Worst advert on TV at the moment - TV Programmes

peasonokay · 30-03-2004, 11:46

Haven't seen this done for some time so thought id start a thread on the worst TV adverts at the moment....

I absolutely detest the current series of Macdonalds adverts with the airport themes and in particular the excruciatingly annoying McFlurry with Creme Egg advert.

What the heck has a McFlurry, or a creme egg got to do with airports or turbulence????

Cant remember the two channels but the other night on cable when it came on i deliberately started channel hopping and saw it again on another channel at the same time!.

1984 · 30-03-2004, 12:02

every debt credit and accident injury compensation ad is awful

pjb007 · 30-03-2004, 12:03

Calm down its a commercial

"Some insurance compaines don't want to insure me"
I not suprised mate!

trash80 · 30-03-2004, 12:17

ocean finance, where do they get these freaks from?

Critical-Eeyore · 30-03-2004, 14:40

That obnoxious "BOGOF" double glazing ad absolutely irritates.

Why that long-haired (but bald on top) brainless oaf keeps screaming a telephone number at me that I would never use (even if all of my windows fell out), I cannot understand.

I shall take something heavy to the television if they don't pull it soon.

Heyho!

C-E

Channel Hopper · 30-03-2004, 15:29

One of the BT ads where the (I suppose) housebound mum claims she simply cant cope with 'two phone bills'.

Basic rights should be revoked for people like you to concieve, give birth and then leave you on your own with children,

trash80 · 30-03-2004, 15:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Critical-Eeyore

That obnoxious "BOGOF" double glazing ad absolutely irritates.

you BUY one you get one free, i said yer BUUUUY one you get one free

and he knocks the frames over, why is he dressed for panto? whats all that about?!

i always wondered about that advert, surely it can't be increasing their sales

mediaman_12 · 30-03-2004, 16:26

Is he not the company owner/manager or somthing?

goody2shoes_23 · 30-03-2004, 16:37

The Ocean finance ones are really bad, just try watching a break on TMF of Five and you can expect to see something that will make you cringe.

Internet-Kid · 30-03-2004, 16:38

I really hate the AA, BT, Ocean Finace, McDonalds "I'm Lovin it", Iceland, and that I got the right! Ohhhh makes me mad!

astra19E · 30-03-2004, 18:02

I hate the "Why are you waiting...." When everybody sings

Shamone · 30-03-2004, 18:17

Pick it up, it's yours!

Pick it up, it's yours!

Pick it up, it's yours!

*repeat another ten times using ten different examples*

Ok, we get the idea!!

Also... those bloody "Quote me happy!" commercials are annoying. I mean, as if! I bet if I rang them up and said "quote me happy", they'll think "what a bloody tosser." Actually, come to think of it, I bet they get A LOT of people saying that to them. That'd be soooo annoying.

Oh my God... I've just remembered the WORST. ADVERT. EVER. That Norton Finance one, with that guy who's walking the tightrope. ARGH! He's struggling at first with lot's of boxes and eventually falls off onto some netting, and then he goes back up again, this time carrying a Norton Finance box, and he's walking back and to, and he's there showing us that it's so easy with Norton Finance.... and when the camera zooms in on him, and he has that stupid, annoying smirk on his face... but that's not all, my friends... at the end, he's leaning on this big stick, and he slips and nearly falls off, and then again with the stupid, annoying smirk right across his face!! This has to be the worst advert, ever.

crowncd · 30-03-2004, 18:30

Regarding the pratt advertising double glazing for that well known ( for the wrong reasons) firm.

He is dressed as a clown so that you can recognise the salesmen and window fitters when the call.

RaveyDaveyGravy · 30-03-2004, 18:40

The Halifax ad.......in fact every Halifax ad ever made.

peterscomputo · 30-03-2004, 18:53

I F***ing Hate The Bl**dy Halifax Ad It Drives Me Mental.
Who Makes You F***ed Off, Who Who They Do!!!!!!!

Clunk · 30-03-2004, 20:24

(takes deep breath...)

