The Guild turns product placement into merchandising gold

In December 2009, just in time for the holidays, the extremely obscure web series The Guild produced a series of parody ads entitled "The Guild Sells Out!" The concept simultaneously satirized the kind of over-the-top merchandising familiar to any child of Saturday morning cartoons, as well as the misperception that producing a long-running web series is a lucrative venture.

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