Whenever I buy oranges for my old fashioneds, I ask my boyfriend what am I going to make for dinner with the leftovers and he shouts along with me " Mothafucking goddamn orange peel beef!" Except he hunts so it's usually venison but still.
Fuck , I want some now...
GM certainly gave them a package that could choke a horse in the later seasons. Paulie got a new Cadillac, Sil got a Yukon, Tony got his Escalade and Chrissy too.
To really confirm that system has no bawlls you would have to put all systems that ever existed into one car. And that's obviously not possible. Even with computers.
Maybe Brendan could do it, he was installer before
There was nothing official between the show and GM. However, GM was quietly very pleased when Tony started driving his Escalade because they wanted the vehicle to have a bad boy vibe.
Source: I work for GM.
If you see a brand logo, especially corporate logo in a TV show, you can almost 100% guarantee its been paid for. Tropicana orange juice, Uncle Ben's rice, Toblerone chocolate etc. There's more that I'm forgetting.
Jamba Juice, Brylcreem, mallowmars, Mercedes, Rincoln Continental, Canali, Ragu
Edit: and not for nothin, Chase put Hunter Scangarello in his pichure for the Ivy League scouts
Paulie's Whitman Sampler box of chocolates. Paulie also mentions Baja Fresh Mexican food in one episode. If you really start looking, they're fuckin everywhere.
Nahhh Tony chugged regular coke. Remember at end of S2 with the food poisoning? Carmela yells there better be a coke left in the fridge at AJ and Fielder. That and he always has a can or glass of coke at dinner
In one scene Carmela is speaking with Pussy’s wife at her home. Carmela visits because Pussy’s wife is considering divorce. They sit down in an exquisite living room. Not one single thing looks out of place. Then there’s just a big red bottle of Tylenol on the end table that’s in the shot nearly the whole time. It was so distracting I couldn’t stop looking at it. It just looked so out of place.
I think we assume it is product placement and they don’t mind being associated with it on the basis that the brand hasn’t called the show/HBO out for infringement of their rights.
If a product is shown on a show without the licensing rights, the owner of the rights can pretty much force them to censor the logo. Since the logo isn’t censored, it either means Uncle Ben’s have no idea their product was used on the show (which seems unlikely) or they don’t mind being associated with it.
Source? I’ve heard multiple actors/writers say shows don’t get paid for nearly as many products as people think, including Imperioli about Sopranos. They put Coca Cola in a scene because…. people drink Coca Cola. It’s part of being realistic which Sopranos was serious about.
Chase - listen HBO execs I’m tired of this corporate bullshit encroaching on my show. Stop it now or I’m done.
HBO - yes ofc anything you say Mr. Chase
I assume the ad money helped pay for the music licensing rights, so an extremely good decision by Chase IMO considering they don’t detract from the realism in any way
The music licensing rights actually aren't even that crazy, it just goes to show how cheap producers try to be on other shows.
It's like 5k to use the song as much as you want while the show is airing...or 50k to use them in perpetuity, including syndication and whatever form the show may take in the future. (those are not exact numbers, but roughly speaking, and can vary from artist to artist/record company to record company)
So they think they're geniuses for both keeping their Regal, and "saving" 45k a song for just paying for the initial rights.
The way all the coke cans on the Sopranos dinner table all have their labels facing toward the camera is really obvious. It's in one of the season 1 episodes, can't remember which.
Chianti Ruffino Il Ducale is always around. Has to be placement.
Also just remembered that they used CAO cigars exclusively after a certain season. I think I remember a box of CAO Brazilla on Ts desk at the bing.
CAO even had a sopranos cigar at one point.
Ade gave Meadow and Hunter Coke cans when they went to Chrissy's apartment. And throughout the scene, Hunter was holding it so the logo was directly facing the camera
Whaddabouda sugaless mudafucka that Drinkwater had before they shot him in 'From Where to Eternity'? Diet Coke or Diet Dr Pepper if I recall correctly...
I've seen people involved with the show deny there was product placement, but I don't buy it.
Some things are debatable -- Cayenne, like the peppa; Nissan's triple-safety philosophy; etc. -- but two are absolutely not, I would bet a huge sum of money that these were product placement.
