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Rejecting Colonel Harland Sanders

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

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Introduction

This week's We Were Gret To Inform You episode is about Colonel Harlan Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC. He was 65 years old, broke, and with nothing to show for nearly 20 years of effort. Biographer Josh Ozersky has a single claim to fame: The Popsicle. And if you think getting rejected 10 times in life is tough, imagine being rejected over 1000 times.

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