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Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Wed 11 Mar, 2009 12.32
by steddenm
Fairy Dishwashing Tablets...
# But unfortunately you can't fit your scooter in! #
I mean... WTF? But at least it's catchy!
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Wed 11 Mar, 2009 12.45
by cdd
marksi wrote:There's an ambulance-chasing-lawyer's advert on at the moment that contains the line "have you been the victim of an accident" twice.
Can an accident have a victim?
Of course; the victim is the poor sap who is eemed at fault, and thus is the target of frivolous lawsuits for things like "emotional trauma"!
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Wed 11 Mar, 2009 14.07
by Nini
cdd wrote:Of course; the victim is the poor sap who is eemed at fault, and thus is the target of frivolous lawsuits for things like "emotional trauma"!
"Back in my day if you were run over by one of them new fangled autocars you damn well got up and walked even if your legs were shattered, maybe even thanked the man for it as well. Of course then, many people just walked around with legs hanging on by tendons and we were thankful too. Falling down steps was considered fun for us we were so poor, we just got up, cleaned our wounds with some iodine and got back to it."
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Sun 22 Mar, 2009 01.36
by Chie
The new Barclays advert with Stephen Merchant doing the voiceover. Someone tell him (and Ricky Gervais, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Jimmy Carr, et al) that smug, cringe-inducing, faux-sarcastic monotonous style of delivery passed its sell-by date a long, long time ago.
The new Visa advert is brilliant.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 31 Mar, 2009 09.58
by marksi
nodnirG kraM wrote:118 24 7 - it's directory heaven. To the tune of Magical Trevor. By Weebl. Fabulous.
Not as good as the original though.
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/magical+trevor/
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 31 Mar, 2009 16.36
by cdd
Oh I'm not sure, either of you. I have a personal loathing of ads that try and hop onto internet memes.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 31 Mar, 2009 22.31
by Chie
I officially loathe any advert that has a white background, or at least a white 'endboard' thing at the end. It's so lazy. :roll: Hopefully, in these recessionary times, the ad agencies are going to have to start working a little bit harder and be a bit more creative with their adverts, because random graphics + logo slapped on a plain, bright white background just won't cut it.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Thu 02 Apr, 2009 18.45
by Alexia
Chie wrote:The new Visa advert is brilliant.
No it isn't. Why is he on crutches? Why is he apparently inferring that people queuing for cash are somehow inferior? Not everywhere accepts VISA.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Thu 02 Apr, 2009 19.09
by Sput
1980 called, they'd like their rhetoric back.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Fri 03 Apr, 2009 13.14
by James H
The horrific dubbing on the Skills Centre advert - is that the guy who did White Horses?
There's another one that I hate but I can't remember what it is.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Fri 03 Apr, 2009 17.47
by Alexia
There's also some more horrific dubbing on the latest Sure deodorant advert.