Kentucky Fried Chicken, in your neighbourhood....The Colonel and His Boys make it Finger Lickin' Good!! (The Colonel's chicken is available at Scott's Villa du Poulet, St-Charles and Hymus, in Kirkland)...etc.
The voice over for the ending tag is done by the iconic Toronto personality Dave Devall.
Scott's Hospitality later acquired Commonwealth Holiday Inns of Canada as well as the Travelways charter bus line.
Actually you're all wrong. Col Sanders developed the pressure-cooked chicken process and licensed it to restaurants and chains. Scott's bought in. In the beginning it was called "Scott's Chicken Villa,,, (now) featuring Kentucky Fried Chicken." Eventually the chicken became more important than the name, but the name remains on some older restaurants.
Well, that explains why the KFC restaurant, down by my dad's house, has Scott's Chicken Villa on the exterior. For YEARS, when I was a kid, I could never figure out why it said that. Now I know.
Actually it was always KFC, but was owned by Scotts Chicken Villa across Canada before US Parent KFC was allowed to own majority interest when the laws changed.
@jwas65 Prior to the 1980's, KFC was more a franchising effort where anyone could sell the product under their own namesake (Big Boy restaurants was this way too).
When I was a boy we used to go for birthday parties at Scotts Chicken Villa on the Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa. Chicken, birthday cake at your table, balloons and a plastic bank of the Col for the birthday boy. Good memories of childhood
I don't remember the ad, but I certainly remember Scott's! Used to think it was weird when we'd visit from New Brunswick and see that written on the signs.
Does anyone have the commercial where there is a bunch of people on an inflatable raft and a wave of water goes over the open bucket of chicken?
Better (or worse) still, there was another commercial where a lady, who appears in the top left or right of the screen, excessively describes how great Kentucky Fried Chicken is with the lame slogan 'Good Chicken'. Does anybody rermember that commercial?
i think i saw one KFC store here in the scarborough area--along lawrence, if i'm not mistaken--that still has a scott's chicken villa sign outside, along with the '80s KFC logo...
Kentucky Fried Chicken, in your neighbourhood....The Colonel and His Boys make it Finger Lickin' Good!! (The Colonel's chicken is available at Scott's Villa du Poulet, St-Charles and Hymus, in Kirkland)...etc.
The voice over for the ending tag is done by the iconic Toronto personality Dave Devall.
Scott's Hospitality later acquired Commonwealth Holiday Inns of Canada as well as the Travelways charter bus line.
WayneMediaman 9 months ago
Actually you're all wrong. Col Sanders developed the pressure-cooked chicken process and licensed it to restaurants and chains. Scott's bought in. In the beginning it was called "Scott's Chicken Villa,,, (now) featuring Kentucky Fried Chicken." Eventually the chicken became more important than the name, but the name remains on some older restaurants.
HeyMrWheat 1 year ago
Well, that explains why the KFC restaurant, down by my dad's house, has Scott's Chicken Villa on the exterior. For YEARS, when I was a kid, I could never figure out why it said that. Now I know.
babygiraffe123 1 year ago
Actually it was always KFC, but was owned by Scotts Chicken Villa across Canada before US Parent KFC was allowed to own majority interest when the laws changed.
jwas65 1 year ago
@jwas65 Prior to the 1980's, KFC was more a franchising effort where anyone could sell the product under their own namesake (Big Boy restaurants was this way too).
RetroToledo 1 month ago
Wow ! an $8.50 bucket.
damron13 2 years ago
When I was a boy we used to go for birthday parties at Scotts Chicken Villa on the Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa. Chicken, birthday cake at your table, balloons and a plastic bank of the Col for the birthday boy. Good memories of childhood
tbayguy 2 years ago 2
What was SCOTT'S CHICKEN VILLA?
heine71 2 years ago
I don't remember the ad, but I certainly remember Scott's! Used to think it was weird when we'd visit from New Brunswick and see that written on the signs.
Ripplin 2 years ago
I know the franchise in NB was called House of Hay (saw it in some old papers)...too young to remember if it was on the signs here.
kirjtc2 2 years ago
@Ripplin Other way around for me: I'm from BC, so I've never heard of Scott's, but I totally remember this ad!
SnowbirdFlock 10 months ago
Does anyone have the commercial where there is a bunch of people on an inflatable raft and a wave of water goes over the open bucket of chicken?
Better (or worse) still, there was another commercial where a lady, who appears in the top left or right of the screen, excessively describes how great Kentucky Fried Chicken is with the lame slogan 'Good Chicken'. Does anybody rermember that commercial?
higgy04 2 years ago
My local KFC still has "Scott's Chicken VIlla" plastered on the building.
starshollow 2 years ago
So does ours.
babygiraffe123 2 years ago
So instead of selling cars or forecasting the weather, Dave is selling chicken.
higgy04 2 years ago
i think i saw one KFC store here in the scarborough area--along lawrence, if i'm not mistaken--that still has a scott's chicken villa sign outside, along with the '80s KFC logo...
mangdannyboy 2 years ago
The longtime Regina franchisee, Gene's, always had their name on the signs and in print ads, but I don't recall them altering TV ads like this.
In fact, I have a commercial that uses a different version of this jingle. I'll have to see if I can find it.
brithgob 2 years ago
Our Local KFC is still officially named Kurt's Takeout and Catering, and the radio ads referred to it as Kurt's KFC.
A guy named Bert currently runs the place.
cpowers94 2 years ago
Dave Devall, he was the man.
streetcarjay 2 years ago
and like almost every commercial in southern ontario at that time, a dave devall voice-over
somewhatlongdong 2 years ago
Just part of the glamourous life of a station announcer...
OofusTwillip 2 years ago