http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/ Engadget Comments for KFC claims victory in DVR-only commercial http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/
"Ah, the Colonel, with his wee beady eyes;
SO? You want to buy my chiken, eh?"
"Dad, how could you not like the Colonel?"
"Because he puts a secret ingredient in it
that makes you crave it fortnightly, SMART@$$!"

I love that movie!

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Instead of whining and crying about how a new technology is "killing their business" (are you listening RI-,MPAA?), they found an ingenious way to exploit the very technology they should have been averse to.

Now there's no way this could have been done by the same ad agency that put the song "Sweet Home ALABAMA" behind the "KENTUCKY Fried Chicken" ads.]]>Mar 20th 2006 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/
'You will obey me'... instant subliminal message ;)]]>Mar 20th 2006 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/
...worst food ever.]]>Mar 20th 2006 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/
Fishes,
narco. ]]>Mar 20th 2006 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/
It doesn't matter if you saw the ad or followed a link that a site posted for free. Either way the ad generated a buzz and got people to their site and in the store.

And of course, I never saw the ad on my DVR or links on the web, but here I am talking about it and it didn't cost them a single cent extra...]]>Mar 20th 2006 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 20th 2006 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/kfc-claims-victory-in-dvr-only-commercial/Mar 21st 2006 1:54AM