1. Argos christmas ad using Slade and the cheapest, shittest, most fucking awful bogus product montage ever. Totally moronic, makes all the goods look like the heap of crap they are - when that fucking cut- out Santa comes by on his skis it might as well be Jive Bunny. There's a real trend lately for mass-market store ads to be this low- rent and vile, probably because the ad people all want to work on high-budget drinks brands and actually lavishing any skills on an ad aimed at the proles would be *so* uncool. Or of course it might be that the focus groups saw the ad and wuvved it, grr.
2. Harry Potter computer game - "FOOTAGE NOT IN GAME" i.e. the game itself has graphics that would shame an Oric. Not in itself a terrible ad but seen five times an hour it gets wearying.
Also! "I'd rather have a bowl of caramelflavouredcocopops" and the Olly the Octopus choosing his cereal are vile, the latter because it is untrue - every child knows which are the nice cereals in a variety pack and it's simply a matter of getting to them first, it's not a dilemma at all you eight-limbed sea bastard.
― Tom, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― alext, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
As for the Nivea "you know, I might buy some" ad, you can gain some kind of succour by imaging what he's going to be getting for Christmas from all his hilarious mates...
― Mark C, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
BUT WAIT NOW THERE IS ONE FOR AMERICA WITH THAT ENRIQUE IGLESIAS HERO SONG. oh no wait it's for jeep! jeep LIBERTY, at that!
― maura, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― anthony, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― chris, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Can I just say that I think the Argos ads are totally wicked.
― Nick, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Then at the end of the ad there's the final insult, that annoying high pitched "life tastes good coca cola" jingle. It reminds me of those films where one corporation runs the radio stations and keeps pumping out muzak to keep people happy. it's ok everyone, LIFE TASTES GOOD!!! and you're all allowed to try it!
― Ronan, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Will, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jonnie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― emil.y, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― carsmilesteve, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mark s, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
2 The fabric conditioner one where the people are made out of - duh - fabric. It is disturbing to look at 'people' made out of fabric, and in fact they look horribly disfigured, like burns victims or people with hypothermia.
― Ellie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(I really like those Argos adverts - they cool)
― jamesmichaelward, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― helen fordsdale, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Blimey, isn't it usually the other way round?
― Tom, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― RickyT, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sarah, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ellie, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Wine ads infest the London Underground system. That and ads for ten- week 'philosophy' courses.
― Will, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Must. Calm. Down.
― Jonnie, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Lambrini girls are classic. As David Bell, chief executive of Cheetham Bell JWT, which devised the campaign said:
"It is a drink for salt-of-the-earth girls to drink before they go out, maybe while chatting or putting their make-up on. While they do that, they probably crack jokes about their boyfriends. I've never heard of any men being offended by these ads. They're quite clearly just a bit of fun.'
Who'd have thought that one day computers would allow us to watch adverts at work
― Nick, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Millions of years of evolution and THIS is what they expect us to aspire to.
― Trevor, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― will, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Anna, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I LOVE the Link advert, but I'm prepared to accept it's for similar "ah - a good old fashioned cheery crappy ad" reasons as my fondness for the never updated Argos campaign.
creepy animated babies who discuss personal finance.
Ooh yes - that's the original 'I have to change channels cause this makes me nauseous' ad. Apparently Madchen's gran loves it cause it reminds her of Madchen's dad at a similar age.
― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Pervert.
Actually, this reminds me of a girl I used to know who said she loved dentist drills.
Any ad where the magic of Animatronics allows toddlers or animals to SPEAK. GRRRRRR!
Any ad on Channel 5 which shows exactly what media buyers think of the viewers, eg debt ones, dial LAWYERS ones, old folks' maladies and life insurance ones. All the most awfyul American imports of the ages in one break from Family Affairs omnibus when I am hung over and de-motivated. SCREEEEEE!
― suzy, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
God I hate that it is SO CONTRIVED who would say 'shall I take the old thing away' you'd say 'shall I take the old one / old telly away'. Only then of course the hilarious punchline wouldn't work.
― Emma, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mark s, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mark C, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Oh right. LOL you can tell I'm not a driver. I still don't like the Bombay mix line.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 08:48 (three months ago) link
(have just realised that 'I'm with' could mean 'i am employed by' as well as 'i'm a member of')
he's far too chill given the circumstances
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 08:54 (three months ago) link
someone should tell Pot Noodle that just because something is intended to be disgustingly obnoxious doesn't mean it isn't disgustingly obnoxious
― or something, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 12:46 (three months ago) link
New Verisure advert looks like it was improvised during a teabreak in the recording of a proper Verisure advert - with the crew as actors.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 1 March 2024 09:59 (three months ago) link
Dr Ranj, thank you for knowing the price of cashew nuts in Grape Tree
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 1 March 2024 10:04 (three months ago) link
xp I think I'm part of the problem when tom's description means I'm looking frwd to seeing it now. can't see how they'll top the golf one but I'm excited.
― oscar bravo, Friday, 1 March 2024 20:55 (three months ago) link
just seen the pot noodle slurping video with some kind of electronic noise rather than the slurping. wasn't paying enough attention to understand why that was.
there's a second slurping ad at the moment as well though, macdonalds perhaps.
