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    Image of Carol Gardens Carol Gardens
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    By the way, the Junior Mints episode in Seinfeld was a case of coming up with a funny idea first then asking permission to use the name of the real candy. They were not paid to do it. (Don't know if ALL Seinfeld product mentions were unpaid). That's not the same thing as a deal being made first, money changing hands, and then the writers are told that they MUST write a storyline that will highlight the product.
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    Image of Carol Gardens Carol Gardens
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    I hate product placement in scripted tv (I can semi-tolerate it in semi-scripted tv) and no amount of guilt-tripping or get-over-it-ism is going to make me change my mind!
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    Image of dippinkind dippinkind
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    i am completely for product placement, it always used to drive me crazy when folks on a sitcom would be eating somethin like "Tasty Pufs" for breakfast or getting a job at "Mega Burger" or etc... in the real world people consume and talk about brand-name products all the time, i want people on TV to do the same thing. + they might as well get paid for it, TV's a business not high art. + McFlurries are indeed delicious.
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    Image of onehotmess onehotmess
    02/13/09

    @dippinkind: AHH! I totally agree with you. That shit pisses me off so bad. Uh, are we soulmates??
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    Image of IAmChuckBass IAmChuckBass
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    But have you ever microwaved a doughnut?
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    Image of Fuzzy_duffel_bag Fuzzy_duffel_bag
    02/13/09

    @IAmChuckBass: I have not, but I'm going to now.
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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    I am absolutely McFurious about this.
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    Working the phrase "do you want fries with that?" into a sketch is a lot less painless than saying it 1,000 times a day while wearing a paper hat. Since when has making entertainment that people consume at home for free been loaded with integrity? Um, since never.
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    Image of IceCreamIsAwesome IceCreamIsAwesome
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    Um yeah it's been years since I ate at mcdonalds (I don't like their french fries) but after watching 30 Rock I may or may not have jumped in my car and bought an oreo mcflurry. . . I'm so ashamed of myself right now
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    Salma stole from the collection plate! Some Catholic- the Patron Saint of Judgemental Statues is v displeased.


    "Don't tell me you're one of those pick-and-choose Catholics who only goes to Church every Sunday". Best line o the night.


    Great to see Tammy Littlenut, too.

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    Image of Wendy_Kroy Wendy_Kroy
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    I forgave them the McFlurries bit when they threw a shout-out to Malice into the conessional scene.
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    Wendy_Kroy was starred Wendy_Kroy was unstarred
    Image of Wendy_Kroy Wendy_Kroy
    02/13/09

    @Wendy_Kroy: ConFessional, dammit.
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    02/13/09

    @Wendy_Kroy: How epic was that? I started clapping and shouting!
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    They can turn the whole show into a 30 minute commercial, as long as they keep placing lots of John Hamm. He's character on 30 Rock is much sexier than Don Draper, and that's saying something.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/13/09

    @bytememehard: His, not He's
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    Image of downwithdebbie downwithdebbie
    02/13/09

    @bytememehard: He was talking with The Sports Guy-bill simmons-on his podcast and said he was only on for 3 episodes-so only one left!
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/13/09

    @downwithdebbie: say it ain't so
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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    The McFlurries aren't bad, but the loaded frostys from Wendy's are like crack. At least the cookie dough ones, because they really load it down with cookie dough and chocolate flakes.


    It wasn't my favorite promo, but it could have been worse. At least it wasn't Subway.

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    Image of momo momo
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    Excuse me, why are we not discussing the real issue: is that Jon Hamm in the screenshot?
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    Image of tell Dolly Parton again tell Dolly Parton again
    02/13/09

    @Lizawithazee: Hell yes it is. Don Draper with a smile!
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    Image of richardmarxhatesmyhair richardmarxhatesmyhair
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    Last night's 30 Rock was the best all season, McFlurry and all. Watching Jack Donaghy do the "Our Jonathan, who art in the office.." during mass was genius. Lucky McDonalds for being featured on the show.
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    You can only do the clever, winking thing a few times, and it burns itself out.


    Seinfeld made a living at it through its entire run. And they even turned their product placement gag into a gag in the clip shows. (They ran all the product placement clips together back to back.)

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