Members Scotty Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 I don't watch DAYS, but I thought this was funny. I guess you got to pay the bills anyway you can... http://www.urlesque.com/2010/11/15/days-of-our-cheerios-soap-opera-product-placement/?icid=main%7Caim%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%7C184374 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scotty Posted November 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 And here's another article about it... http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/days-of-our-lives-gets-called-out-for-hilariously-obvious-product-placement--1772 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 that stuff is kind of old. Thankfully they've stopped and havent done it since I started watching a couple of months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scotty Posted November 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 Hmmm...and here I thought that they had just started doing it recently after reading those articles. Either way, hopefully they have toned it down for a long while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 well Hope's been in jail since August, so she hasnt been promoting any cheerios...lol Im guessing the writer saw some clips on YT and decided to make an article about it. It did used to be bad and blatantly obvious but thankfully it hasnt been done in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xtr Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 I think that this is amusing. They do seem obvious with the advertisement, but I guess they have to do what they have to do. And I do kind of like that they are eating stuff that regular people eat and not just generic stuff like you see sometimes on tv shows.(Like "Cola" and "Chips".) I remember one time Angie had pulled out a box of cereal named "Cocoa Speckles" for her and her family to eat, lol. The last time I remember people on the ABC soaps really pushing products was about a couple of years ago. When they were pushing the V8/Campbell products. I remember Zach drinking V-8 and talking about how much he liked it. I remember seeing different people shown drinking V-8 on the ABC soaps. And Dorian and I think Erica as well promoting different Campbell products like soup. Before that I remember seeing Kendall feed Spike some Nestle Baby formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 ABC tends to do this every Feb as its Heart Disease awareness month. They've actually incorporated the Campbell's product placement into their stories with the Go Red fashion shows and parties, but yeah they tend to go heavy that month. Its for a good cause so I dont mind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 I want them to do MORE product placement. It's awful and ridiculous, but it makes me so happy and doesn't ruin the characters or stories. Cheap laughs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 The ABC Campbell stuff seems downright subtle next to this, wow. I know AMC often has a note in their end credits from Florida Orange Juice--and they do seem to offer orange juice a lot, but it's never made much of a point about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 Its not subtle, and to be honest it is so much more a mid-show commercial rather than product placement. the midol, cherreos, and trailmix could have been done much better, but we legit got arianna, hope, and sami pitching them as if the show stopped, it was a commerical, and the show came back. lol. it really doesnt bother me much, i find it amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 No, you're completely right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edgeofnik Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 If you really want to get depressed, just look at the comments -- a number of them our targeted at people who watch soaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ljacks13 Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 Hey, don't they say any publicity is good publicity. I heard Howard Stern talking about this morning. Here's another article about the product placement. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/video-days-lives-called-outrageous-45869 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcar03 Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 The Caroline chinese food one is more current but the others from the Hollywood Reporter article are from quite awhile ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted November 16, 2010 Members Share Posted November 16, 2010 I dont get why they are jumping on Days now as this stuff is old footage from months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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