KFC has a new promotion. Find the secret image - on the in-store poster or TV ad - and answer the question: "What image is hidden in the KFC Snacker advertising?" If you're among the first 1,000 people to tell us what is hidden each day for 10 days you will receive a coupon in the form of a $1 KFC gift check. (Hint: The correct item is paper and has a picture of George Washington on it!) Click here to go to kfc.com.
I can't find a good photo of it (I really should just take pictures of everything I buy and/or eat), but Wendy's has a new spicy chicken sandwich on the Super Value Menu and I want to tell you about it.
The sandwich is about a dollar (it's so new, it's not even on the menu at our local place) and, as I've found with dollar chicken sandwiches, it's not giving you a lot of meat. Actually, that could be said of all value sandwiches, beef, chicken or otherwise.
I will say, however, that this is a satisfyingly spicy and decent chicken sandwich for the money. The spice is a bit different from what you get on their full-size spicy chicken -- this is supposed to be a Buffalo chicken spice whereas the other one is mainly just a pepper spice, it seems -- but it's still got some zing, which makes it preferable to the regular dollar-menu chicken sandwich offerings at Wendy's and elsewhere.
Here's the one unknown and the sector of the market I think Wendy's was aiming at when it made this: The KFC Snacker. For a dollar, KFC offers an Original Recipe or Buffalo-flavored mini chicken sandwich. Obviously, KFC knows how to do fried chicken, but from what I've seen, these sandwiches are little more than a chicken strip, some lettuce and mayo on a mini hoagie bun. So while I'm willing to bet their chicken is higher quality, I don't know how much of it you get compared to the Wendy's entry.
The one bad thing about watching so much playoff hockey is that we have seen the same handful of commercials roughly 450 times each. If I see those mangy kids say, "Nice save, Mom!" after she gets an Enterprise Rent-A-Car I may punch one of my nuts off. The only time we get relief is if we DVR the game and skip over this bs or if we sit at the Tavern and watch the games without sound. Actually watching the games without sound doesn't help much when the annoying banter is already burned into your head and Bressler sits next to you and sings the jingle from the Dockers San Francisco commercial.
Since we can't escape it we might as well have an open and honest discussion about what good and bad as far as some selected ads on the NHL on Versus.
Good: The Dockers San Francisco commercial
I like it because of the song. It's a nice little ditty to play when traveling around with a guy who wears different pants and is basically living a white guy's fantasy life. He's going to his great job and flying a kite with a kid who sneaky looks like me, then he's on the rooftop with some ridiculous looking chick and the next day he playing golf at some course that overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge. I wonder why they didn't have him drinking coffee with his pals at the local Starbucks? Why not show him making some power gesture in a boardroom? That's what us white folk do, Dockers!
Random thought:
How far away is that guy putting from? He takes a 3/4 swing on the green like he's 140 yards out.
Bad: The KFC Snackers commercial
Oh this one kills me. Watch this commercial and keep your eye on the blond girl. She is so smug and happy that she is eating a $1 Snacker. I want to kick her in the shins for overacting. I actually don't really know why I hate this commercial but it bothers me to no end. Maybe it because I secretly want to live at this cool apt. complex and talk to my smooth black friend and attractive blond friend while they sit on the stairs and eat chicken and crack wise. Shouldn't this guy have a hip Asian friend with spiky hair and a track jacket hanging around? That is the way ad execs see mid 20 Americans. And don't tell me you need 2 hands to eat one of those. They're tiny!
Random thought:
Watch the way the blond shows off her xtra cheesy Snacker. She so fucking proud of that sandwich. Extra cheesy. I hope she gets bitten by a mummy.
Good: The Dodge commercial where they fold out a big slip n slide
Slip and slides = Awesome times. I hope my sister SNemmy chimes in the comments about our backyard where we grew up. To run on our slide we had to start on these patio tiles before we got to the grass. So weak. The next commercial for Dodge should be after they give us a minivan and let the 2Man travel all over North America for our show. We can see how much Budweiser we can keep in those sneaky under-the-seat coolers. Then we can show Stu Barnes doing donuts in Andy Van Hellemond's front yard.
