What's That Sound...And Chicken Trivia
March 25- What’s That Sound-and Chicken Trivia
Okay, this has been driving me crazy for a while- have you ever seen that one Comcast TV commercial for their phone system? It starts with a close-up of a blonde woman on her phone- but-the sound! I know it’s supposed to be some hip sort of lead-in part of the music in the spot- but- it always sounds like a toilet tank or washing machine that’s backed-up or overflowing! I’m guessing this comes from the commercial maker’s handbook that says having a unique sound at the start of the commercial draws a viewer’s attention. Well, it draws mine- and not in a good way. Just for the record, neither does their half-witted turtle couple.
People have asked me about the commercial with the “Harry Caray” impersonator, and, quite honestly, I haven’t found too many people who actually like it. I’ll write a little more about it tomorrow, but –let me just say-I don’t know that, if people dislike the spots, that they would bother to buy the product…
Also, though (for a couple reasons) we obviously know that that isn’t the REAL Harry in that commercial- have you ever seen the commercials with the George W. Bush, and sometimes, Bill Clinton impersonators? Seeing as how these guys really look like these two esteemed political figures- wouldn’t it be a good idea to add the old stand-by disclaimer- “celebrities impersonated?” Though you and I might not ever think that it’s REALLY them, there may be people here and there who could believe that it is!
On to another topic- seeing as how most people consider me an “expert” on chickens, since I’ve been hit by so many- I read that Al Copeland, the man who started the “Popeye’s Chicken” chain, just passed away-and I learned an interesting fact. Mr. Copeland, who started his food career in the donut business, saw KFC open in New Orleans in 1966- had an idea- and opened his own chicken place-“Chicken on the Run”-in 1971, with the motto “So fast you get your chicken before you get your change!” This fine idea was going down the tubes within six months- so Copeland changed the chicken to a Louisiana Cajun-style recipe- and it was a hit! Here’s the interesting fact that I learned- he named the business- “Popeye’s Mighty Good Fried Chicken”-but- at first, he wasn’t referring to the beloved cartoon sailor character whose image actually eventually appeared in the fast food outlet’s décor and advertising. He actually named it for the character that Gene Hackman played-Popeye Doyle- in “the French Connection!” Somehow I don’t see Hackman’s grinning mug plastered all over napkins and boxes of chicken- and, heck- he never even dated Olive Oyl… # # #
Okay, this has been driving me crazy for a while- have you ever seen that one Comcast TV commercial for their phone system? It starts with a close-up of a blonde woman on her phone- but-the sound! I know it’s supposed to be some hip sort of lead-in part of the music in the spot- but- it always sounds like a toilet tank or washing machine that’s backed-up or overflowing! I’m guessing this comes from the commercial maker’s handbook that says having a unique sound at the start of the commercial draws a viewer’s attention. Well, it draws mine- and not in a good way. Just for the record, neither does their half-witted turtle couple.
People have asked me about the commercial with the “Harry Caray” impersonator, and, quite honestly, I haven’t found too many people who actually like it. I’ll write a little more about it tomorrow, but –let me just say-I don’t know that, if people dislike the spots, that they would bother to buy the product…
Also, though (for a couple reasons) we obviously know that that isn’t the REAL Harry in that commercial- have you ever seen the commercials with the George W. Bush, and sometimes, Bill Clinton impersonators? Seeing as how these guys really look like these two esteemed political figures- wouldn’t it be a good idea to add the old stand-by disclaimer- “celebrities impersonated?” Though you and I might not ever think that it’s REALLY them, there may be people here and there who could believe that it is!
On to another topic- seeing as how most people consider me an “expert” on chickens, since I’ve been hit by so many- I read that Al Copeland, the man who started the “Popeye’s Chicken” chain, just passed away-and I learned an interesting fact. Mr. Copeland, who started his food career in the donut business, saw KFC open in New Orleans in 1966- had an idea- and opened his own chicken place-“Chicken on the Run”-in 1971, with the motto “So fast you get your chicken before you get your change!” This fine idea was going down the tubes within six months- so Copeland changed the chicken to a Louisiana Cajun-style recipe- and it was a hit! Here’s the interesting fact that I learned- he named the business- “Popeye’s Mighty Good Fried Chicken”-but- at first, he wasn’t referring to the beloved cartoon sailor character whose image actually eventually appeared in the fast food outlet’s décor and advertising. He actually named it for the character that Gene Hackman played-Popeye Doyle- in “the French Connection!” Somehow I don’t see Hackman’s grinning mug plastered all over napkins and boxes of chicken- and, heck- he never even dated Olive Oyl… # # #
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