Not exact matches
In addition to being the first female
colonel, McEntire sets herself apart from the long list of comedians who have taken on the role by singing in the commercial and switching between two identities: Reba and
Colonel Sanders.
In the 1950s,
Sanders began marketing himself as a southern gentleman and Kentucky
colonel, dying his beard white, crafting a string tie and donning his iconic white suit.
As he franchised his concept starting in the»50s, selling the recipe for his Kentucky fried chicken to restaurants across the U.S., this identity as a Kentucky
colonel linked
Sanders to a southern ideal that lent the Indiana - born man an air of legitimacy.
A retired Lt.
Colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, Riggle is the first actual
colonel to take on the role of KFC's famous founder,
Colonel Sanders.