![]() ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In a segment on Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert asked, “What could be more American than using our electoral process for product placement?”Ĭolbert said the prize for a free Pizza Hut pie every week meant that “if you eat one of their pizzas every week, you will die in 30 years.” The change comes after Pizza Hut’s stunt became the butt of jokes last week. The company will award two prizes if someone does ask the question. But it’s encouraging everyone to participate in the new online version, where contestants must enter their email addresses and zip codes to be eligible. Pizza Hut, a unit of Yum Brands Inc., says it will still honor the prize if someone poses the question live at the debate. He said that moving the contest online was a “natural progression of the campaign” after people got excited about the idea and “wished they could get in on it.” ![]() Pizza Hut spokesman Doug Terfehr said the majority of the feedback the company has seen has been very positive. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receiptīut blogs and media outlets immediately took the pizza delivery chain to task for trying to capitalize on the election buzz by injecting itself into the process. ![]()
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