# Why no Brand Names in Sitcoms/TV Shows

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**Created:** [December 4, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-brand-names-in-sitcoms-tv-shows/216948 "2003-12-04T15:17:46Z")\
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> \*Originally posted by kunilou \*  
> \*\*The producers of ET actually did offer the placement to M&M. When they turned it down, the producers then offered it to Reese’s pieces. But the practice goes back a long time farther.  
> \*\*

Most likely to the Marx Brothers last movie, **Love Happy**. The producers ran out of money, so paid for the final sequence by featuring the logos of various companies.

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