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From: silber@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Jeffrey Silber)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: AT&T on TV
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 12:02:51 EST
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There are companies that specialize in getting products to appear in movies and
television shows.  There is usually a small payment involved to the show.  In
most cases all that is added is subliminal exposure, but in some cases there has
been a major benefit to the product (the best example is Reese's Pieces in E.T.
-- an opportunity that was turned down by M&Ms).  Columbia Pictures is owned by
Coca Cola, so don't expect to see too many Pepsi products in their films and 
television shows.

Also -- the phone on Crazy Like a Fox is a merlin.

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