The All New Name and Shame Stupid Adverts Thread
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isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
The one with the bloke being filmed by his wife as he sorts out his finances.
The follow up where his neighbour nearly triops on his son's skateboard, then sorts out his finances on the way to the match with the bloke above.
The follow up where his neighbour nearly triops on his son's skateboard, then sorts out his finances on the way to the match with the bloke above.
spacemonkey
I Love Noodles
You think the UK is bad, the TV adverts in Australia are FUCKING AWFUL! I’m going to have to say it again just for effect….they are FUCKING AWFUL!
Plus they have a U.S(?) system, so 20min long programs like the Simpson’s have 3 sets of adverts, then no break between the credits and the next program. Who the hell thought of this was a good idea?!
Also….you can’t escape to the bbc, they’re all commercial channels, and as a consequence have to drive advertising and revenue to the max, in order to compete. To top it all off Fox Satellite is the only pay-tv choice. It’s Murdoch or the highway.
The blessing is that there’s much better things to do in Auz than watch TV!
Plus they have a U.S(?) system, so 20min long programs like the Simpson’s have 3 sets of adverts, then no break between the credits and the next program. Who the hell thought of this was a good idea?!
Also….you can’t escape to the bbc, they’re all commercial channels, and as a consequence have to drive advertising and revenue to the max, in order to compete. To top it all off Fox Satellite is the only pay-tv choice. It’s Murdoch or the highway.
The blessing is that there’s much better things to do in Auz than watch TV!
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
spacemonkey said:
I can remember when they used to show Aussie rules on (I think) C4. An ad in the stadium amused me. It was to discourage punters from drink driving:-
DRINK AND DRIVE? BLOODY IDIOT!
Subtle!
Me: "Excuse me, I want to close my current account"
Halifax: "Why? You've been with us for years and got several DDs set up??"
Me: "Your adverts annoy the living shit out of me"
Halifax: "That's not a valid reason"
Me: "Your ads patronise me, and I do not want to be associated with your brand anymore"
Halifax: "We're sorry to hear that, sir"
Me: "If you want me back, fire that cunt off the TV"
Halifax: "Why? You've been with us for years and got several DDs set up??"
Me: "Your adverts annoy the living shit out of me"
Halifax: "That's not a valid reason"
Me: "Your ads patronise me, and I do not want to be associated with your brand anymore"
Halifax: "We're sorry to hear that, sir"
Me: "If you want me back, fire that cunt off the TV"
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Clean And Clear blackhead treatment. Everything about these ads is the ubersuck: the fresh-faced girls who have clearly never had an open pore in their lives, swanning up to the mirror and pointing at a non-existent blemish while badly-dubbed voices say things like 'Oh no! I've got a spot, and just before the party tonight as well!'; the voiceover claiming that C&C "could" reduce redness and swelling by up to made-up%, which instantly makes me think of Richard E Grant in How To Get Ahead In Advertising shouting "Could, might, may...CAN is the word we want to hear!"; the poxy fake science; AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH it's just unbearably shit. And coming from the overstretched market in shit cosmetic adverts, that's strong sentiment indeed.
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
Yeah what the hell is that about? They've decided to give up on the "it makes you die" campaign and replaced it with uber cheesy woman on motorcycle advert.Belushi said:
She looks sexy when she smokes anyway so ya boo sucks!
cyberfairy
http://unicycle-emptiness.co.uk/
As a smug person, I have enjoyed keeping my 32 inch telly turned off recently and listening to the radio or Cd's, reading and playing scrabble
I have not heard a single advert to which you refer and my blood pressure is considerably lower 
I have not heard a single advert to which you refer and my blood pressure is considerably lower 
The worst ad ever is that fucking Palmolive Soft & Fucking Gentle Aromatherapy Deodorant "Anti-Stress" advert with that goddamn stupid constantly grinning bint who grins and twirls in the face of her day's numerous stresses. One example : she meets up with her fucktard boyfriend who is holding 2 ice cream and plunges them into her breasts as he leans forward to hug her 
and everytime summat like that happens she grins, looks upwards in delight, spreads her arms and does a little fairy twirl with fucking flowers flying out of her armpits, yes that's right, the Ectsasy like effect of the deodorant whooshes out in flower form when you most need it...
and everytime summat like that happens she grins, looks upwards in delight, spreads her arms and does a little fairy twirl with fucking flowers flying out of her armpits, yes that's right, the Ectsasy like effect of the deodorant whooshes out in flower form when you most need it...
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
A crying shame that it got binned before anyone could laugh at:
"The asthma is a democratic disease"
diseases vote now?
"The asthma is a democratic disease"
diseases vote now?
FabricLiveBaby!
Live Baby Fabric!
