Worst TV adverts of the moment

I know that but it annoys me seeing the same faces in different adverts.

it annoys me when TV presenters are on more than one channel e.g. Lauren Laverne on BBC's The Culture Show trying to get a rise out of Dizzee Rascal, and then next week Lauren Laverne on C4's Transmission trying to get a rise out of Dizzee Rascal.

the lobster ad doesn't seem THAT bad. not as bad as the beer ad a few years back with the woman getting her husband to clean the house with his tongue, or countless other tacky beer ads.

can't think of any good recent beer ads. bring back the talking John Smiths horses etc.

Worst beer ad slogan "mannen weten waarom" (men know why) for Jupiler. GRRRRRR.

During my recent brief visit to the states I saw an advert for a bank or aftershave or something I dunno, which used, without any apparent irony, the song with the following lyrics:

Stop wasting my time
You know what I want
You know what I need
Or maybe you don't
Do I have to come right
Flat out and tell
you everything?
Gimme some money
Gimme some money

If you recognise the song hopefully you will share my WHAT THE SHIT sentiments.

Oh ok it was by The Thamesman aka Spinal Tap (originally, they used a cover in the ad).

"Lick the lid of life"!!

One of the ads is exrEMELY Creepy!!

WATER SPORTS, GOAT CHEESE PIZZA, HEROIN AND CHEVROLET

?!

Also the plethora of ads dredging up obscure novelty songs from the earlier decades of the last century, like that blubba blubba whatever tongue wobbling one for car insurance, or the yankee choir singing about april showers for some mobile telco - CUT IT OUT. Christ it's not even as if I would particularly hate the songs normally but being forced to listen to the same 30 second snippets over and over again...

I have recently seen Kevin Trudeau's informercial _Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About_ . I thought that shit, that is more than stupid lies - it was criminally irresponsible, was b& from tv everywhere.......
if i see it again I'll remember the channel and join the multitude of official complaints.

i seriously have no idea for the appeal of the cadbury ad. it's NOTHING

i'm really sorry for bringing it up here, but my work colleague has pushed me into it by blabbering on about how she's a member of some stupid facebook or myspace group dedicated to the 'brilliant and hilarious' ape.

omg shoot world now

agree. what's the big deal?

Yes. Plus I've only just realised it's an ad for chocolate.

It's a gorilla playing some drums. It does make me wonder what it is you look for from your ads? Information on the excellent product being hawked? Do you like Cillit Bang?

I agree though that I don't see why Cadburys, of all people, went for this ad. There are many "quirkier" brands, or brands who might seek to be leftfield in some way, who could have done something similar. But Cadburys? What benefit do they get from this kind of "edgy" "credibility"?

It does make me wonder what it is you look for from your ads?

Advertising agency awards I imagine. Don't know what the companies actually paying for the ads think they're getting.

i don't want anything from ads really -- but why the fuss over this entirely average ad?

Also I am sooooooooooooooooo fed up hearing adverts with drippy nu-folk troubadours on the soundtrack... fuck off you useless hippy cunts, the 60s was 40 years ago!

Yeah, Banhart can go fuck himself.

As for the drumming ape- I imagine people who enjoy it sit at home clapping their hands in idiotic delight, while shouting "Gorilla! Gorilla!"

But Cadburys? What benefit do they get from this kind of "edgy" "credibility"?

People willing to overlook their betrayal of their Quaker origins, by outsourcing jobs abroad so they can sell off land at huge profit for housing?

I like the Cadburys ad. Well, I've only seen it once, but I laughed.

Is it even supposed to be funny?

I guess in a way that ad execs believe to be ironic and edgy, i.e. not at all. The attempted rehabilitation of baked bean head Collins is another of its crimes.

It is pretty funny. Why would it be ironic/edgy? Or how does it betray an attempt to be such things? That's just pure projection.

It is a gorilla beating a drumkit. It has nothing to do with the product. What's edgy or ironic about it? It's just abstract and slapstick and stupid.

Edgy? Has this word changed its meaning without anyone telling me or something?

