Pete Campbell Lands the KFC Account, as Vincent Kartheiser Is Your New Colonel

The Nashville Hot Colonel, in fact

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Darrell Hammond, Norm Macdonald, Jim Gaffigan and … Vincent Kartheiser?

Yes, the 37-year-old Mad Men star is the latest (and most unlikely) actor to dress up as Colonel Sanders for KFC's ongoing ad campaign from Wieden + Kennedy. And he's not just any Colonel Sanders. Kartheiser plays the "heartthrob Nashville Hot Colonel" to celebrate the return of Nashville Hot Chicken to the KFC menu.

"Like KFC's Nashville Hot Chicken, I'm a bit of a rebel decked out in authentic Nashville flavor—a perfect combination of classic and cool," Kartheiser said in a groan-inducing statement.

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