Thursday, February 3, 2011

KFC Airs Commercial With Obama Look-Alike

KFC has released a commercial in Hong Kong for their fish fillet sandwich, using an Obama look-alike and repeating some of Obama's most famous lines. The ad has been taken off air because it was seen as controversial and disrespectful to the President. A spokesperson for KFC commented on the commercial, stating, "The ad was created in Hong Kong for the Hong Kong market only. It was meant to be a spoof and no disrespect was intended. It is no longer airing and will not be re-aired."

Watch the ad below:


Honestly, I found the ad amusing. What did you think of it?

4 comments:

Cris Madrigal said...

KFC using a black man in the leading role of a commercial, not to mention the president, is racist. Hopefully everyone knows what i mean.

Nicole Yue said...

I find this amusing because of the fact that I can understand the second part of it. :) and it looks tasty.

And yes, I suppose Cris has a point about KFC using a black man in their commercial. But fried chicken IS a common food among the black population. Blacks incorporate it in their cuisine, Soul Food. And I don't think this commercial intended to be racial. They mainly wanted to use the American President. But as Eunice already said in her post, the ad was taken off the air for being controversial

Rosslee Mamis said...

You know the worst part about this commercial? KFC is selling fillet fish sandwiches. I mean can they even do that isn't there like a KFC constitution outlawing that kind of thing?
Anyways I mean sure it may be have been in a little bit of bad taste but seriously ive seen commercials way worse then that and personally i thought it was quite a clever use of his words to get the message across. Plus no matter what for them all press is good press right? The fact that they got us talking just means they are getting there product advertised...

Chad Bolanos said...

Haha! I found this really amusing and I actually laughed a little bit after seeing it. But it can be seen as disrespectful for the President because 1st, it shows him getting crushed by a giant fish sandwich. Second, it President Obama is African American and a "stereotype" or African Americans is to eat fried chicken, so in a way it can sort of racist. Otherwise, it was still a hilarious commercial!