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
http://www.discogs.com/Day-V-Lately-Pulse-Thunder/release/2693756
http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2693756-1296848580.jpeg
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:37 (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
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Kids in the front room, OAPs in the backLib/Cons in the alley trying to increase VATI 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
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
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
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
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
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
proper link here:http://www.twinings.co.uk/about-twinings/latest-news/all-about-charlene/behind-the-scenes-with-charlene
― koogs, Thursday, 29 March 2012 09:20 (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
British Telecom have a broadband service called 'Infinity'. They've just started a new, faster service called... 'Infinity 2' Twice as much infinity as before!
― Cheggers Plays Populous (snoball), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 18:59 (eleven years ago) link