Adverts that irritate and entertain

Ronnie Rowlands · Mon 19 Jan, 2009 17.46

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Hovis advert yet. It's very brilliant. What confused me was that there were no defining moments oh the 90s included. It's as though the formation of the Spice Girls and the opening of Channel 5 were unimportant and forgettable.

Alexia · Mon 19 Jan, 2009 18.03

Ronnie Rowlands wrote:I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Hovis advert yet. It's very brilliant. What confused me was that there were no defining moments oh the 90s included. It's as though the formation of the Spice Girls and the opening of Channel 5 were unimportant and forgettable.

Forgive me for going all Tumbly Wumbly, but the full Hovis ad doesn't feature the 20s, 30s, 50s* or 70s either.
1890s - Boy buys loaf
1912 - Titanic / suffragettes
1914 - Start of WWI
1941 - The Blitz
* Either 1945 - VE Day or 1953 - Coronation of Queen Liz
1966 - England winning World Cup
1984 - Miners' strike
2000 - Millennium

Apparently it lasts 122 seconds (1 for each year since the product was first made).

Ronnie Rowlands · Mon 19 Jan, 2009 18.19

Alexia wrote:
Ronnie Rowlands wrote:I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Hovis advert yet. It's very brilliant. What confused me was that there were no defining moments oh the 90s included. It's as though the formation of the Spice Girls and the opening of Channel 5 were unimportant and forgettable.
Forgive me for going all Tumbly Wumbly, but the full Hovis ad doesn't feature ...70s either.

Well why the big collars just after the World cup scene?

Alexia · Mon 19 Jan, 2009 20.01

Ronnie Rowlands wrote:
Alexia wrote:
Ronnie Rowlands wrote:I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Hovis advert yet. It's very brilliant. What confused me was that there were no defining moments oh the 90s included. It's as though the formation of the Spice Girls and the opening of Channel 5 were unimportant and forgettable.
Forgive me for going all Tumbly Wumbly, but the full Hovis ad doesn't feature ...70s either.
Well why the big collars just after the World cup scene?

Well spotted - not sure what it signifies, although there is an ethnic minority couple shown quite prominently - perhaps a reference to the social upheaval of the 70s.

Nini · Mon 19 Jan, 2009 20.20

Just me thinking that discussing the Hovis ad is a bit like... um, stale bread?

Alexia · Mon 19 Jan, 2009 20.21

Nini wrote:Just me thinking that discussing the Hovis ad is a bit like... um, stale bread?

"Is that you home love?"

"Yeah"

"What took you so long?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you..."

Chie · Mon 19 Jan, 2009 23.48

I love the T-Mobile advert. Nice to see an advert that focuses on cheering it's audience up and making them happy, especially with the economic situation, as opposed to shamelessly shoving yet another product down our throats.

Andrew Wood · Tue 20 Jan, 2009 12.20

Just seen a Swiftcover insurance ad with Iggy Pop. Now that's weird.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yYnydYrZPp8

Gavin Scott · Tue 20 Jan, 2009 12.32

Andrew Wood wrote:Just seen a Swiftcover insurance ad with Iggy Pop. Now that's weird.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yYnydYrZPp8

They're also using that as a sponsorship bumper for Sky's Sci-fi strand (including Futurama).

He's difficult to look at, isn't he?

Nini · Tue 20 Jan, 2009 13.17

I didn't really think much of the PG Tips ad upon my first watch of it, several repeated viewings haven't warmed me to it.

Alexia · Wed 21 Jan, 2009 18.26

The latest Direct Line ads intrigue me. Stephen Fry and Paul Merton are apparently not the best of buddies after the Angus Deayton sacking from HIGNFY (Fry thought the treatment of Deayton was akin to bullying and unjustified). So, unless they were recorded separately and without knowledge of who the other voice was to be, I find it unlikely that they would appear together as the voices of the Direct Line Phone and Mouse.

Unless they're done by impressionists.