Just saw a Boots advert with a twee cover of Rozalla's "Everybody's Free". F*** off advertisers! 
Worst advert on TV at the moment (Part 12)
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Originally Posted by Istvan:
“Oy I'm in my late 70's and I'm not middle class I came from the back streets of Pezst, that's the poor South side of Budapezst, the North side is the posh side, a bit like North and South London, you know in Norh London they have Blue Plaques "Someone famous once lived here", in South London the are Yellow A'board "Did you see this murder".
Haven't done too badly, own a house worth well over a half a million, by following my game plan, never turn down an acting part, always pay my taxes and marry the daughter of a millionaire”
“Oy I'm in my late 70's and I'm not middle class I came from the back streets of Pezst, that's the poor South side of Budapezst, the North side is the posh side, a bit like North and South London, you know in Norh London they have Blue Plaques "Someone famous once lived here", in South London the are Yellow A'board "Did you see this murder".
Haven't done too badly, own a house worth well over a half a million, by following my game plan, never turn down an acting part, always pay my taxes and marry the daughter of a millionaire”
Erm, the middle class and late 70's comment were about entirely different things
The Everest Windows advert where the smug annoying Craig Doyle says they're "rolling back prices to 1991 levels"
*Opens window - "The Key, The Secret" (Urban Cookie Collective) is heard*
That song was originally released in 1993.
*Opens window - "The Key, The Secret" (Urban Cookie Collective) is heard*
That song was originally released in 1993.
Originally Posted by grimtales1:
“The Everest Windows advert where the smug annoying Craig Doyle says they're "rolling back prices to 1991 levels"
*Opens window - "The Key, The Secret" (Urban Cookie Collective) is heard*
That song was originally released in 1993.”
“The Everest Windows advert where the smug annoying Craig Doyle says they're "rolling back prices to 1991 levels"
*Opens window - "The Key, The Secret" (Urban Cookie Collective) is heard*
That song was originally released in 1993.”
not only reduced price window, but able to tell the future as well then
The current Carphone Warehouse advert - it's crap, and surely sending Keith Lemmon to either Austria or Germany would send relations between us back to about the time of the Anschluss (this assumes that the ski resort he goes to isn't in Switzerland).
I was about to mention that advert for the exact same reason.
Originally Posted by grimtales1:
“The Everest Windows advert where the smug annoying Craig Doyle says they're "rolling back prices to 1991 levels"
*Opens window - "The Key, The Secret" (Urban Cookie Collective) is heard*
That song was originally released in 1993.”
“The Everest Windows advert where the smug annoying Craig Doyle says they're "rolling back prices to 1991 levels"
*Opens window - "The Key, The Secret" (Urban Cookie Collective) is heard*
That song was originally released in 1993.”
I was about to mention that advert for the exact same reason.
Originally Posted by LauraLS:
“Wow the new crunchie advert is awful.”
“Wow the new crunchie advert is awful.”
I feel like I am missing out - so many mention it, but i've not seen it.
Originally Posted by Sylvester2007:
“Is that the new one with his 4k TV? I would say middle class but most of them are middle class
”
“Is that the new one with his 4k TV? I would say middle class but most of them are middle class
”
Yeah it is that one, terrible advert
Originally Posted by Porcupine:
“That is indeed an odd advert as their mouths are MAHOOSIVE and enhanced with the bright red lipstick. Whenever the ad comes on I find myself trying to mimic their ridiculous smiles and its impossible. No one in the entire world smiles like that ... or they would get locked up.”
“That is indeed an odd advert as their mouths are MAHOOSIVE and enhanced with the bright red lipstick. Whenever the ad comes on I find myself trying to mimic their ridiculous smiles and its impossible. No one in the entire world smiles like that ... or they would get locked up.”
Looks like a new version of odd looking dentures!
These ads remind me of the Friends episode when Ross overdosed on the tooth (or teeth?
) whitener. His teeth glowed in daylight never mind the dark.It was a good, joke shame it became fashionable.
Originally Posted by Sadly All Seein:
“Yes.look at the horrible sexist adverts of the past and how women were used in them and we don't do that now but I dont think it will change soon.”
