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At least I think it takes place there. Does it still count if it's an NYC from another dimension? Platypus Comix, "The Ads of the Atlanta Olympics Were Weird" If you were watching the Olympics in 1996, you saw this ad. It first appeared a mere 17 minutes after the Games themselves began, during the second break. It ran CONSTANTLY during the legendary Magnificent Seven gymnastics match. They drilled it so far into my head that when I think of Georgia period, this is one of the thoughts, besides The Walking Dead, that comes to mind. (And it took place in New York City.)At least I think it takes place there. Does it still count if it's an NYC from another dimension?

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The very odd practice of airing the same commercial twice, or two commercials advertising the same product, in the same commercial break.

There are four common variations of this:

Commercial A airs twice in a row.

Commercial A airs, followed by Commercial B, after which Commercial A airs again.

Commercial A1 airs, with Commercial A2 popping up sometime in the same break. While both ads are different, what they advertise is exactly the same. Sometimes two or more ads are actually part of the same ad spot, and thus will always run consecutively. Often occurs if there is a continuity in the two spots.

Commercial A airs as the last commercial of the break. Then, before the actual action begins for the show, the sponsors are listed in reverse order, meaning Commercial A's company goes first. Seen often in sports.

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There are many possible reasons for this trope. In the case of traditional advertising, the repetition is probably to make it stick in your mind. (Even if it's annoying, it still makes you think about them more.) Alternately, the station has a quota of how many times a particular commercial has to be shown in a given month and they are forced to continually play it near the end of the month in order to make that quota. In the case of an online video, it's more likely that the site only has a single advertiser at the moment.

This also happens on sites that have commercial breaks in their videos. Because the site can only contract so many companies that want to advertise on these breaks, it means that they play the same few commercials over and over and over.

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