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Worst advert on TV at the moment (Part 8)

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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    I've noticed a few ads are now using a technique of using different versions of the same tune in their ads.

    Direct Line and O2 are the main culprits.
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    GoCompareThisGoCompareThis Posts: 10,260
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    Natwest with the awful cover of Frank Sinatra's "That's Life".

    ENOUGH WITH THE CRAPPY COVERS!! :mad:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 484
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    This Red Cross advert.........just a load of mumbleing to me :confused:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juLcLxVoOac
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 189
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    Still Go Compare. The fact they're kinda going 'see? SEE? We hate him too! Hahaha lets hurt him! We're so funny' ...

    You would be better 'Saving The Nation' by coming up with a new concept ad folk. Sack the guy who first suggested it. Seriously.
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    Big Boy BarryBig Boy Barry Posts: 35,389
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    Halifax

    Still singing


    Badly.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 29,701
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    Halifax

    Still singing


    Badly.

    Yeah, WTH?! :mad:
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    grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,695
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    Natwest with the awful cover of Frank Sinatra's "That's Life".

    ENOUGH WITH THE CRAPPY COVERS!! :mad:

    That sounds like Shirley Bassey to me :confused: OK its not Frank but if it IS her, calling it crappy is wide of the mark :)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 533
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    LynseyK wrote: »
    Still Go Compare. The fact they're kinda going 'see? SEE? We hate him too! Hahaha lets hurt him! We're so funny' ...

    You would be better 'Saving The Nation' by coming up with a new concept ad folk. Sack the guy who first suggested it. Seriously.

    High on my list too. It just seems creepy building the guy up, then making a thing about beating him up. And how long before some idiot trys it for real.
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    Just seen the Smirnoff ad, easily the most pretenious thing I have seen in ages. Young things smothering themselves in paint. Brightly coloured sheets. Then the tag "Make The Night" as if one brand of booze makes a difference.
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    Sandytop wrote: »
    High on my list too. It just seems creepy building the guy up, then making a thing about beating him up. And how long before some idiot trys it for real.

    The new one only shows him getting captured in a net rather than being hurt which is better imo :p
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    SuperAPJSuperAPJ Posts: 10,402
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    The Foster's advert, with the two Australian guys, really annoys me. Despite how the series of adverts wants to portray it, I don't think that Australia is the coolest place on Earth and therefore its inhabitants the coolest people.
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    The betting advert with the screaming idiot.

    The advert where that women thinks bleeding gums are normal.
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    SuperAPJSuperAPJ Posts: 10,402
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    The new advert with a man and woman singing/humming along to the James Bond theme is sure to rattle the cages of a few members here!
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    Dannielle_HowelDannielle_Howel Posts: 1,551
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    The McDonalds advert that shows a group of girls sitting on a table and on girl goes "So I text im' and he text me back saying see you later, I mean see you later what does that even mean?"

    It means he'll see you later, you dumb sh*t.


    Really really cannot stand that advert.
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    twimp2 wrote: »
    Am I the only one hearing someone offscreen shouting 'ACTION' on the Injury Lawyers 4 U advert???

    Nope, I have heard it too...had to rewind it a couple of times to make sure I heard it right
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    TracerTongTracerTong Posts: 3,787
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    The bloody BT Olympishhh ad is STILL ON!!!?
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    DeltaBluesDeltaBlues Posts: 4,256
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    I assumed that the "see you latah" bit of the McHydrogenatedFattyCrap advert was an attempt at a sly nod to the propensity of young women in their first relationships to over-analyse every single word their boyfriends say/text/grunt.

    The "favourite caramel shop" advert is back. Joy. Note to Werthers: there ARE no "favourite caramel shops". As a concept, the "caramel shop" does not exist, and pretending that it does purely so you can shoehorn in an ad campaign for your caramel-based sweet that doesn't involve grandads in cardigans doesn't make it so.

    The Ikea advert. Wtf? And is that actually Maxine Peake prancing round in the lycra catsuit, or a looky-likey? The resemblance is uncanny if it isn't her.

    The recent Go Compare adverts have achieved the impossible. They have made me mildly nostalgic for the original "he's only a tenor/tenner" advert, when it was just a mildly annoying ad with a slightly duff pun and not the lumbering behemoth of pop-culture "concept" it has mutated into today.
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    GoCompareThisGoCompareThis Posts: 10,260
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    Just heard an advert for Text Loans For Me on Kerrang Radio and I couldn't believe the charges. 4,474% APR!!! :eek:

    PARK - Christmas 2013?! It's only September and we're nowhere near Christmas 2012! PISS OFF! :mad:
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    valkayvalkay Posts: 15,726
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    DeltaBlues wrote: »
    The "favourite caramel shop" advert is back. Joy. Note to Werthers: there ARE no "favourite caramel shops". As a concept, the "caramel shop" does not exist, and pretending that it does purely so you can shoehorn in an ad campaign for your caramel-based sweet that doesn't involve grandads in cardigans doesn't make it so.

    Perhaps they do in Germany or America where this ad was probably made and intended for.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    DeltaBlues wrote: »
    The Ikea advert. Wtf? And is that actually Maxine Peake prancing round in the lycra catsuit, or a looky-likey? The resemblance is uncanny if it isn't her.
    It's an awful ad but the girl is quite cute, which is something you can't say about Maxine Peake.
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    James_MonnellyJames_Monnelly Posts: 883
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    Probably mentioned already but the Toothpaste one, where you have the brunette who has a healthy lifestyle but has erosion from orange juice etc and her dentist recommends some brand. Fridge full of smoothies and fruit, she would be alot of fun as a GF lol!

    I was watching with my fiance the other night and said to her "God, what that girl needs is a **** up her ****!
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    grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,695
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    Erm... Unless you go to the posh school across the river, that's actually how you're supposed to pronounce it, apparently.

    I thought that too :confused: I pronounce it Shroosbury.
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    That Coco Chanel advert with Keira Knightley. I really can't stand it, and I'm sick of the song too.
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
    It's an awful ad but the girl is quite cute, which is something you can't say about Maxine Peake.

    The song/noise (I'm tempted to call it the latter) don't help the advert at all. In fact, I wouldn't care if it was mute, as long as I didn't have to listen to "sha la la la la" ever again.
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    I, CandyI, Candy Posts: 3,710
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    valkay wrote: »
    DeltaBlues wrote: »
    The "favourite caramel shop" advert is back. Joy. Note to Werthers: there ARE no "favourite caramel shops". As a concept, the "caramel shop" does not exist, and pretending that it does purely so you can shoehorn in an ad campaign for your caramel-based sweet that doesn't involve grandads in cardigans doesn't make it so.

    Perhaps they do in Germany or America where this ad was probably made and intended for.

    Then they should either have adapted it for the UK market by not referring to a type of shop that doesn't exist here, or featured someone with a German or American accent to clarify that they were recalling an establishment that does exist in one of those countries.
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