Just saw the Ketsup opener with a prominently displayed Heinz bottle. This scene was an entire Heinz ad. But the whole kitchen is stuffed with product placements: Lay's, Aunt Jemima, Jello, Toblerone, Lipton etc. Doug often wears Nike. I could go on forever. I've never seen another tv show with so much product placement before.
shareAs long as they're not verbally mentioning it, then I couldn't care less. It definitely never distracted me before because I never noticed it. I've seen that scene probably 50 times and it's still funny.
shareI'm not saying it's not funny.
shareMy point was that the product placement never took away from the scene. I never even noticed it before and I've seen it way too many times. Really, the only brand that I've noticed that I thought was absolutely ridiculous was the snap-on box in the garage. That dude would not spend thousands of dollars on a toolbox when he obviously doesn't work on anything.
shareI’m confused would you want everything to have blank labels that would distracting and unrealistic. If you go in someone’s kitchen you will see named products. It’s not like they are mentioning the products in the show.
shareYeah. Having actual products on their homes never really bothered me. Outside of occasionally seeing them drinking beer, say, and thinking; "Hey, I drink that." I hardly notice.
If it's just in the background as part of the set, it's fine. If the character mentions a particular brand name every episode, it'd be different.
No. But there's no need to place any packages so prominently and all over the place.
shareSo you want blank labels which is unrealistic. Move on.
shareNo. There are ways to show a package without revealing the brand. It's besides the point: I was merely pointing out the massive amount of PP.
shareI like in The Truman Show, when they do the over the top product placements all the time.
At one point Truman and Marlon are having a beer, and Marlon turns to camera and goes; "Man, that's a good beer" and holds it up in shot. Or when his wife spends far too long talking about all the functions of her kitchen equipment, whilst clearly posing for the camera.
I just saw a loaf or Roman Meal bread in an episode from 2002. I don't think they even make that bread anymore.
shareI'm watching the ep where Doug is considering switching to FedEx. It's an entire PP for FedEx.
shareI have been wondering for a year (binge watching on Eternal TV) if the show got special compensation for all the product placement on the show. I've never seen so much product placement on any show, just as you said.
shareHaving real products looks waaaaay more natural than the fake knockoff brands some shows create. I have NEVER understood people who have a problem with it.
shareAs long as they're not continually mentioning it all the time, I don't have a problem with it. And even the Fed-Ex episode, at least they were part of the plot so it didn't really annoy me. It wasn't like they were sitting round, and mentioning the food they were eating by brand name for no reason.
shareI'm not complaining. I'm just pointing it out.
I don't remember any PP on ALF which is the complete opposite.
Three random Maxell videotapes on Deacon's desk. Not exactly essential for realism's sake.
And same ep: Carrie putting Lucky Charms into the dinner dish and talking about it.
Same ep: random Tums Ex bottle in Deacon's locker.
Same ep: Suave soap on the kitchen sink.
Same ep: Rolling Rock display at Cooper's.
Season 4 ep. 6: Doug scaring Arthur almost to death with a Halloween prank. At the diner, a Coca Cola plate is visible while Doug is holding a Pepsi cup. Very odd.
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