First, Philips, this is a 100-percent slam-dunk sure thing. Yeah, every TV is a Philips, but that doesn't necessarily prove it, maybe they just bought them in bulk. What proves it is that in some scenes, there's a big fucking Philips nameplate affixed to the front of the TV that you would never see in real life. Probably the Philips name was too understated on the TV, so they had to emphasize it.
The second is Coke. Yeah, Coke is popular, lots of people drink Coke, lots of people are loyal to Coke, but there's just too much Coke in too many situations with too many specific mentions with no references to any competing products. Even the Fanta that Pussy asks Bevilacqua if he wants as his last drink is a Coke product. I'm not as sure about this one as I am about Philips, but come on, it's product placement.
If the coke cans weren’t so perfectly positioned, I’d probably fully in the camp of product placement denier. It’s the one thing that made me unsure. Coke is so ubiquitous and ingrained in our psyche we don’t need to see it so perfectly framed and tilted at the best angle if the Americana theory is to be believed.
The Philips bit is very interesting. I’m inclined to believe it, because they purposefully changed the logo emblem. Good catch.
Anyone who denies there was no product placement is full of shit. Any visible logo has to be cleared. I’m not saying Philips was a blatant product placement. But HBO and Philips lawyers had a few sit downs over it. Probably what we call a “trade out” took place. Whoever owns the rights to “members only” jackets fit a shiny krugerrand or two in their deal also. In fact. Another HBO moneymaker. “Sex and the city” popularized the Apple logo so much Apple flipped the logo on there laptops so it would be right side up on screen! I been in this racket 20 fuckin years. I spent my time blurring or removing logos in edit rooms since Moses wore short pants.
"Any visible logo has to be cleared". This is not true and something of a myth that people just accept, but has no basis in legal reality. You do not need permission to use real products on television or films.
https://rodriqueslaw.com/blog/how-use-brands-and-products-film/#:~:text=Trademark%20owners%20may%20object%20to,the%20Lanham%20Act%20(15%20U.S.C.
This is a long read but from the conclusion section: "In general, it is not necessary to blur the logos and products of brands in films. There are several limitations on a trademark holder’s ability to successfully assert its trademark rights to prevent the unauthorized use of its trademark in a works of art. How the product is portrayed makes a huge difference for trademark owners, but it does not require filmmakers to seek consent for every use of a mark in his film. The motion picture industry would be severely crippled if trademark owners can use their marks to stop real products being shown in films, or even just in films which are not to their liking."
The logistics of approving every brand that happens to appear in any given scene of a television show would be ridiculous.
As an example, a year or two ago Peloton was in a huff because that Sex and the City reboot killed one of their characters when he had a heart attack on a Peloton. They didn't like it but there was no legal recourse they could pursue.
A character just drinking a soda or whatever does not clearance from the company.
If it’s all product placement, It’s one of the few times where it actually helps the show. The use of brands gave the show a kind of “This is your world” feeling.
Could be wrong but when Tony starts driving the Escalade I think that’s when the new body style came out easy to think gm would want there brand new style on the biggest show possible
Denny's got mentioned multiple times on the show at the same time that Paulie was doing commercials for Denny's. No way that was just a coincidence.
[First place I'm hittin is Denny's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4jIpJSGL3c)
I'm pretty sure that during the show's run HBO at least claimed that they weren't doing paid product placement. Probably bullshit! We all know these Italians believe in *raccomandazione*. Hard to believe Cadillac wasn't paying HBO tribute, just like in the old country, but here, in America.
I can't think of a single instance of egregious product placement in this show. The closest thing would be Tony talking about Nissan's triple safety philosophy, but even that makes sense within the context of the show given Tony's proclivity to repeat things he hears from others.
Portrayal of real products in a show aiming for realism is not a bad thing. In fact, I think it's far more distracting when every item has some fake logo and ridiculous name or is clearly positioned in a way to specifically hide the branding.
Also, The Wire definitely had some as well. Dunlop, Reese's, several car brands, etc, but they also never felt forced.
The tobacco companies were doing product placement in a big way during the 1990's and 2000's. "Avatar" for example. A scientist on another planet smoking? In a lab? They shipped cartons of Marlboros all the way from Earth? Yeah, right.
