I think he deserves it more than Henry
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
in fact I'm talking crap it was Kaká with Rafa Marquez and some brazilian now that I think of it. Not the same campaign.
― what U cry 4 (jim), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Henry probably as famous as the other two because he plays an almost universally popular sport and thus makes sense from a marketing point of view?
― what U cry 4 (jim), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Lydon/Country Life advert is fine
This new apparently global Mr Muscle advert is the worst of the year just for sheer lameness - not a patch on those old ones with the 'hilariously' weedy bespectacled guy
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
plus a lot of women I know fancy him while none fancy Federer or Tiger.
should've had real athlete Phil Taylor instead of Henry
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I see, this advert is aimed at the niche bearded lady market?
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
who is a more preferable role model to your nuts reading 18-30 male, goofy looking guy who is good at golf/tennis or footballer who women would like to fuck?
― what U cry 4 (jim), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
a woman might wanna get a man a razor
that seat advert is all-time FOAD
― country matters, Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a few adverts now that have some kind of awful drippy neo-avant-folk warbling rubbish on their soundtracks that force me to dive to hit the mute button whenever they come on.
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
that's not the worst of the gilette adverts (although it is terrible, 'i never think about yesterday'), the worst one is where they are bullying that poor bloke by firing tennis balls at him whilst he's trying to shave.
o_O at that orangina advert though.
― koogs, Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
all "you have to be INSANE to produce a car like this" then a fucking shitty mundane family hatchback appears at the end, like a bad joke told by idiots
― country matters, Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
There's that new Renault advert that goes "remember when you said you'd never buy a Renault?", because it a) implies that Renaults were once shite, b) further implies that now they're not shite. Hint: they are more shite than ever, evidenced by the new model Megane which looks like every nondescript family car currently being made.
― snoball, Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
There's that new Renault advert that goes "remember when you said you'd never buy a Renault?"
I, mentally, say "no" every time I hear that
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
It's like that other advert about "your house smelling of fish"... but it doesn't
Adverts are crap if they do not 'advertise', right?
Still like the Lydon one.
The Lenny Premierinn one is alright, it's where I end up living when I'm away. Hey, it could have been worse.
The Orangina one is pretty dumb/doesnotwork. The Renault/dubbing one is poor/cheap.
xpost the kids are both "ha, dad, did you ever say that? did yer? ay?" and I go "Anyone fancy walking to school tomorrow, hmm?"
Apart from that, the rest I do not care for or against.
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Out of these ten the one which still reeks most of Pass The Hat/Pull The Trigger is the Lenny Henry Premier Inns one. Why oh why oh why &c.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
His career was going so well too
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
It was poor old Hazell I felt sorry for.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Henry: "I've found something that's small time"snoball: "Your career prospects?"Henry: "There's nothing small time about my career. This Christmas I'll be presenting another hilarious show featuring two year old clips from YouTube."
― snoball, Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh hold on, is this Thierry or Lenny we're talking about here?
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I imagine him turning to his agent and saying, "Why don't you just put the gun to my head right now..."
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
They must have been mentioned before, but the WKD 'Do you have a wicked side?' commercials cause a dull, wrenching pain in my sternum.
Trying to sustain the pretense that their target buyers are not young teenagers but absolute twats so juvenile their taste buds will only accept alcohol in the form of fizzy pop.
― GamalielRatsey, Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Thierry reps for Gilette, Lenny for Holiday Inn. The "small time" quote is something Len says in the advert.
― snoball, Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
"Past your late teens but still behave like a stupid cock? Then drink WNKR."
― snoball, Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
to be fair Lenny Henry did recently get a part in Othello
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
LH: "To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on... and with that, on to our next hilarious GoogleTubeYouVideo clip!"
― snoball, Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i think he's playing Bianca
― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Who's playing Ricky?
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
David van Day.
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 11 December 2008 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
aargh "Posh Pringles" "look, the bag matches yours" FUCK YOU!!!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Seat still winning "worst of year" imo.
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
"(the) confused.com (website) remembers you and your details!" oh wow thx it's like living in the 21st century!!! you smug bastard diediedie
― snoball, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
"step out of the carYOU HAD TWO PINTS THAT'S A 2 YEAR BANIt's company policy I gotta let you goI KNOWW ITS ONLY GOT 2,000 MILES ON THE CLOCK BUT THAT'S MY FINAL OFFERahh that's just GREAT MATT!! No JOb, No Car, NOW WHAT!!?????" - "So, what's it gonna be?"
He has to be the worst barman ever.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ irritating advert, but at least it's a shift in focus from "you might run someone over" to "you'll experience misfortune". So it's probably more effective, because drink drivers don't give a shit about other people, but they do care about themselves.
― snoball, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
alt punchline: "I'll have one of what you had"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
barman: "ok then, roll up your sleeve and hold out your arm..."
― snoball, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
"... and it said Happy Hour between 5 and 7"
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
"I BET YOU DIDN'T THINK EVEREST WOULD DO THAT TODAY, DID YOU!!!"
FUCK OFF!!!
― snoball, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 14:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Compare The Market with their SPECIAL FIVE-STAR RATING SYSTEM OMG IT'S SO SPECIAL
― Timezilla vs Mechadistance (blueski), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
the barman advert isn't bad at all. it won an ad award for best casting somewhere because he has to do a range of 'characters' so quickly ha.
― Timezilla vs Mechadistance (blueski), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I know, I just wanted to say "worst barman ever" so..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know about that, I reckon I've been served by worse
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 January 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
http://blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ianwylie/almurray300-thumb.jpg
― snoball, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
that iggy pop car insurance advert is starting to boil my piss
― vain_bowers, Sunday, 11 January 2009 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know whether this Microsoft Songsmith ad is on TV anywhere, but it is one of the most nightmarish things you will ever see. It's as if Stuff White People Like became a musical.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E
And if you want to drive the pylon all the way through your skull:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=jewxFiDQ22w&feature=related
― moley, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 09:46 (fifteen years ago) link
mu-uum, i want. to. do. ae. poo.but. i want. to. do. ae. poo. in pauuls bathroom.
― jed_, Friday, 20 February 2009 23:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Is that an advert?
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 20 February 2009 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
unfortunately, yes. a uk advert for a bathroom air freshener but it's been dubbed from a continental ad.
― jed_, Saturday, 21 February 2009 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
― jed_, Saturday, 21 February 2009 00:13 (fifteen years ago) link