“Yes.look at the horrible sexist adverts of the past and how women were used in them and we don't do that now but I dont think it will change soon.”
From what I can remember women in ads were, indeed, almost always portrayed as housewives, but they weren't held up as figures of ridicule and scorn. They were good at being housewives, not forever mucking every single little thing up in a particularly stupid way.
Originally Posted by fruitloop27:
“The Money Supermarket ad with the dance-off makes me wretch. It's so crass & the best dancer (the body popping secret service man) isn't even in it!”
“The Money Supermarket ad with the dance-off makes me wretch. It's so crass & the best dancer (the body popping secret service man) isn't even in it!”
That is a truly grim advert. Two of the most hideous male specimens dancing in a provocative way. And I particularly loathe the face of the one with the fat arse in shorts.
I've just seen that 'kid talking down to dad' prostate cancer one and I am stuck as to why anyone thought that was the way to get information across. I have no idea what it was supposed to be and ending with 'go online' in that way is missing the critical 'to find out WTF this is on about' bit.
The important message is lost due to ineffective presentation.
The important message is lost due to ineffective presentation.
With the AO adverts, I have got a question.
The couple in the ad are sitting in their middle class kitchen (or TV Ad Execs version of a middle class kitchen) going on about how they got a new washing machine and a large 4K TV and with next day delivery.
Yet they also say that they spend all day in the park with their new born, and in the evening the two of them relax in front of their new 4K TV.
Question - How are they paying for all this stuff if they spend their days in the park with the winos and then sit all evening watching TV?
The couple in the ad are sitting in their middle class kitchen (or TV Ad Execs version of a middle class kitchen) going on about how they got a new washing machine and a large 4K TV and with next day delivery.
Yet they also say that they spend all day in the park with their new born, and in the evening the two of them relax in front of their new 4K TV.
Question - How are they paying for all this stuff if they spend their days in the park with the winos and then sit all evening watching TV?
Originally Posted by Futurama-Fan:
“Question - How are they paying for all this stuff if they spend their days in the park with the winos and then sit all evening watching TV?”
“Question - How are they paying for all this stuff if they spend their days in the park with the winos and then sit all evening watching TV?”
They're obviously Heads of Creative Creativity at an ad agency, and get all their most creative and original ideas watching all the other adverts on the telly.
Originally Posted by JayDee279:
“From what I can remember women in ads were, indeed, almost always portrayed as housewives, but they weren't held up as figures of ridicule and scorn. They were good at being housewives, not forever mucking every single little thing up in a particularly stupid way.”
“From what I can remember women in ads were, indeed, almost always portrayed as housewives, but they weren't held up as figures of ridicule and scorn. They were good at being housewives, not forever mucking every single little thing up in a particularly stupid way.”
Indeed. And not once did their husbands roll their eyes at them!
[quote=Sadly All Seein;82507075..If the only complaints about the way genders are portrayed in media are about getting more strong female characters and whether a woman's to sexy or meek what is there to make me think that more women in advertising will have any positive effect on how men are shown...[/QUOTE]I don't know if anyone else has noticed but men seem to be increasingly portrayed as being stupid or idiots in adverts, whilst women are always the smarter of a couple.
Originally Posted by jojo01:
“That is a truly grim advert. Two of the most hideous male specimens dancing in a provocative way. And I particularly loathe the face of the one with the fat arse in shorts.”
“That is a truly grim advert. Two of the most hideous male specimens dancing in a provocative way. And I particularly loathe the face of the one with the fat arse in shorts.”
I also loathe his face, but I have plans to alter that
Originally Posted by Doctor_Wibble:
“I've just seen that 'kid talking down to dad' prostate cancer one and I am stuck as to why anyone thought that was the way to get information across. I have no idea what it was supposed to be and ending with 'go online' in that way is missing the critical 'to find out WTF this is on about' bit.
The important message is lost due to ineffective presentation.”
“I've just seen that 'kid talking down to dad' prostate cancer one and I am stuck as to why anyone thought that was the way to get information across. I have no idea what it was supposed to be and ending with 'go online' in that way is missing the critical 'to find out WTF this is on about' bit.
