I met the Colonel around 1976 and he seemed a kind old gentleman, not like the monster many portrayed him to be. I suppose he was a perfectionist, but what visionary isn't?
The Beresford7 I Know Exactly what you mean Colonel Sanders Was Very old school It’s Something Today’s Society is sorely lacking I was brought up in The 1980’s and I’m very old school not like the people of today
This man's father died when he was 5, his mother worked at a canning factory out of town and would stay close to the factory for days at a time while he had to cook for his younger siblings. He would send them out of ask/pick/borrow food from the townsfolk and at the age of 10 began working on a farm for food for his family. He quit school in 7th grade and started working on a farm. I'll go through the jobs he had: private in the army,blacksmith appretice,railroad worker and steam engine fire stoker,his son died of tonsillitis,secretary of a ferry boat company, owner of acetylene(miners) lamp manufacturer(failed with introduction of electric lamps),lawyer in Little Rock, Michelin Tire salesman,Standard Oil service station manager,Shell service station manager where he began selling chicken,ham, and steak meals at the station, motel/restaurant owner,cafeteria assistant manager, In his 60s he was sleeping out of his car traveling to diners offering to sell them his chicken. At 65 his only restaurant failed. He had $105/month from Social Security and decided to open another in another town and franchise other restaurants with his great chicken recipe..this decision to begin franchising made him a millionaire in 1964 at the age of 74 when he sold KFC for 2M
Kuromatsu619 They are not mocking him. KFC is trying to relive the golden days of Kentucky Fried Chicken with a guy who looks like Colonel Sanders. Finger Lickin' Good was the colonel's original slogan and they are bringing it back as Still Finger Lickin' Good. And yeah they sound alike. Just listen to both new and old commercials.
I have listened to both old, and new commercials. I stand by my original statement. The original Colonel Sanders did not sound anything like this guy. The way this comedian portrays him makes the original Colonel sound like there's something wrong with him.
Not really.. One of the only things that really stand out is that the comedian laughs and the real Colonel didn't. Colonel Harland Sanders was his real name. btw
Kuromatsu619 I agree with you! I cannot stand the "new" Colonel Sanders and don't think he sounds anything like the real man. The "new" one is nasally and has the stupid "Will Ferrell doing GWB" laugh.
PGMEagle He already HATED it. HE would openly mock franchises of KFC for their horrible quality and even sued one for slander because they used his image to sell crap. HE hated it so much he and his wife opened Claudia Sander's Dinner House in Shelbyville, KY, the only other restaurant in the entire world that can sell original recipe chicken that isn't a KFC. BTW Their chicken is AMAZBALLS!!!
+Ockie Ditchbank Are you one of those "that is not a word" people? You do realize that the structure of linguistics is that if one person says a word and another understands it then it is a real word.. I mean was "bedroom" a word before Shakespeare? No. In fact he made up a lot of words we use... Amazeballs is a common phrase with youngsters today, and they know what it means, therefore it is a word :P.. haha
God Bless this AMERICAN LEGEND ...... Say what you will about this GREAT man. He brought allot happiness to people over the years. When I was little we would take a bucket of the Colonel's finest original to picnics, camp outs, fishing trips, dove hunts, moto-X races and turkey runs,hair scrambles, cyo football games, birthday parties and river raft floats boats .... And it all ways tasted damn good...
Enterprising Captian they should make ads like regular restaurants like Wendy's with no impersonaters, etc KFC should stick to food only ads but the mashed potatoes at KFC is so good though
Such a nice man and made some great chicken. In my childhood we rarely ate out . Too expensive lol. But every summer we got the full spread of the good old KFC. We would do it in our backyard. Lots of bike riding running through sprinklers and then sleep outside under the stars. Life was good
The days when you didn't need any kind of food handling license or even a business license to sell food, if someone was hungry, you just made it and sold it to them, no one asked any questions in those days, simpler times.
Legend. It's bad enough they don't give his food any quality today, but I really wish they'd show these videos instead of these goofy hack character actors they use in their commercials. Does no justice to the rough life the man lived. He only ever knew success after his 60s.
People can say what they want about the Colonel but he was a smart man and knew what he wanted to do. Damn shame that KFC had turned into what it is now.
