Hey, Wienermobile! Wake up and man the grill! While you were taking an unexpected spin on an Illinois highway Monday, the internet was having a field day.

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, “If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”

What a semi-untraditional idea - having fans at a World Series game hold up cards spelling out something that sells your product.

A recent Advertising Age article, "From the Big Screen to Any Screen: Some Takeaways for Marketers and Media Companies", touches on the current state of product placement, and calls attention to the intentionally blatant and "increasingly campy" ways in which products are being integrated in music videos and TV shows.