Adverts that irritate and entertain

Alexia · Mon 05 Apr, 2010 00.13

Interesting bit of info for those who didn't know. Turns out that "Go Compare..!" is actually ripped off from a WWI USA battle song called "Over There."

http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/overthere.htm

Gavin Scott · Mon 05 Apr, 2010 12.58

Alexia wrote:Interesting bit of info for those who didn't know. Turns out that "Go Compare..!" is actually ripped off from a WWI USA battle song called "Over There."

http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/overthere.htm

And was used in Yankee Doodle Dandy.

all new Phil · Wed 07 Apr, 2010 10.54

Fucking sick of the woman playing the news jingle on the keyboard on the Halifax stupid fucking radio station adverts.

Gavin Scott · Wed 07 Apr, 2010 11.00

all new Phil wrote:Fucking sick of the woman playing the news jingle on the keyboard on the Halifax stupid fucking radio station adverts.

Is it as bad as their "ISA ISA baby" one?

No, because that one is SHIT.

Chie · Fri 09 Apr, 2010 21.35

The bloke with the cute wonky nose who says "it was only a tenner" in the Go Compare ad is gorgeous. It's worth putting up with 50 times a day just for him.

Alexia · Fri 09 Apr, 2010 21.51

Flomax.

Tena lady for golfing middle-aged men.

Col · Fri 09 Apr, 2010 22.55

Chie wrote:The bloke with the cute wonky nose who says "it was only a tenner" in the Go Compare ad is gorgeous. It's worth putting up with 50 times a day just for him.

I thought I was the only one out there who appreciated his cuteness - at least that element of the advert can still be enjoyed with the volume muted.

Col · Mon 12 Apr, 2010 19.48

Another irritant: Jimmy from the Volvic 14 Day Challenge advert.

Hopefully if Brooker does another The Ten Biggest Cocks in Advertising, he'll be high up on the list.

Chie · Mon 12 Apr, 2010 21.36

Werther's Chocolates

It's the one who punctuates every sentence with that faux-Australian upward inflection that makes it sound like she's asking a question but she's not really? Get the fuck off my TV, you prissy tart.

"I'm lost fur wuuuurrrrdss"

FFS.

scottishtv · Mon 12 Apr, 2010 22.48

Col wrote:Another irritant: Jimmy from the Volvic 14 Day Challenge advert.

I can't sum up my feelings any better than the first sentence of the highest rated comment on that vid.

Invent Meridian · Tue 13 Apr, 2010 13.37

The whiskas advert which ends "My cat loves whiskas, I love my cat" annoys me for some reason. I think the end should be switched to "I love my cat, and my cat loves whiskas" - that surely puts the message across better than you should buy whiskas for your cat if you love it?

Is that the one with the boy whom Cat's favourite toy is the Whale but he likes Fish even better? It is horrible, the worst part is the end where the boy is supposed to be laughing but acts like he's sneezing.