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I Was the Next Colonel Sanders. KFC Had Other Plans. 'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs

I Was the Next Colonel Sanders. KFC Had Other Plans. 'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs

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It was lunchtime and H. Salt was empty. How is this place still in business? I remember thinking. The fish must be amazing, a cult favorite. I ordered a two-piece. It wasnt. I needed to know more. An initial Google search revealed that this shop was the last gasp of a once-sprawling fish-and-chips empire with hundreds of locations that started with an immigrants secret family recipe, flourished into an eight-figure deal with Colonel Sanders and ended in collapse. It took several years and the research help of friends to track down Mr. Salt. We found him in a remote retirement community in Southern Californias desert. The rest you can see in the film before you. Almost Famous is a special Op-Docs series of short films directed by Ben Proudfoot featuring people who nearly made history only to fall short. These are tales of overcoming disappointment at its most epic, from an astronaut who never flew to a superstar who never was.
Date: 2020-08-15

Comments and reviews: 10


bout 2: 07 was the max and that was with some fast forwarding. sadly thats not based on limited attention span but actually the standard of patience for foolishness that the york times is often responsible for. if we take a break from deluded democrat demands however we retain the knowledge that corrupt democrat intentions still navigate the times hopes and dreams. what more would they really need to see then deny about a national and international consensus they cant control and a process they have habitually interfered with to their ideological detriment. the nyt had plans to be politically persuasive, and some kind of influential paper, but democracy was and is not impressed.
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Aw. Looks like maybe he has Parkinson's. I remember being very little in the mid 80's and eating H. Salt with my family. The older I got, the more they seemed to prefer the fish from Pioneer Chicken. I went to H. Salt on my own as a teen and again in my early 20's. I guess by then, what made them great was long gone. Too bad.
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same thing happen to A&W here in Malaysia. it's so sad seeing one of their franchises here which had been opening since 70's will close down this week. it's heartbreaking. a lot of people made childhood memories there, but sadly it didn't grab people's attention as it did before anymore: (
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I have never tasted his good food, bc I don't live on the west coast. We have to many KFCs around here. Capitalism in the States has always meant forming a monopoly and running naiive guys like him out of business. So Sad
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I sure miss the H. Salt in Riverside. Now the nearest is in San Bernardino. Five years ago I was told there were just 3 left but Google says there are 12 now. Maybe there is still hope of a return.
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I was in Ireland and ordered fish and chips. I didn't get many fish or chips, but the plate was loaded with delicious things to go with it. It's one of my favorite memories of Ireland.
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At the end of the day I just wish he had a lot of happy moments in his life up to now, success is subjective its not how others perceive it, its how the beholder makes sense of it.
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The first shop, which is in the video, was set up in Skegness, a holiday town on the east coast of England.
The shop is still there, and is still named Salts.

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well somebody, preferably an englishman should move to US if he doesnt already live there and start filling that market, id like to try english style fish n chips
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I was born and raised in so cal. I can remember my grandmother taking me and my cousins in a 1971 Plymouth Duster to H. salt. #goodmemories
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