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Worst product placement/advertisement in TV Shows.
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Splingles are better anyway, they're the fit chip.
Androidsleeps
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This. Its like they werent even trying to be subtle, adam sandler level of bad.
ironjoe989
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I remember that damn Toyota Yaris on Smallville! Chloe drove one and we had to hear about it constantly. I can't see a Yaris without thinking of Smallville.
Try this link for a hilariously cringe-worthy marketing speak regarding the "campaign" Ugh. Not as bad as the Subway one, but still pretty blatant.
http://saatchi.com/en-us/news/toyota_yaris_gets_in_with_smallville
Try this link for a hilariously cringe-worthy marketing speak regarding the "campaign" Ugh. Not as bad as the Subway one, but still pretty blatant.
http://saatchi.com/en-us/news/toyota_yaris_gets_in_with_smallville
aygomyownroad
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Jurassic World. Or as I said to my partner :
MERCEDES BENZ ft Dinosaurs.
Every car was a merc every truck everything.
MERCEDES BENZ ft Dinosaurs.
Every car was a merc every truck everything.
TheProdigal
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Do you remember her trying to distract a gaurd by showing him the car and him acting like an alien whose never seen humon automobiles before?
DJ_Lae
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Life in Pieces has been bad the last little while for Chevy placement, although it's thankfully limited to just shoving the grille of the vehicle at you or framing shots so you can clearly see the Tahoe stitching on the headrests.
Being Erica probably has my least favourite bit of product placement outside of Bones, however. They write some character bits in, but there's a good couple of minutes of them test driving a Ford Focus while the salesman spouts off stuff and then they all lose their shit while it parallel parks itself. It's an old bit from a relatively inconsequential show (what can I say, I have a horrible weakness for Erin Karpluk) but it's still bad.
Bones has had some awful Toyota bits, too, although I don't remember any specifics, just Prius and Sienna stuff and some bit about lane sensing.
The Subway bit in Wreck it Ralph grates on me a little bit, but it's inoffensive enough, I've just seen the movie way too many times and it's the only real product placement in there (other than having arcade cabinets/characters) so it stands out a bit.
Being Erica probably has my least favourite bit of product placement outside of Bones, however. They write some character bits in, but there's a good couple of minutes of them test driving a Ford Focus while the salesman spouts off stuff and then they all lose their shit while it parallel parks itself. It's an old bit from a relatively inconsequential show (what can I say, I have a horrible weakness for Erin Karpluk) but it's still bad.
Bones has had some awful Toyota bits, too, although I don't remember any specifics, just Prius and Sienna stuff and some bit about lane sensing.
The Subway bit in Wreck it Ralph grates on me a little bit, but it's inoffensive enough, I've just seen the movie way too many times and it's the only real product placement in there (other than having arcade cabinets/characters) so it stands out a bit.
Riverdale is sponsored by Revlon. Many of the show's scenes revolve around characters sitting at makeup mirrors putting on false eyelashes or lipstick or whatever. Some of the scenes involve comical close-up shots to highlight product names -- or feature the characters mentioning [insert brand or style name] looks so much better on her.
The show also features traditional advertisements with the female cast members being made up before taking to their roles.
The show also features traditional advertisements with the female cast members being made up before taking to their roles.
That's really just Sandler in general. Sometimes you can tell, sometimes you can't, but it's always in there. Like in Mr. Deeds when they stop the helicopter at Wendy's for Frosties. Sandler was never afraid to shill even in his heyday.
habithipster
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Maybe not 'product placement', but still
Poor Geoff.
Poor Geoff.
The product placement in I, Robot was obnoxious. It seriously felt like watching a commercial.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3HpIZrOH4zc
Maddox summed it up pretty well with this picture:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3HpIZrOH4zc
Maddox summed it up pretty well with this picture:
I would love to see the results of that. I can't even imagine.
Like the Ford and Jeep stuff from the first movie?
habithipster
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I, Human.
DiipuSurotu
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Stride Kryptonite gum in Smallville
Bond films secure much of their funding from lucrative endorsement deals. Always have. Always will. That's why Bond always has a new Omega watch and a new Astin Martin. Those companies pay millions of dollars to have their products front and centre on screen. Something like 75% of Spectre's budget came from these kind of deals. As far as all the Sony stuff in Casino Royale, Sony distributed the film.
sixteen-bit
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Sony devices in Casino Royale
HouseDragon
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I dunno, Chuck seemed like they fully embraced the absurdity of it. Whereas that Hawaii-Five-O is cringeworthy in its earnest marketing lines.