Key word there is "real" Kentucky Fried Chicken not KFC. It truly was better when the Colonel was alive. He would go to every restaurant in person and and make sure they were making it right. The younger generation will never know how good it was. It was finger lickn' good !
Hiram Rodriguez I hate these new colonel Sanders impersonaters cause this brand new colonel Sanders impersonater look weird I liked the first colonel Sanders impersonater cause he sounded real close to the real close to the real colonel Sanders
no one under the age of 40 has no clue who this guy is but I distinctly remember growing up in the 70s watching this guy in Champs/Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials (in 2 and a half years I will be 50!)
Kentucky Fried Chicken is sublime...The Colonel was a culinary genius...I wonder how he came up with that wonderful blend of herbs and spices, for his fried chicken...There's no comfort food as satisfying, as, delicious fried chicken, and, no one makes better fried chicken, than, Kentucky Fried Chicken...Thanks Colonel Sanders!
Little Gator Farm Colonel made it his way. Eminem wrote his own songs. But yes I agree, Iggy, Elvis and Jimmy Page stole ideas and didn't do their own work.
I agree with one of the comments here. The new guy in the commercial acts like a dumb hick with his fake, over exaggerated southern accent. They need someone else to portray him correctly and respectfully. The way they are doing it now is like a joke, and disrespectful. This impersonator is way over the top.
How to make infinite kfc fried chicken: 1. Make a machine that makes kfc fried chicken with the use of electricity. 2. Dig up Sander's coffin 3. Put wires from the coffin to the machine 4. Start throwing big macs and McDonalds fried chicken at the coffin and say McDonalds is better. 5. Coffin will start to charge up and power the machine 6. ?? 7. Profit
Great self made man and an American legend. The chicken is good today but back in the sixties when I grew up it was awesome !! That's B4 they had to eliminate the fatty oils and God knows what else in the recipe to meet the health craze. They even change the word fried (bad for you) to the letter "F" thus the KFC. Oh well....
Many people don't like KFC as much anymore but for me? I love KFC! (I don't eat it like everyday, that's unhealthy) the slogan is right, it is finger licking good!
This is fine right? But hold on and let me clue ya. Back in the mid to late 70's they did a thing called BBQ ribs. Right? From my exhaustive research I have learned they prepared the ribs in the same manner as the fried chicken. What? You say, bread and deep fry then pressure cook ribs? How can that be but it is true two seperate cooks from the described time-line describe the exact same cooking technique having never met or previously conversated. So upon removal from the pressure fryer the ribs were summarily doused in this near black BBQ sauce that was allowed to slow soak into the breading on the said ribs. Now I cannot begin to express the insane flavor/texture created by this technique suffice to say they were beyond fasntastic so much so I would sign over the title to my car for a 6 peice box without dickering. KFC bring back the Ribs.
Of course KFC started as a gas station. Those kinds of joints are still the best place to find real Kentucky fried chicken, now that they've done screwed up his business.
Popeyes is better but I can't fairly judge the two restaurants because I never got to have "real" Kentucky Fried Chicken from the 60's made the right way with fresh spices and ingredients. As chain stores though, Popeyes is better.
"Everyone can eat at the same table" Now that's a motto! He was an American treasure
I met the Colonel around 1976 and he seemed a kind old gentleman, not like the monster many portrayed him to be. I suppose he was a perfectionist, but what visionary isn't?
I blame People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, they’ve made it their life goal to ruin his image when Colonel Sanders did nothing wrong.
i like his manerisms how he says "you see" and "don't you see"
very old school.
The Beresford7 I Know Exactly what you mean Colonel Sanders Was Very old school It’s Something Today’s Society is sorely lacking I was brought up in The 1980’s and I’m very old school not like the people of today
I loved that, don't you see!
Seems like he was a very friendly and down-to-earth man
+Perfect Sense With a strong work ethic and standards.
Nerfball6 very much so
On his good side....when he was young, he'd get into fist fights and even gun fights over his chicken.