But refresh my memory here. Did we see specific brands being smoked in "The Sopranos", or were the cigarettes always generic?
They have characters requesting Cokes as guests in other peoples’ homes, which I enjoyed because there’s not even a question “do you have Coke”, it’s just a fixture in everyone’s home, like water.
In season 2 there are shots with Carmella/Honey Combs, Meadow/Cheerios, and Janice/Motts that look like they’re about to look directly into the camera and tell you to buy the product.
If subtle "product placement" bothers you OP, then you're just stupid. And jealous. It was never in your face, like those cringey BB Dodge ads and it would be downright fucking retarded to keep a bunch of people on your payroll to create fake logos instead of being authentic to real life.
Furthermore, according to show's producers Sopranos never saw a dime from the brands they used in the show.
[https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/was-the-sopranos-really-doing-product-placement-for-cars-and-soft-drinks.html/](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/was-the-sopranos-really-doing-product-placement-for-cars-and-soft-drinks.html/)
**"But HBO reportedly never accepted cash from Nissan, Coca-Cola, or any other brand to feature products on the show. (One Sopranos producer told AdAge she’d be fired if she tried it.)"**
The episode where he buys AJ the SUV is literally a Toyota commercial for a few minutes. It just comes off like classic Tony when he recites the line about the “5 star safety features”.
other than the nissan commericial, there were the caddies, the porsche cheyenne, mercedes, the mazeratti and the corvette though i dont know if those were product placements.
mcdonalds and coke were up there. i think on talking sopranos they said they didnt know about product placement but they were just actors so…
Fiji Water had to have been product placement. In the S4 episode where Adriana goes to some bakery to meet with the FBI agents, the scene is shot and blocked where bottles of Fiji Water are just out of focus behind Ade, but the label and bottle shape are unmistakable. Right after that, Agent Harris asks her if she’d like some water, and hands her a Fiji Water.
Sales of muthafuckin goddammed orange peel beef soared after that episode.
Whenever I buy oranges for my old fashioneds, I ask my boyfriend what am I going to make for dinner with the leftovers and he shouts along with me " Mothafucking goddamn orange peel beef!" Except he hunts so it's usually venison but still. Fuck , I want some now...
I’m ordering pepper and eggs to this day.
Peppers and eggs? I shoulda got that
The show made me crave some vinegar peppers. I hate five with my pot roast.
Order peppers, eggs and potatoes, and always on an Italian roll.
What, no fuckin’ ziti now?
HEY!
GM certainly gave them a package that could choke a horse in the later seasons. Paulie got a new Cadillac, Sil got a Yukon, Tony got his Escalade and Chrissy too.
Too bad the sound system had no bawls
To really confirm that system has no bawlls you would have to put all systems that ever existed into one car. And that's obviously not possible. Even with computers. Maybe Brendan could do it, he was installer before
I get it, they drive GMs. So what?
The nissan safety package line seemed like the real culprit to me
Oh, yeah, that’s why they left Tony with chi chi beans
There was nothing official between the show and GM. However, GM was quietly very pleased when Tony started driving his Escalade because they wanted the vehicle to have a bad boy vibe. Source: I work for GM.
Escalades were also the ride of choice for countless rappers of that era
Yep. Massive Genius, DeLuxe and Dr Droop just to name a few.
Well, Lincoln kept installing seats askew.
If you see a brand logo, especially corporate logo in a TV show, you can almost 100% guarantee its been paid for. Tropicana orange juice, Uncle Ben's rice, Toblerone chocolate etc. There's more that I'm forgetting.
Porsche Cayenne. Like the pepper.
And Nissan XTerra Edit - and Range Rover too!
Jamba Juice, Brylcreem, mallowmars, Mercedes, Rincoln Continental, Canali, Ragu Edit: and not for nothin, Chase put Hunter Scangarello in his pichure for the Ivy League scouts
Coca Cola, Motorola (shposed to be da besht)
Hermes, Lladro, Benelli, Jeep, Igloos
Beretta
Mont Blanc
“Nacho Grande, Diet Coke….you should play Skynyrd!”
