A Slattern's Rant for the Week

As if commercials did not so thoroughly steal our souls already, it has now become necessary to bombard television viewers with product placements advertisements so very apparent in weekly T.V. It appears that the Don Drapers of the world have wised up to the habitual DVR viewers such as myself and my fellow Slattern who wait an appropriate amount of time to watch our favorite shows so as to avoid those pesky ads. Upset with the forceful hand of The Man, many shows such as 30 Rock, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and even No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, are not even attempting to hide their disdain for the practice and seemingly mock these product placements with obvious if not over to top product inclusions. In fact, I am sure that in the near future our favorite characters will be replaced by products themselves. Imagine, for example, the P.C. guy on the Big Bang Theory or one of those Charmin bears with no pants playing Robin’s new co-anchor on How I Met Your Mother.