ANY Halifax add

those bloody first direct adverts 'ooh I think my husband must like the girl' and 'if I see a black credit card I have to go up to someone and say oh you are in the club'

the El Paso ad where the common slapper is on the phone to her mate slagging off the boyfriends cooking ability 'I'll phone you back if I am alive'. She would have a suspiciously saucepan shape face if she said that near me (know what I mean)

Elephant dot co dot uk - need I say more

Quote me irritated

I have to go and get a drink and calm myself down now.....

ray76709 · 30-03-2004, 20:44

The ad for the wearthers original sweets and the little boy says "you're very special grandad" or something along those lines. Most kids these days dont even know how to say please

gottago · 30-03-2004, 20:52

There's this annoying (yet hileriously funny) advert about - erm - something to do with the law! But it's a load of really weird looking people and this voiceovers going do CCJ's etc, and there are these "people" like a toothless, old man and his wife, a woman with weird black hair, this fella in leather that looks like Charlie off Corrie and this woman with horrible pale skin with spots all over and they all step back whenever the voiceover says something that happed to them (ie CCJs). Oh and there's also this werid young couple as well who look weird as well! And then they step forward whenever the voiceover says do you want more money or something like that. And then they try to smile! I think the company's called APS and they can't even afford a logo! At the end you can see everyone bending over looking at the rest of the line seeing what their're supposed to be doing next, unaware that the camera's still rolling!

athena2004 · 30-03-2004, 21:15

the 87140 one on all MTV Channels, VhR and TMF!! - its so annoying

Timmy O'Toole · 30-03-2004, 21:16

"Does that mean that if I came out of mummy's tummy sooner, I'd have blonde hair?"

CSI · 30-03-2004, 21:55

He He - spiffing, just waiting for a thread like this, wife & I having a good old laugh, watching adverts intently now...

Pele - in the penis disfunction adverts - what? Why [is it something to do with dribbling?]

Ambi Pur - currently they think it's "cool" to have some sad middle-class muppet doing the salsa to an open u-bend [remember, people have sat in a room with their latte's and said - THAT'S a good idea!]

The elephant in elephant.co.uk is starting to look a little sinister these days...

Chicago Town Stuffed Pizza Crusts which always gives me heartburn whenever I have to endure it.

Ocean Finance advertised for couples under the advert heading "strange minging couples required, must have own warts"

The link adverts where the guy never stops nodding, only to say..."and you text a lot, right?" and depending on the schedule either a man or a woman replies "Yeah, how did you know?"

Linda Barker aggravatingly pretending to cut prices with her fingers for dfs

Neil Morrissey and Leslie Ash in the homebase ads, that are now obliged to film Leslie from a discrete non lip-visible distance

Chip and Pin, keep expecting Patrick Stuart to say "make it so", and if you are confused by the adverts, wait until you use the service

But I do like the virgin ad, where the rap "star" bends over to pick up the remote, to the wincing of his "fans" at the window!

CaptainSensible · 30-03-2004, 22:31

I like the music on the PIN ads - I thought it was a lottery ad when I first saw it.

Most annoying adverts for me at the moment is the bloody 'we are saving' Halifax ad., and that insurance one with the Charlie's Angels in her head telesales lass.

ollics · 30-03-2004, 22:34

Oh my god it so has to be the NHS health thingy ad!!! "WHY ARE YOU WAITING?!!!!"
Must be the most annoying ad ever put on tv, makes me cringe every time!

ollics · 30-03-2004, 22:35

or maybe that bloody "QUOTE ME HAPPY!" i'd rather die than watch that ad!

zebedee · 30-03-2004, 23:41

Does anyone give a toss that a few people in a Swedish village bought a Volvo on the same day ? I presume they have advertising in Sweden, and Swedish people might buy a Swedish car. They make it sound like a lost episode of The X Files.

