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Now THAT'S product placement
« on: April 13, 2011, 07:05:36 PM »
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An advertising firm has been blasted after a billboard for The Walking Dead was put on the wall of a funeral parlour in Consett, County Durham.

An apology has been issued after the ad for The Walking Dead appeared on the side of The Co-operative Funeralcare.

Susan Jones, from the Willow Burn Hospice, in nearby Lanchester, said that while some people may see the funny side, others would not.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1376415/In-bad-taste-Billboard-horror-The-Walking-Dead-posted-funeral-parlour.html?ITO=1490

I guess I'm in the former camp.
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Re: Now THAT'S product placement
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 07:11:20 PM »
That's a fancy-looking funeral home.  Do they get their caskets from Ikea?

There's a funeral home here that has a Chevrolet Blazer 4x4 as a hearse.  I guess they know their customer base.
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Re: Now THAT'S product placement
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 07:41:35 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on April 13, 2011, 07:11:20 PM
That's a fancy-looking funeral home.  Do they get their caskets from Ikea?

There's a funeral home here that has a Chevrolet Blazer 4x4 as a hearse.  I guess they know their customer base.

What would one expect of Tennessee Rednecks??
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Re: Now THAT'S product placement
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 07:43:20 PM »
Quote from: Thor on April 13, 2011, 07:41:35 PM
What would one expect of Tennessee Rednecks??
About as much as I would expect from Texas hillbillies.

It's in a squalid ghetto urban area of town.  You'd think they would have an '85 Caprice wagon on 24-inch rims instead.
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Re: Now THAT'S product placement
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 09:03:23 PM »
I have never heard of a co-op funeral home.
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Re: Now THAT'S product placement
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2011, 09:04:46 PM »
BYOF... Bring Your Own Embalming Fluid?
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Re: Now THAT'S product placement
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2011, 10:02:01 PM »
yeah...putting that on my facebook...
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Re: Now THAT'S product placement
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2011, 08:11:06 AM »
It's where 2 guys do all the work and rest of the hippies sit around smoking dope, strumming on the guitar and writing "poetry." 
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