I guess I’m in the minority here, but it doesn’t bother me. Now I am still way behind and haven’t actually watched that scene, but I totally understand the need for these types of ads. I dvr the show every day, and ALWAYS fast forward through the commercials. Even on night time tv, I deliberately start watching a show 15 minutes late so I can ff through them! And let’s face it, it is the paying sponsors who keep our shows on the air.
And this isn’t the first time a product like this was used. It was either Midol or Pamprin one time before that Chelsea? and Stephanie? were talking about. I also remember someone bringing a magazine into to someone in the hospital and saying something like "I brought you Magazine A to read. It has a great article on B." I thought it was pretty clever.
And does anybody remember the mop contest? I don’t remember details but you were supposed to spot the mop to win something.