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JA
james-2001
Isn't it funny how Eric Pollard went round trashing the shop with a sledgehammer today, but the fridge full of McCain products is untouched?
Warbler and davidhorman gave kudos
JO
Jon
It's possible that Pollard was briefed by the producers of the show that McCain's are the sponsor of the programme and to leave said fridge intact.
JA
james-2001
It's just as funny how prominent that fridge with said products was in the scene in the shop after it had been smashed up. Reminds me of
AN
Andrew Founding member
Possibly smashing up a commercial fridge might be quite expensive for the programme to replace, plus the glass might not have smashed, whereas all the shelves etc would have been special easy to break prop glass.

Considering all the out of context comments about the racist line a couple of days ago, I thought nobody here actually watched it and were commenting second hand, Daily Mail style.

Anyone who did watch will know that Pollard has been totally unreasonable since Val died, being horrible to everyone, even demanding that her dog was put down as he didn't need it anymore. The provoked racist line was the latest example of this.
BA
bilky asko
If they don't need their fridge to work, then commercial fridges will be relatively cheap to acquire, as they are so difficult to dispose of.
JA
james-2001
They obviously don't need it to work, just to be able to prominently display their sponsor's products!

Though I guess we should be thankful we don't get it this bad over here:
DB
dbl
Oh jesus, that is awful!
GO
gottago
The box of Cheerios is probably the best actor in those scenes.
SR
SomeRandomStuff
The box of Cheerios is probably the best actor in those scenes.

Well except for the bit where it has its back to the camera, that is apparently a big no no.
JB
JasonB
McCain still sponsor Emmerdale but they have got rid of the scarecrow characters.
Last edited by JasonB on 5 October 2015 8:46pm

18 days later

SE
Square Eyes Founding member
Emmerdale ITV News reports :

http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/extras/emmerdale-rewind-itv-news-reports
JA
james-2001
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the prominent McCain products in the fridge that didn't get smashed up in the shop, now tonight we've had 2 prominent appearances of the bus with a big McCain advert on the side. it's been around for the past year or so now, obviously there's no other adverts on buses in that part of West Yorkshire!

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