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On the wall in the living room of Leonard and Sheldon's apartment is an antique fuse holder with fuses. This odd item was the subject of much discussion by fans who couldn't work out what it was. Eventually, someone identified it on Twitter. Here's the link of Big Bang theory wiki page. Look closely, each row has a fuse connected from the left to ...

TVTropes classifies this under Brand X: When a script calls for a consumer product, and no one has offered the producers a Product Placement deal, a television program must resort to making up a brand — or, in some cases, obscuring a real brand so that it can't be identified. There are quite a few reasons TV shows and movies would do this. The biggest ...

The vintage, collectors edition Mickey Mouse watch was a gift from Langdon's parents on his 10th Birthday. As per the book, Langdon has not owned any other watch after that. Quoting directly from the book: Although its juvenile dial often drew odd looks, Langdon had never owned any other watch; Disney animations had been his first introduction to the ...

From the Visual Companion to The Cabin in the Woods: Some stuff had to get cut from the monster rampage sequence at the end. The Angry Molesting Tree, which you can glimpse in the elevator in one scene, got much more molest-y in another shot, which might wind up as a DVD extra. Also, one of Goddard's favorite monsters was Kevin, a sweet-looking guy who ...

Showing Tony's infatuation with Hot Rods is a very efficient storytelling tool. And through show-not-tell you can immediately deduce that: Tony loves to tinker with machines. Lives life in the fast lane. Has oodles of money (and time) to spare on pet projects. He has a very obsessive (and possessive) personality. All of these are core to the character of ...

According to IMDB, "his characters often feature the color purple", including the following: Mitch Hennessy wore a purple-violet gem ring in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Mr. Glass wore purple clothing in Unbreakable (2000) Jackson chose to have Doyle Gipson wear a purple hat in Changing Lanes (2002) Mace Windu, upon request by Jackson to George Lucas, ...

No, it isn't McQueen's car. It's a replica of it. The Wiki for this movie links to the movie's production notes [PDF]: The pièce de résistance of Arthur Shaw?s multimillion-dollar penthouse equaled a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso that was once owned by Steve McQueen. It provides the billionaire with lofty bragging rights. This highly coveted and priceless ...

The Pontiac Aztek has something of a reputation. A bad one. It was Pontiac's failed attempt at making a crossover model: a midway model between a minivan, a pickup truck, and a full SUV. The public hated it, and it sold poorly. To add insult to injury, it consistently finds itself included in lists of the world's ugliest cars. So it was the perfect car to ...

Very few (if any) fictional products are actually registered trademarks, however they are creative works. This means any use of similar packaging is subject to copyright infringement laws. There is a possible case against a product using only the same name, if it's reasoned the name could cause confusion. The best example to understand this situation would ...

I presumed that it was just Mycroft and John Watson's way of telling whether Sherlock was badly affected by the news of her death. I think in the original A.C.D. stories, Sherlock Holmes does seem to have a tendency to fall into what we would now call depression and even that he has tendencies towards manic-depression. In the original stories he is also a ...

Yes, it is a real issue. It is the December 1979 issue (Special Christmas Issue) of Playgirl magazine, and the person on the cover is Nick Nolte.

That item is a magnetic desk toy, found on quite a few desks after this film I would guess :) I managed to find a video of it for you. Here's a link if you want to buy one.

I would personally think that this is a subtle reference to the type of person that Tony Stark is, he is what would commonly be referred to as a 'Hot-Rod' in that he has a firey temper and is quite reckless in his life. Also, it gives him the inspiration for the colour of the Iron Man suit.

From Wikipedia: By 2032, toilet paper has fallen out of use; a set of three seashells is provided in every toilet stall. Though their method of use is left unexplained in the movie, Stallone later suggested a possible method in an interview as told to him by one of the film's writers involving extraction with two and scraping with one.

I don't know if Stay Puft has been in any other shows but I doubt it since it's now a real world product. While not a brand the Tangiers Casino has appeared in the movie Casino. It has also appeared on TV on CSI as one of Sam Braun's casinos, and in an episode of Bones.

This is the page with the interview to Stallone where the question of the questions was originally answered. We all say thank you Louis Saucedo from Dallas, Texas for having asked it exactly that day. Here is also a small screenshot for posterity.

I can't be certain this is the right answer, but some of episode 2 makes it look like Sherlock's serious addiction is cigarettes not something a little more risque. So cigarettes are the modern stand-in for his need for cocaine. Letting him have one is an admission that he has had to deal with something serious (like the loss of Adler).

Note that show creators do not have to avoid product placement, and are free to mention products that they do not have licensing deals with. There is no law that says they can't, nor any automatic fee that can be levied just for mentioning a brand. At least not in the US, where free speech is enshrined in the constitution. Consider The Office, where Apple ...

It was typical at the time to film movies in more than one language. Blotto was simultaneously filmed in French and Spanish. Anita Garvin, who plays Stan's wife, is replaced by Spanish and French actresses in those versions of the film. Perhaps the choice of newspaper was an attempt to find a visual joke that would work in more than one country. This ...

Actually, if you paid attention to the episode he reveals his use of the Nicotine patches, he says its next to impossible to keep a smoking habit in London "nowadays" this is likely due to some form of legislation limiting areas where one can smoke or additional taxes on them. While Mycroft most likely extends this due to the loss of Irene Addler as well, it ...

I think it's surely the "show, don't tell" aspect of his ingenuity and hobby. It shows us his probable rebellious past, maybe his first car. And since he's so mechanically inclined, the car probabbly portrays this side of Stark in a raw unrefined form of his past self. Hot Rodders are always tinkering with their cars and the deep cultural history behind Hot ...

If a television series features a product like "Pepsi" in their shows on a regular bases, then they have screwed themselves from seeking sponsorship from the Coka-Cola company. So they hide the labels or hide the brands just in case an opportunity rises in the future to work together. I use to think they were doing this to protect themselves from legal law ...

It's probably made from sugar glass, which is a very brittle glass like material made from sugar. It's easier to break safely than real glass. It is also commonly used to make windows that people crash through during movie fights and the like.

I think the joke is that he is presumed not to be able to read Hebrew, so this signifies that he is only pretending to read the newspaper. It could have been any other language, but one which uses a different alphabet makes it more obvious, and it may be that at the time the only choices most Americans would recognize would be Hebrew and possibly Russian, ...

Its could be for dramatization or may be caused by legal and/or financial issues. Some of the reason are listed as :- OSs and software interfaces are considered intellectual property and are therefore copyright protected. Most of them are or represent also a brand. It would require a paid or unpaid agreement by the copyright holder or brand ...

I would like to think they are not, as stores such as Last Exit To Nowhere appear to commercialize fictional movie brands. (Or to put it differently, I'd be very surprised if shops like LETN would have negotiated with the movie studio's in order to be allowed to use the fictional brands).

I just stumbeled across this movie title the other day, and it reminded me of this question. The movie title was We Need To Talk About Kevin. I believe that this may have been the movie that was being referenced on the white board. here's part of the plot synopsis from Wikipedia: Adolescent Kevin Katchadourian (Ezra Miller) is in prison after ...