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Title: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: NormandyMary on July 21, 2013, 10:59:37 am
My new favourite adverts have to be the one for Spitfire beer with Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller as the 2 RAF pilots. They are just so funny, they cheer me up no end. I know I must sound a real saddo starting a discussion about adverts, and I expect that there will be more "detests" than loves.
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Bionic on July 21, 2013, 11:48:05 am
I love those done by Specsavers.
There is the shepherd shearing his sheep who shears his dog by mistake. The astronauts who land at Luton airport instead of the US and the latest one where the vet thinks the cat has no pulse when in fact he is looking at a fur hat.  :roflanim: :roflanim:
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: happygolucky on July 21, 2013, 12:16:48 pm
I love ALL the Irn Bru ones...so funny....Fiery Irn Bru advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LcHFkXmCb8#ws)
 
.not keen on any insurance ones at all!
 
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: henchard on July 21, 2013, 01:02:25 pm
I detest them all. Why does anyone watch them?


The commercial TV channels are mostly nothing more than drivel to fill the gaps between the adverts.


Acres of commercial channels on Freesat etc. that are just endless repeats of Father Ted, Grand Designs and Cheers etc so that they can just fill peoples living rooms with more advertising for cra*p that you never need. Billions spent on smelly synthetic air fresheners whilst much of the world starves!








Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: colliewobbles on July 21, 2013, 01:34:42 pm
Adverts are what Sky+ was made for    ;)    Although I do love the Specsavers sheepdog one - that was done with CGI by the way, the lovely collie wasn't sheared  :)
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: happygolucky on July 21, 2013, 01:45:53 pm
CGI ? who is that?
I hate commercials in the middle of films or programmes but then you can nip to make a drink etc., not that we actually watch too much TV. Funny thing is I get transfixed to the shopping channels, amazed at how much crap they can say about a machine made jumper or a set of plastic beads, mind you, I do fancy the steam cleaner :innocent:
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: colliewobbles on July 21, 2013, 02:27:55 pm
CGI ? who is that?


Computer Generated Imagery
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: happygolucky on July 21, 2013, 02:50:52 pm
 :thumbsup: , mind you, we all need an escape from reality, I stopped buying magazines as some are packed with adverts but then they have a place in peoples live too, since I have got older I miss those free little books with aids in them :innocent:
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Fleecewife on July 21, 2013, 03:30:25 pm
Specsavers Faro ad - yes.
 
All the old Hamlet ones - yes.
 
The ad that first had 'Caledonia' in it - can't remember the ad though  :roflanim:
 
The one with a mum with a bulging cleavage and the embarrassed son plus two friends - can't remember what that's advertising either  :roflanim:
 
The early meercat ones but not since they produced rubbish meercat toys.
 
The insurance one with the HORRIBLE twizzle-'tashed bloke - HATE them.  I do like the way they cashed in on the fact everyone hated him so now he's being bumped off in every advert  :thumbsup:
 
The ancient alien Smash ads, which most of you are probably too young to remember - like them and hate them  ???
 
Just about every other ad anywhere - HATE THEM  :rant: :rant:
 
 
 
 
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Pedwardine on July 21, 2013, 03:52:05 pm
Specsaver shearing one always amuses me. Used to like the 'You've been Tangoed' ones. Guiness and Stella Artois although not so good of later years. Irn Bru ones are fabulous-cleavage one is so funny. Used to like the Cinzano ones with Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins. The Honda one with all the transport in from car through to power boat to hot air balloon and the moustachioed man mouthing the song words all the way through (what was the song?) Levi's one with guy removing his clothing in the laundrette (Can't think why  :innocent: ) The Cola (or was it Pepsi) ad with the ladies going gaga over the window cleaner. (ditto last bracketted comment...)
Hate: All compensation, insurance ads trainline ads (DREADFUL) and 118 118 ones -would like to see those two gentlemen come to a sticky end.
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Pedwardine on July 21, 2013, 03:58:31 pm
Forgot the Famous Grouse ones.
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: happygolucky on July 21, 2013, 03:59:21 pm
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The one with a mum with a bulging cleavage and the embarrassed son plus two friends - can't remember what that's advertising either  (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/Smileys/default/rofl.gif)
That's another Irn Bru one, they are all ace adverts.
 
