Worst TV adverts of the moment

2015, Commercial, Problemo, CSA PAPER TOWELS, Blink, Tim James Brown
2014, Commercial, Belvita Bloke, BELVITA
2014, Commercial, Dad, B&Q
2014, Commercial, Mick Mechanic, GO COMPARE
2012, Video, Type 1, COLLAPSING IN PARTS (LIVE ART FILM), Cally Spooner, Cally Spooner
2012, Site Specific, Mad Hatter, WONDERLAND, Teatro Vivio, Sophie Austin
2011, Commercial, The Man, XFINITY ON DEMAND COMCAST, Patizan, Jared Eberhardt
2011, Animation, Norris, NORRIS AND STEPHANE, Azam, Rachael Le Feuvre and Ali Taylor
2011, Commercial, Explorer, MIKADO, Quad
2011, Commercial, Col, CARLING, BMB, Guy
2011, Commercial, Man, HORNBACH, Radical Media, Sebasstian Slesser
2010, Commercial, Man, DELL BLUE STREAK, Gorgous, Peter Thwaites
2010, Workshop, Bob, BANDAGES, Nwebury Corn Exchange, Kirsty Housley
2010, Commercial, 118, 118118, Brooklyn Brothers, Johnathon Hopkins
2010, Commercial, Dancing Man, SEAT LEON, The Gang, Sebastian Grousset
2010, Commercial, Col, CARLING HOME DRAUGHT UNIT, BMB
2009, Cabaret, Eye Dad, LIVE ART SPEED DATE, Stoke Newington International Airport, Brian
2009, Commercial, Karl, DAS HANDWERK, Gorgeous (Germany Only), Peter Thwaites
2009, Commercial, Col, CARLING, BMB, Fredrik Bond
2009, Commercial, Crying Man, VW, Radical (Germany Only), Sebastian Strasser
2009, Commercial, Explorer, RUBY SPLASH, Buiscuit, Jim Hoskin
2009, Commercial, 118, 118118, Brooklin Brothers, Kinka Usher
2008, Workshop, Hector Mann, THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS, National Theatre Studio, Kirsty Housely
2008, Voice Over, Voice Over, AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS, Art.War, Libby Liburd
2008, Commercial, Colin, CARLING 'BELONG' COWBOYS, BMB, Fredrik Bond
2008, Documentary, Presenter, CARISBROOKE CASTLE, 1,000 YEARS OF HISTORY, Visual Light, Felicity Fair Thompson
2008, Commercial, 118 118, ASK US ANYTHING, WCRS, Simon Cole
2007, Commercial, CARLING 'BELONG' OUT, BMB, Fredrik Bond
2007, Viral, 118, FLASHDANCE, WCRS, Anson Haris
2007, Commercial, Trainers, CARLING 'BELONG' SPACE, BMB, Fredrik Bond
2007, Voice Over, Narrator, TWINKLE
2007, Commercial, 118, 118118, Owen Harris
2006, Dance, FACE DANCE, The Place, Jonathon Stone
2006, Commercial, 118, 118118, Jim Hoskin
2005, Viral, 118, 118118 SHOW, Meme, Anson Harris
2004, Commercial, 118, 118118, JJ Keith
2004, Commercial, Soaked Bloke, BBC3, Maggie Zackenhiem
2003, Commercial, Runner, 118 118, Jim Hoskins
2002, Commercial, Bolognese Boy, E A SPORTS
2002, Commercial, FRIDJI IDENTS, Elimidate
2002, Commercial, Student, GROLSH (HOLLAND ONLY)
2002, Commercial, Young Lover, KNORR SOUP
2002, Event, N.E.S.T.A. CONFERENCE, Greame Miller
2001, Commercial, Cool Dude, MAGNUM CARAMEL & NUTS

Is it possible he actually did some acting in 2013?

can't believe that Halifax replaced Howard with this garbage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3veZJjvhzM

I seem to remember it being revealed that these ppl were in fact actors, not real Halfix employees plucked from obscurity like Howard?

though apparently Howard was not very popular north of the border, don't know if you can confirm this, Tom

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/HOWARD'S+AWAY%3B+Customers+hated+the+singing+banker.-a0123984964

that Air N'nB ad missed a trick by omitting a Don't Look Now reveal at the end, with the baby in Juggalo make-up or similar

13 Howard Brown You're The The First The Last My Everything Mar 2005

From April 2008, Brown no longer starred in the Halifax adverts, instead taking a role in its public relations department.[5][6] In 2011, he left the company.[7]

CAPTION(S):

KEPT ON: Angela; SWITCH OFF: The; fat lady has sung for Howard, above

halifax made a big deal out of auditioning internally - YOU COULD BE THE NEW HOWARD - but iirc you didn't get much ££

I wonder what happened to Thomas Yau

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/i-m-into-something-good-a-halifax-ad-1-2166505

not a lot of recent activity of his bebo fanpage

http://o.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5687710758

oh wait, here he is

http://cs322328.vk.me/v322328020/6299/AI7vJG22ILM.jpg

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/v/t1.0-9/11988753_421007178092874_6926802536226818241_n.png?oh=e7ac350a4ce241b4d5d319459019e311&oe=56A4BF4E

argh, wrong thread

Was wondering what on earth that was an advert for

God.

