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Subscribe to RSSOk. We know the mainland Chinese have a thing for imitation goods.
But Hong Kong?
Thanks to the folks over at ChinaSmack, we’ve learned a little belatedly that a U.S. President Barack Obama lookalike was used in a KFC television ad to promote a new Fish Fillet Soft Roll. (The commercial was aired for a limited time in Hong Kong only just ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit to the U.S. last month.)
Change is good, says the advert.
He better believe it.
After all, he’ll be sending a new ambassador to China in the spring.
Btw, Yum Brands – a Louisville, KY, company which owns KFC – posted higher than expected quarterly earnings yesterday. It gets a third of its revenue from China, where it operates more than 3,700 restaurants, mostly KFC outlets.
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Are the sandwiches made in America?
The chickens used for their signature product are American.
It better be more than 35% chicken.
Did you have stock of Yum Brands like a lot American did. Chinese make a lot money for these stock owners. Don't be stupid.
What a great commercial! But -------- is the product made in China? If so, that's bad!
Has anyone seen the Colonel? uh, huh, huh. "Elvis."
When people looked at the coffin holding Elvis, not but three days later, he was gone! The coffin was empty.
Elvis has left the building!
I love it. Wonder if they will show a smiliar commerical in the state with the new star.
I guess the secret blend of herbs and spices is no longer secret.......i hope it tastes as good on cat as it does on chicken!!
Meat is meat. I would eat it if it were cat, rat or bat. It would probably taste better and be better for you if it were one of those animals since the chicken is raised in deplorable conditions from birth. So fire up the grill.
LMAO, yeah but it isn't chicken and its not racist. I did not see any watermelon around.
everythig tastes the same fried with 11 herbs and spices
^^^^^^TOTALLY RIGHT!
Would the "REAL" Barrak Obama" Please stand-up? NOW!!! That explains the (CRAZY-NESS) Our country is in? The Barrak---Impersonator?? HUH? Go figure? Every-thing now fits in place? Pretty clever? A stand-in president? WOW!!!!
...what?
Of course the sandwiches are made in China and the people who work there are Chinese. The restaurants are in China. When we were there, we had KFC and Pizza Hut as we got tired of rice. It is not the same as in the states. They add some sort of spice that is appealing to the Chinese but that my family didn't care for. And the funny thing was that the "special" spice depended on the region of China. Seems that it was locality specific.
Actually though, the chickens that they use for KFC in China is actually imported from the US. The local (Asian) chickens are not good for frying. And I actually prefer the KFC's in Beijing over the ones in the US, the workers in China actually care to work for a "High Quality" American chain like KFC, Pizza Hut (The cheese is sour for some reason though), Burger King, McDonalds, etc. And actually care for cleanliness and quality of their products.
And a +1 is that the KFC Spicy Fried Chicken in China is actually spicy, unlike here in the US.
If they aired this in the U.S. it would be racist
How, exactly?
duh Alan - Fried Chicken? Carl is right. Chinese have yet to learn about the American Liberal Political Correctness.
The ad was for a new breaded fish sandwich, not fried chicken.
Just the fact that it was a KFC would make some people in this country shout racism. The reality is, there is nothing racist about the commercial. They are using an icon to promote their product. If Obama was an old white dude, they would do the same thing. Instead, Obama is half old white dude, and half old black dude. With a little luck, someday we will just look at somebody as an old dude instead.
Richard, Obama is only 49. Is 49 old?
it it racist! regardless of the location.
America has become to politically correct. Long for the days of Don Rickles.
I'm one of those "liberals" you speak of, and I don't find anything even slightly potentially racist here. I think you're finding conflict where none exists.
Americans. Yeesh. The chicken they sell in China is not made of cat... it's chicken. Of course sandwiches served in China are made in China. And the best comment of all... that is not a 'stand in president,' it's an actor in a commercial for chicken. Please, people. Can we be adults?
Well, that chicken sandwich is made from fish since it's the new Fish Fillet Soft Roll.
Can we be adults, Chris? Like using hyperbole while commenting on the general lack of intelligent comments on a news story? I'm an American as well.
Lrn2Internet
The role Obama fits best - a huckster, used car salesman... Brilliant impersonation
I bet doing that commercial pays more than the "community organizer" job does...........
DQ...my mother taught me to keep my mouth shut if I had nothing nice to say. Since I have nothing nice to say to you...I'm keeping my mouth shut.
KFC food is so bad now they have to rely on the gimmicky commercials to drive business because their food sucks a$$. It's a real shame because the food used to be very good.
When I was a kid I was addicted to KFC. Now, it just seems so greasy, the thought of eating it is gross.
I think the food was always greasy "finger lickin'", but now it just tastes terrible. Somebody forgot to put in the 11 herbs and spices or they left a bunch of them out. It is pathetic. If the Colonel were still alive he'd fire everyone running the KFC organization for allowing this to happen.