I can't think of any time the logos on the Ford and Jeep cars actually get highlighted to the same degree. I watched the shit out of JP as a kid and the only reason I knew what the Jeeps were was because Jeeps have looked the same for sixty years.
I felt like Fringe was kinda bad about it at times.
I can't find the particularly egregious scenes right now, but this one is a lesser example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4fY1_NSxF0
I can't find the particularly egregious scenes right now, but this one is a lesser example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4fY1_NSxF0
In the last movie when the beer cans went spilling all over the road, then he grabs one, drinks it, turns to the camera and goes "ahhhh!", we were laughing so hard.
Ronabo
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Weird to see you using my avatar.
gutter_trash
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Elementary from CBS had a gratuitous scene with the Microsoft Surface in season 1. There was actually time spent on screen putting the Surface together to be used as a laptop.
New Girl from FOX was pretty bad about having scenes with Ford Focus cars in them. This first one was from the post-Super Bowl episode featuring Prince. Thankfully, it was just the 4 main guys at the time doing that scene. But this second one where Jess was trying to substitute model for her friend Cece was just a cringey 90 second Ford commercial.
At least Arrested Developement and American Dad had fun with their product placements for Burger King.
New Girl from FOX was pretty bad about having scenes with Ford Focus cars in them. This first one was from the post-Super Bowl episode featuring Prince. Thankfully, it was just the 4 main guys at the time doing that scene. But this second one where Jess was trying to substitute model for her friend Cece was just a cringey 90 second Ford commercial.
At least Arrested Developement and American Dad had fun with their product placements for Burger King.
gutter_trash
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the_firewithin
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Chuck and subway but that was to get renewed and everyone know what it was all about so that was ok
Ehhh. The use of the nokia is much worse. It's just music. Is it any weirder than a cassette tape in GotG?
What really bugged me were the wayne enterprises and lexcorp ads in man of Steel
BKatastrophe
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30 Rock and Snapple was amazing.
And with Verizon
Never fails to make me laugh
And with Verizon
Person of Interest had it with PS3s.
Not even the worst of it. That show and Microsoft are basically merged together. Hacking stealth jets with a Surface.Arrow
Maybe not 'product placement', but still
Poor Geoff.
Never fails to make me laugh
WickedLaharl
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Covergirl has to be major reason why Riverdale got a second season.
RipperGrim
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Also let's be honest, the cars are big part of the Bond movies and fans would be disappointed if they weren't in the film.
PHOENIXZERO
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WWE is like a 50s TV show with the product shilling.
They also went shopping there. I imagine they got a nice bit of money for it. My GIF looks messed up.
They also went shopping there. I imagine they got a nice bit of money for it. My GIF looks messed up.
Ragelink26
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There's an entire section of an episode of Alias dedicated to showing of the Ford F-150.
Sydney actually has a line in the episode "Over there, the F-150!" They then proceed to have a terrible car chase in it.
Here's a horrible quality video clip of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHm2SzaKPKY
I remember in the DVD commentary for the episode, they said that they actually structured the entire episode around the fact that they had to put an F-150 in there prominently.
Sydney actually has a line in the episode "Over there, the F-150!" They then proceed to have a terrible car chase in it.
Here's a horrible quality video clip of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHm2SzaKPKY
I remember in the DVD commentary for the episode, they said that they actually structured the entire episode around the fact that they had to put an F-150 in there prominently.
The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2 is king at this, more so 2 as Sony clearly became more interested in promoting their products than doing a good Spider-Man movie.
Also the Big Bang Theory is also guilty of this as the show is riddled with product placement, especially for DC comics.
Also the Big Bang Theory is also guilty of this as the show is riddled with product placement, especially for DC comics.
Knew this would be posted.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
American Express in Final Fantasy XV because the stores have AMEX signs but don't take AMEX.
Darth Pinche
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Stride Kryptonite gum in Smallville
I wanted to give Smallville a try, so the first episode I happened to see what this one.
It was also the last one I saw.
cryptosporidium
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SomethingInTheSea
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And what about their Cisco Systems Self Repairing Firewall!
It sure is.
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