Best TV Adverts of the moment

I don't like the Shreddies ad - trying too hard to think of wacky concept to explain how they're made. Like that Coca-Cola bottle advert. Cease this shallow pretense you additive-peddling con artistes.

-- blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:57 (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I know what you mean but there's something about knitting a shreddie that just makes me smile. Also I like to eat shreddies so I'm biased towards it already. They could have an ad with "Buy a packet of shreddies" on the screen for 10 seconds and I'd still go, 'good ad, I think I will'.

Can't stop singing the "April Showers" tune in my head now - aaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!

> The Skoda 'cake' one was good the first few times but has started annoying me.

the two bits of genius in this advert are the golden syrup 'oil' and the wobbly jelly tail-lights.

something annoys the shit out of me on that skoda advert, and i don't know what. it's got something to do with the smart arse looks off the people at the end.

in fact. that's exactly it.

zoe that storage ad is none other than dougal wilson

Finally Volvic have made a water ad I like. The Volcano vs Alan the T-Rex are just daft enough to make me smile!

Much better than the Evian Busby Berkeley Babies. It struck me that to remove the genitalia on all these babies, some ad exec would have had to concentrate on these areas for a couple of days in an FX suite, which make sit all the more creepy.

if you made a Skoda cake you are entitled to feel pleased with yourself. kudos to them i say.

of course it makes you think 'must eat cake' rather than 'must buy Skoda' but i'm sure they realised that.

i like the Volvic ad but who is that? Alex Armstrong?

Who is the volcano supposed to be? A kind of cross between Brian Blessed and James Mason?

Ah, cool - thanks! Have found it on YouTube now. I wish the tide bit went on for longer. It makes me feel calm about the thought of house-moving.

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The Skoda cake one ignites western guilt in me! I do hope it was eaten after.

Who is the volcano supposed to be? A kind of cross between Brian Blessed and James Mason?

Surely he's the dude from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, no?

Matt Berry is his name, IMDB reveals.

I mean of the dude in Darkplace. I don't know if the volcano voice is him. I like that ad as well.

So who's the dude from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace supposed to be?

> i like the Volvic ad but who is that? Alex Armstrong?

it's the zoo owner from boosh.

but the volvic advert annoys me due to their careful use of language - there's a very obvious fudge word in there so that they aren't implying that volvic makes you alert.

it also sucks because it's an ad for water.

it's the zoo owner from boosh.

ah yes - not the US zookeeper but the other guy right? i think he also appeared in Roman's Empire WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DID NOT WATCH THAT?

dixon bainbridge. i think he owns the zoo and that bob fossil only runs it in his absence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/04_april/28/mighty_boosh.shtml

"Together, Vince and Howard continually battle against the owner of the Zoo-niverse – Dixon Bainbridge (Matt Berry) - and his manager Bob Fossil (Rich Fulcher)."

Right. Matt Berry. I forgot he was in Teh Boosh.

For some reason the Chicks With Swords made me lose my shit:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vbEMdrAjSvk

I think it has a lot to do with the "I'm totally going to masturbate now" look on the guy's face.

i just love that commercial for the pizza bites or whatever, where the mom's in the kitchen and she takes the bites out of the oven, and then a hand comes through the wall and grabs the plate and a voice goes "thanks mom!"

okay i know it's a weird one to love but the mom is FUNNY

hehee! singing dog on VW Polo advert!

I still like "Dutch?"

Liking the Cats with subtitles ad for teletext in the uk, very well written.

Youtube links here:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=teletext+cats&search_type=

I saw the singing dog last night too. Is it new? I like it

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMIUOiMeDH4

Is quite wonderful.

Still love this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWbSukakpjk

Is this Magnetic Fields?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPzlJ54JaU

I love the singing Jack Russel Polo advert and the chocolate Lynx man.

Chocolate Lynx man disturbs me. Have you noticed they've changed that advert, they taken out the bit in the cinema with the Chocolate Man and the two girls, which always struck me as being a bit pervy

surmounter that pizza bite woman has been in like a million things, right? i just cant remember what.

I was in New Zealand recently, and the adverts there are pretty funny.

Faves:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqMshIJ6tkI

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tFQErRpMQ84

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-wKvq5uog

i don't know sunny -- her face/voice are definitely familiar, but i'm not sure from where!

love her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1jV7Jo_X4M&feature=related

Whew!

Oh wait, I thought you meant this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH3pA29MG5k

i saw a NEW Crusha ad the other night inc cat on unicycle - rathergood was so much better than lolcats

It's not a TV ad, but this is quite clever:

http://producten.hema.nl/

clear winner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA1iQm413No

winar

nearly fell out of my chair during the pasta sauce advert where the mum is replaced by a huge new york deli owner.

I know I'm now a victim of viral maketing but kudos still to Fallon for this.

Yep, that one is fantastic. Also the ones they had before with the gorilla drumming to 80s power ballads.

NO

i am with STE especially as it looks to me like there is camera trickery involved (maybe a bit of speeding up).

co-directed by Peter Saville:

better than that one with the dead boy following the man around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-f-6drx3KQ&feature=related