NewsTalk 1280 WGBF » flintstones http://newstalk1280.com Sat, 25 May 2013 04:28:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Supercut Alert — A Short History of Product Placement [VIDEO] http://newstalk1280.com/supercut-alert-%e2%80%94-a-short-history-of-product-placement-video/ http://newstalk1280.com/supercut-alert-%e2%80%94-a-short-history-of-product-placement-video/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:39:50 +0000 brad.bruner http://newstalk1280.com/?p=1240 Product placement has been a part of TV and movies since their beginnings, and finally someone's put together a video montage of laughably obvious placement moments  — for historical purposes, of course. Fred and Wilma Flintstone split a pack of Winstons while Bugs Bunny unironically urges the children of America to drink the Kool-Aid.

They're not all really product placements — some are just ads — but it's still a cool and creepy trip through the history of subliminal (and not so subliminal) marketing.Check it out after the jump:

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