Worst TV adverts of the moment

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All the Miller Lite ads where hot girls insult their customers (the ones who dress in 80's clothes and do things that no actual human being has ever done)

frogbs, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link

eh, you know the paul whitehouse aviva insurance ads which are puportedly humorous and consist of him being unfunny and doing daft voices? well they've not been great, wouldn't say the worst though. however today i saw the life insurance one, and fuck me, they only have whitehouse as a father watching over his family as they leave for a holiday, enumerating all the different ways they will be provided for, because dun dun dun, he's pan bread and he's talking about his life insurance policy. just horrible, especially because it's jarring in contrast to what had came before.

À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 23 January 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link

does he wear an hilarious false nose in the afterlife? it seems reasonable that the conclusion of his painful 10-year journey into deep, rounded characters and no jokes is a bunch of shitty adverts.

hoybo with a shoytgun (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 January 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVkVUJ3HaLA

How the mighty have etc etc.

James Mitchell, Sunday, 30 January 2011 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Idgi?

Bernard V. O'Hare (dog latin), Sunday, 30 January 2011 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link

Guy in the hat is Gaz Coombes from Supergrass.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Sunday, 30 January 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link

Yes but I still don't understand

Bernard V. O'Hare (dog latin), Sunday, 30 January 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Boyfriend gets toast and jam all over the fascia of girlfriend's Toyota Yaris. Girlfriend gets revenge by deliberately taking a bad photo of boyfriend with Gaz Coombes.

Yea I don't understand either. The girlfriend should be happy that her boyfriend made the interior of her car slightly less boring by the application of breakfast condiments and toasted bread products. And Gaz Coombes? Guess that Liam was unavailable.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Sunday, 30 January 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link

It's basically yet another car ad that tells us nothing at all about the product.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Sunday, 30 January 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link

Can't wait to see Simon Fowler in the next Volvo campaign.

James Mitchell, Sunday, 30 January 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link

"The Day We Caught The Train (Because My Volvo's Engine Packed Up)"

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Sunday, 30 January 2011 15:02 (thirteen years ago) link

"I never saw it as a coupe, it's more like a spacious estate"

James Mitchell, Sunday, 30 January 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link

Mark from Ride is lined up for the next Renault ad...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02i5GfKiVrQ
(@ 3 minutes)

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Sunday, 30 January 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8YDZKTvWMw

James Mitchell, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 09:32 (thirteen years ago) link

It's no Fly Fishing by J.R. Hartley.

Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link

whitehouse as a father watching over his family as they leave for a holiday, enumerating all the different ways they will be provided for, because dun dun dun, he's pan bread

Funnily enough, I 'got' that he was brown immediately. And I didn't even know why until I saw the ad again. There is a subtle clue in the first shot.

So, for that kind of attention to detail, it gets a half-point from me.

Mark G, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link

The three passports?

Bill A, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link

yep.

Probably being a family of four, I clicked straightaway.

Mark G, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 11:11 (thirteen years ago) link

It took me until the second viewing to catch that detail. First time round I was all like "oh no...he's not...surely they cannot deem this suitable for an ad??".

And Gaz Coombes? Guess that Liam was unavailable.

God, if only if could have been a cameo from Noel, ideally as he emerges from a Londis or betting shop.

Bill A, Wednesday, 9 February 2011 11:36 (thirteen years ago) link

"MOUNTAIN TOP!!!"

Mark G, Thursday, 10 February 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK3Xz8QrEqQ

James Mitchell, Sunday, 13 February 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link

our house

conrad, Sunday, 13 February 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link

can't see youtube was coming to post grandmaster flash and the suburban nappies

conrad, Monday, 14 February 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link

Anyone who likes 'the message' by grandmaster flash: don't watch the KIA ad I implore you!

dentarthurdent (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK3Xz8QrEqQ

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link

Kids in the front room, OAPs in the back
Lib/Cons in the alley trying to increase VAT
I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far
'cause Kia make stupid piece-of-shit cars

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link

huhhuh huhhuh

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link

Just saw the Yell advert. Don't understand the haterz tbh, I thought it was kinda sweet.

전승 Complete Victory (in Battle) (NotEnough), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Fuck that Virgin Mobile ad that has some voiceover guy speaking the lyrics to 'House Of Fun' by Madness.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link

read this thread and you'll find out about the bad adverts

conrad, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link

more than freeman

conrad, Saturday, 26 February 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

i'm never eating Jammy Dodgers again

koogs, Friday, 6 May 2011 06:55 (twelve years ago) link

Plusnet - "Good Honest Broadband From Yorkshire"

got a whole lotta gloves (snoball), Friday, 6 May 2011 07:49 (twelve years ago) link

four months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p93O4xfVag

William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 19 September 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoX6l6klziU

I want the family in this to perish in a fire.

ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 10:45 (twelve years ago) link

four months pass...

Not a TV ad but...
"There you are, streaming stuff like there's no tomorrow" but then some fucker tries to sell you Sky broadband.

insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Saturday, 21 January 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

Jennifer Saunders' 'Choccy Philly I'll Do Anything For Money Don't Be Silly' ad. When I want to smear excrement coloured chocolate gunk on bread, I buy a jar of Nutella, thank you very much. Also I have one of those purple plastic megaphones. Only £9.99 from Maplin, what a bargain.

a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Monday, 19 March 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link

I can't tell if this is amazing or terrible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2_TCZSQzrM

boxedjoy, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link

going for amazing... but hearing people repeating that, even once, would change my mind

I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link

I saw that ad for the first time the other day. I'm going for terrible.

ailsa, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link

Going for terrible. Physically cringing here.

a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link

The bit where he threw the tea out of the window was funny, they should have made the advert more like "oh, this tea is shite <throws tea out of window> what you want is... Aldi Cheap-o Tea!"

a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link

It's not shown outside Scotland, right? I assume giving it laldy isn't a concept familiar enough to hang a slogan on anywhere else?

ailsa, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link

That volkswagen one at the moment showing haircuts, accessories etc supposedly from certain years in the past - it's not a terrible advert, but it seems to have been put together by people with no memory of life before the year 2000. The 'boombox' shot from 1995 is at least ten years out, same as the 70s style tennis video game.

Let's Talk About Socks (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link

These twinings adverts are extraordinary. I think I'm in love. With the adverts, the girl, walking on the beach, the sky, clouds, life itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChxzFDi2nWg

ledge, Thursday, 29 March 2012 08:59 (twelve years ago) link

this 404 link otoh breaks my heart

http://www.twinings.co.uk/about-twinings/latest-news/behind-the-scenes-with-charlene

ledge, Thursday, 29 March 2012 09:00 (twelve years ago) link

Charlene does indeed manage to make it look completely effortless to produce such a beautiful voice and song.

And I'm so glad it has come to Twinings attention that women today juggle numerous roles on a day to day basis.

ledge, Thursday, 29 March 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link

why is that bull dressed up like something from dickens and talking like tim nice-but-dim to try and sell us curry sauce. does not compute.

koogs, Thursday, 29 March 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link


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