Random thought:
I don't think they put down a mat underneath the tarp. You can't slide down the road on just the tarp! Even if you grab that huge inflatable gorilla you'll still burn your tits off.
The Bad: The Dodge commercial with the U.S. women's soccer team
Women's soccer? Why couldn't they make the commercial about the U.S. Men's World Junior team going up to Canada for a rematch? That would have pumped me up. Vamos La!
Random thought:
1) It burns me that when they are reviewing the last U.S. vs. Brazil game on the overhead dvd player some lady is in the back laughing and not paying attention. Get focused!
2) Every time I see the two minivans role through the streets of South America somewhere I keep thinking they are going to get ambushed by some rebels with rpgs like in Clear and Present Danger.
The Good: The Edge commercial with the ladies who skyrocket into my nose
Hot chicks dancing in foam? Girls with aloe guns? Get Some!
Random thought:
I haven't done a deep dive here because I can take my eyes away from the girls dancing with the foam backpacks or the cleavage on the main rocket girl. I'm retarded.
The Bad: The Honda lawnmower
Can't we do better than this? I'm kinda impressed by the way the mower cuts the grass twice and bags it for me but this shouldn't be on during a prime time hockey game. Put anything on instead. Show the commercial with the badass Marines or the sailors on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Random thought:
Not to dwell on the Edge commercial but after watching the commercial again I think the jetpack ladies were all the same lady. You may have fooled me with Full House, Hollywood, but you won't get me again! I'm probably wrong.
BTW I had a dream last night that I was called up to play for the Calgary Flames because Ronnie Stern and Tim Hunter got into a fight in practice and their eyes were swollen shut. It was one of those recurring dreams where no matter how hard I try I cannot get onto the ice on time. Something always happens where I am delayed like I break a lace or can find a shin pad. I keep hearing the buzzers and crowd noises from inside the locker room but I can put my stuff on to get out there. If anyone has a minor in psyche please analyze this dream for me.
The Bad: Mike's Hard Lemonade
I don't know who drinks hard lemonade. I'm trying to picture the demographic and I'm drawing a blank. I know people who enjoy a Magner's or Bulmer's cider but I've never seen a Mike's Hard Lemonade in person. Anyways, this commercial tries to make hard lemonade seem tough because they pick on a guy who likes soy milk or something. Our buddy, B.T. Gilmer would call this one "toothless".
Random thought:
I can't wait until we do a 2Man "Cribs" episode at Simon Gagne's house and he has a case and half of of this shit in his fridge. It's gonna happen.
The Good: Some promo for an upcoming fight between a long-haired guy and Jens Pulver
Two guys punching each other and a shot of a bearded Pulver flipping a monster truck tire = Sure. I'm not sure if it will live up to it's billing as the best best featherweight fight in history because that honor goes to Mr. W vs. Brad McGann in the fountain in Washington Square Park.
Random thought:
I really like the mixed martial arts stuff. I can't watch the garbage ones like the shit on UPN where two out of shape idiots throw Reggie Miller haymakers and hug it out for 2 rounds but the UFC is cool. If I wanted to watch two fat guys get into a sloppy fight I would saddle up to Burns Bar in Stamford and put 5 bucks I the jukebox.
I know I am missing some big commercials here and I can't be the only one who is ruined by this garbage during hockey. Bress should have the recap of last night's game up in the morning so I'll save my thoughts for the comment section but I'll just say this:
My new hero is Mike Richards.
-Nemmy
Take this on especially rainy days.
Actor Douglass Watson, who played Mac Cory on Another World, would have been 86 years old today if he were still alive. He died in 1989. Incredible to think of him as so old! I used to watch Another World after school and wrote about it here. A photo of Watson toasting the audience was the last scene of the final episode of the show in 1999. (You can view the final scene in my previous blog.) Here's a clip from Victoria Wyndham's 25th anniversary show that aired in 1997. An extended look back at several dramatic scenes between Mac (Watson) and Rachel (Wyndham) begins at the 1:53 mark. Wow... memories.
