Battle of the birds: Chicken and turkey go beak-to-beak
in KFC Christmas ad
By Ellen Hammett
November 12, 2018
KFC is using the festive period to remind people that
while turkeys are for Christmas, chickens are for the other 364 days of the
year.
Did you know there’s only one day of the year you can’t
get KFC? If you didn’t, KFC is about to make sure you never forget, as it lets
one of its resident chickens out of its box to remind its poultry arch-nemesis
who’s really boss.
All in the spirit of Christmas, of course, with the tense
60-second spot looking to hammer home the message to the nation that while
Christmas is for turkey, “chicken rules the roost” for the other 364 days of
the year.
As KFC’s marketing director Monica Pool says: “We close
our restaurants on the 25th allowing turkey to have its moment in the sun.
Every other day of the year, you needn’t worry, KFC will be there.”
The cinematic homage to the chicken, which has been
created by creative agency Mother, will run across TV, online, press, outdoor
and cinema.
This will include a number of what KFC is calling “sharp
truisms,” such as: “Best of luck with the turkey this Christmas” and “The trick
to enjoying Christmas turkey? Lowering your expectations.” (Surely there should
be something about ‘dead meat’ in there too?).
Earlier this year KFC was forced to close its doors, not
because of a turkey invasion but because it ran out of chicken.
Its witty response to the fiasco has become one of the
most talked about ads of the year – a year which also saw KFC’s dancing chicken
become 2017’s most-complained about ad after ruffling the feathers of 30,000
people.
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