sneaky little commercial, part 2

This has nothing to do with yesterday's post, but yesterday's post got me to thinking of another pet peeve of mine...when they sneak commercial into T.V. shows!!! I have become hooked on "The Biggest Loser" this season and thoroughly enjoy watching it. Maybe I'm just sappy, but I love rooting for people to succeed. Sadly, I can honestly say I've even shed a tear or two (like when Mikey gave up his year supply of food to Aubrey...touching). In fact, the only part of the show I don't like is when they have the shameless product placement. It happens all the time, but some of them stick out in my mind:

• Ziploc - Jillian came in to talk to her team and says something like "I need to talk to you about your food for a second" and then goes on to talk about how they should store the food in Ziplocs to maintain freshness. She did a nice demonstration.
• Steamed Veggies - Bob came in and saw some members of his team eating and UH OH, they didn't have any color on their plates. "That's ok," he said, "I've got something to show you." Then he goes to the freezer, pulls out this bag and talks about how healthy yet delicious the veggies are. The team members eat it with a satisfactory "MMMMmmm." One even threw in, "My kids will love these."
• Fiber One Bars - Once again, Bob was the culprit. He came in and asked if they've been eating enough fiber in their diets and they all play dumb and say, "What, fiber, I didn't know we need fiber." Even though for the past 10 weeks, all they've heard about is fiber. Nobody's buying it. But Bob conveniently had some Fiber One Bars on hand, spoke of their goodness, and then ended with, "And the best thing is that they're delicious."

I know that they need the money, but it's so cheesy and shameless. I just think they could do better with making it look more natural.

Every time I see it, it makes me think of "The Truman Show" when the wife is peddling the hot cocoa!