The Most Amazing Business Product Placement EVER: SPAM & Monty Python!

Posted by yoni67 under Advertising
From http://halva67.wordpress.com 5242 days ago
Made Hot by: sannwood on July 19, 2010 12:36 pm

When, in 1970, the INSANE writers at Monty Python decided to do a skit based on the "meat-like" product SPAM, the folks at Hormel Corp. were appalled!

Little could they have known the incredible BOOST it would give to their product!

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Written by rose.gala
5105 days ago

Very interesting post Yoni, is an amazing and very unique skit, it is a brilliant one.

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Written by alastair
5242 days ago

Wow. That definitely helps to put it in context.

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Written by yoni67
5242 days ago

Martin and Alistair,

Thanks for your replies! I did a qheck and found out that a 5-second placement spot in a major motion-picture or leading TV series can fetch up to $500,000! I added this to the post. Thanks for reading!

Yoni

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Written by lyceum
5242 days ago

I like British humor, but sometime Monty Python is over the top! ;) The "Norwegian Blue Parrot" sketch is hilarious.

Do you have examples of other product placements? I haven't seen the movie Sex in the City 2, but I bet that they have several products lined up. I remember a Perrier truck in a James Bond movie.

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Written by alastair
5242 days ago

You can't beat a bit of Monty Python. Don't really like that sketch but it is definitely one large chunk of free publicity.

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