Technology followers are already familiar with the “Mosquito Tone”—that mysterious high-pitched squeal that supposedly only kids can hear (which is super vexing to old fogey teachers who are trying to stop the little shits from text messaging each other in class). Well, leave it to KFC (who is currently winning the war on childhood obesity, btw) to take advantage of this technology and insert it in one of their commercials. And not only that? They’re turning it into a contest! The first 1,000 tykes who correctly identify where in the commercial the mosquito tone takes place win $10 in free fried chicken.
BUT HERE’S THE THING! I’m clearly an adult and yet when I watch this commercial I can hear the tone! Does this mean your theory about me being in perpetual arrested development is correct? Or am I like Tom Hanks’ character in Big?
Can you hear it, too? Watch the commercial and find out. (Hmmm… is it just me, or are you hungry for chicken?)