― mark s, 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
There are many ambiguous things they could ask that would be better than 'shall I take the old thing away?'. How about 'shall I take this old pile of shit away?' or 'this isn't much use to you know - shall I take it away?' or 'do you want me to get rid of your husband?' ('husband' is slang for TV set in Berkshire)
What kinda of messed up message is this? Blowing your last two quid on a happy meal for someone else? I mean the kid could have at least had got his dad to pay for it! (you get the thanks without incurring financial hardship = crafty!)
― james, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Arthur, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Chrysler is one of company's clients, and believe me the only thing any of them would ever get misty eyed about is the idea of spending an extra dime. If they could make a crappy car out of nerf and sell it for a profit they would.
Also, Maura's Chrysler ad is really bad as well. Someone shoot their ad agency.
I don't have anything against Chrysler really, but their commercials are bad. BMW are 100 times worse to deal with as a client but their commercials are clever.
― Nicole, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kim, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nicole, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― anthonyeaston, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Samantha, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
I can't help thinking that now we've reached Stockholm Syndrome with the wombat as we did with the meerkats, Compare the Market will introduce an even more annoying character *shudder*.
― Grandpont Genie, Saturday, 24 February 2024 07:40 (two months ago) link
"that true, restful sleep"
yeah this is some fucked up Americana shit, fallout from a very strange mattress culture
To return briefly to Dormeo. I'd forgotten that in one of their adverts where they're talking, sorry, shouting about having guests staying over and sleeping on one of their mattresses - which you absolutely know are going to be completely underwhelming and look nothing like they look in the advert - that it'll be on a "mattress you can be proud of".
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 February 2024 10:22 (two months ago) link
I kind of hate that AA advert where bank robbers rush out to find the AA man working on their getaway car - potentially a good idea rendered completely meh. Apart from suggesting the AA have no qualms about helping criminals commit crime and ignoring the fact any bank robber worth their salt will have a getaway driver, it's the bit where the AA man offers them Bombay mix that annoys me most - is it supposed to be funny? Quirky?
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 07:38 (one month ago) link
the bombay mix guy IS the getaway driver.
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 08:36 (one month ago) link
which is why he says 'it's ok *I'm* with the AA'
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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
Dr Ranj, thank you for knowing the price of cashew nuts in Grape Tree
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 1 March 2024 10:04 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (four weeks ago) link