirl]

45. I guess you'll have to locate the commercial — this is the only

pic I can find.

[ulysses]

32. "jimmy hoffa is alive and living in waxahatchie"

[Twist_U_Up]

33. That snacker looks like heartburn on steroids to me.

I hate chicken wing sauce :puke:

[Catherine Vincent]

36. I like Popeyes.

When I do eat fried chicken. :-)

[ThoughtCriminal]

39. If you play it backwards

The food becomes eggs.

[KittyWampus]

52. that is so funny. I love this thread. Kicked and recommended.

[Maru Kitteh]

41. I know KFC's hidden secret

If you give a damn about simple decency - If you think what you are eating is clean, you need to see this. It is a Christian site but it gives brutally accurate and well documented insight into where your "food" is coming from, it's inhumane slaughter and waste and the filthy underworld selling you poison with a smile.

http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/chicken.html

[Mythsaje]

48. Pretty gruesome...

Though I have to admit that butchering and prepping chickens is a royal pain in the ass.

[Maru Kitteh]

50. Well, at least if you did your own you would know

if it was humane and whether or not you were eating just a little bit of feces in every bite.

[Mythsaje]

51. True enough...

This mass production crap is nasty.

[obreaslan]

46. here it is....

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[AlCzervik]

47. lol, hilarious.