I Was the Next Colonel Sanders. KFC Had Other Plans. | 'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs
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.
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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.
More from The New York Times Video: See more from the "Almost Famous" series: https://www.nytimes.com/almostfamous Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Watch all of our videos here: http://nytimes.com/video Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytvideo Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo
Op-Docs is the New York Times award-winning series of short documentaries by independent filmmakers. Learn more about Op-Docs and how to submit to the series. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@NYTopinion).