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HopandBrew t1_ize2am7 wrote

How is there not a movie about this guy? The more I learn about him, the crazier the story gets.

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cetacretin t1_ize2z8i wrote

The story of Ettore Boiardi (Chef Boyardee) is pretty interesting too. I grew up thinking it had always been a cheap processed canned food line, and the whole Chef thing was just a marketing shtick, which is not the case.

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Solidsnakeerection t1_izegg5p wrote

He is a cool dude. He started in canned food because people enjoyed the food at his restaurant so much that they wanted to buy his sauses to bring home. He studied the ideal place to grow totmatoes in America and chose it for his factory location. He was contracted by the US Army to provide food for the army because it was considered high quality but affordable. After the war he chose to sell the company rather then lay off workers. He sold it to a larger corporation on the condition nobody lost their jobs.

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bolanrox t1_izenkwl wrote

he catered Woodrow Wilson's Wedding.. and some other white house dinners. he was legit

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ryschwith t1_izfag1g wrote

I suspect you’d have a really hard time getting KFC or the Sanders estate to approve the movie everyone would want to see.

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Honeycub76239 t1_izg6eb6 wrote

There is a KFC mini series featuring Mario Lopez as sexy Colonel Sanders.

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litux t1_izf536m wrote

Serious Los Pollos Hermanos vibes.

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bolanrox t1_izenhwx wrote

if they made The Founder.... this one is way more interesting

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