Worst TV adverts of the moment

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 :(

Anything from fifa or uefa

Cunt David Mitchell voicing Barclaycard? Sounds about right

(xp) Anything with a sportsperson of any description in it.

puppy monkey baby

those Chevy commercials are godawful, all of them

Their bearded flack and the incredibly awful gimmicks in the ads are so fucking irritating... "WHICH OF THESE TRUCKS DO U THINK WON AN AWARD HA HA FUCK YOU THEY ALL DID CHEVY BIIITCH"

If I ever run into the bloke who does the Helmann's BLT voiceover irl he's gon' die

real people not actors my ass

oh, they are real people all right, carefully screened and auditioned, then handed their lines and allowed as many takes as were required to get the shots the director wanted. but they don't belong to the Screen Actors Guild and weren't paid at scale. hence, not actors.

really weirded out by the diet chef advert

There were two of these threads, a US one and a UK one. Seems to be mixed together now. Apologies if this doesn't make sense.

Someone needs to tell Jeremy Clarkson that France and Germany have their own Amazons and there's no need to drone deliver anything.

Twat.

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

Can you describe the new CHEVY CRUZE in 3 emojis!???

xp it's almost 8 years since that guy's first appearance on ilx!

ITT: Post Youtube clips of contenders for the worst song of the decade so far