― koogs, Sunday, 17 March 2024 19:24 (two months ago) link
The Hertz car rental ads I have been getting on youtube for about a year are driving me mad - one is a parody of Oprah saying "you get a car!" and the other is a parody of Tom Cruise on Oprah, both are just shit in every way possible.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 17 March 2024 19:26 (two months ago) link
haven't seen in a week but i'm still irritated so the sara cox radio 2 promo. is it calling her listeners 'you absolute legends' or the digital landscape of sad commuters making their 'everyday less everyday' by having hung up played to them, the 'less everyday' to the 'everyday' train rhythm beneath?
not that bbc radio promos don't usually annoy me, mind
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 22:17 (two months ago) link
"my nan was a truly amazing woman, she made shit sunday dinners with frozen yorkshire puds" is a feminist masterpiece
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 18:58 (two months ago) link
'the voice in the back of your head' is that a phrase that people actually use? 'voice in your head', yes. 'eyes in the back of your head', yes. both valid Catchphrase-style phrases, but not 'the voice in the back of your head'.
― koogs, Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:26 (three weeks ago) link
Yeah that would annoy me. "Back of your mind", maybe?there's some ad I've seen (ie has been on while I'm scrolling my phone) loads of times that might be for Sky Mobile? as in a network? but I've never even passively taken in what it is or what the ad is for (I had to force myself to pay attention once I'd realised it was about the 50th time it had come on). someone talking about what other people are doing in their lives? maybe? it's as if every time my mind wants to make some sort of connection it moves to something else and I assume it's a different ad but it's not.
― kinder, Monday, 13 May 2024 15:25 (three weeks ago) link
can something be done about the haribo adverts where they record kids and then have adult actors mime to the recording? especially the tacked on laughter, clearly from a different recording, which they plonk at the end. by something I mean arrests and long term imprisonment.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 17 May 2024 15:42 (two weeks ago) link
the lenor advert where she opens the bottle and the music starts... "Let the sun shine in..." only she puts the lid down halfway through the 'Let' and the music stops and then starts again. the interruption is like a punch in the guts every time.
― koogs, Thursday, 23 May 2024 19:27 (one week ago) link
Anything with Diane Morgan doing the voiceover.
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 May 2024 19:32 (one week ago) link
is that who it is doing the baby voice on e.g. the Cadbury's ice cream ads? because hell yes it's murder-inducing
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 May 2024 19:34 (one week ago) link
Verisure seem to have changed tack with more professional adverts with proper actors - well, a red haired Irish woman who I recognize but who is not the red haired Irish woman sitting on the bog in an incontinence pad advert.
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 09:38 (six days ago) link
Advertisers love red hair.
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 09:39 (six days ago) link
feel like there was a time when this lady was in every other ad on UK TV, but I've seen less of her recently
https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/614602985-8ae6e05b3ad3eb7460bcf09d04b65d6922995db21c86f017382d1f921ccb4deb-d
there was also a period where there were a lot of ads featuring the nerdy guy from PhoneShop (whose dad was Mr Bennett the caretaker in Take Hart and also wrote the second series of Captain Zep - Space Detective)
― Platinum Penguin Pavilion (soref), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 11:03 (six days ago) link
i thought verisure woman was old RobotWars woman. although given that she was on strictly and has the morning breakfast show on virgin radio i'm surprised verisure can afford her. (angela scanlon)
― koogs, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 12:24 (six days ago) link
I'm sure it's her and I'd noticed the change in production values although the script itself is still weird and unpleasant
― i love a man in a unicorn (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 12:31 (six days ago) link
Confused.com smug whistlers can get to fuck.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 12:52 (six days ago) link
Ah right, Angela Scanlon, I knew I recognized her. I don't want to seem like I've got something against Irish women but I really hate those Fairy washing powder (I think) adverts with the glamorous blonde Irish woman and her fake baby, there's something incredibly smug about her.
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 13:36 (six days ago) link
they edited those down as well i think. 'always close with a click-clack' is now missing the '-clack'
always keep away from children.
― koogs, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 15:59 (six days ago) link
i assumed those Fairy ads are some kind of Instagram/ influencer woman because of how unnatural she is, but obviously not bothered enough to Google it
― kinder, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 19:45 (six days ago) link
i asked above. but have forgotten the answer.
― koogs, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 21:12 (six days ago) link
Trish knows
Worst TV adverts of the moment
― koogs, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 21:14 (six days ago) link
it starts with an engineer... who walks like a robot and talks like a robot.
― koogs, Thursday, 30 May 2024 20:34 (four days ago) link
Yeah, her name is Vogue Williams. She and Joanne McNally off Taskmaster have a podcast called My Therapist Ghosted Me, which is insanely popular among basic bitches.
― trishyb, Friday, 31 May 2024 11:09 (three days ago) link
I noticed that too. I'm guessing it's because the packs are made of cardboard now, so they don't make that noise anymore.
― trishyb, Friday, 31 May 2024 11:10 (three days ago) link
I think I was at school with a girl called Joanne McNally... or Joanna.
― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Friday, 31 May 2024 11:15 (three days ago) link
the shell advert annoys me more for the greenwashing aspect than the robot aspect. and the last shot where the bed covers close in from both sides with an obvious join in the middle and then cut to a shot with no join. it felt like it was shown in every single ad break i saw yesterday.
― koogs, Friday, 31 May 2024 12:09 (three days ago) link