Adverts that irritate and entertain

cdd · Sun 23 Aug, 2009 23.09

Surely there's only one network for you, Sput!

DVB Cornwall · Sun 23 Aug, 2009 23.25

Please can Phileas Fogg stop using a soundtrack that starts with an audio track not unlike my mobile's ringtone?

davidmcg · Mon 24 Aug, 2009 00.04

I still can't figure out what the bodies are trying to spell in the Coors Light ad. ''Riosllot'' is what I understand of it so far

Gavin Scott · Mon 24 Aug, 2009 10.01

Sput wrote:Why does Somerfield have a fat spinster as its mascot?

Why does the voice over say, "For fresh offers every week - pop into Somerfield" in an up and down inflection, like a vocal rollercoaser?

Makes my head spin.

marksi · Mon 24 Aug, 2009 11.02

Probably because the marketing person had asked the VO artist to read the same line in 40 different ways without actually being able to express what he or she wanted. I've been there. You end up almost thinking you're taking the piss by the end of it and then find the piss-take version is the one they've used.

I was once asked to read a sentence "not so quickly but in less time".

Chie · Mon 24 Aug, 2009 21.01

Speaking of VO artists, Peter Dickson's doing the new Floors 2 Go advert.

Pete · Wed 26 Aug, 2009 18.00

the envirophone WONGA advert keeps appearing everybreak on the music channels.

added to this is the new O2 cash card advert with the man who came 4th in the smug, sleazy and twattish competition doing an annoying set of magic tricks.

scottishtv · Wed 26 Aug, 2009 20.04

Hymagumba wrote:the new O2 cash card advert with the man who came 4th in the smug, sleazy and twattish competition

I'm glad it's not just me. He irritates me no end, and I've only seen the ad three or four times. I also find it more than slightly patronising that o2 thinks it's customers can't be trusted with a basic current account - and when they do have any money all they want to do is spend it on cinema tickets and T-shirts.

This product appears to have no point except to give your mobile phone network a profile of your spending habits.

cdd · Wed 26 Aug, 2009 20.41

oh no, on the contrary, i desperately want an O2 cash card thingy so I have a hotmail address equivelent for paying for tat on web sites I don't trust.

scottishtv · Thu 27 Aug, 2009 00.13

The "Drug driving: Your eyes will give you away" ad has gone more than a bit OTT with the muppets-style googly eyes on the teenagers. They're just freaky. I thought it was small pupils that gave you away - not wide open eyes?

barcode · Thu 27 Aug, 2009 18.01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3KEkBqDahg

my goodness, is so BAD