The document discusses numerous pop culture references and product placements featured in Lady Gaga's "Telephone" music video. It mentions vehicles, brands, and characters from films and comics that influenced the video's style and set pieces. These include the yellow truck from Kill Bill, costumes referencing Captain America and Wonder Woman, and design elements paying homage to 1960s Batman television and David LaChapelle photography.
2. Lady gaga uses the highly recognisable yellow
truck which starred in the movie killbill
Lady gaga uses a lot of product placement in her music
video, this is some of them
*Virgin Mobile
*Pelco
*Hewlett Packard
*Coors
*Polaroid
*Diet Coke
*Chevrolet
*Wonder Bread
*Miracle Whip
*PlentyOfFish.com
*Monster Heartbeats by Lady Gaga headphones *Honey
Bun
Lady gaga uses a similar font
to the film Jackie brown
"Batman": Classic '60s-era TV series starring Adam
West — animated "Smack!" and "Wroom!"
graphics call to mind the Dark Knight's "Pow!" and
"Zonk!"-assisted fight sequences.
Captain America & Wonder Woman: Iconic crime-
fighting comic book superheroes. Beyoncé's stars-
and-stripes uniform during her post-murder-spree
dance-sequence riff on the Captain's color scheme
and the Woman's silhouette.
Diet Coke: Refreshing, sugar-free carbonated
beverage, dangerous when coupled with Mentos.
Doubles as Gaga's impromptu hair-curlers during
video's "catfight" sequence.
Doom: English crust-punk band that burned brightly from
1987-1990, faded away, then reformed this year. Their logo
is visible on Gaga's studded leather jacket during same
sequence.
Double-Breasted Drive-Thru: Logo seen on cup in Beyoncé's
P---y Wagon. Does not actually exist, though it could be a
reference to the "Double D's Drive-Thru" made (somewhat)
famous on FunnyOrDie.com.
Germanotta, Natali: Gaga's younger sister. Looks eerily
similar to pre-The Fame Gaga. Also looks eerily like a de-
thawed Snooki. Appears in the video's prison scenes.
Hermaphrodite: Rumors that Gaga was a
hermaphrodite were widespread in 2009. They
are jokingly referenced by one of the prison
guards who, after stripping Gaga in her jail cell,
remarks, "I told you she didn't have a d---."
"High and Dry": Single off Radiohead's 1995
album The Bends. Two videos were filmed for
the song, one of which is set in a diner very
similar to the one in "Telephone." The fact that
death (and contemplative drinking of coffee) is
involved in both is also noteworthy.
LaChapelle, David: Photographer/director whose
hyper-saturated work is clearly a touchstone for
much of the video, particularly the scenes that
feature Gaga wrapped in electric-yellow police
tape.
"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels": Guy Ritchie's
stylized take on the crime genre. The quick-cutting, sound
effect-heavy diner murder scene is vintage Ritchie.