I'm not saying I think it's edgy! I suppose I'm projecting, but I can imagine an ad exec pitching it to Cadburys as edgy, insofar as it doesn't reference the product at all, apart from the colour scheme and typography.

The kids haven't seen the full version, all they see is the one where you see the gorilla briefly, with drumsticks, and the Dairy Milk logo.

YEAH OK YOU MADE AN ADVERT, DAIRLY MILK PEOPLE. WHAT, TOO CHEAP TO LET US SEE IT ANYMORE?

The long version, on seeing it the first time, had a certain "what is this? cache, before it unfolds. but then .... it's a joke you know the punchline to.

Dairy Milk
Dairly Milk
Daily Mailk
Daily Mail.

Carry on!

it's not edgy so much as... LOL it's okay we've caught up with the americans and it's acceptible to use phil collins or some revisionist bullshit.

They prob'ly think it's "viral" or sumthin'

LOL it's okay we've caught up with the americans and it's acceptible to use phil collins or some revisionist bullshit.

i am afraid to know what this means

I like that commercial with that fruity French bee trying to have bee sex with a flower. I hate that stupid bee.

people aren't necessarily sposed to actually like adverts are they? just as long as they remember them and don't dislike them to the point where they are put off by the product.

it's provoked conversation and consternation so presumably both cadburys and teh ad-makers are sitting rather smugly at the moment.

I think it's only in cinemas but I detest that "history of Ben & Jerry in 30 seconds" advert, especially with its asinine "save planet" bit at the end.

word

"Save the planet, buy ice cream"?

actually ben & jerry's is hailed as an industry leader in "green" packaging, down to the ink on its cartons (i can explain more but it's all out there somewhere).

it's provoked conversation and consternation so presumably both cadburys and teh ad-makers are sitting rather smugly at the moment.

Yeah, by hating on it we're playing right into their hands!

The B&J one's one of those traditional self serving puff piece movies that make the client feel good about thimselves. To the point of org, tbh!

(xp) I don't know what they're so smug about, I'm not eating any more of their chocolate than I did before. But then, altho I've seen the ad lots of time, I didn't even know it was for Cadburys!

"Save the planet, buy ice cream"?
Nah, they say it in the context of a snippet about their Climate Change College, which seems to involve sending competition winners on a (one hopes carbon-neutral) trip to the Artic Circle. But even if this programme is of use, and their packaging is green, the flip yadda yadda way in which they say "save planet" before moving on really winds me up.

Kettle Chips trying to make people forget about the whole union-busting episode with possibly the cheapest-looking advert on tv at the moment.

Any firms who actually ARE taking meaningful green initiatives have every right to be smug about it imo.

http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/about_us/environment/

why?

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huh?

Any advert that mentions or emphasises Green issues is instantly turned off in my household - you're trying to sell me stuff and that's it. Period.

You actually turn your telly off? Do you just sit there counting out 30 seconds & then turn it back on again?

You're supposed to go and make a cup of tea aren't you? Traditionally...

UK adland is in the grip of a sustained push of all manner of revolting air freshener devices currently. Definite lowlights are the poorly dubbed euro-ad which opens with "it's bad enough when your house smells of fish" - come again? Also, the hideous CGI squirrel household with their woefully animated visitors and ceaseless trumpeting of the "soothing light" built into the device makes me want to eviscerate the marketing gonk that decided this was the added-value their customers demand.

As for the drumming gorilla, well on first viewing I thought it passable but since then (as mentioned upthread) every other wall post I get on facebook seems intent on including it because it's *so* hilarious...

(on the opposite side of the coin, I thought the recent ads for Halo 3 with the huge model diorama and Chopin soundtrack were, frankly, wonderful - best of the year by some margin)

air freshener is weird, period.

the worst thing about the dairy milk ad is the showing ratio of full thing to reminder. I don't really dislike the ad itself but the frequent reminder does help make me

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OTM - Is it really enough of a moneyspinner for EVERY household products company in the country to advertise it during EVERY damned break!?