Oh are they famous? That explains why they allowed someone who can't talk, and who would chillaht on it.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Sun 09 Jan, 2011 10.17
by Alexia
Sput wrote:Oh are they famous? That explains why they allowed someone who can't talk, and who would chillaht on it.
One's an ex singer who earns millions from endorsements for Avon; the other is a washed up ex footballer who gets paid to sit in a chair on Sky Sports and mouth off. Plus his father's a bit of a dodgy character.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Sun 09 Jan, 2011 12.06
by madmusician
The latest eHarmony.co.uk advert looks like it's been made in Windows Movie Maker and the resolution is so bad. (Can't find it on YouTube, but it's been playing ad nausium on the ITV Ashes highlights.)
madmusician wrote:The latest eHarmony.co.uk advert looks like it's been made in Windows Movie Maker and the resolution is so bad. (Can't find it on YouTube, but it's been playing ad nausium on the ITV Ashes highlights.)
madmusician wrote:The latest eHarmony.co.uk advert looks like it's been made in Windows Movie Maker and the resolution is so bad. (Can't find it on YouTube, but it's been playing ad nausium on the ITV Ashes highlights.)
Ad Turds wrote:That impressionist wasn't as good as the guy doing the voice here, Josh Robert-Thompson, who appears at the end of the adverts, and is helping More Than further their "trust, honesty, strength, and protection".
Cadbury Creme Egg - Lamppost dare. What was going through the creatives' minds?
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Sat 22 Jan, 2011 13.39
by Alexia
The new Aviva advert is a bit....brutal; but does make its point.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Sat 22 Jan, 2011 15.37
by Andrew Wood
Now that I do like. I found the 'twist' quite unusual with it being a celeb playing the main character.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Sat 22 Jan, 2011 15.51
by lukey
I've just found Paul Whitehouse's personas in these Aviva adverts so consistently unlikeable that any attempt at pathos is lost in a sea of urgh.
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Well said.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Sat 22 Jan, 2011 23.47
by Gavin Scott
That's my problem with them too. Paul Whitehouse's characterisations all seem to lean towards the grotesque; which is fine in the Fast Show or Harry & Paul, but as an endlessly repeated insurance ad it becomes a total turn off.