Fictional Business in Film and TV
By Lee Andrew Henderson, published Apr 05, 2007
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Acme Corporation
I'm sure everybody is familiar with the Acme Corporation. The Acme Corporation is from the Looney Tunes cartoon. Many props, such as anvils, are labeled with the Acme name. Acme Corporation is a conglomerate that that produces everything imaginable. You'll probably see the Acme name most commonly in the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons because most of the contraptions Wile E. Coyote buys are from Acme.
Angel Investigations
Angel Investigations is a detective agency run by Angel in the television show Angel. Angel Investigations specializes in cases that the police won't handle because they won't believe your story such as anything having to do with ghosts, vampires or werewolves. Angel Investigations is originally made up of Angel, Doyle and Cordelia but Gunn, Wesley and Fred all join later. Cordelia comes up with the group's motto, "we help the helpless."
Binford Tools
Binford Tools is a hardware and power tool company on the television show Home Improvement. Binford sponsors Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor's television show called "Tool Time." Binford often supplies Tim Taylor with all kinds of power tools to try either on his show or at home and it almost always goes horribly wrong.
Bluth Company
The Bluth Company is a real estate development firm in the television show Arrested Development. The executive officer George Bluth Sr. is arrested for defrauding customers and slight treason. The Bluth Company is the focal point of the television show as the entire show is a documentary about the company and the family that owns it. George Sr.'s middle son, Michael, is trying to turn the business around while he has to somehow put up with the rest of the family.
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Takeaways
- Wolfram and Hart and Angel Investigations are often fighting each other.
- Binford Tools is the sponsor of "Tool Time" on Home Improvement.
- Acme is the company that makes a lot of props in the Looney Tunes cartoons.
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