Stupid Adverts

[veritas]

I bloody hate television adverts. There are a few decent ones knocking about but the rest are either annoying, laughably stupid or downright traumatising. This thread is inspired by the Tena Ladies advert I was forced to watch before one of the videos on the ‘Jedward: Let Loose’ site. Imagine if bladder incontinence was the first thing you noticed about people. What an utterly unpleasant thought!

Anyway, the topic of discussion is this: which adverts do you absolutely love or hate (besides the Jedward ones, natch)?

To start you off, I will tell you about a series of adverts that have emotionally scarred me for life. Two words guys: Dolmio Puppets.

[bubsycm]

I pretty much hate all adverts. The one with Fiona Phillips is really annoying... are you really often asked about anti aging care? REALLY?

[veritas]

LOL!! I know! ;D

I have to say, I love this advert. It was on a few years ago but I still remember it because I was so shocked by it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwVc06iUlxU

And I absolutely HATE the effing ‘Poo at Paul’s’ one. That revolting child needs to be dealt with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2T6YdEcp6w

[Paragon]

American commercials are annoying and cheesy. *kills self*

[ilikeicecream]

"Meet Mary.. she always wanted to be a horse.."

Like honestly, WHAT?!

[veritas]

"Meet Mary.. she always wanted to be a horse.."

ROFL!! ;D
I’ve seen it! I kept waiting for something overtly funny to happen and when it didn’t, I was so confused… and a bit scared.

American commercials are annoying and cheesy. *kills self*

I’m only familiar with a handful of American adverts; things that appear in pop culture like Kool Aid (we don’t get that over here, but it’s referenced a lot in TV programmes). British adverts are crap though. I literally have to mute the television or walk out of the room every time there’s an ad break because I fear that if I watch them, I might lose IQ points.

[polkadotfluff]

lol, that one where it's like "Yorkie, it's not for girsl!"

So, Yorkie, your basically saying it's not for half the population...right

[veritas]

That is stupid. I doubt that anyone takes the ‘no girls’ thing seriously when making their confectionary purchases but still, who on earth thought “Yaaaay! Light-hearted discrimination against the female gender will sell chocolate bars”? Weird.

Personally, I am growing quite weary of ‘Go compaaaaaaare’ these days.

[jadehill2001]

GO COMPARE... Nuff said.

And "We buy any car" OMG.... I hate ads with cheesy songs in 'em.

[penguin]

*sings*

"We buy any car.com,we buy any car.com, any make any model from fifty quid to a hundred grand we buy any car.com"
...sorry...

i want to kill the go compare guy but i think all adverts from now till forever should be done by aleksander the meerkat ;D

[veritas]

Sept 30, 2010 19:10:33 GMT penguin said:

We buy any car.com,we buy any car.com, any make any model from fifty quid to a hundred grand we buy any car.com

NO. Bad girl. Stop that.

Sept 30, 2010 19:10:33 GMT penguin said:

i want to kill the go compare guy but i think all adverts from now till forever should be done by aleksander the meerkat ;D

I didn’t actually mind ‘Go Compare’ to begin with but now I’m completely sick of it. What’s with the Hawaiian and Egyptian versions? Yeeeesh, overkill!
I have nothing against Aleksander the meerkat and one day, when I was extremely bored, I actually went to comparethemeerkat.com and compared meerkats (yes, I am that sad). However, I do find it quite annoying that I can no longer hold a civilised conversation with another human being without hearing the word “simples” used at regular intervals.

[penguin]

Oct 6, 2010 0:41:10 GMT veritas said:

Sept 30, 2010 19:10:33 GMT penguin said:

We buy any car.com,we buy any car.com, any make any model from fifty quid to a hundred grand we buy any car.com

NO. Bad girl. Stop that.

sorry

i also dislike funiture adverts. there is no need to have four adverts for four different furniture shops in one ad break. they sometimes even repeat the same one twice...im looking at you DFS!! *points*

[veritas]

Yeah, I hate it when they repeat the same advert in the same ad break too. A few days ago, I was watching Nickelodeon (Spongebob, ftw!) and they kept repeating the same Baby Born advert over and over again and they would literally play the advert and then go straight back to the beginning and repeat it! This particularly offended me because I hate Baby Born and always have, because its eyes scare me, and the fact that it dresses like Paris Hilton and can ride a moped confuses me.

[TheGirlWithTheBrownHair]

DFS are always having a sale.How?

[DD]

I love all 'banned' commercials. Mostly condom commercials.


And absolutely HATE washing powder's, especially Vanish's commercials.