Thursday, July 7, 2011

Product Placement Being Digitally Added To Television Reruns

Eagle-eyed Reddit and Flickr users have stumbled upon what I suppose is the newest trend in advertising: digitally inserting product placement in television reruns.

Shout-outs to current movies The Zookeeper and Country Strong were found in older episodes of How I Met Your Mother:




While some see this as a conspiracy of sorts to convince our fragile subconscious minds that The Zookeeper always existed throughout the history of the modern world as some sort of seminal humor meditation along the lines of Horse Feathers, I opt for a more obvious explanation. Namely, a mischevious time-traveller.

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2 comments:

  1. I thought I was hallucinating when I saw that Zookeeper placement last week. I guess the only reliable way to rewatch these series is on DVD; even iTunes wouldn't be immune.

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