http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/KFC-just-revealed-a-new-Colonel-Sanders-and-8320628.php

The fried-chicken chain has hired actor George Hamilton to portray its founder, Colonel Sanders, in television ads for Extra Crispy Chicken.

However, there's a twist. Hamilton will be playing the "Extra Crispy Colonel," the first Colonel Sanders to represent a specific product: Extra Crispy Chicken.

Hamilton was chosen as the Crispy Colonel because, according to Hochman, he embodies the Extra Crispy brand.

"Extra Crispy Chicken is fried to a golden brown. George Hamilton isn't fried to a golden brown, but he is tanned to a golden brown," Hochman says, noting that the actor's bold personality matches the chicken's bolder flavor.

So what hell happened to the short lived norm?

He'll continue to market original recipe.

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He's still alive?

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He's still alive?

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Look at him. He must be pickled. And he's probably keeping a plastic surgeon somewhere very busy. Not a single wrinkle.

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He'll continue to market original recipe.

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Wrong. Norm was replaced by Jim Gaffigan months ago. Which sucked, because I love Norm and Gaffigan annoys the hell out of me. It's too bad George Hamilton isn't taking over the role for the entire campaign.

By the way, this is brilliant.

They regularly replace the Colonel. That's the bit.

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Jim Gaffigan, who followed in the footsteps of Norm MacDonald and Darrell Hammond, will continue to serve as Colonel Sanders in marketing for Original Recipe chicken.

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Reading fail on my part.

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They regularly replace the Colonel. That's the bit.

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Yes. I'm aware. Mine was a response to the poster who said Norm would continue to sell the original recipe. He hasn't been the Colonel for months now. Norm was the Colonel for a LONG time. They replaced Hammond pretty quickly with him. I'm hoping Gaffigan's stint is short as well.

#darkmeatmatters

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They regularly replace the Colonel. That's the bit.

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Yes. I'm aware. Mine was a response to the poster who said Norm would continue to sell the original recipe. He hasn't been the Colonel for months now. Norm was the Colonel for a LONG time. They replaced Hammond pretty quickly with him. I'm hoping Gaffigan's stint is short as well.

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maybe so..

His plastic surgeon is earning his keep. His face should look like a 40 year old catcher's mitt by now.