I thought the ad took the sex out, at least for him on THAT occasion

I'm sorry if this one's been said before, but it's still being shown, but the reprise of John Cleese "thrashing his car". In fawlty towers it was hilarious - In this advert it just totally isn't and is just annoying. From what I've seen of John Cleese of late eg on the Graham Norton show not only is he not funny any more, he seems to be quite an obnoxious character. Specsavers adverts as a rule are brilliant, and they don't need to pay some old has been to re hash an old chestnut like that. I doubt it would make any sense to anyone who's never seen FT, and for those who have it's hackneyed and predictable. Specsavers - you should have gone to Specsavers!

Sorry if I've missed the answer to this but where has that annoying son gone from the Tesco ads

Doing a car share with James Corden?

Yes he has but the ad is still as stupid.

Who would place an order when you are abroad and pick it up after flying home !!!!

Also not the best ad for someone being so sunburnt

Or because he has done really well. We british do that a lot.

If you are organised enough to remember to do that then you will already be organised enough to have some UHT in the cupboard, along with a rusty tin or two of beans or PITS and some ancient ryvita*. And obviously in the fridge there will be a bit of moldy cheese, half a dried-out tomato, the dregs of a jar of mayonnaise, and a crust of bread whose sell-by date was six weeks before you even left.

Or you make sure you stocked up with potted instant noodles* before going away


* other brands also available etc

Such a daft advert. And that line is so forced. Who would say "your red" anyway? He works at a supermarket not a five star restaurant... Surely he'd just say wine? It's just so forced for a joke that's pants.

Another vote here for the James corden advert. Hate it. He's so irritating I turn over whenever this comes on and I never usually go to the effort to do this for some of the worst adverts around!

Could turn it into a competition. Complete the sentence for JC. 'Call me Mr ...'.

The current Heinz commercial - I guess they're hoping we're unaware of Anna Kendrick and her cup song.

In the melon / shirt advert she is shown as a fussy control freak, yet she didn't buy, pack and/or make him use sun cream That, or just another typical advert with a sadistic woman

Very true.

The Heinz Baked Beans ad what the ......... Plus the tins are empty.

LOL, this made me laugh out loud!


I love James Cordon!


LOL The only people I know under 65 who play bingo these days are chavs.


I HATE that bloody bloody bloody advert! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you need medical help!

I imagine the conversation which led to that ad went something like:

Company: "We want a really memorable advert! What's the best way to do that?"

Ad Agency: "Well we could make it really annoying, so everyone will talk about how annoying it is!"

C: "Yeah that sounds good! So how can we make sure it's really annoying?"

A: "We could hire James Cordon?"

C: "Great! I hate James Cordon. He'll be perfect!!"

The ads that really boil my pi... erm, really annoy me:-

The "Epic Dance Off". What's it for? I can't remember.

All the "Compare The Market" ads since they started advertising meerkat toys and two for one cinema tickets instead of what it is they actually do. And I know it's a few months or so since Arnie was in one of their ads, but why would he be scared of two meerkats?

Car ads. I can never remember what cars they were advertising. Except the Jeep ads, for some reason. They must be doing something right. I might go and buy a Jeep.

The recent Muller one with Kriss Akabusi in it. I hope you got paid well for it Kriss.

The hip hop robots where they throw robot gang signs as they advance towards the camera. Again, I can't remember WTF it's advertising.

The Tesco ads with that fat smug woman and the posh smug bloke.

Those ads with Jack Whitehall taking the rise out of Bradley Wiggins and Steve Redgrave. I hope he got chinned by both of them when the camera stopped rolling, and I hope the crew piled in.

Any ads that try to be funny, but aren't.

And don't get me started on radio ads where the voiceover has to blurt out the T's and C's at the end at 1000 mph.

There's one with Ellie Symmons. (I think - the paralympian) That's just as annoying.

I've always found those annoying too. The equivalent are the tv ads with the microscopic small print on the bottom of the screen at the end. Who on earth can read that unless their telly is massive? I know they are probably legally obligated to state those t&c's but as no one can make out what they are, it all seems rather pointless. It also gives them wiggle room when we see what looks/sounds like a good deal. Oh, you want that £100 per month payment option on that new car? Well, you need a deposit of 10-grand, a sample of your DNA, the wicked witch's broom, and a nice shrubbery.

Yes MrsP people are often caught out by the "nice shrubbery" requirement in the t&cs. The Sanity Clause can cause problems as well.

The latest ones ask for another shrubbery creating a split level effect with a path running down the middle (a path! A path!)

And who's got time to go get a herring to cut it down with? It's madness!

I look for the ones that just want a shrubbery that looks nice, and not too expensive

I believe there may be one or two waxing and/or trimming products advertised which may be of assistance in that regard.

I hate the Money Supermarket one with the bloke in tight hot pants and high h eels.He's revolting - and I can't see the point of the ad. It certainly doesn't endear the product to me!