Your best/worst examples of product placement on tv?

darragh666 · 03-05-2011 06:47PM

I always liked the snapple references in Seinfeld. Found this link which is a bunch of product references.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1HXXcVFySM

ixoy · 03-05-2011 08:00PM

Arrested Development did a very funny piece of product placement for "Burger King" where they had Tobias meet Carl Weathers. They read through the menu and exclaim how great Burger King is, with the narrator chipping in "It sure is!" Played perfectly.

pleasant Co. · 03-05-2011 08:05PM

ixoy wrote: »

Arrested Development....

"It's a wonderful restaurant!" :pac:

Busi_Girl08 · 03-05-2011 10:06PM

Chuck is very heavy in Subway placements.

Loads of name drops for different products/brands (e.g. Wii, X Box, Black Ops, etc), and Converse would be the obvious one aswell.

Kiwi_knock · 03-05-2011 10:35PM

Arrested Development had a few references for Cloudmir vodka, which is I think is a product they made up.

The Hawaii Five-O episode last Sunday was a big advertisements for CHiPs as well, made me think that they are going to revive that show as well.

Richard Dower · 03-05-2011 10:35PM

expectationlost wrote: »

the microsoft placement has got to be the worst, it in so many shows so much, like last nights castle

Last night on Gossip Girl Charlie was "Binging" stuff on her laptop :rolleyes:

Owen · 03-05-2011 10:37PM

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

Bones is pretty bad alright, I remember one ep when the characters actually watched a trailer for avatar. And then dicussed avatar. And went to see it.

That was an in-joke. One of the guest Actors on that episode of Bones was the nerdy scientist from Avatar.

Richard Dower · 03-05-2011 10:38PM

PaintDoctor wrote: »

That was an in-joke. One of the guest Actors on that episode of Bones was the nerdy scientist from Avatar.

Yeah, and the movie just HAPPENED to be released that week :rolleyes:

sumsar · 03-05-2011 11:04PM

One thing i hated about heroes was how much it advertised the nissan versa!! they advertise that all the time, with them alway driving it or having close ups... but the worst was having hiro say it all the time! but what was smart with that was that he had subtitles like in the image

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and then when they had it on the cover of the comics! i hated it..

longhalloween · 03-05-2011 11:17PM

30 Rock on Verizon phones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36wUmJGzvA

'Can we have our money now?'

Kevface91 · 03-05-2011 11:29PM

oh yeah, you gotta love 30 rock for the product placement- SUPER-liminal advertising at its best!

see also : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aniS3HaLwEY&feature=related

seinfeld also had some stuff in it (in the ENTIRE episode that was devoted to him)

Seoda1 · 03-05-2011 11:32PM

A subtle one is Coca Cola in American Idol on the judges desk with the red cups! What I want to know is what are they really drinking? Pepsi???

baalthor · 03-05-2011 11:42PM

dtfo wrote: »

In the first transformers movie when the transformer is coming out of the pool and the little girl is holding a huge my little pony teddy, reminds of the simpsons episode when bart and lisa were news reporters and their show was taken over by that crap cartoon - the mattel hour something

Since Transformers (and My Little Pony) started off as toys it's hard to object to product placement in the movies/TV series; they ARE product placement.

Rememember the scene in the Sopranos where the old mafia guy crashed into a lamp-post and knocked down a sign saying "Your Product Here" ?

fee fi fo fum · 03-05-2011 11:49PM

Diet Coke cans all over the table in the photos released of Obama et al viewing the Osama siege

random.stranger · 04-05-2011 12:13AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

Product placement is a given in movies and has become much more noticable in tv shows in the last number of years. While from a financial standpoint you understand why it's done.
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Can you give any more?.....any good examples that seemlessly blend, YT vids are welcomed

The Irish version of the Apprentice gets my vote, it's hard to notice where the ad breaks end and the program begins. How's that for seamless blending?

Nerdkiller1991 · 05-05-2011 09:18PM

Wayne's World had a great scene where when they were talking about who should sponsor their TV show and while they were saying that they wouldn't sell out, they were blatantly showcasing products from Pizza Hut, Pepsi, Reebok and the like.