Worst TV adverts of the moment

dear old lady in the Bisto advert, just because you are in the twilight of your years and feeling a little socially isolated, there's no need to talk like such a fucking feeb, kthanx enjoy your dinner

getting bullied on a scary estate? put a dog in your jacket

lifetimepaybackguarantee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbxz4XuB4oQ

Wow that's like an alternate universe version of our Alex Trebek-sponosored Colonial Life insurance commercials

kia soul advert anyone. anthropomorphic rodents playing guitar in central park etc.

that British Seniors ad reeks of client interference

the money supermarket ads have obviously popularised it, but I feel like there was an earlier specific ad that started this bad trend, I can't remember what it was, though.

― soref, Sunday, October 23, 2016 2:50 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Makes me think of this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI2n_qlxuzk

People who check their credit scores on a website hardly qualify as a "subculture". The ad makes it sound like they've joined a credit-based version of Fight Club or something.

I only see these in the cinema where they are uniformly unwelcome; the trend these last few years in uk ads seems to be this horrible kind of... slam poetry? dribble that sounds like it's been written by a nine-year-old but is either intoned by standard vo people in tones of great import or yeah a kate tempest type, the nadir (so far) is the oxfam xmas ad I saw today, it's like "shop to stop the hate we hope we shop we breathe the light to shop the mop the blop sip sop" and it fucking goes on like that for like 5 minutes

"Wyeargh.. Alright, I could have made some extra spendin' money by sellin my car to Webuyanyoldmotorforafiver.com but my time means more to me, so I set light to it! I don't have to do anyfing I can't be bothered to do, do I small child?"
"No, daddy!"

wins otm (xp)

fair enough..

not seen the webuyanycar ad, but it actually sounds pretty funny (?)

wins otm about the slam poetry ads. usually it's down to the copywriter being totally uninspired and just scribbling down random catchwords with the help of the rhyming dictionary.

Frylight advert with nodding head middle class families. Smugness dripping out of the screen.

why are they nodding? what is the reason? is there an added ingredient?

I think it's just "Aren't we great? Yes we are."

Oh and fuck off Tesco with yer man Dave who always puts yoghurt in his curry because HIS ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON A LIE.

It's not heartwarming, what else is he lying about? That he had to take out a second mortgage to fund his scratchcard addiction? His second family on an estate outside Telford? That he used to be a conjoined twin?

a couple of particularly egregious, pompous "inspirational" high street bank ads out there at the moment: Natwest "hmm makes you think" and Lloyds "For the journey" GTFO

banks are just so fucking clueless about everything.

tactic now seems to try and be our fwend to undo some of the reputational damage from the financial crisis. Good luck, multinational financial institutions!

10 most complained about ads via BBC

1. MoneySuperMarket.com (dancing bodyguard) 1,063
2. MoneySuperMarket.com (gang dance-off) 898
3. Match.com (kissing women) 896
4. MoneySuperMarket.com (solo dance-off) 530
5. Paddy Power (blind football) 450
6. Smart Energy GB (Gaz and Leccy) 253
7. Paddy Power (Scotland fans) 220
8. Home Office (domestic violence) 216
9. Gourmet Burger Kitchen (vegetarianism) 195
10. Mars/Maltesers (disability) 151
Source: Advertising Standards Authority

Interesting how match got made a link there...

1. MoneySuperMarket.com (dancing bodyguard) 1,063

Eh? That's easily the least annoying MoneySuperMarket advert.

apparently he grabbed his dick.

people who complain about ads seem to be of a certain political stripe, see number 3.

has anyone seen the maltesers ad? apparently it features a woman in a wheelchair joking that her boyfriend mistakes spasms for orgasms.

without seeing it it's hard to know if it's massively offensive or quite inclusive.

There's at least two of those. All I can say is, if you find them massively offensive then you are a massive twunt.

Hold on though, I don't think I've seen the one you described, but I don't pay too much attention to Maltesers ads tbf.

they're trying to be inclusive but they're hamfisted and they're adverts

^^^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgUqmKQ9Lrg

Oh yes, seen that one dozens of times

they're rubbishy adverts because they're adverts but I'd imagine a lot of disabled people are happy to see any representation that doesn't involve people being plucky, inspiring victims

this is mint if you've never seen it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx9fAEJeI0E

what's the problem with Gaz and Leccy?

they're rubbishy adverts because they're adverts but I'd imagine a lot of disabled people are happy to see any representation that doesn't involve people being plucky, inspiring victims

― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), donderdag 19 januari 2017 13:28 (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^ this. and it takes a special kind of ninny to be offended by it.

the problem with Gaz and Leccy is they make me want to kill whoever came up with them

reckon its just because they hit each other?

I'll never forget hearing my step father ringing up and complaining to the BBC over an episode of Jim'll Fix it. He used to work as an ICI safety officer, and in the episode they had kids playing around with liquid nitrogen or something.

Just youtubed and have never seen Gaz and Leccy before.

Or Gourmet Burger Kitchen.

These must run on channels I don't watch or have. Sky maybe?

those T-Mobile ads where "fees" are represented by giant lice crawling all over are really disgusting

Up against the wall, come the revolution...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPaknE25GL0

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hwoijXA_M84/hqdefault.jpg

why is this guy in every advert all of a sudden? taking the food out of the mouths of belvita bloke's kids

http://www.iwcp.co.uk/files/images/m33_newsimg_a30ba016-2947-43e9-bde0-d07f09345e0f.jpg?width=219&height=411

Maybe the Belvita guy went back to experimental theatre.

Pukka Pie mom seems way too posh to be sat tucking into a Pukka Pie

Nathan Sykes tickets!

Pukka Pie mom seems way too posh to be sat tucking into a Pukka Pie

She's not, she needed a payday loan to fix her boiler the last time I saw her on telly.

posh people get payday loans, but only in the adverts

dear Aviva, it's not a "social experiment", it's a shitty fucking advert. cheers.

I'm in the cinema rn and there's an advert for a bank that has top cat in it and is unbelievably long and bad, they've hired some mook who cannot do the voice of top cat to do the voice of top cat

You haven't seen the Flintstones and Scooby Doo ones yet?