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24 - The Colonel(s)

Dead Eyes

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The Colony's Dilemma

The day after the broadcast, Ad Week ran an article revealing that it had all been a paid advertisement. Fans on social media were surprised when they found out it was a real commercial. Two months after my KFC audition, Darryl Hammond was announced as the new Colonel Sanders. "We got kernels everywhere here. We're Colonel obsessed," says Kevin Hockman, president of KFC in the United States.

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