Now we have KFC teaming up with the popular Guitar Hero gaming franchise. This is from a press release.
In conjunction with the October unveiling of Activision’s Guitar Hero(R) World Tour, fans nationwide will be able to register online beginning Oct. 26 for a chance to win* the ultimate gaming room, including
a plasma TV, sound system, furniture, refreshment center, gaming consoles and up to 25 games.Consumers who purchase a 32-ounce beverage at KFC will receive a limited edition Guitar Hero collector’s cup and a chance to win great prizes. Additionally, KFC is working with Activision on a special promotion for KFC customers that will allow players to access secret cheat codes to unlock special features within Guitar Hero World Tour. KFC also will be featured in Guitar Hero World Tour with innovative branded cameos.
KFC and Guitar Hero!!?? Hunh? That doesn’t make any damn sense.
Not so fast, jaded yet obtuse consumer.
And, these marketing cats have the ability to tie capital and revenue streams together faster than Yngwie can sweep through melodic minor arpeggios.
“KFC and Guitar Hero(R) share a fan base that celebrates good music and great food,” said Javier Benito, executive vice president of marketing and food innovation for KFC. “We’re confident chicken lovers and gaming enthusiasts will come together to enjoy our breakthrough in-game integration and amazing giveaways.”
“Guitar Hero and KFC are two iconic brands and the chance to join forces for the launch of our new game made great business sense,” said Dusty Welch, SVP, head of publishing at Activision/RedOctane. “KFC and video game fans alike will win via this innovative partnership.”
Don’t worry, pretty soon all of this stuff will start making sense. You just have to go along to git along, take what they feed you, thank you sir, may I have another? Pretty soon, you won’t be able to pick up your Japanese Strat with Floyd Rose, locking nut and EMG 85s without salivating for some delicious fried chicken.
Just give in to it, it will be easier that way.
And, just what would old Colonel Sanders think about all of this? He knew…He knew…
cartoon by Doug Savage, savagechickens.com
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Tags: and the brand plays on, Colonel Sanders, Doug Savage, guitar hero, Hunh?, KFC
Sans Direction wrote,
Another connection. Jaco would eat fried chicken before the gig so that the chicken grease would lube his fingers for sliding.
Link | September 18th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
J wrote,
I hear that if you play the right combination of 11 chords, it unlocks the Colonel’s secret spice recipe.
Link | September 18th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Precisely why I have a notion to link “Trouble ain’t Over” and UHaul locations nationwide. Sort of a marriage made in Heaven, don’t you think? Sort of the old Garth Vader approach like with Sam’s/Wal-Mart… no? Over a thousand distribution points over night; get a TAO with that trailer, Gents?
Symbology: The creature represents success for Frankenstein, in the beginning of the story, but later represents evil as a creature turning against its creator and later other innocent people. Can it be true about the creature? Or is the creature only scapegoat for ambivalence and ambiguity of residing evil? Can the chicken be brought therefore back to life in the finger-likkin-good fingers of a guitar hero?
Genrefication: Chicken Grease + 11 spices + lead lined atomic bomb proof safe containing recipe + plastic bezel facsimile of a 2/4 guitar + no strings attached + J’s combo theory + Jack’s personal interest in this topic = Porch and Picnic Poultry Punk
my finial answer, Roster.
Link | September 19th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Pribek wrote,
That must be the secret to the Jaco thing that all those bass players with a million notes are missing.
This secret recipe/secret chord progression thing-It’s got to be in the key of Bb or F, something like that because, if it was in A or E, I would have found it by mistake at this point.
Porch and Picnic Poultry Punk-”P words are funny and words with K in them are funny. ‘Pickle’, that’s a funny word”. Or, something like that from “The Sunshine Boys”. “The Sunshine Boys”, that’s a movie.
Link | September 19th, 2008 at 2:55 pm