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*** Due to a clever re-shoot, if you watched this movie outside the U.S., the only restaurant on Earth (or at least, in America) is Pizza Hut.

* The first ''[[Wayne's World]]'' movie parodied [[Product Placement]] by showing an entire scene jam-packed with products. The second film however directly parodied [[Enforced Plug]] with a short and completely out-of-place exchange about the virtues of a laundry detergent.

''[Big photo-op smile with the box]'' }}

** This is actually a reference to a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yW6vObBOVE now-mostly-forgotten commercial from the '70s]. It was a meme in its day.

* ''[[Monk]]'' can be really ridiculous when it comes to this trope. Two words: Buick Lucerne.

* Parodied in ''[[30 Rock]]'', when the writers for the [[Show Within a Show]] are asked to plug a General Electric product, they suddenly start talking about how great Diet Snapple is.

* Done in one episode of ''[[The West Wing]]'' (a Thanksgiving episode), in which the President calls up [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQsvcs9IB8A Butterball's advice line], pretending to be an ordinary citizen.

** Unlike many of the other examples from other shows that are played straight, this is seen by many fans as ''[[The West Wing/Funny|one of the great moments of the series]]''.

** However, it likely backfired on the Sidekick hard, as Christopher is well known to most of the fandom as [[The Scrappy|The Adult Scrappy]] that nobody cares about, like the Sidekick by the time that episode aired.

* Parodied on ''[[Top Gear]]'' when Jeremy Clarkson needed to drive a car owned by a member of [[Pink Floyd]], but he would only let him drive it if he could have his book plugged. Product placement and advertising are banned on [[The BBC]], so Clarkson drove around trying to '[[Blatant Lies|subtly work]]' references to Pink Floyd and the book into his car review.

* ''[[Men of a Certain Age]]'' has Chevrolet as a major sponsor, and the plot of one episode revolved around first creating a straight commercial for Chevrolet's latest model, then a series of zany viral spots on Terry's recommendation.

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== [[Podcast]] ==

* [[Writing Excuses]] has a regular plug around the 7 to 8 minute mark. Originally it was sponsored by Tor.com, but when they lack a sponsor for a particular episode they are either shill their own books (the other 'casters hum in the background when this happens) or resort to comedy, including "Buy Dan Bacon" and "Pants".

[[Schlock Mercenary|Howard]]: "Well - put them all the way up!"<br />

Dan: "Pants: Put them Back On, Please." }}

** The ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh7LlYonA8g based on the show] parodies this.

** In fact many of Benny's commercials were done with deliberate [[Lampshade Hanging|hanging of lampshades]], as in the following exchanges:

'''Kenny Baker''' (as Watson): "[[No Fourth Wall|Commercial taken care of.]]" }}

* ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' often segues a dramatic story into a suggestion for Bebop-a-Rebop Rhubarb Pie or Powdermilk Biscuits (in the big blue box!)