"Be my hope beating in my chest
you're the only thing I need to make make me the best, singing .. WO WO OH OH.."

Asda ad. Presumably this fakey Coldplay type song was a real song once, but he sounds too puffed up w/ his own importance to need a g/f/ or anything out of Asda anyway.

http://offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk/news/OKM/richedit/Screen-Shot-2015-10-15-at-15.35.24.png

I genuinely feel angry every time I see one of these ads, according to the article below they are going to using these characters in their ads for the foreseeable future

The spot will show the family in a supermarket with Ben Miller's character Roger playing an 'embarrassing dad' figure, quizzing the checkout colleague on the mechanics of the Brand Guarantee.

It will be followed by a spot showing Ruth Jones' character Jo, who "gets on her high horse about certain things", tutting the word "typical" when she sees a queue at the till before being pleasantly surprised when a Tesco colleague opens a check out to serve her... The characters in the campaign represent a modern family, with "sexual chemistry" between the parents and banter between the father and son, Freddie, who represents a 'boomerang' child back living with parents in his 20s.

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1368572/tesco-unveils-major-brand-campaign-family-played-ruth-jones-ben-miller

has there ever been an ad campaign of this type, centered on a fictional family, where the family have not been completely hateful and enraging?

Christ that's terrible. 'Make the average customer out to be a completely embarrassing moron' is never a good strategy. I quite like Armstrong and Miller as a comedy duo, so it's extra annoying

I never liked those Paul Whitehouse insurance (is it insurance I don't even know?) ads where he plays different people in each one, but doesn't say or do anything remotely funny in any of them, just talks about insurance (or whatever it is he's selling).

in different accents though tbf

sometimes with a fake nose

Based on many commercials that I see these days, I'm led to believe that ad execs find most people stupid and loathesome and also believe that most people find one another (and, presumably, themselves) stupid and loathesome.

has there ever been an ad campaign of this type, centered on a fictional family, where the family have not been completely hateful and enraging?

OXO family? Or maybe I'm being a) nostalgic, b) comparing them favourably to my own deeply flawed relatives.

OXO family beats the new Tesco ads in the 'with "sexual chemistry" between the parents' stakes, at the very least

I find no sales technique quite as persuasive as the suggestion that the fictional characters making a pitch are engaged in a whole lot of offscreen fucking.

RIBENA BERRY ORGY!!!

TETLEY TEA FOLK GANG-BANG!!!

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2nx7qPVa-OU/hqdefault.jpg

the sexual chemistry between Nicholas Lyndhurst and Nicholas-Lyndhurst-in-a-wig is the gold standard here imo

I used to work with someone whose wife looked like him in a wig. It was rather disconcerting.

Saw two new Tesco ones yesterday - in the first the son tries to pick up a woman closer to his mother's age than his, and the second is about 'gluten free' and how stupid the son is.

That "pick-up" one is the most cringe-inducing and yukky ad ever.

ever.

Look forward to seeing it!

The ads, which will be followed by a "Christmas themed" execution later in the year

this sounds promising at least

Based on many commercials that I see these days, I'm led to believe that ad execs find most people stupid and loathesome and also believe that most people find one another (and, presumably, themselves) stupid and loathesome.

― Gary (Old Lunch), Tuesday, November 10, 2015 8:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ad execs otm

im confused by the new virgin broadband 'inspiration' ad which turns into a 'devil child' horror movie trailer for the last 3 seconds

http://adturds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-10-at-23.45.11.png

ad execs playing off superiority complex of most people thinking most other people are stupid and loathesome. also likely playing off our superiority towards the ads themselves. not only are we smarter than the idiots portrayed in these ads, we are smarter than the people making the ads. of course we still feel a tiny bit of gratitude for the ads for indulging our sad egos.

Speak for yourself.

really hate the Geico ads that are rip off the Police Squad fake-freeze endings

Has this been posted before?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIf27fSBs78

And while we're on Kia cars, I think we have a new contender for 'Advert Man', this actor is showing up in a lot of adverts these days...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJIkuxMhtX0

I know the Dolmio ads have been pulled up before, but this is a new level...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlH3WX2elEw

I saw that on TV with the sound off a few days ago and just reflexively went "NO!". Don't want to know what it's like with the sound on.

trivago guy dancing

the fucking chimp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UI_6mYiINI

watching hockey online and i guess they only have so many advertisers because this fucking ad plays at every single break and i hate everyone involved

fuck you and your 'welcome, welcome'

real people not actors my ass

there's an ad for a new phone app for your refrigerator that shows you what is inside. there are a few commercials for it but one involved an insufferable couple; he is at a grocery store, she is literally standing in front of the refrigerator, and he asks her if they are out of eggs. she can't turn around because she is scooping out a watermelon (to which he says "I know, you're an artist!"). both these people would lose their heads if they weren't attached at the neck.

those Chevy commercials are godawful, all of them

i hate that i still can recall that ad where the dude's wife was a marionette spilling lemonade and stuff :(