Comments on: The Stories Behind 10 Famous Product Placements

By: Mitch

Mitch — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:13:28 +0000

How can you forget Hooters in Adam Sandler’s, “Big Daddy.”

By: Galvo

Galvo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:26:02 +0000

I thought “Love Happy” 1949 would be the first but not so!

PP is as least as old as that racist, species-ist classic “The Lost World” (Spielberg?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison%27s_Reports

Personally I’d be favour of product placement, IF it replaced ad breaks in TV screenings & (ab)use of justice systems to restrict copying & use of works.

“Sorry we can’t stop him blowing up the stadium. All our officers are raiding a house where someone is copying “Steamboat Willie” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Act

“Disney used Pat Powers’ Cinephone system, created by Powers using Lee De Forest’s Phonofilm system without giving De Forest any credit. ” (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie ) – allegedly an uncredited remake of “Steamboat Bill Jr”

Look at what happened to the ‘Wayne’s World” link. If I can watch a few mins on the net, I might not buy or rent the film! It’s amazing I’m allowed to type the words ‘Wayne’s” & “World” in succession ! ;-)

What a strange world Penelope’s sphere is

By: JP

JP — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:27:01 +0000

I don’t think Head and Shoulders could ever be shown more forcefully than it was in \Evolution\ – I mean it ends up saving the world!

And I am hideously embarrassed to have admitted to watching that film.

By: Anowscara

Anowscara — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:07:41 +0000

Don’t forget Popeye’s chicken in Little Nicky! (It slides down your throat hole!)

By: Katey

Katey — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:10:00 +0000

My first thought was Superman crashing through the Coca-Cola sign in Superman 2. Retro I know, but iconic from my childhood.

By: erak

erak — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:51:00 +0000

To Bob & Windy:

Transformers and The Island are both Michael Bay films. The vast amounts of product placement he puts into his films are the most (and unintentionally) entertaining parts about them.

Take XBox for example–there’s the huge XBox logo in the background of the virtual boxing scene. Given the plot of the film, there’s no point to it. It’s not like the people can buy one. Then, in Transformers, an XBox 360 turns into a Decepticon and attacks its owner.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:46:00 +0000

My new favorite Product Placement show is 30 Rock. I LOVE all the early season snapple plugs, as well as all the NBC plugs (obvi). I mean, any show that can center a Valentine’s epsiode around McFlurries and not seem too obtrusive is a winner in my book.

What about Men in Black and RayBans? Wasn’t that a revival for the brand as well?

And thanks for the Wayne’s World reference!

By: Patric

Patric — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:13:00 +0000

When ever I think of product placement in movies I think of two movies:

Wayne’s World: Because it makes fun of it.

Repo Man: Because there isn’t any, everything is generic.

By: Sarah in CA

Sarah in CA — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:24:00 +0000

Seems M&M keeps passing on the placement product train as they did with ET and Seinfeld. Perhaps they think they are too big for it, don’t need it.

By: Sarah in CA

Sarah in CA — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:22:00 +0000

I wonder the same thing about books… In Sue Grafton’s series, Kinsey goes to McDs alot. I assume it wasn’t paid in the beginning as she was an unknown author but it’s been quite a while now and I’m sure other brands have popped up over the years, as well as the continued mention of McDs.

Same thing with pretty much all books by established authors… are brand mentions freebies or what?