This man's father died when he was 5, his mother worked at a canning factory out of town and would stay close to the factory for days at a time while he had to cook for his younger siblings. He would send them out of ask/pick/borrow food from the townsfolk and at the age of 10 began working on a farm for food for his family. He quit school in 7th grade and started working on a farm. I'll go through the jobs he had: private in the army,blacksmith appretice,railroad worker and steam engine fire stoker,his son died of tonsillitis,secretary of a ferry boat company, owner of acetylene(miners) lamp manufacturer(failed with introduction of electric lamps),lawyer in Little Rock, Michelin Tire salesman,Standard Oil service station manager,Shell service station manager where he began selling chicken,ham, and steak meals at the station, motel/restaurant owner,cafeteria assistant manager, In his 60s he was sleeping out of his car traveling to diners offering to sell them his chicken. At 65 his only restaurant failed. He had $105/month from Social Security and decided to open another in another town and franchise other restaurants with his great chicken recipe..this decision to begin franchising made him a millionaire in 1964 at the age of 74 when he sold KFC for 2M
I met Mr. Sanders person and his original restaurant please stop making fun of him he was an honorable man whom loved serving people his chicken🐔🐓🍗🍽
and i met bill gates and he gave me a million dollars
omg epic!
Damn
You can never beat the real thing.
+Kenya Robinson Really. You are right. These new "Colonel Sanders" reboot commercials could learn a lot from watching the original.
They sure can. Or they can get rid of them cause it's not doing his legacy any good.
That pfp tho
Imagine how tasty the first version of his food was ,being cooked out of his own home
There’s another restaurant in kentucky made by him that’s still in business made with the original fried chicken recipe
There’s a restaurant called Claudia Sanders who is the Colonel’s wife where they still serve fried chicken using the original recipe.
I don't understand why they're mocking him in these recent commercials. He sounded nothing like this buffoon currently.
Kuromatsu619 ehhh... kinda does
Kuromatsu619 They are not mocking him. KFC is trying to relive the golden days of Kentucky Fried Chicken with a guy who looks like Colonel Sanders. Finger Lickin' Good was the colonel's original slogan and they are bringing it back as Still Finger Lickin' Good. And yeah they sound alike. Just listen to both new and old commercials.
I have listened to both old, and new commercials. I stand by my original statement. The original Colonel Sanders did not sound anything like this guy. The way this comedian portrays him makes the original Colonel sound like there's something wrong with him.
Not really.. One of the only things that really stand out is that the comedian laughs and the real Colonel didn't. Colonel Harland Sanders was his real name. btw
Kuromatsu619 I agree with you! I cannot stand the "new" Colonel Sanders and don't think he sounds anything like the real man. The "new" one is nasally and has the stupid "Will Ferrell doing GWB" laugh.
He's rolling in his grave over the poor quality they made out of his chicken
PGMEagle Believe that
PGMEagle I agree... KFC chicken is just horrible now. They even ruined the Biscuits.
PGMEagle He already HATED it. HE would openly mock franchises of KFC for their horrible quality and even sued one for slander because they used his image to sell crap. HE hated it so much he and his wife opened Claudia Sander's Dinner House in Shelbyville, KY, the only other restaurant in the entire world that can sell original recipe chicken that isn't a KFC. BTW Their chicken is AMAZBALLS!!!
+Ockie Ditchbank Are you one of those "that is not a word" people? You do realize that the structure of linguistics is that if one person says a word and another understands it then it is a real word.. I mean was "bedroom" a word before Shakespeare? No. In fact he made up a lot of words we use... Amazeballs is a common phrase with youngsters today, and they know what it means, therefore it is a word :P.. haha
If I made it up why is the definition on google? www.google.com/search?q=amazeballs&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
haha boom!!! jk it is a funny argument though.
God Bless this AMERICAN LEGEND ......
Say what you will about this GREAT man. He brought allot happiness to people over the years.
When I was little we would take a bucket of the Colonel's finest original to picnics, camp outs, fishing trips, dove hunts, moto-X races and turkey runs,hair scrambles, cyo football games, birthday parties and river raft floats boats .... And it all ways tasted damn good...
Hey the REAL Colonel Sanders, not some actor pretending to be him.
Enterprising Captian I hate these new actors that are playing as him
Jeremy Hill, Yeah me too. It's insulting to the real Colonel Sanders
Enterprising Captian cause this one impersonater of Sanders that looks like he got a tan & I'm like "why KFC?"
Jeremy Hill They think they're being cute.