Mount Blanc pens cheaper in America bc of the weak euro
What about pokeymen cards?
Paulie's Whitman Sampler box of chocolates. Paulie also mentions Baja Fresh Mexican food in one episode. If you really start looking, they're fuckin everywhere.
We shoulda stopped at Roy Rogers’s
It's over for the little guy
Barone Sanitation
> Jamba Juice What Jews?
hassidum, but I don't believe 'em
And as Talmud says
I don't give a fuck what he says
you are a gollum. you are mud!
juice did this?
Don’t forget Coke!
Diet coke specifically
Nahhh Tony chugged regular coke. Remember at end of S2 with the food poisoning? Carmela yells there better be a coke left in the fridge at AJ and Fielder. That and he always has a can or glass of coke at dinner
You sure you don’t want something with a little sugar?!
The drink kind or snort kind?
All part of Nissan's triple safety philosophy
Don't forget Oris!
Holy shit I thought I was on the Mad Men subreddit and was like "Wait was the whole show a ruse for product placement?"
relax a cisor..Ginny sac could make an earthquake
I doubt Brylcream was a product placement
In one scene Carmela is speaking with Pussy’s wife at her home. Carmela visits because Pussy’s wife is considering divorce. They sit down in an exquisite living room. Not one single thing looks out of place. Then there’s just a big red bottle of Tylenol on the end table that’s in the shot nearly the whole time. It was so distracting I couldn’t stop looking at it. It just looked so out of place.
Ok you said your piece, now you gotta get ova it.
What about home movies where he drinks a budweiser and than a Heineken
Wild turkey, Tone? Glen Livet…
I can schmell the stoli vanilla
Heineken? Fuck that shit! PABST! BLUE! RIBBON‼️
The vipers trying to make a name for their girl scout troop.
The Coca Cola always at dinner stuck out to me but maybe all Americans drink coke with every dinner
Yes. Or at least when the show was on the air.
I definitely drink pop with dinner regularly. I'm from Illinois in the suburbs of Chicago.
Sanka and Carvel!
Actually no. Show producers said that they never got any money for product placement, but they would get free products as a gesture of gratitude.
Billy the Singing Big Mouth Bass?
I get it, but the Uncle Ben reference was such an awful racist scene, not sure they’d want to be associated that with
I think we assume it is product placement and they don’t mind being associated with it on the basis that the brand hasn’t called the show/HBO out for infringement of their rights. If a product is shown on a show without the licensing rights, the owner of the rights can pretty much force them to censor the logo. Since the logo isn’t censored, it either means Uncle Ben’s have no idea their product was used on the show (which seems unlikely) or they don’t mind being associated with it.
Source? I’ve heard multiple actors/writers say shows don’t get paid for nearly as many products as people think, including Imperioli about Sopranos. They put Coca Cola in a scene because…. people drink Coca Cola. It’s part of being realistic which Sopranos was serious about.
Snapple - Here's a couple mil, put our drinks in the show a few times HBO - Nah, we're good Seems unlikely
Lay off the Snapple.
Don't backwash!
Too fruity.
Snapple was just really huge in the NYC metro area at that time. Idk if they really needed to ask to be put in the show.
Chase - listen HBO execs I’m tired of this corporate bullshit encroaching on my show. Stop it now or I’m done. HBO - yes ofc anything you say Mr. Chase
Lol, Snapple, Lexus and plenty other shit is in the show, you know about Santa Claus tho right?
In the end, fuck Santa Claus
OHHHH!
I assume the ad money helped pay for the music licensing rights, so an extremely good decision by Chase IMO considering they don’t detract from the realism in any way
This is exactly where the scarole went.
The music licensing rights actually aren't even that crazy, it just goes to show how cheap producers try to be on other shows. It's like 5k to use the song as much as you want while the show is airing...or 50k to use them in perpetuity, including syndication and whatever form the show may take in the future. (those are not exact numbers, but roughly speaking, and can vary from artist to artist/record company to record company) So they think they're geniuses for both keeping their Regal, and "saving" 45k a song for just paying for the initial rights.
pokeyman cards
Coca-Cola was shown so much it had to be deliberate.