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Hassle on July 21, 2013, 04:57:08 pm
I really hate the wonga advert in fact so much so I even hate people using the word wonga now
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on July 21, 2013, 06:13:06 pm
I hate the tri va go one about the hotel in Barcelona and whether it has a swimming pool. It's always on and I will drown the two smug characters in the ad in the swimming pool.
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: happygolucky on July 21, 2013, 06:31:10 pm
The  tri va go  and Wonga adverts annoy me big time, along with the Bingo ones..... :rant:
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: suziequeue on July 21, 2013, 10:01:47 pm
I detest those cheesy Marks and Spencer food ones with that mood music and endless drivel about a f***ing sandwich.


Some good spoofs on You Tube though  :excited: :excited:


Not just another spoof M&S Ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHWDWV0bXhU#)


My favourite is the Guinness advert with Louis Armstrong singing "you've got all the time in the world"


Guiness Ad. Chian. We have all the time in the world. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IOs7IkN1qQ#)


I just fall into the screen......
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Alistair on July 22, 2013, 11:24:13 am
Southern comfort, whatever's comfortable one with the bloke on the beach in his clogs

Love it
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: happygolucky on July 22, 2013, 12:17:40 pm
I was wondering what you would come up with Alister  :wave: , we love that one too, much more realistic :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Q on July 23, 2013, 08:28:28 am
I would never EVER use safestyle because of this irritating advert
The Safestyle Window Man original TV ad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0-2n8JHc1M#)
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: oor wullie on July 24, 2013, 11:21:21 am
The Irn Bru website has a load of their old ads on it and is pretty entertaining viewing.  Some of the posters they ran were pretty close to the bone but very funny.

http://www.irn-bru.co.uk/adverts/favourite-ads.html (http://www.irn-bru.co.uk/adverts/favourite-ads.html)

I never tire of their snowman ad.
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: happygolucky on July 24, 2013, 11:47:04 am
Whoever does the advertising for Irn Bru has a good sense of  humour :thumbsup: ...I love them....
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Beewyched on July 24, 2013, 09:33:50 pm
The Guinness one  "the circle of life" - brill  :thumbsup:
oh, & the early Meerkats - thsimples  :eyelashes:
Most annoying -got to be a tie between the old Wonga & Safestyle ones - creepy  :o
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: john and helen on July 24, 2013, 09:47:20 pm
specsavers with the dog  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Min on July 31, 2013, 08:28:26 pm
I saw the Bru wagon going through Edinburgh this morning and the ad on the back was a photo of a grumpy looking old man with the caption:-

"I had an Irn Bru in 1966 but I don't go on about it"

 ;D
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: northfifeduckling on August 04, 2013, 05:45:29 pm
my favourite is an Italian ad for Aspirin

http://www.youtube.com/embed/3e0yZCLjwfU?rel=0 (http://www.youtube.com/embed/3e0yZCLjwfU?rel=0)

I absolutely hate gocompare but so does everyone else and anything for washing powder   ::) :&>
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: AnimeLover on September 03, 2013, 06:53:47 pm
I hate the go compare ads :rant:
But the McCoy s crisps ad is funny ;D
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: northfifeduckling on September 14, 2013, 07:51:16 am
beer ads are always rubbish?

now watch this  -  :o

youtube.com/watch?v=K-Rs6YEZAt8
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: Padge on September 14, 2013, 09:59:24 am
 I like the Aldi adverts........the one for tea.......and the special k spoof......and most really dour ones  :sunshine:
 
 
Title: Re: Favourite advert, or those you detest.
Post by: happygolucky on September 14, 2013, 10:11:49 am
 :thumbsup: wowowo
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youtube.com/watch?v=K-Rs6YEZAt8
that's a magical impressive advert indeed....