Enterprising Captian they should make ads like regular restaurants like Wendy's with no impersonaters, etc
KFC should stick to food only ads
but the mashed potatoes at KFC is so good though
This man is my role model from him has reminded me if ages isn't barrier to be succeed
Such a nice man and made some great chicken. In my childhood we rarely ate out . Too expensive lol. But every summer we got the full spread of the good old KFC. We would do it in our backyard. Lots of bike riding running through sprinklers and then sleep outside under the stars. Life was good
I enjoy his "You see" and "Don't you see."
Plus, he was mentor to Dave Thomas of Wendy's...another honest, great, but regular man.
As a black person a tear of joy rolls off my cheek when watching this video..... :')
*THE* American dream, Idol, and Idea all together.
We love you Col. Harland "Harley" Sanders!
I would've to have the chicken from the 60's or 70's. It looked very good back then
The days when you didn't need any kind of food handling license or even a business license to sell food, if someone was hungry, you just made it and sold it to them, no one asked any questions in those days, simpler times.
Legend. It's bad enough they don't give his food any quality today, but I really wish they'd show these videos instead of these goofy hack character actors they use in their commercials. Does no justice to the rough life the man lived. He only ever knew success after his 60s.
Seems like a sweet likable old man.
Thanx a million to whom ever took their time to share this fantastic video ... BRAVO ..!
My uncle saw him at an airport during the 1970s or so and said Sanders looks and talks and dresses like he does in the commercials.
A truly wholesome honest gentleman.
People try and slander the colonel because he was a true American and a man of God..a Godly man who helped many ..
I went to Frankfort when the Colonel died, to pay my respects. He lay in state under the capitol rotunda. Sad day.
The Col would be so disappointed with Kentucky Fried Chicken today; even the name has been cheapened to KFC.
i am Fully inspired by this great man. god. planning to read his full story. Any book suggestions by any one?
Rich dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
People can say what they want about the Colonel but he was a smart man and knew what he wanted to do. Damn shame that KFC had turned into what it is now.
From humble beginnings.
I miss the old days
0:35 don't you see
Key word there is "real" Kentucky Fried Chicken not KFC. It truly was better when the Colonel was alive. He would go to every restaurant in person and and make sure they were making it right. The younger generation will never know how good it was. It was finger lickn' good !
I used to work for him at KFC. Before all the corporations took over a ruined his food.
the real colonel
Hiram Rodriguez I hate these new colonel Sanders impersonaters
cause this brand new colonel Sanders impersonater look weird
I liked the first colonel Sanders impersonater cause he sounded real close to the real close to the real colonel Sanders
What a gentleman.
no one under the age of 40 has no clue who this guy is but I distinctly remember growing up in the 70s watching this guy in Champs/Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials (in 2 and a half years I will be 50!)
So now you're 58?
He looks like a nice guy
Colonel Sanders hated KFC, the 'secret recipe' is not the same as what he originally made.
That's gold ! That videos are historical
Kentucky Fried Chicken is sublime...The Colonel was a culinary genius...I wonder how he came up with that wonderful blend of herbs and spices, for his fried chicken...There's no comfort food as satisfying, as, delicious fried chicken, and, no one makes better fried chicken, than, Kentucky Fried Chicken...Thanks Colonel Sanders!
Like Elvis, Eminem, Iggy Azalea, and Jimmy Page, his ideas were completely original and not stolen from anybody.
Little Gator Farm Colonel made it his way. Eminem wrote his own songs. But yes I agree, Iggy, Elvis and Jimmy Page stole ideas and didn't do their own work.
I agree with one of the comments here. The new guy in the commercial acts like a dumb hick with his fake, over exaggerated southern accent. They need someone else to portray him correctly and respectfully. The way they are doing it now is like a joke, and disrespectful. This impersonator is way over the top.
An American hero
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How to make infinite kfc fried chicken:
1. Make a machine that makes kfc fried chicken with the use of electricity.
2. Dig up Sander's coffin
3. Put wires from the coffin to the machine
4. Start throwing big macs and McDonalds fried chicken at the coffin and say McDonalds is better.
5. Coffin will start to charge up and power the machine
6. ??
7. Profit
Great self made man and an American legend. The chicken is good today but back in the sixties when I grew up it was awesome !! That's B4 they had to eliminate the fatty oils and God knows what else in the recipe to meet the health craze. They even change the word fried (bad for you) to the letter "F" thus the KFC. Oh well....