KFC has a new promotion. Find the secret image - on the in-store poster or TV ad - and answer the question: "What image is hidden in the KFC Snacker advertising?" If you're among the first 1,000 people to tell us what is hidden each day for 10 days you will receive a coupon in the form of a $1 KFC gift check. (Hint: The correct item is paper and has a picture of George Washington on it!) Click here to go to kfc.com.
My Favorite Chain Burger
The Houston's Cheeseburger is your traditional burger done well. It features a toasted, egg-washed sesame bun, a thick (1/2 pound), juicy, charred patty of coarse-ground chuck, a slice of cheddar cheese, fresh, crisp, shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes, pickles, and diced onions, and mustard. Everything is well-balanced (if you couldn't tell by now, I'm a big fan of well-balanced). There's a variety of textures from the squishiness of the bun to the crunchy drizzle of lettuce to the choppy bits of the juicy patty. If you want something more exotic from your burger, this isn't it. But, if you want an honest to good, hand-crafted hamburger, Houston's Cheeseburger is a fine choice as long as you can foot the bill.
As per some sort of unspoken rule, no fast food chain in Taiwan can have a menu without adding some sort of weird twist item. McDonald's ups the ante by featuring a 4 layer Big Mac, a double layered spicy McChicken, as well as a green tea flavored McFlurry. Burger King wasn't as adventurous, but even so... they added a honey mustard chicken burger. Pizza Hut? All they did was stuff hot dogs in their crust (review to come btw). Now, 7-11... that's a whole 'nother level of amazing. Finally, let's not leave out Mos Burger in the discussion of specialty fast food. Where else in the world can you get an octopus burger where there are actually visible chunks of tentacles in the patty? In any case, I don't normally go to KFC, but it was raining, and I was kind of forced into it (which I don't really regret btw). It was there... that I realized how KFC could change something plain into something sort of amazing.
I know that KFC in America has those small snacker sandwiches. They're, well... okay? They tend to be unsatisfying though, and nothing really new. Chicken strip inside of a small dinner roll drenched in BBQ sauce has been done already. What you see above is the Taiwanese variant of the snacker. If you're familiar with Japanese style donuts, that is... airy dough made with the addition of rice flour... which is then fried, then you probably have an idea of what this entails. Plain chicken strip (or hot dog) is stuffed inside a 'bun' made of Japanese donut bread. Then instead of sauce, they use Kewpie mayo. That's pretty much it. Instead of dismissing the idea right away, consider the fact that this is a fried chicken cutlet (or processed stick of meat) stuck inside more fried bread. That's a lot of frying... awesome. They cost 39 NT a piece ($1.10 or so), which was their sale price... down from 45 NT, so they are essentially equivalent to the snackers in the US. They taste as you would expect. Somewhat oily, but incredibly satisfying. The one negative though? They're tiny as hell, roughly the size of an iPhone. That said, I never went back to have it a second time, not because I didn't like it, just because there were so many better things to eat at similar cost. Still, I thought something like this deserved its own post... so yeah.
Yes that picture above is my hand, and no I do possess the hands of a carny (neither oversized nor petite). This is purely for size comparison lol.
Click here for a chance to win one of 1,000 KFC Snackers given away daily until May 3rd! (hint to save you a little time: paper money)
What's more dangerous than text messaging while applying eyeliner on the 405 freeway during rush hour? You will have to check out The 99 Cent Chef's new video to find out. It features Kentucky Fried Chicken's deliciously distracting 99 cent Snacker sandwich, part of KFC's value menu offerings. A favorite of The Chef's, this drive-thru deep-fried delicacy has the classic batter coating KFC is justly famous for. The Chef stays away from the frou-frou toppings, including spicy Buffalo or barbeque sauce; they only serve to make the crusty batter soggy.
A tender white meat fillet topped with a black pepper/mayo spread and shredded lettuce, and nestled in a sesame seed dinner roll-sized bun, KFC's Snacker is a tasty budget classic worth a quick freeway-exit snack stop. However, like McDonalds' lawsuit- inducing hot coffee, KFC's Snacker provides the Chef with a video cautionary tale*. The following should be mandatory viewing for all DMV auto license applicants and high school student drivers! So buckle-up and take a cruise with The 99 Cent Chef.