A friend of mine from way back worked at a KFC when we were kids. He said NEVER eat the bbq chicken. It leftovers from the day before and stuff dropped on the floor. The theory, at the time, was the bbq sauce covered it up. I can't eat there any more. My ex considered buying a bucket "cooking" dinner 3 nights a week. Haven't eaten there in almost 5 years.
shoot, wrong comment-y thingy. My bad!
I'm with Debra Pilla. Have you checked where ALL the shoes are made lately, CHINA. The only tennis I have found that even make an attempt to be made in the USA is New Balance. That's all I buy. We gotta STOP buying (cheap) products made in China and put our people back to work. Enough is enough. How are we ever going to get unemployment down if WE keep supporting US companies that export our jobs to China. How are we going to pay for these $ 100 shoes that cost probably less than $ 2 to make. Just so the CEO's get BILLIONS in bonuses. Next time you got to the store, look inside the shoe to see where it's made. You'll be amazed.
Joe, your new balance sneakers may be assembled in the USA, but with chinese rubber and other pre-assembled components shipped from places like Vietnam. Even the "Made in USA" 996 model is made this way. I think to have the made in USA label you only need about 25% of labor and materials from the USA. I like you, attempt to buy American first, and was shocked to find this out. Only sneakers I have found that are actually assembled in USA with USA materials is Newton shoes out of Colorado.
Thanks mwilliams-2357930. I'll have to take a look at the Newton shoes you are talking about. We ALL have to start somewhere at bringing the jobs back HOME.
I find this commercial very disrespectful as an American. No one has a problem with our president being crushed by a giant sandwich? I never patron KFC, but if I did I wouldn’t after seeing this unpatriotic attempt at humor by an American Corporation. How would the Chinese respond if President Hu Jintao was depicted being crushed by a giant egg roll in a Panda Express* commercial?
Just some food for thought.
(*I know Panda Express is an American chain.)
I agree completely. While the parody of the President is fine in and of itself, the crushing by the giant sandwich is not cool.
I thought it was kind of funny, people, get over yourselves!
I am just glad somebody finally figured out what Housein ObamaRama really is.
I guess all black people look alike to some. He looks nothing like President Obama.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. No resemblance at all.
That doesn't actually look like Obama.
to me, the guy that did the USPS commercials, the one where they are standing up in front of an audience, looks more like Obama that this actor does.
I went to KFC in Egypt, where they like to joke that it's "camel". Every country I've visited that has a KFC, they place is jam-packed by tourists and locals alike.
The haters can cry all they want, but most people in the world like fast food. It's not called fast health.
I don't like it because of the roll of paper towells required to eat it. Luckily for them, many do not share my point of view. Choice is a wonderful thing. Their foreign market is much stronger than thier American one.
Please keep in mind that KFC is owned by Pepsi Corp the next time you are in the grocery stores
FALSE!!!
KFC is owned by Yum Brands.
http://www.yum.com/company/ourbrands.asp
They have a lifetime strategic alliance with Pepsi though, because it was spun off of Pepsi originally.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum!_Brands
Why complain about the cleverness of the Chinese? They make everything that we Americans buy, but with poor quality. Does anyone remember the "watermellon" patch depicted on the White House lawn in a cartoon just after President Obama's swearing-in?
Funny other than appearing tall and slender with a haircut similar to the president, being dress in a blue suite, white shirt and red tie, and having a brown complexion, the actor looks nothing like the president. No need to wonder why there are so many exonerations after DNA testing proves the innocence of someone convicted based on eyewitness testimony.
o-"blah"-ma is a homo
Hey, the sandwich that crushed the president doesn't look half bad.
Was never a fan of breaded fish. Prefer mine grilled or baked.
If by 'Obama lookalike' you mean he's black, then yes...I suppose he does look like Obama in that one respect.
what a racist ad. it depicts all black people as being chicken eaters. now thats a stero type if i ever saw one. i wonder if odumber will protest? i think we should run ads about poisoned toys and food and use a chinese president look alike in them. at least the chinese see obama for what he is. a promiss breaker. he vowed change and nothing changed it just worse and bigger.
I'm sick and tired of so many Americans condemning the 'poor quality' of Chinese products. If this is indeed the case, it certainly is a comment of the lack of judgment on the part of American consumers, since they buy so much of this 'junk', leading to China amassing so much U.S. money. I think the Chinese have mastered the ability to manufacture goods of reasonable and, indeed, good quality at attractive prices. I have every confidence that Americans possess the common sense of not wasting their hard-earned money when buying their goods. I don't think that they love accumulating 'junk' in exchange for their money.
“mastered the ability to manufacture goods” that’s F-ING funny!
Hey, there’s a nice little company in Petersburg VA that would argue that point with you. The get the lucky job of resurfacing cabinets from China, you know the ones you see in the big box stores and whole sale distributers. Your know your local US contractor supply house!
Go figure we didn’t have to do that when it was made in America, sorry I know this because I use to manufacture the coatings.
You may also look at and Formica countertops, floor covering wall paneling and wall paper from your brethren. They very seldom if ever meet the fade, stain, heat resistance and cleaning products resistance testing of the counter part MADE IN AMERICA you idiot!
Just saying!