KFC Commercial Battle of the Buckets | ESPN Ocho 2025

VIDEO KFC Battle of the Buckets | ESPN Ocho TV commercial 2018 • Athletes compete with buckets on their heads because if we made it easy, everyone would do it. For the uninitiated, the idea of ​​ESPN8 "The Ocho" (a platform for programming dark sports such as golf and kabbadi) comes from the 2004 comedy "DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story," starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller. In the film, the fictional cable channel broadcasts competitive competition with secondary comments from Cotton McKnight (Gary Cole) and Pepper Brooks (Jason Bateman). While the idea of ​​an eighth ESPN programming channel seemed a bit ridiculous in 2004, we are not far away now, with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU and ESPN The Magazine, all by cable or anywhere else. ESPN first ran ESPN8 "The Eight" last year on ESPNU. This year, the home of some sports that are rarely seen moves to ESPN2 and has the backing of KFC. This year, the somewhat ridiculous event has an even longer title than the film it comes from: ESPN8 "The Ocho" Presented by KFC Battle of the Buckets. A video teaser published on Wednesday shows several activities that athletes who struggle with KFC cubes over their heads perform. The full details of KFC's sponsorship have not been announced, but include a series of vignettes that will be issued throughout the day, ESPN said on Wednesday. KFC has been linking its brand to sports culture for some time, including Rob Riggle's career as a coach of the fake Kentucky Buckets professional football team and links to WWE, including a video that saw Colonel Sanders fight Puppers Cluckers Chicken for the title of the Chicken Sandwich World Champion. Going back to "The Ocho", given the genesis of the day, some events that will be aired are not really surprises: along with two "DodgeBall" exhibits at midnight and 10 p.m. EDT, the lineup includes the SkyZone Ultimate Dodgeball Championship and the 2018 Dodgeball World Cup. Other competitions include spikeball, cornhole, competitive feeding of brats and burgers since 2006, ping pong, hurling, darts, lightsaber combat, flat roller derby and something like chess boxing. The day's schedule, minus the movie, will be available upon request on the ESPN application, with support content available on all ESPN platforms, including ESPN.com, ESPN the Magazine and the ESPN flagship and ESPN Front controls Social Row 00:00 we're couring the planet to see which 00:02 sports will be in the Battle of the buck 00:06 is hey I'm John butcher gross and I'm 00:08 Kenny man welcome to ESPN 8 the Ocho the 00:11 thrill of victory 00:12 oh the agony of defeat humanity the 00:18 human drama of athletic competition with 00:23 a bucket on your head 00:26 why why not- advertisement spot 2018