[IP] more on Digital method puts ad inside TV show]

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Subject: Re: [IP] Digital method puts ad inside TV show
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:39:03 -0500
From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: dave@farber.net
CC: ip@v2.listbox.com
References: <p0611040ac02989812a37@[192.168.1.46]>
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On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 09:39 -0500, David Farber wrote:
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
> Date: February 28, 2006 12:04:05 AM EST
> To: undisclosed-recipient:;
> Subject: Digital method puts ad inside TV show
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> Digital method puts ad inside TV show

I wonder if this is a reaction to the writers backlash against being
forced to write ads into their scripts.

There was a Simpsons episode from a few months ago where Lisa
inexplicably turned on their TV to watch "The OC".  There was a 10
second (unfunny for the Simpsons) clip of the OC characters going to
Knottsberry Farm set to what sounded like their show's theme music.
Then Milhouse makes a crack about TV writers not being paid enough.

Apparently even the mighty Simpsons cannot escape the clutches of our
new product placement overlords.

Lee


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