Stack of black-and-white Deadpan shipping boxes: a large white box on top with a distressed black smiley face logo (X eyes, tongue out), and beneath it several black boxes printed with small white icon patterns and “Deadpan” branding on the sides, all against a pitch-black background.

Details

KFC NBA Integration

At the time, KFC had decided not to renew their sponsorship with the NBA, but they still wanted to maintain a substantial connection to the sport. I was in charge of connecting KFC to the fabric of the NBA broadcast, and won the client over over with the bucket-to-bucket connection known as the “KFC Bucket Chart”. Barstool called “Advertising 101”. The in-game NBA feature has glued KFC to the fabric of the game for 13 seasons, generating over $100m in sponsorship value.

Services

Sponsored Platform

Brand Partnerships

Year

2013

TRADEMARK VALUE

KFC Bucket Chart™

Deadpan wordmark on black: bold white “Deadpan” in italic sans-serif, preceded by a distressed white smiley face logo (crossed-out eyes, tongue sticking out) on a solid black field.
Black metallic foil pouch photographed from above, printed with a glossy white distressed smiley face logo (X eyes, tongue out) in the centre, faintly showing small white icon patterns beneath.
Black drawstring fabric bag set against pitch-black, printed centrally with the distressed white Deadpan smiley face logo (X eyes, tongue out).
Split-screen graphic: left side lilac, showing a dark pill icon with black “Circular” text; right side deep purple, showing a light lilac pill icon with light-coloured “Circular” text.