Colonel Sanders is back in action

People made fun of McDonald’s for bringing back the Hamburglar as a middle-aged dad with skinny jeans. So how will they react to this?

KFC just announced they’re bringing back Colonel Sanders. He’ll be in their new TV commercials starting Monday, in honor of KFC’s 75th anniversary.

The original Colonel Sanders wasn’t a character — he was a real businessman named Harland Sanders, and he started Kentucky Fried Chicken. Unfortunately he died in 1980.

So for the new ad campaign, he’ll be played by: Darrell Hammond from “Saturday Night Live”. He’s the guy who does Bill Clinton, and Sean Connery in the ‘Celebrity Jeopardy’ skits with Will Ferrell.

He’s not a member of the cast anymore, but he became their announcer last year after Don Pardo died.

In the new commercials, they’re going for more of a SPOOF of Colonel Sanders than a recreation of the real thing. Maybe that’s for the best?



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