Subway was the worst! I completely forgot about Chuck doing it, but they’ve done it in so many others. It’s Always Sunny has some bad ones…
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phanto@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Chuck: the Subway scenes. Wow product placement.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 days ago
derekabutton@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I have never thought of this before, but you are on to something.
The show has done quite a few advertisements as part of the show. First that comes to mind are Fight Milk, Kitton Mittons, and Patty’s Shotgun, which aren’t real of course. Dick towel was made to be real but that was just a genuinely good idea.
In one scene an individual is mentioned eating a whole sleeve of Oreos, but based on the way they talk about the Oreos and the person eating them, no way they got paid to mention the product. The show also depicts Wawas quite badly in a similar way. Wouldn’t be surprised if those got mentioned purely because of their ubiquity in some areas including Philly, and not as paid advertisements. Sears comes up in one episode, but they are seemingly critiquing this exact type of advertisement as it is used in the Extreme Home Makeover show. I wonder if they were paid or if they were just convenient plot devices. Dave and Busters and TGI Fridays in the recession episode, of course.
The Coors Light mentions are in your face ads, but I had to do some real thinking to come up with that one, since I don’t drink beer. Any others you thought of that I fail to remember?
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 days ago
I was actually mentioning the one where they first meet up with the Ponderosa’s in a Subway
derekabutton@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Oh yeah. Holy cow thats a good find. I have memory of it looking like a subway but I don’t remember any details. I’ll have to rewatch the show again.
cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Community: Every Subway storyline (especially the Britta relationship)
scbasteve7@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I feel like community is the only show to do it right. The product placement wasn’t subtle, they didn’t try to hide it from you. They incorporated it into the story, and anything that was an “ad read” came from subway itself, not any of the characters. They even allow for some nice tongue in cheek jokes about the product placement in future episodes as well.
Of course I’d rather not have any product placement, but if you’re gonna do it, it should be like that.
Nasan@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Also the Dean and his Honda problem.