It's no small issue. The use of product placements has increased 84 percent on television in the last year
Heh. Anyone see the Boost Mobile episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force last night?
Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.
'Serenity'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Dec 12, 2005 7:03:54 am PST #1277 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Jesse - Dec 12, 2005 7:05:11 am PST #1278 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In a recent episode of the NBC series Medium, writers had to work the movie Memoirs of a Geisha into the dialogue three times because of a deal the network made with Sony earlier in the season.
That was super-cheesy.
sumi - Dec 12, 2005 7:07:57 am PST #1279 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
It's super-cheesy AND I don't even remember it.
I guess this is due to the increase in Tivo and Fauxvo usage.
Jessica - Dec 12, 2005 7:09:09 am PST #1280 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Other memorable product placements include "No, take the Ford F-150!" and the O.C. ep this year which they should have just called "The Sidekick."
erikaj - Dec 12, 2005 7:11:14 am PST #1281 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
As a writer, that makes me want to take a Zantac 150.
sumi - Dec 12, 2005 7:12:35 am PST #1282 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
No, take the Ford F-150 - Yeah, I remember that one.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 7:12:55 am PST #1283 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think I'll try to make some money by doing product placements in my posts....
Kristen - Dec 12, 2005 7:13:42 am PST #1284 of 10002
Other memorable product placements include
CSI: NY shilling for Coldplay. And the CSI: Miami Hummer ad. (Though at least the second one didn't happen on the show itself.)
sumi - Dec 12, 2005 7:14:34 am PST #1285 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
There was a big csi/Madonna thing too, wasn't there? I think it was csi: Orange.
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 7:15:29 am PST #1286 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It would be pretty hard to do product placement on BSG.
OK, Starbuck did drive what was obviously a Hummer, but I think they just wanted her to have a military-type truck and didn't have the time or $ to make something unique.