How An LA City Councilman Helped KFC Win The Internet
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — With apologies to other members of the Los Angeles City Council, Herb Wesson is now officially the most famous council member - thanks to KFC.
It all started when Twitter user @edgette22 took a second look at the 11 accounts KFC follows on the social media platform.
.@KFC follows 11 people.
— ???????????????? (@edgette22) October 19, 2017
Those 11 people? 5 Spice Girls and 6 guys named Herb.
11 Herbs & Spices. I need time to process this.
To review, that's five original Spice Girls - Geri Horner, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Mel C and Victoria Beckham - and six verified Herbs: Wesson, Herb Scribner, Herb Waters, Herb Dean, Herb Sendek, and Herb Alpert.
Eleven Herbs and Spices in total - the same as KFC's "original recipe".
Wesson celebrated his inclusion on the list by posting a photo of himself and a bucket of chicken.
That finger lickin' good feeling when you are one of @KFC's 11 herbs and spices! pic.twitter.com/J9AslN9cLx
— Herb J. Wesson, Jr. (@HerbJWesson) October 20, 2017
It's a revelation that has some crowning KFC - whose eccentric campaign of multiple actors portraying Colonel Sanders has garnered more than a million followers - as the most unexpectedly genius corporate accounts on Twitter.
Their follower strategy is so on brand it hurts.
— + Martha + (@jurzynski) October 20, 2017
What level of clever is this?
— #StopKurtForever (@Arquipimp) October 20, 2017
Omg, this is my favorite thing I've seen on Twitter.
— Greg Savage (@TheSavageTruth) October 20, 2017
It's making my day. I'm fighting the urge to tell everyone I know.
— Michelle Zink (@MichelleZink) October 20, 2017
Move over, @Wendys. There's a new king of fast food Twitter.
— Dave Hambleton (@virtualham) October 20, 2017
@BrianOM_7 @CallMeDaithi pic.twitter.com/GY7qsRVieH
— Darragh Costelloe (@darraagh) October 20, 2017