The Hand That Turns The Bottle
Did anyone else see this during the televised Senate hearings this week, or was my friend Underwood hallucinating? You know how each person on the Senate panel has a bottle of water on the table in front of him? Underwood claims that when someone was asking or answering a question, a hand (presumably connected to a body off-camera) would stealthily turn the water bottle around so the label was facing the camera. Did this really happen? And if it did, was it Addams Family, or Evil Dead?
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September 22nd, 2007 at 07:57
I noticed that… and it’s ABSOLUTE DRINKING WATER. Senate prolly hates mild endorsements. But if you’re in the middle of something important, would you even care about that?
Well, it could be that it was subtlely suggested to them. OR (I got a theory) Someone raised the idea that the bottled water would be seen on TV (again) and it didn’t pay a single cent to the senate pantry or somethin’. The other senators overheard it, they got the idea and did something about it. Knowing the Senate — THEY ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ANYTHING.
Attention: San Miguel Corp., Marketing Dept, distributors of Absolute Drinking Water….Call the Senate’s procurement and make a deal. Cmon, this is huge advertising for you guys. On the second thought, no need…we already knew what bottled water is served at the senate.
September 22nd, 2007 at 15:46
Water at the Senate? This is like a dead give-away guys. Expect wishy washy proceedings. Don’t tell me, I didn’t warn you. LOL!
September 26th, 2007 at 09:29
Didn’t get to watch the Senate hearings this week, but I used to work for one of the senators and I remember it bring a big deal which brand actually gets served during televised sessions. An ex-deal, for sure.
October 2nd, 2007 at 01:21
The thought of this actually happening – product placement in government proceedings – seems so ridiculous and insane that I suppose it HAS to be true now doesn’t it?
Still, not quite as funny as watching all those Texas legislators racing to vote for fellow members of the house who are absent from the proceedings…