{"id":3598,"date":"2025-06-20T10:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:42:02","slug":"the-most-egregious-product-placements-ever-part-2-hold-on-to-your-butts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/the-most-egregious-product-placements-ever-part-2-hold-on-to-your-butts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Egregious Product Placements Ever, Part 2: Hold On to Your Butts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chin Ho, stop trying to make “Bing” happen. It’s not going to happen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Last week, we introduced you to bad product placement \u2014 like, egregiously<\/em> bad product placement, like \u201cpass me those delicious Pizzeria Pretzel Combos so I can cheese my hunger away\u201d bad<\/a> \u2014 in automotive form. And I promised (threatened?) more to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You were warned, is my point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, why did I bundle all the cars into Part 1? One reason is there were enough of them to warrant their very own post. They even sorted themselves into categories a little (over-indulgent product shots, tedious demo shots, wooden dialogue), although the horribleness of the scripting and performance did vary. But a third reason? A third reason is that Acuvue was standing in the wings, telling the Prius\u2019s Intelligent Parking Assist to hold its beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here\u2019s Part 2 of the Most Egregious Product Placements Ever, brought to you in large part by Smallville<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chloe\u2019s Acuvue contacts that are to the rescue (Smallville<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m willing to argue that the WB\u2019s Smallville<\/em> is the world\u2019s all-time worst offender for egregious product placement. Season 5 includes a character who, when pretending to be mild-mannered, disguises their superherodom with glasses. (No, not that one.) When Chloe (whose Yaris won\u2019t make it to the North Pole) realizes the Angel of Vengeance wears contact on the job, she says a totally normal thing that a normal person might say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big winner:<\/strong> Acuvue to the rescue.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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