Bad TV Adverts
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the Cillit bang one is a BAD advert but makes me laugh.
I hate that frosties advert benzoboy metioned on the 1st post sooooo much!!
I hate that frosties advert benzoboy metioned on the 1st post sooooo much!!
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Atleast there are some GIRLS in it,instead of something lame as BAMBOOCHA! BAMBOOCHA! DRINK FANTA! BAMBOOCHA!
Next time I see that commercial,I think I'll kill someone.Seriously.
GilesGuthrie
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As an increasingly grumpy old man, most ads annoy me.
The Sheila's Wheels one particularly because the car is being driven, backwards, by a kangaroo, while the girls sit unrestrained on the boot lid singing. Is the kangaroo a sheila?
All the ambulance chasers, insurance peddlars and loan sharks annoy me too. "Borrow £25,000? Really? Me? But I've got bad credit! Oh well, let's go for it. I'll not read the small print that says I have to give you £45,000 for the loan because I'm stupid".
Oh, and Touring Mars, those M&S food ads are not about the voiceover. Threy're about the cinematography, which is frankly jaw-dropping. ultrabeat, M&S Food dragged M&S back into profitability this year...
I look for hidden messages in ads. For example, the Vauxhall Astra Twin Top, which features the car "surfing". Are they trying to tell us that chopping the roof has made it handle like a boat? And the Fiat Grande Punto ad, where the car "smashes" through "plate glass", each plate with something written on it. All except the one about Reliability, where the glass falls apart of its own accord before the car gets near it: are they trying to tell us that it's an unreliable Italian rotbox?
Meh, ads are aimed at idiots anyway.
The Sheila's Wheels one particularly because the car is being driven, backwards, by a kangaroo, while the girls sit unrestrained on the boot lid singing. Is the kangaroo a sheila?
All the ambulance chasers, insurance peddlars and loan sharks annoy me too. "Borrow £25,000? Really? Me? But I've got bad credit! Oh well, let's go for it. I'll not read the small print that says I have to give you £45,000 for the loan because I'm stupid".
Oh, and Touring Mars, those M&S food ads are not about the voiceover. Threy're about the cinematography, which is frankly jaw-dropping. ultrabeat, M&S Food dragged M&S back into profitability this year...
I look for hidden messages in ads. For example, the Vauxhall Astra Twin Top, which features the car "surfing". Are they trying to tell us that chopping the roof has made it handle like a boat? And the Fiat Grande Punto ad, where the car "smashes" through "plate glass", each plate with something written on it. All except the one about Reliability, where the glass falls apart of its own accord before the car gets near it: are they trying to tell us that it's an unreliable Italian rotbox?
Meh, ads are aimed at idiots anyway.
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Two new US ads that piss me off:
The Dairy Queen Bliazard ad (the two guys on the plane). I'd like to kill both of the the guys in that ad.
The new Sprite SubLymonal Advertising. Who was smoking what when the made this ad campaign? They are stupid, almost creepy ads that are way too long. Sprite drinkers don't do 12 hits of acid regularly, so the marketers shouldn't either.
The Dairy Queen Bliazard ad (the two guys on the plane). I'd like to kill both of the the guys in that ad.
The new Sprite SubLymonal Advertising. Who was smoking what when the made this ad campaign? They are stupid, almost creepy ads that are way too long. Sprite drinkers don't do 12 hits of acid regularly, so the marketers shouldn't either.
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GilesGuthrie
Yes, I must agree with you there... the advert would be one of the best on the telly if it wasn't for that silly woman and her 'this is no ordinary chocolate cake...' - plus, either way, it is a good advert because it makes you remember M&S food (and that M&S food is rather good...)Another advert that grinds my gears at the moment is that daft Budweiser advert where the crowd in the stadium pour an enormous beer, drink it in 3 big gulps, and then they all simulatenously go 'AHHH!' with big grins on their faces... although not a 'terrible' ad, it annoys me because if someone actually downed a pint that fast, they certainly wouldn't be smiling... they would probably just belch loudly and go 'euuuurgh'
Also, those Bud 'ads' during the commercial breaks of the World Cup on ITV... moderately funny once perhaps, but played ad nauseum, I just want to smash something 
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Agreed. It's bad enough on the television, but I had the misfortune of seeing it for the first time in the theater. Way too long, creepy and huge.3-Wheel Drive
Having a TiVo, I don't usually watch commercials, as that is kind of the point.
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GilesGuthrie
There are two versions of that advert.
1) - The Kangaroo drives backwards, three unrestrained ladies sing.
For a Car Insurnce Advert I think the singers should be strapped in properly.
(First Version)
2) - A man does a vocal solo, and then the back curtains open to reveal half the pink car featured in advert 1.
The ladies jump out and sing the song featured in version 1.
Half way through, the man featured at the start beggins singing in a really high pitched voice. At the end he rips his clothes of to reveal a pink dress, identical of those worn my the singing ladies trio.
A man in the crowd looks at the singing man in amazment.
(Second Version)
Both versions are crap and stupid and I don't know why I did'nt mention them before.
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I've got the right. I've got the right. I've got the right.
Have you got the right to buy your council house?
We only just got those. Had them about 2 months probably.
As for cillit bang, they should air this:
Have you got the right to buy your council house?
MdnIteBrand Power! Helping you buy better!
Didn't know they had that in England.
We only just got those. Had them about 2 months probably.
As for cillit bang, they should air this:
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That edited Cillit Bang one was'nt as stupid and pointless as the oringinal one that they aired . . .
And a few people said Brand Power, whats the point of them when they already have their own adverts?
A few days ago I saw a Brand Power advert advertising FRUBES YOGHURTS, which already have an advert
And a few people said Brand Power, whats the point of them when they already have their own adverts?
A few days ago I saw a Brand Power advert advertising FRUBES YOGHURTS, which already have an advert
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Talking of 'Scottish' adverts, I am still mentally scarred by the music on the Farmfoods adverts... also, they had a terrible ad with Ally McCoist (ex-footballer, now football pundit to those of you who don't know) where he says at the end "It's the best saving I ever made...." - only one problem with that... YOU WEREN'T A GOALKEEPER YOU PILLOCK!amp88