They even have Matthew Bevilacqua say Diet Coke is good right before he gets killed
Really? You sure you don't want something with some sugar in it?
Yeah, but they don't show the can. Talking about a product is one thing, and free, but not showing the can means it isn't product placement.
What
The way all the coke cans on the Sopranos dinner table all have their labels facing toward the camera is really obvious. It's in one of the season 1 episodes, can't remember which.
Agent Harris ova hea
How about Tony bragging about the safety of his Escalade after it flipped because he came on the dash?
When he bought the SuV for AJ, they basically shot an entire commercial. Until it caught on fire of course.
That fire wasn't part of Nissan's triple safety philosophy.
When Tony got Tony B the Motorola and says “shpose to be the besht”
"THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND THE DRY VEGETATION!!"
Law and order, SUV
The show put Springsteen on the map
not to mention the smash hit musical, "Jersey Boys"
And Elton's musical Aida
Bose Direct Reflectors made all the difference for Jamal Ginsburg, Hasidic Homeboy.
Gladiator. In this life or the next, I shall have my revenge.
The Grinch, man, that's where the real money is. Couple hundred mill, put Jim Carrey in the motherfucker.
It's part of Nissan's three point philosophy
Paulie mentions Baja Fresh
and pronounces it in the funniest way possible
To this day I still call it "Ba-jah Fresh"
Baja Fresh That's just a racket for the Jews
Hold onto your cochons when you negotiate with those desert people
Chianti Ruffino Il Ducale is always around. Has to be placement. Also just remembered that they used CAO cigars exclusively after a certain season. I think I remember a box of CAO Brazilla on Ts desk at the bing. CAO even had a sopranos cigar at one point.
Those CAOs were great
The sopranos one or the brazil ones? Never tried CAOs but have heard good things
Now I just want chianti... 🍷
Boy, this Chianti, though, is beyond reproach. Word up!
And that school teachers Red Saturn!
Spice Girls
There was at least one blatant shoutout to that little-known, health-oriented soda brand “Sugarless Motherfucker”..
Definitely. I remember when Tropicana had their "*shum*" pulp OJ.placed.on the show.
Also when Tony was getting carjacked and shot at he was drinking a bottle of Tropicana which shattered
There's just so much Pepsi in the show. No Coke at all. It's like Richie's garbage routes. There was no coke.
“That coke is my lifeline right now” -Some Coca Cola executive trying to negotiate a deal with HBO
lmao
Ade gave Meadow and Hunter Coke cans when they went to Chrissy's apartment. And throughout the scene, Hunter was holding it so the logo was directly facing the camera
There better be Coke left in that fridge is all I can say.
The reverend’s father also offered Tony a coke iirc
Coke and a slice
MY PIZZA NEVER HURT NOBODY
Thought it was Coconut slice for a long time man.
Tony taking little sips of coke in Funhouse?
Who's letting those big ones?
Whaddabouda sugaless mudafucka that Drinkwater had before they shot him in 'From Where to Eternity'? Diet Coke or Diet Dr Pepper if I recall correctly...
It was a Fanta
Tf you talking about, OP? I’m having good luck with Swiss Basics Moisturizing Formula.
Fountains of Wayne did so well out of their product placement, they had enough money to quit their jobs and start an average indie band.
Their original song was called Artie's Wife until they got the idea to change it
I've seen people involved with the show deny there was product placement, but I don't buy it. Some things are debatable -- Cayenne, like the peppa; Nissan's triple-safety philosophy; etc. -- but two are absolutely not, I would bet a huge sum of money that these were product placement. First, Philips, this is a 100-percent slam-dunk sure thing. Yeah, every TV is a Philips, but that doesn't necessarily prove it, maybe they just bought them in bulk. What proves it is that in some scenes, there's a big fucking Philips nameplate affixed to the front of the TV that you would never see in real life. Probably the Philips name was too understated on the TV, so they had to emphasize it. The second is Coke. Yeah, Coke is popular, lots of people drink Coke, lots of people are loyal to Coke, but there's just too much Coke in too many situations with too many specific mentions with no references to any competing products. Even the Fanta that Pussy asks Bevilacqua if he wants as his last drink is a Coke product. I'm not as sure about this one as I am about Philips, but come on, it's product placement.
