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KFC, Oprah and the Great Chicken Caper |
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Written by Branden Hart
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Sunday, 10 May 2009 |
No, that isn’t the title for the screenplay of my as-yet-to-be-written movie about an entertainment mogul solving mysteries with Colonel Sanders (although, I have the first draft done and it is AWESOME. Note to Oprah: you’re going to be a ninja in this movie, so keep that weight down).
For the next 24 hours, people went nuts over that chicken.On Tuesday, Oprah announced that people could visit her Web site, and for the next 24 hours, would be able to download a coupon for Kentucky Fried Chicken’s newest menu item, grilled chicken.
For the next 24 hours, people went nuts over that chicken.
CNN reports that the frenzy resulted in long lines at KFC, angry consumers blogging about being unable to download the coupon, and resulted in the below quote from a woman who couldn’t get her free chicken:
"I'm a big girl," Shannon Edwards told CNN affiliate WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday after she was turned away from a KFC. "I like to eat. So I'm kind of disappointed I have to go to McDonald's now."
Poor Shannon, exiled to the land of chicken nuggets when she couldn’t get her grilled chicken. Unfortunately, such is Oprah’s power. And that power should be feared by all. Unless, of course, her next publicity campaign is called “Everyone give Branden Hart all your money.”
Then, I can assure you, there would be nothing to fear at all.
[CNN]
Branden Hart, TheSequitur.com's managing editor, works as an editor in San Antonio.
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