30-03-2004, 11:46	#1
peasonokay Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: south Services: Virgin XL TV & L BB and V+ Posts: 1,130	Worst advert on TV at the moment Haven't seen this done for some time so thought id start a thread on the worst TV adverts at the moment.... I absolutely detest the current series of Macdonalds adverts with the airport themes and in particular the excruciatingly annoying McFlurry with Creme Egg advert. What the heck has a McFlurry, or a creme egg got to do with airports or turbulence???? Cant remember the two channels but the other night on cable when it came on i deliberately started channel hopping and saw it again on another channel at the same time!.

30-03-2004, 12:02	#2
1984 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: im watching you... Posts: 1,187	every debt credit and accident injury compensation ad is awful

30-03-2004, 12:03	#3
pjb007 Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shropshire - (Tx: The Wrekin) Services: Sky+, Sky Broadband Connect, Sky Talk. OS: XP Pro, Vista Home Premium Posts: 9,936	Calm down its a commercial "Some insurance compaines don't want to insure me" I not suprised mate!

30-03-2004, 12:17	#4
trash80 Banned User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: B'ham / Metro Manila Services: Telewest TV, Phone & BB, DAB Posts: 20,752	ocean finance, where do they get these freaks from?

30-03-2004, 14:40	#5
Critical-Eeyore Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Gloomy field in South Oxfordshire Services: Digi Satellite & Digi Terrestrial (100 Aker Wood area). FTA satellite (Astra 1,2, Eutel 13 & Sirius) Posts: 196	That obnoxious "BOGOF" double glazing ad absolutely irritates. Why that long-haired (but bald on top) brainless oaf keeps screaming a telephone number at me that I would never use (even if all of my windows fell out), I cannot understand. I shall take something heavy to the television if they don't pull it soon. Heyho! C-E

30-03-2004, 15:29	#6
Channel Hopper Inactive Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pergatory, it be near Croydon Services: BT 500 Plug and Go, and BIG bastard motorised dish Posts: 15,504	One of the BT ads where the (I suppose) housebound mum claims she simply cant cope with 'two phone bills'. Basic rights should be revoked for people like you to concieve, give birth and then leave you on your own with children,

30-03-2004, 16:26	#8
mediaman_12 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Manchester UK Services: Sky+ Blueyonder broardband Posts: 680	Is he not the company owner/manager or somthing?

30-03-2004, 16:37	#9
goody2shoes_23 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East Midlands Services: Freeview(er), 600k Ntl Broadband Posts: 1,428	The Ocean finance ones are really bad, just try watching a break on TMF of Five and you can expect to see something that will make you cringe.

30-03-2004, 16:38	#10
Internet-Kid Banned User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ilford Services: Sky+ 40GBytes (Top Package), Freeview ITVD Box , AOL BB , Nokia 6600 (Vodafone), Win XP-Pro, PS2 Posts: 608	I really hate the AA, BT, Ocean Finace, McDonalds "I'm Lovin it", Iceland, and that I got the right! Ohhhh makes me mad!

30-03-2004, 18:02	#11
astra19E Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: S. Lanarkshire Services: SkyHD, FTA Digital 19.2E, Freeview IDTV & Box. Posts: 2,095	I hate the "Why are you waiting...." When everybody sings

30-03-2004, 18:17	#12
Shamone Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Gender: Male Location: Cheshire Services: Sky+HD, Sky Broadband 20MB, PS3 80GB, iPod 32GB 3rd Gen. Posts: 312	Pick it up, it's yours! Pick it up, it's yours! Pick it up, it's yours! repeat another ten times using ten different examples Ok, we get the idea!! Also... those bloody "Quote me happy!" commercials are annoying. I mean, as if! I bet if I rang them up and said "quote me happy", they'll think "what a bloody tosser." Actually, come to think of it, I bet they get A LOT of people saying that to them. That'd be soooo annoying. Oh my God... I've just remembered the WORST. ADVERT. EVER. That Norton Finance one, with that guy who's walking the tightrope. ARGH! He's struggling at first with lot's of boxes and eventually falls off onto some netting, and then he goes back up again, this time carrying a Norton Finance box, and he's walking back and to, and he's there showing us that it's so easy with Norton Finance.... and when the camera zooms in on him, and he has that stupid, annoying smirk on his face... but that's not all, my friends... at the end, he's leaning on this big stick, and he slips and nearly falls off, and then again with the stupid, annoying smirk right across his face!! This has to be the worst advert, ever.