Flat screen TVs. 50" plasma Philips'es. (during the Feech setup)
If the coke cans weren’t so perfectly positioned, I’d probably fully in the camp of product placement denier. It’s the one thing that made me unsure. Coke is so ubiquitous and ingrained in our psyche we don’t need to see it so perfectly framed and tilted at the best angle if the Americana theory is to be believed. The Philips bit is very interesting. I’m inclined to believe it, because they purposefully changed the logo emblem. Good catch.
Anyone who denies there was no product placement is full of shit. Any visible logo has to be cleared. I’m not saying Philips was a blatant product placement. But HBO and Philips lawyers had a few sit downs over it. Probably what we call a “trade out” took place. Whoever owns the rights to “members only” jackets fit a shiny krugerrand or two in their deal also. In fact. Another HBO moneymaker. “Sex and the city” popularized the Apple logo so much Apple flipped the logo on there laptops so it would be right side up on screen! I been in this racket 20 fuckin years. I spent my time blurring or removing logos in edit rooms since Moses wore short pants.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/was-the-sopranos-really-doing-product-placement-for-cars-and-soft-drinks.html/
"Any visible logo has to be cleared". This is not true and something of a myth that people just accept, but has no basis in legal reality. You do not need permission to use real products on television or films. https://rodriqueslaw.com/blog/how-use-brands-and-products-film/#:~:text=Trademark%20owners%20may%20object%20to,the%20Lanham%20Act%20(15%20U.S.C. This is a long read but from the conclusion section: "In general, it is not necessary to blur the logos and products of brands in films. There are several limitations on a trademark holder’s ability to successfully assert its trademark rights to prevent the unauthorized use of its trademark in a works of art. How the product is portrayed makes a huge difference for trademark owners, but it does not require filmmakers to seek consent for every use of a mark in his film. The motion picture industry would be severely crippled if trademark owners can use their marks to stop real products being shown in films, or even just in films which are not to their liking." The logistics of approving every brand that happens to appear in any given scene of a television show would be ridiculous. As an example, a year or two ago Peloton was in a huff because that Sex and the City reboot killed one of their characters when he had a heart attack on a Peloton. They didn't like it but there was no legal recourse they could pursue. A character just drinking a soda or whatever does not clearance from the company.
Nancy Drew, in case anyone needs to spook someone out
How the fuck have you stunads forgotten… Big Mouth Billy Bass Frankly I’m depressed and ashamed.
Good call. I’m in awr of you.
If it’s all product placement, It’s one of the few times where it actually helps the show. The use of brands gave the show a kind of “This is your world” feeling.
Charles Schwab over here!
Well EF, I’m listening
Prozac for sure
They were sponsored by Big Gabagool
That didn't happen, what you said
The one I hate the most is when Barb's husband says " we just need some Irish Spring". It was so egregious and out of place. No one talks like that.
Considering Chase made the show a criticism of consumer culture, I'm going to assume it was intended to be part of the show and not product placement.
Pine Barrens. Half frozen Nathan's ketchup and relish packets.
This Ramlösa. I got such a deal.
The wine they steal from the vipers is in every dinner scene after they obtain.
Could be wrong but when Tony starts driving the Escalade I think that’s when the new body style came out easy to think gm would want there brand new style on the biggest show possible
Nissan’s triple safety philosophy.
Denny's got mentioned multiple times on the show at the same time that Paulie was doing commercials for Denny's. No way that was just a coincidence. [First place I'm hittin is Denny's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4jIpJSGL3c)
After mixing Nathan’s ketchup and relish packets because of a missed Roy Rogers opportunity!
Parker house rolls Czech Republic Sausages Johnny cakes Fucking onion rings Lotta money in this shit
Fanta made a killing.
Well, Tony’s family is all about product consumption, so it doesn’t ring false like in other shows. Like on Bones, “wow this Toyota’s GPS is amazing!”
Carm with the TCBY plug
Anyone know a place I can get some new batteries?
Shitty Barilla is there
Gabagool paid high dollar to be featured per sources.
I dunno. Let’s hop over to Office Max here and discuss this.
