― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)
worst advert of the moment = that ad with the bossy children talking about disposable cameras and the girl indignantly saying "ooh I don't know how men manage" - thankfully I have repressed all knowledge of what brand it was trying to foist upon me
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)
not that i'm always thinking of him
Don't lie!
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ed (dali), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)
such as, say, Choose Your Coach at runlondon.com?
Please?
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:24 (twenty-two years ago)
Gah it is fucking dreadful - and made worse by the fact that the previous campaign with the original Lilt Ladies taking the mick out of that schtoopid Levis advert was my favourite advert ever
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:26 (twenty-two years ago)
The Love Like You've Never Been Hurt one PARTICULARLY irritates me. Because drink doesn't make you love (especially if you've been hurt) it just makes you more likely to be an idiot and shag idiots who are going to hurt you more.
― kate (kate), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:31 (twenty-two years ago)
And my lord if I never see those droopy-moustache fuckers 118 and 118 again it will be too soon. Obviously they don't tell you that if you do say "oh yeah connect me cheers" you get charged sexline rates for the privilege.
Kate the reason for this is that the Bacardi ads are aimed at the "Drink Like Youve Never Got Drunk" market.
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:34 (twenty-two years ago)
(I actually quite like 118's haircuts. HSA teases me endlessly about this.)
― kate (kate), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:35 (twenty-two years ago)
It's Lambrini all over again without even the drunkenness as an excuse!
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:38 (twenty-two years ago)
On TV - I hate those ones for WKD alcopop.
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)
And in the EU coffee ad the girl says 'I don't weigh 12 stone any more' despite the fact that the 2 models in the pic clearly weigh less than 12 stone between them.
― Emma, Friday, 18 July 2003 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:44 (twenty-two years ago)
Also, can someone explain the 'It's Not Cricket' cricket adverts to me? I think I'm missing something.
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:48 (twenty-two years ago)
How about dinner?
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 10:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 11:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 18 July 2003 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)
And they picked Smash Mouth.
Jesus...
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pete (Pete), Friday, 18 July 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)
Entertainment from the Michael Winner ads is gained by assuming that he directed them. And you could recognise the woman as Julia Foster, a minor TV star of decades ago.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 18 July 2003 20:02 (twenty-two years ago)
"Nah I'm good"
"Are you sure?"
"No thanks"
"DAVID, I'M IN THE KITCHEN - CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING?"
"Alright whaddya have?"
"..a Coke?"
"That sounds good"
"Ice?"
"For fucks sake woman I didn't want anything - what the fuck is wrong with you - jesus - all this shit because we thought you were up the duff - and now I've just lost my last ball - fuck fucking shit fuck! Get the fuck out of here you bitch, I'll kill you...I'll fucking kill you..."
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 20:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 18 July 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― Chriddof (Chriddof), Saturday, 19 July 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)
and "Sunny D - because no child's like Max Wild" - what the hell does this mean?
― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 20 July 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)
She's also Ben Fogle from Castaway's mum.
That Spafe advert is so far beyond irritating it makes me want to break my TV. The Doritos Friendchips ones have a similar effect. And the Yakult(sp?) good bacteria one. The woman in that advert is in adverts for everything. She must have one hell of an agent.
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 20 July 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)
― RickyT (RickyT), Sunday, 20 July 2003 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 20 July 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)
fuck off, asshats
Any product that refers to its "nickname" when promoting itself - ie "Sunny D" - must be stopped.
― j0e (j0e), Sunday, 20 July 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Sunday, 20 July 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)
like the 'look at them, don't they look marvelous?' voiceover in the 118 'straight-through' ad though. and the 'you know when you've NOT been tangoed' thing.
andy
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 21 July 2003 10:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 21 July 2003 11:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 21 July 2003 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― kate (kate), Monday, 21 July 2003 12:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 21 July 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)
I'm not talking about the greasy spoon / petrol station one either - I've been told that there's a new one and I want to see it. I have no idea what the plot is as I don't like spoilers
― j0e (j0e), Monday, 21 July 2003 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 21 July 2003 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 21 July 2003 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)
they need names really. She looks like a Carol. Or an Annette - he looks like a Toby or a Dave
― j0e (j0e), Monday, 21 July 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 21 July 2003 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Monday, 21 July 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 21 July 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Monday, 21 July 2003 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― colette (a2lette), Monday, 21 July 2003 14:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 21 July 2003 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 21 July 2003 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 21 July 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)
nope, not the clearest adverts in the world.
>and "Sunny D - because no child's like Max Wild" - >what the hell does this mean?
well, max is shown at the beginning prefering healthy things like sprouts and spinach to chips. most kids are not like this so need to get their vitamins from some other place. like 'healthy', 'wholesome' sunny delight.
> Entertainment from the Michael Winner ads is gained by assuming that he directed them.
further entertainment came from the leaked fact that esure won't insure actors because it deems them too much of a risk. big hoohah about it in sunday papers a couple of weeks ago.
― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Wednesday, 23 July 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 23 July 2003 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 09:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 10:06 (twenty-two years ago)
The song has a two part vocal so I think its the Girls turn next.
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― smee (smee), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)
Yes, I said, several
"Were they somebody's fault?" he asked
I was so happy.
― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 01:29 (twenty-two years ago)
on the other hand, the new london transport ad is a thing of beauty.
― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)
kill like you'll never get caught!
― cameron, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)
"Juice! I need juice!" (woman shrieking at her minions in some strange underground alcopops laboratory...)
And:
"This is where we add the vodka..."
God I hate that one - it's both annoying and disgusting. Why would I want to drink orange juice that's just been crushed out by some greasy guy's biceps and stirred around by women in black lipstick? Reef is disgusting anyhow - I had one (off a free bar, I hasten to add) ages ago and couldn't touch it after one sip.
― elisabeth k, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)
THE NEW MADONNA/MISSY GAP VIDEO IS THE WORST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN.
EVER.
GIGLI WILL PROBABLY BE BETTER THAN THIS, IT HAS SAPPED MY WILL TO LIVE.
― Larcole (Nicole), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:05 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)
That being said, I watch one to two movies a day on average. So it's not like I'm a complete non-couch potato(e).
― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― piscesboy, Thursday, 31 July 2003 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)
I'm a little concerned about the way our adverts are treating cows these days. The friendly Clover heffer / Laughing Cow type is a dying breed. Nowadays cows in ads all seem to break into peoples houses to spike their mash with dairylea / rough up some poor sod who had to buy his milk from the Texaco garage etc. Although I'm never sure why the Laughing Cow laughed - either she knew what the real, disgusting ingredients of her cheese spread were (making her evil) or it was some kind of bovine delerium
― j0e (j0e), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― j0e (j0e), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)
that kaleidescopic Smart Car advert is good although i'm sure i've seen it somewhere before... 8) like the other car ad with the turtoises too.
― koogs (koogs), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Matt (Matt), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― ENRG, Friday, 6 August 2004 10:14 (twenty-one years ago)
i love/hate the way he's supposed to be interrupting her yet they get the timing completely wrong so that there is a pause before the "interruption".
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― Matt (Matt), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)
crosspost
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)
cos he called her "sister" i think.
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 6 August 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)
x-post
― Matt (Matt), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)