I know we've had polls regarding what commercial brands of food seinfeld has on his show, but I don't know if we've ever had a discussion of whether the subtle and not-so-subtle advertising has gotten you to eat those foods.
Things to note:
I've been eating more Twix lately than usual. I tried Jujyfruits after seeing the Seinfeld episode. I started eating Junior Mints after "The Junior Mint" again. I bought a marble rye once last year.
How about you...
Kevin C Welch wrote:
I tried Kenny Rogers Chicken - and the cashier said they increased theirbusiness right after the show aired. They have since gone belly up in this location north of Toronto.
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Was it the one at York Mills & Don Mills?
Great place!!! Too bad you missed it!
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Mr B wrote:
Used to live near there but no it was on Yonge St. in Newmarket. Killed by Swiss Chalet nearby.
**There is/was (havent been up that way in a while ) one here in NYC on Queens Blvd...in the 70's ( street, not year LOL ) towards Sears.. never indulged tho**
It Shrinks...???
In fact, the Kenny Rogers Roasters in Lake Worth, FL (right next to Palm Beach) has gone belly up as well. I can imagine Kramer singing "you've picked a fine time to leave me lucille"
Actually the finest chicken can be found at KOO-KOO-ROO-my son and i brought a picnic box from Koo-Koo-Roo and like an advertisemet-over 20 people came up to us and offered to buy some from us
There was an article in Forbes' magazine about a year ago about "product placement". It seems a good ancillary source of income for these production companies. It did focus on the junior mints and the article stated that the original line of the doctor when offered the candy was going to be, "No thanks those things will kill you".
Among other things it also mentioned how the M&M people blundered when they refused to supply the maker of E.T. the extraterrestrial in exchange for a free product placement, the movie simply substituted M&M's with Reeces pieces...and their sales increased five fold the first 6 months the movie was out.
I know I find cereal much cooler than I used to.
I was once watching a Seinfeld episode where George was eating Pringles. I immediately ran to the cabinet and got Pringles of my own.
Kevin C Welch wrote in message ...
I did the same thing once after watching the Junior Mint episode in syndication. As soon as the show ended I hopped in my car and went to the 7-11 to buy a box!