Worst TV adverts of the moment

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The always reliable Pringles people who start making monkey noises and doing monkey dances and are then confronted by King Kong. Aaaaaaargh.

(p.s. I love Churchill. Oh, yes.)

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

yes, that whole meat + spaghetti idea has never caught on really...(xpost)
-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...), November 24th, 2005.

er yeah but PEPPERAMI?

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

It's fantastic on pizza, peperami.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

tf.

lauren also otm re. katona, i think they must be the actual worst.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

if my mum was a millionaire, i'd be really really upset to get frozen pizzas and mystery meat ready meals for dinner.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

ew 'mystery meat'

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

That's why mums go to Iceland.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:31 (twenty years ago)

the soft bake Nutrigrain ads freak me out - they're in the same vein as the Phones for You 'slightly touched in the head people' adverts.

― Rumpie, Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:31 (twenty years ago)

Sorry, Phones 4 U.

― Rumpie, Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

what about the starburst ad with the rapping/stripping grandma? i'm getting traumatized all over again just thinking about it.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

oho, jeremy clarkson's smug-as-shit bt ads.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 24 November 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

THEY ARE NOT SMUG

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

yeah they are. it's completely stupid, but it tries to induce smugness in long-standing bt customers. his voice just *is* smugness.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

I like Phones 4 U.

― Anna (Anna), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

Do you like their adverts?

― Rumpie, Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

i think Clarkson and BT got the balance right.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

also when he says 'LAG-GING' i smirk

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

there's a rather appalling advert where a girl (wearing spectacles) brings her boyfriend home to meet her mum but ::gasp:: her mum has started to wear contact lenses. So now this girl is all distraught and thinks her boyfriend will now fancy her mum.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

specsavers strike again.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

I meant the adverts. The whole world of mobile phone shopping scares me.

― Anna (Anna), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

There's some sort of claims advert where a big bearded guy starts saying "Have you been injured,.. ?" but then I don't know what happens next because I cannot begin to tell you how fast the channel gets changed.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

There's something wrong with the Specsaver girl's hair. It's like a really bad, badgery wig.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

it's hollyoaks hair.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Bwah hah ahh hah hah hah!

Stripey Hollyoaks badger.

But no one on Hollyoaks wears glasses....

― -Stroke-Model (kate), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

what about the starburst ad with the rapping/stripping grandma

what's wrong with that, it's a classic.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

the girl in the Specsavers ad actually reminded me of her in As If.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 24 November 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

I don't get that Specsavers ad. I mean, don't you guys also sell, you know, SPECS????

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

what's wrong with that, it's a classic.

you're obviously deranged. that's what's wrong.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

Has ANYBODY ever got a phone call asking about lagging?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

Yup. I am now subscribed to the telephone preference service.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

"OMG LAG! BS! REG! BS BS BS!!"

― g-spot (g-kit), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:40 (twenty years ago)

G-KIT OTM

― melton mowbray (adr), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

is Lagging some new sex thing?

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

I just saw a Telegraph advert where they claim to be packed with "world class sporting opinion" and I keep imagining people saying "That's a word class opinion you've got there, mate!" and the like.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

'We call it Kodak'

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 28 November 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

ah the kodak one is indeed teh suck

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 28 November 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

Partly because US ads don't look right in the UK and partly because it is a pile of crap in its own right

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 28 November 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

I've never seen the ad, but "World Class Sports Opinion" is really terrible copy. Using "World Class" to modify anything that doesn't actually compete on local vs. national vs. world levels (athletes, etc.) is really idiotic.

― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Monday, 28 November 2005 13:59 (twenty years ago)

Having only seen it twice over the weekend I am already sick of the Vodafone "I'm gonna be with you, you'll be with me" song that they will be plugging endlessly until Christmas. And they are also releasing the song as a single. The fact that I work for Vodafone and it has now been included as Vodafone's hold music (replacing "Lovers" by Pete Doherty and Wolfman, if you're wondering) means that it will be unavoidable for me for the next six weeks.
"Can I put you on hold while I connect you to that department?"
"Not if you're going to play me that shite song again, no".

― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)

i saw the sheilas wheels ad over the weekend. one of those moments i was glad not to own a gun as i probably would have unloaded into the tv.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:01 (twenty years ago)

Reminds me of something else I hate – 'quality' as an adjective without qualification. It's a quality paper? It could be a shit-quality paper – you haven't told me.
xxpost

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

the kodak thing, yes. far too pompous.

those adverts for MRI imaging systems puzzle me. who's going to buy expensive, specialised medical equipment after seeing it in the middle of coronation street?

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

hahaha i know right?

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

I think those MRI adverts are a way of showing that Philips don't just made cd players and electronic goods, it's like "Hey, we're a multinational company producing products which help save people's lives, be nice to us and buy our cd players".

― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

i don;t get the 'beyond petroleum' ads.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

I guess the idea is that although you ignore the advert consciously, you're subliminally impressed with the amazingness of the company's industrial-scale products – so when you go to dixons for a packet of triple-A batteries you pick up their brand, feeling you're a part of something much much bigger.
hah xpost

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

"Yeah, if you look there's a small dog driving at the wheel."

Caught the full-length Sheila's Wheels advert this morning and, thanks to the live pause function on Sky+, I'm pretty sure that it's actually a kangeroo behind the wheel.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

those adverts for MRI imaging systems puzzle me. who's going to buy expensive, specialised medical equipment after seeing it in the middle of coronation street?

Tom Cruise?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

(does Tom Cruise watch Coronation Street? - subs please check)

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 28 November 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

I find myself falling into a trance whenever the HP advert comes on because the music is so damn catchy (you know the one - out of the picture do be do dum dum out of the fra-ame do be do dum dum) and the repeated face-framing business is strangely hypnotic.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 28 November 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

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