Did the KFC secret code spot connect?

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Under the weak headline "KFC Seems to Win Game of Chicken," The Wall Street Journal has published a story about the results of that KFC ad (it’s free content) that contained the secret code so crazily subliminal that ABC dare not run it. (Unless you hang out with the Slowskys, you probably know of what we speak; those with the temerity to pause their TiVos, or read AdFreak to reveal the secret code, could then email KFC to get a coupon redeemable for an entire free sandwich.)

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