• By Hamilton Nolan
    Jun 5, 2008 4:57 PM 630
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    Oprah and KFC Conquer America

    Oprah Owes Six Million Americans Some Chicken

    Oprah Must Calm America's Furious Chicken Riots
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    "I've found a way to cook chicken deep down, to get that real cruspy... crispy crust."

    The reassuring Kentucky accent of Colonel Sanders has convinced many a person that some deep-fried chicken is just what they want, now! But the man himself wasn't as smooth a salesman as you might imagine. Your moment of Zen today: this YouTube audio clip, which is two minutes and forty-eight seconds of the Colonel trying—and failing—to get his lines out correctly for a commercial voiceover. Chickens savored the moment.


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