The important message is lost due to ineffective presentation.”
totally agree, it does nothing to encourage men to seek medical help, in fact were I not already diagnosed I certainly wouldn't be seeking advice, I would just switch off every time that it came on.
Ad about female cancers are supportive, this one is not, it is cringe making
Whoever thought that the perfect musical accompaniment to a load of mumsy Daily Mail reading types bouncing around in their cheap 'fashions' was Teenage Kicks by The Undertones needs to be hung naked from a lamppost and horsewhipped.
Another one of the good songs I can no longer listen to thanks to adverts.
Another one of the good songs I can no longer listen to thanks to adverts.
Originally Posted by Futurama-Fan:
“With the AO adverts, I have got a question.
The couple in the ad are sitting in their middle class kitchen (or TV Ad Execs version of a middle class kitchen) going on about how they got a new washing machine and a large 4K TV and with next day delivery.
Yet they also say that they spend all day in the park with their new born, and in the evening the two of them relax in front of their new 4K TV.
Question - How are they paying for all this stuff if they spend their days in the park with the winos and then sit all evening watching TV?”
“With the AO adverts, I have got a question.
The couple in the ad are sitting in their middle class kitchen (or TV Ad Execs version of a middle class kitchen) going on about how they got a new washing machine and a large 4K TV and with next day delivery.
Yet they also say that they spend all day in the park with their new born, and in the evening the two of them relax in front of their new 4K TV.
Question - How are they paying for all this stuff if they spend their days in the park with the winos and then sit all evening watching TV?”
It comes from the strange minds of ad agency creatives, you're expecting it to make sense or have any semblance of reality?
Originally Posted by biscuitfactory:
“Whoever thought that the perfect musical accompaniment to a load of mumsy Daily Mail reading types bouncing around in their cheap 'fashions' was Teenage Kicks by The Undertones needs to be hung naked from a lamppost and horsewhipped.
Another one of the good songs I can no longer listen to thanks to adverts.”
“Whoever thought that the perfect musical accompaniment to a load of mumsy Daily Mail reading types bouncing around in their cheap 'fashions' was Teenage Kicks by The Undertones needs to be hung naked from a lamppost and horsewhipped.
Another one of the good songs I can no longer listen to thanks to adverts.”
Why does it cut out with a "comedy record 'stop' noise" after the "I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight" bit?
Originally Posted by Sylvester2007:
“I feel like I am missing out - so many mention it, but i've not seen it.”
“I feel like I am missing out - so many mention it, but i've not seen it.”
At least we have prepared you. Last night one ad break had this and the Dominos ad with the CGI'd gobs. Both are revolting. In fact the Crunchie woman is somewhat scary looking before the CGI kicks in due to the fact her make up appears to have been applied with crayons. (Clearly the advertisers think 'woman in position of authority = trowel the no-nonsense make up on'). But then she turns into what can only be described as an old lady version of Linda Blair in the Exorcist. The ending has some fishwife voiceover too, for good measure.
Originally Posted by grimtales1:
“Why does it cut out with a "comedy record 'stop' noise" after the "I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight" bit?”
“Why does it cut out with a "comedy record 'stop' noise" after the "I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight" bit?
”
Perhaps one of the morons responsible for this travesty became dimly aware of the irony in the following line "Get teenage kicks right through the night" when applied to those delusional women in the ad; no, you don't look like teenagers however much you would like to think so. And the uber-vacuous Lorraine Kelly glowering at the camera at the end looks more than anything else like she's forgotten why she came into the room. As we do, often, at my age
Originally Posted by grimtales1:
“Why does it cut out with a "comedy record 'stop' noise" after the "I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight" bit?”
“Why does it cut out with a "comedy record 'stop' noise" after the "I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight" bit?
”
I don't get it either. Well, maybe they all had an unexpected hot flush and had to stop, sit down and whip the battery hand fans out.
Originally Posted by biscuitfactory:
“ The Undertones needs to be hung naked from a lamppost and horsewhipped.”
“ The Undertones needs to be hung naked from a lamppost and horsewhipped.”
Ooh kinky
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