Survivor’ Outtakes Poke Fun At Product Placement

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Product Invasion, the folks behind Subservient Donald are, again, taking on product placement proliferation, this time with Survivor, and have created some spoof footage of Survivor’s Jerry Manthey in which producer’s urge her to shill for Home Depot, Scope, Dawn, and Pepsi. While it’s a bit over the top, it still calls attention to the maddening and overly forced attempts by marketers and networks to shamelessly shill.

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