13 Responses for "KFC & The Mosquito"

1. Mark April 11th, 2007 at 4:46 pm 1

   28 here, and I was able to hear the sound – right when the KFC bucket is being shown. Crazy!

2. Brad April 11th, 2007 at 4:49 pm 2

   I don’t get it. I heard the sound, but it’s just an annoying beep. It doesn’t seem to ad anything to the commercial, and definitely doesn’t make me want to buy fried chicken.

3. Brian April 11th, 2007 at 4:54 pm 3

   I’m 33 and I heard the sound… I guess it’s supposed to grab your attention… but when fast forwarding through commercials with my TiVo I doubt I’ll even notice.

4. Dave Zatz April 11th, 2007 at 4:59 pm 4

   The point seems to be media attention/publicity and it looks like I’m feeding the machine.

   The first 1,000 people who log onto KFC.com and can guess where the MosquitoTone™ is embedded in the new ad will win $10 in KFC gift checks which may be used toward the purchase of the new Boneless Variety Bucket.

   YouTube somehow revealed the tone. It’s not audible in the source .mov file I have, but I hear it too on YouTube. That’s interesting. Wonder if I can embed that file directly.

5. Dave Zatz April 11th, 2007 at 5:19 pm 5

   I give up, KFC’s gotten enough of my time for the week. I can’t seem to directly embed the QuickTime file. As a 35 year old, I cannot hear the tone in it… Though I do hear it on YouTube.

6. MHAithaca April 11th, 2007 at 5:39 pm 6

   Yeah, definitely audible on YouTube. I’d be curious to hear your source file, and could probably host it for you.

7. zebtron April 11th, 2007 at 6:11 pm 7

   i’m almost 32 and i can hear it.
   but man is it annoying.
   just sounds like the audio is messed up

8. Dave Zatz April 11th, 2007 at 8:31 pm 8

   Thanks, for hosting the clip MHAithaca!

9. pdhenry April 11th, 2007 at 8:32 pm 9

   I can remember where I was when Kennedy was shot and *I* heard it.

10. Geoffrey Knobl April 12th, 2007 at 12:39 pm 10

    At 44 years of age – just this minute actually – I can hear it quite fine. Who’d want that annoying thing in anything on tv or radio, unless you want to irritate people into not buying your product.

11. Geoffrey Knobl April 12th, 2007 at 12:44 pm 11

    Oh, in the YouTube video, it is at the 15 second mark, not 20.

12. Dave Zatz April 12th, 2007 at 12:46 pm 12

    Geoffrey, Can you hear it in the non-YouTube video?

13. Rakesh April 12th, 2007 at 9:27 pm 13

    Bummer. And here I was, beating my chest about my newly discovered youth because I could hear the tone in the YouTube video!