DaveN 1,118 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 The thing is also is that the cost of these ridiculous adverts , especially with the "celebrities", is that it's the general public who end up paying for the goods/services in the price they pay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Bloody hate that advert as well Compo!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 I was surprised at just how many U.S. celebrities do adverts in Britain, when we don't see them doing them over here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 The advert that annoyed me was the one for a loan firm where the bloke sits on a kids toy, then when it went 'SQUEAK' he said "oh yeah that reminds me, I must phone up & arrange a loan!" What the devil has a squeaky toy & a loan got to do with each other?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Fiona Phillips on the ad for the post code lottery. Smarmy bitch. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 I'm trying to think of an advert I like On the other hand there was this 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Nothing should disturb that Condor moment..... Except for mouth cancer maybe ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 I'll tell you the only advert I look forward to watching, 'Harvey and the Rabbit', I love it, probably due to my love of dogs. Best thing is, I haven't a clue what it's supposed to be advertising, something to do with advertising agencies I think, who knows, who cares, it's very simple, not in your face and clearly not expensive to make. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Dave 48 847 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/tv/the-worst-tv-commercials-ever I know what I would like to do with that smug p%$€ James Corden. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Harvey and Rabbit. . Magic, thanks for that, still don't get who it's aimed at though, certainly not me nor anyone else I can think of. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 The worst ever must be the latest bizarre offering from Money Supermaket.com. We've endured the black pimp with his whores, the dimwit going up in space, and the retard riding an elephant through New York.. Now, we are subjected to an imbecilic bloke strutting down the street in high heels and minute denim hot pants . Who the hell dreams up this crap. The actor should be ashamed of himself, and anyone insured with this company should cease immediately !!!!!! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Advertising gurus work on the principle of making their offerings memorable to the public. So the more outrageous the better, as far as they're concerned. I wonder if it occurs to them they can be so memorably cringe-worthy, that it turns people off their product. The moneysupermarket ads are utter crap. Contrast those to the hilarious specsavers ads, now they're 'epic'. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Especially the one with the 'dead' cat. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Bubbles 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Classic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 How about the idiot dressed up as a dancing cactus, that really is pathetic. The one that drives me mad is the smug Lenny Henry advertising Premier Inns and lying around in bed at various places from Kings Cross to a beach somewhere, I wish his hot water bottle would burst. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 The other thing about adverts is that it is bread and butter for indifferent actors who can't refuse 'work'. I know a lad who is paying himself through an acting course at a uni' in London where he was told there is always 'work' for actors doing adverts. You always wish these kids well but they don't seem to be aware that they must be extraordinarily talented to get anywhere, or know someone; usually the latter I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 One that used to make me laugh was for cigars: The bloke drives into a car wash, puts his money in the machine, the machine starts & as he starts to wind his window up the winder handle snaps off. He then sits there with a smug look on his clock & lights a cigar & then gets soaked, then a song says "happiness is a cigar called hamlet!". Why didn't he put it in reverse & back out? The silly bu**er.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivor Thirst 120 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 it is such a shame to see Michael Parkinson prostituting himself promoting burial insurance for the elderly leveraging his own age. Is he so hard up he needs the free pen. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 The 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th adverts in an interval. After all that lot I've forgotten what I was watching. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 yes the stomach churning transvestite/crossdresser is a real sicko, but I also hate with a vengence that woman who can't believe she's gone to some poxy hotel in the countryside "keep up colin" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Colin is such a tw4t though !!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Oh! Another tosser is that slime bag dressed as an oily Spaniard advertising kitchen towels. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 99.9% of adverts with "celebrities" in them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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