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musicradio77 · 05-02-2005, 05:31 PM

As you probably know, there was an episode of "Full House" called "Crimes and Michelle's Demeanor", I was going through these scenes where DJ, Stephanie and Kimmy are having a pillow fight. If you see those names, they had soda cans that they were fake products used on the show. For instance, Diet Pepsi was changed to "Diet Cola" and Mountain Dew was changed to "Fountain Do".

Those were just fake names from the show. Here is that picture.

Classicshowsgurl15 · 05-02-2005, 05:40 PM

So they are the same sodas as moutain dew and Diet pepsi they just changed the names. That is so dumb.

musicradio77 · 05-02-2005, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Classicshowsgurl15

So they are the same sodas as moutain dew and Diet pepsi they just changed the names. That is so dumb.

You should buy "Diet Cola" and "Fountain Do" at the grocery store.

Urkel_2003 · 05-02-2005, 07:16 PM

Iv'e also seen them Use these Laundry Detergents Ail and Soif, and that's no joke. Check it out for yourself sometime, you can often see the Laundry Detergent in the kitchen scenes.

DukeDevils9192 · 05-02-2005, 07:41 PM

It's not just this show. To air the actual labels would cost tons of money. So they change them so they'll be recognizable but without having to pay the money.

On the Boy Meets World DVD commentaries, the cast mentions how every television show known to man had "Oaties" cereal. And it's true. There's all sorts of generic products out there used by every show. It's annoying, but true.

The first one I noticed was on California Dreams when I was much younger. It was a green soda can that said "Sprit"

Urkel_2003 · 05-02-2005, 07:49 PM

I remember seeing Sprit on Family Matters too. Another off Brand Product they had on Family Matters was Crunchies instead of Captain Crunch. And Bringles Potato Chips.

musicradio77 · 05-02-2005, 08:04 PM

On one episode of "Full House" they also had a cereal called Toasted Oat Boats. I know they put labels on every episode of the show, because advertisers pays money.

G-Force Glockstar · 05-02-2005, 10:35 PM

Interesting.......

musicradio77 · 05-03-2005, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CravinForCarrie

Interesting.......

Now to get back to this. According to the first picture on my first post, the episode "Crimes and Michelle's Demeanor" has soda cans. For example, the bottling company Pepsi owns Diet Pepsi and Mountain Dew decided that the episode does not show the real brands that Pepsi ever did, because of advertisers royalities.

Coory · 05-03-2005, 07:53 PM

I liked the Oat Boats one.

G-Force Glockstar · 05-04-2005, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Coory

I liked the Oat Boats one.

ooh yeah

swedeace · 05-04-2005, 09:03 PM

This is common in sitcoms because they want to avoid paying so much money for "product placements" of real names. That's why they change the names slightly.

AnneJaye · 05-05-2005, 01:25 AM

I remember an episode where they were eating "snickles" which were supposed to be skittles.

But I wonder if saying the product name is different than showing it because I remember an episode where Michelle was looking through the couch cushions for money and she was like, "Allright a cheeto!"

Is that considered the same as product placement?

swedeace · 05-05-2005, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by AnneJaye

Is that considered the same as product placement?

That's true about the Cheeto mention. I think it's not considered product placement if it's verbally mentioned. It's only when it's visually seen is what is important, I think.

musicradio77 · 05-05-2005, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by swedeace

This is common in sitcoms because they want to avoid paying so much money for "product placements" of real names. That's why they change the names slightly.

Yeah right! I believe sponsors like Coca-Cola, Kellogg's, General Mills and others does not even put them on TV shows. Only in TV commercials they do.

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AnneJaye Bunny McDougal Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 29, 2005 Location: orlando Posts: 49	I remember an episode where they were eating "snickles" which were supposed to be skittles. But I wonder if saying the product name is different than showing it because I remember an episode where Michelle was looking through the couch cushions for money and she was like, "Allright a cheeto!" Is that considered the same as product placement?
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Urkel_2003 Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 22, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 167	Iv'e also seen them Use these Laundry Detergents Ail and Soif, and that's no joke. Check it out for yourself sometime, you can often see the Laundry Detergent in the kitchen scenes.

05-02-2005, 07:41 PM	#5
DukeDevils9192 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 22, 2004 Posts: 287	It's not just this show. To air the actual labels would cost tons of money. So they change them so they'll be recognizable but without having to pay the money. On the Boy Meets World DVD commentaries, the cast mentions how every television show known to man had "Oaties" cereal. And it's true. There's all sorts of generic products out there used by every show. It's annoying, but true. The first one I noticed was on California Dreams when I was much younger. It was a green soda can that said "Sprit"

05-02-2005, 07:49 PM	#6
Urkel_2003 Banned Banned!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 22, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 167	I remember seeing Sprit on Family Matters too. Another off Brand Product they had on Family Matters was Crunchies instead of Captain Crunch. And Bringles Potato Chips.

05-02-2005, 08:04 PM	#7
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	On one episode of "Full House" they also had a cereal called Toasted Oat Boats. I know they put labels on every episode of the show, because advertisers pays money.

05-03-2005, 07:53 PM	#10
Coory Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 11, 2004 Location: Gastonia, NC Posts: 423	I liked the Oat Boats one.

05-04-2005, 09:03 PM	#12
swedeace Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 9,009	This is common in sitcoms because they want to avoid paying so much money for "product placements" of real names. That's why they change the names slightly.