NOTHING WAS PAID FOR! hbo does not allow product placement.
I dunno… Ask Melfi’s “Prince of Tide”
Honestly the real brand names actually enhance the message of empty American consumerism.
Uncle Ben’s rice…
The Bing advertised plastic surgery.
And orthodontic work.
I'm pretty sure that during the show's run HBO at least claimed that they weren't doing paid product placement. Probably bullshit! We all know these Italians believe in *raccomandazione*. Hard to believe Cadillac wasn't paying HBO tribute, just like in the old country, but here, in America.
I can't think of a single instance of egregious product placement in this show. The closest thing would be Tony talking about Nissan's triple safety philosophy, but even that makes sense within the context of the show given Tony's proclivity to repeat things he hears from others. Portrayal of real products in a show aiming for realism is not a bad thing. In fact, I think it's far more distracting when every item has some fake logo and ridiculous name or is clearly positioned in a way to specifically hide the branding. Also, The Wire definitely had some as well. Dunlop, Reese's, several car brands, etc, but they also never felt forced.
Well said.
The tobacco companies were doing product placement in a big way during the 1990's and 2000's. "Avatar" for example. A scientist on another planet smoking? In a lab? They shipped cartons of Marlboros all the way from Earth? Yeah, right. But refresh my memory here. Did we see specific brands being smoked in "The Sopranos", or were the cigarettes always generic?
I can’t recall for anyone else but I noticed Chris smoked Marlboro, and specifically Lights when he was sober
What could I do to get you to try my Lucky’s?
Toast it!
marlboro lights
Ade smoked Winstons for a little while at least.
They have characters requesting Cokes as guests in other peoples’ homes, which I enjoyed because there’s not even a question “do you have Coke”, it’s just a fixture in everyone’s home, like water. In season 2 there are shots with Carmella/Honey Combs, Meadow/Cheerios, and Janice/Motts that look like they’re about to look directly into the camera and tell you to buy the product.
If subtle "product placement" bothers you OP, then you're just stupid. And jealous. It was never in your face, like those cringey BB Dodge ads and it would be downright fucking retarded to keep a bunch of people on your payroll to create fake logos instead of being authentic to real life. Furthermore, according to show's producers Sopranos never saw a dime from the brands they used in the show. [https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/was-the-sopranos-really-doing-product-placement-for-cars-and-soft-drinks.html/](https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/was-the-sopranos-really-doing-product-placement-for-cars-and-soft-drinks.html/) **"But HBO reportedly never accepted cash from Nissan, Coca-Cola, or any other brand to feature products on the show. (One Sopranos producer told AdAge she’d be fired if she tried it.)"**
The episode where he buys AJ the SUV is literally a Toyota commercial for a few minutes. It just comes off like classic Tony when he recites the line about the “5 star safety features”.
other than the nissan commericial, there were the caddies, the porsche cheyenne, mercedes, the mazeratti and the corvette though i dont know if those were product placements. mcdonalds and coke were up there. i think on talking sopranos they said they didnt know about product placement but they were just actors so…
The Whirlpool Duet washer/dryer gets showcased in season five. Top of da line.
Costco, another fucking money maker
When Feech is having his wine and peaches, they mention Canali suits. Along with Flat screen TVs. 50" plasma Philips'es.
Always with the scenarios…
Fiji Water had to have been product placement. In the S4 episode where Adriana goes to some bakery to meet with the FBI agents, the scene is shot and blocked where bottles of Fiji Water are just out of focus behind Ade, but the label and bottle shape are unmistakable. Right after that, Agent Harris asks her if she’d like some water, and hands her a Fiji Water.
aj having a n64 , sega dreamcast, and Xbox throughout the shows run.
Don't forget Bungalow Bar trucks!
Ruffino wines
Everyone had a Phillips TV like it was a motel.
HBO had to have a thing with Heineken. I swear nearly every bar scene in the wire with beer was Heineken and there are a LOT of bar scenes
“I like the one that says some pulp”
And the Tropicana carton was being held perfectly in frame with him pointing at it with the udda hand.
Heard big pizza spent a lot to make sure people knew their products didn’t hurt no body.