TL is hilarious - one of the Coen Brothers' & Tom Hanks' best films. I saw this theatrically & remember laughing my head off - very funny. The TH character definitely reminded me of KFC's
Colonel Sanders 
Great story as well.
Either right before - or right after - I saw this 2004 version, I watched the original UK version (with Alec Guiness & Peter Sellers, among others)- and found it very bland by comparison. IMHO, this excellent 2004 version is one of those cases where the re-make was better than the original.
I feel the same way about the Coen's fantastic version of
True Grit (2010) - but that's another thread.