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+title: 'Product Placement'
+date: '2006-05-04T07:10:01-04:00'
+permalink: /product-placement/
+tags:
+    - television
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+On another note: last night’s [Alias](http://abc.go.com/primetime/alias/) contained what I have to call the worst moment of product placement in the history of crass commercialism. It went something like this (names have been elided to avoid spoilerage):
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+> Scene: car interior, en route to crucial surveillance mission.
+> 
+> Operative 1: So you finally bought the Ford Hybrid.  
+> Operative 2: Electric. Good for when you need to be quiet.
+> 
+> Cut to: zoom on Ford Hybrid logo on back of car.
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+And I thought that season three’s “Quick! To the Ford F-150!” was bad.
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+If there’s good news, I guess it’s that it’s a bit harder to effect such product placement on [Lost](http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/).
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