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.
Houston's Cheeseburger is probably a top ten burger for me. It is a bit on the pricey side though and doesn't deliver a good bang for you buck at $14 dollars though I suppose the hurt is slightly lessened by your choice of a side: coucous, coleslaw, shoestring french fries, or seasonal veggies.
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.
KFC pulled an Australian television advertisement earlier this month after it was branded racist in the United States. The ad showed a white Australian cricket fan subduing boisterous black West Indian fans by sharing his fried chicken.
KFC described the ad as a "lighthearted commercial" that had been "well understood by Australian cricket fans." The company stressed that the ad was not intended for American audiences.
That's for sure. In the United States, KFC ads usually pair black men with white women.
Consider the latest American KFC ad, which is for Fiery Wings.
The ad begins with a black man taking a bite out of a KFC wing and hallucinating.
During his hallucination, the black man envisions a number of "fiery" things, including red peppers, an explosives detonator, a fire breather, and ... wait for it ... white women with luscious lips.
At the end of the ad, the black man is joined by another white woman. "Colonel, you're on fire," the black man says, and the white woman nods approvingly.
A few years ago, KFC ran a competition in which the company asked viewers to spot the subliminal message planted in an ad for their $.99 Snacker sandwich.
In the ad, a young black guy and a young white girl sat on a stairwell eating Snackers. The black guy had bought the Snacker with a dollar bill he had stolen from a white guy. Throughout the ad, the black guy and the white girl both mock the white guy whose dollar was taken.
Officially, the subliminal message was that a dollar bill had been spliced into a picture of the Snacker.
A second, more subversive message was that the black man had stolen more than the dollar bill from the white man.
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.