SubZeroCat said:
ARRRRRGH
That reminded me of :
The fucking RADOX advert.
You know the one where she's in the bath and it turns into a musical caberet of all the shit things that have happened to her... and oh no "her mother-in-law is coming round to stay and it's been a less than brilliant day".
Lets' make a song and fucking dance about it!!!!!
ARRRGHHHHGGHGHGHHAHAGHAGH *dies*
butterfly child
Well-Known Member
Idaho said:IAnd the very worst is the one with Melanie Sykes (I think that's her name)
"The things I do for my skin" picks up cup of water, drinks a sip, looks at glass of water.
I fucking christ almighty - you poor thing. Can you imagine - having to drink water? It beggars belief
Yes, that one gets me every time.
dirtysanta
Original Casual
Cant remember the product name but its for a pregnancy testing kit and the key sales line is.....
....."the most advanced technology you will ever pee on " said by an american voice over actor who sounds like the guy who does the voice overs for all the thriller/horror movie trailers.
WTF
Who the fuck writes this shite. My other half thought it was a spoof ad on some comedy sketch show. !
....."the most advanced technology you will ever pee on " said by an american voice over actor who sounds like the guy who does the voice overs for all the thriller/horror movie trailers.
WTF
Who the fuck writes this shite. My other half thought it was a spoof ad on some comedy sketch show. !
I hated the one for the very expensive polluting car, where the driver saved the girl in the red coat from Schindlers' List. Buying this car for your ego equated with saving a Holocaust victim.
Most adverts are crap, occassionally you get one that isn't. I liked the annimated ones for that alcoholic drink - with the woods and the spooky folk (er...well I know the one I mean). The Guinness one with the chap dancing to that old tune was genius. But the fact that they were ads still bothered me.
It bothers me that a two minute advert can cost more than some feature films. That some companies' advertising budgets exceed the GDP of a small country.
Most adverts are crap, occassionally you get one that isn't. I liked the annimated ones for that alcoholic drink - with the woods and the spooky folk (er...well I know the one I mean). The Guinness one with the chap dancing to that old tune was genius. But the fact that they were ads still bothered me.
It bothers me that a two minute advert can cost more than some feature films. That some companies' advertising budgets exceed the GDP of a small country.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
The new Jamie Oliver/Sainsbury one that starts out with all the flo-mo stills - not just because he's a fat-tongued cunt, but because there's a really bad editing error - there's a frame of a woman on a bike riding out of the screen about to hit a small child chasing a ball...they don't cut back to it when all the frozen peeps come back to life...
And those fucking scented tampon ads...Jesus, why do women who reply to focus group/marketing info EVER say they like this style of ad?
And those fucking scented tampon ads...Jesus, why do women who reply to focus group/marketing info EVER say they like this style of ad?
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
spoone said:
Urgh, they're all so bloody coy. "I'm a...bit of a clean freak...[Lady Di-style fluttery upgaze through lashes]...so, um...ideal toilet paper...would be good." Why not just say you can't wipe your arse properly?
In order for that ad to truly convince me, it would have to show those women having a proper go at Clarty Gulch, rooting around and making effortful grunting noises before examining the contents of their bumwad and pronouncing themselves satisfied.
Diamonds car insurance for girls.
The woman singing "Diamond's Are a Girl's Best Friend" in it looks like she's having about as much fun as a 15 yr old girl doing DVDA in a pron flick, it's disturbing.
*shudder*
The woman singing "Diamond's Are a Girl's Best Friend" in it looks like she's having about as much fun as a 15 yr old girl doing DVDA in a pron flick, it's disturbing.
*shudder*
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
SubZeroCat said:
Exactly! Just when you thought the appalling Diamond campaign couldn't get any worse.......
Another couple of things that annoy me about ads:-
1) When a company attampts to give itself a disingenuous "human face" by a tagline declaring itself "the (something) people" e.g. "Glaxo Smithkline Wellcome, the health people"
2) Many companies present themselves as "a family company, e.g. "British Nuclear Fuels, a family company - for all your toxic waste solutions".
mauvais
on reddit or something
I've got a recurrent one.
Scottish Widows.
What on earth is that all about? Does it not strike people as "ah yes, here's a young and mysterious, err, widow, on the edge of a cliff, who despite her dead husband, seems to be rather pleased with herself... I WONDER WHY THAT MIGHT BE... Never mind! I'll invest my life savings with her, the poor little thing! What can POSSIBLY go wrong?"
Scottish Widows.
What on earth is that all about? Does it not strike people as "ah yes, here's a young and mysterious, err, widow, on the edge of a cliff, who despite her dead husband, seems to be rather pleased with herself... I WONDER WHY THAT MIGHT BE... Never mind! I'll invest my life savings with her, the poor little thing! What can POSSIBLY go wrong?"
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