I'm gary mays and I love colonel Sanders and all of his chickens.
Colonel would be proud of their workers if he doesn't leave us.
Very good Colonel Sanders impersonator. Looks just like the real Colonel Sanders.
leafyutube 😂
What a promising young man. Hope he achieve his goal
The real Colonel Sanders and not any of those fake CS wannabes on those contemporary KFC ads.
I'm so sad I'll never try the original recipe :(
What would the Colonel think of KFC today, especially with that VN.
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kentucky fried chicken is my favorite, and the gravy is out of this world
Its so cool to hear his voice!
I much prefer the real Colonel Sanders than this mockery that they are now perpetuating.
I'd buy chicken from this guy.
Love hearing the Col talk
That old guy's face is the most recognized face in the world, I've heard. Don't know if it's true, but, that's what I've heard.
About how he turned his Kentucky Fried Chicken cafe into a fast food empire.
I like how he says in his commercials 'egg WARSH'.
I’m glad I got to meet people like him when I was young.
KFC is part of the Pepsi co parent company. Pepsi co owns a LOT.
hes awesome!
btw when he says when he came down to the country its cuz hes from indiana and moved to kentucky for jobs
I have no idea what he was saying, but i have to wonder if he is related to Foghorn Leghorn
Cool
I'm inspired of him with all sacrifices and perseverance
So good
Colonel sanders reminds me of John Hammond from Jurassic park.
Awesome! ^^
So Harland ,what are you going to do when you retire at 65 , take trips ?
Nah ,I think I'll start a world famous chicken restaurant
KFC is my favorite chicken
Many people don't like KFC as much anymore but for me? I love KFC! (I don't eat it like everyday, that's unhealthy) the slogan is right, it is finger licking good!
This is fine right? But hold on and let me clue ya. Back in the mid to late 70's they did a thing called BBQ ribs. Right? From my exhaustive research I have learned they prepared the ribs in the same manner as the fried chicken. What? You say, bread and deep fry then pressure cook ribs? How can that be but it is true two seperate cooks from the described time-line describe the exact same cooking technique having never met or previously conversated. So upon removal from the pressure fryer the ribs were summarily doused in this near black BBQ sauce that was allowed to slow soak into the breading on the said ribs. Now I cannot begin to express the insane flavor/texture created by this technique suffice to say they were beyond fasntastic so much so I would sign over the title to my car for a 6 peice box without dickering. KFC bring back the Ribs.
KFC: quick get the pepsi!!!!
Imagine having a dinner with him
ngl colonel sanders voice kinda reminds me of foghorn leghorn
i SaY I sAy BoY dOn'T yOu SeE
Ya see that modern Sanders? Natural facial hair!
all hail the king of chicken
إنسان رائع جدا جدا جدا وأنا أعتبره من عجائب الدنيا.. “ال.. ٨..“..هو الثامن.. نعم..
I love the KFC man💕💕😘
Best minute of my life!
Of course KFC started as a gas station. Those kinds of joints are still the best place to find real Kentucky fried chicken, now that they've done screwed up his business.
You know he in Heaven
I wonder if this is where he kept the recipe posted over the kitchen door, where anyone could have read it. 🤔
ι ωιѕн ι ωαѕ вσяи ιи тнє 1960ѕ
+Roz Da Ancho I was. It was a great time to be a kid. Sad to see what is becoming of America now.
RIP lengend
I read his bio. The Colonel killed a man in a gun fight!
I had a dream that the Colonel pounded my bald snatch with a chicken bone....
is that a good thing?
OGtoke HAHAHA! :)
Andrew Womble LOL! No but he whispered the secret recipe in my ear....
LOL!
Lola Flores tell us
Hahahahhahah funny!!!
Popeyes is better but I can't fairly judge the two restaurants because I never got to have "real" Kentucky Fried Chicken from the 60's made the right way with fresh spices and ingredients. As chain stores though, Popeyes is better.
@StormadoMan Sever using fork...place on plate.
Great,never seen this before !!!
If find Mr. Sanders so cute!
At the time I released this comment, It would be Colonels birthday today (9th September). He would be 129 today.
No spring chicken! 😉
Is anyone still watching this in 2018?
Nah but we are in 2024
LOL.... LOLOOOOLLL I never knew the Colonel Sanders was real !!!