30-03-2004, 18:30	#13
crowncd Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cannock Services: Freeview & Orange Broadband Posts: 247	Regarding the pratt advertising double glazing for that well known ( for the wrong reasons) firm. He is dressed as a clown so that you can recognise the salesmen and window fitters when the call.

30-03-2004, 18:40	#14
RaveyDaveyGravy Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Button Moon Services: bt broadband Sky Posts: 332	The Halifax ad.......in fact every Halifax ad ever made.

30-03-2004, 18:53	#15
peterscomputo Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: On a computer Services: ALL OF THEM scary laugh Posts: 4	I F*ing Hate The Bldy Halifax Ad It Drives Me Mental. Who Makes You F***ed Off, Who Who They Do!!!!!!!

30-03-2004, 20:24	#16
Clunk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Manchester Services: rendered Posts: 2,380	(takes deep breath...) ANY Halifax add those bloody first direct adverts 'ooh I think my husband must like the girl' and 'if I see a black credit card I have to go up to someone and say oh you are in the club' the El Paso ad where the common slapper is on the phone to her mate slagging off the boyfriends cooking ability 'I'll phone you back if I am alive'. She would have a suspiciously saucepan shape face if she said that near me (know what I mean) Elephant dot co dot uk - need I say more Quote me irritated I have to go and get a drink and calm myself down now.....

30-03-2004, 20:44	#17
ray76709 Banned User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,521	The ad for the wearthers original sweets and the little boy says "you're very special grandad" or something along those lines. Most kids these days dont even know how to say please

30-03-2004, 20:52	#18
gottago Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wirral/Leeds Services: Freeview Posts: 5,095	There's this annoying (yet hileriously funny) advert about - erm - something to do with the law! But it's a load of really weird looking people and this voiceovers going do CCJ's etc, and there are these "people" like a toothless, old man and his wife, a woman with weird black hair, this fella in leather that looks like Charlie off Corrie and this woman with horrible pale skin with spots all over and they all step back whenever the voiceover says something that happed to them (ie CCJs). Oh and there's also this werid young couple as well who look weird as well! And then they step forward whenever the voiceover says do you want more money or something like that. And then they try to smile! I think the company's called APS and they can't even afford a logo! At the end you can see everyone bending over looking at the rest of the line seeing what their're supposed to be doing next, unaware that the camera's still rolling!

30-03-2004, 21:15	#19
athena2004 Banned User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK Services: Sky Digital, 42E Sat, Freeview, AOL Broadband Gold 1Mbit, BB Live Viewer Posts: 1,455	the 87140 one on all MTV Channels, VhR and TMF!! - its so annoying

30-03-2004, 21:16	#20
Timmy O'Toole Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Down a well Posts: 271	"Does that mean that if I came out of mummy's tummy sooner, I'd have blonde hair?"

30-03-2004, 21:55	#21
CSI Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Suffolk, England Services: Sky, Freeserve ADSL, Kiss DP--508 Ethernet DVD, Sony DP-790, Toshiba 51" RPTV Posts: 4	He He - spiffing, just waiting for a thread like this, wife & I having a good old laugh, watching adverts intently now... Pele - in the penis disfunction adverts - what? Why [is it something to do with dribbling?] Ambi Pur - currently they think it's "cool" to have some sad middle-class muppet doing the salsa to an open u-bend [remember, people have sat in a room with their latte's and said - THAT'S a good idea!] The elephant in elephant.co.uk is starting to look a little sinister these days... Chicago Town Stuffed Pizza Crusts which always gives me heartburn whenever I have to endure it. Ocean Finance advertised for couples under the advert heading "strange minging couples required, must have own warts" The link adverts where the guy never stops nodding, only to say..."and you text a lot, right?" and depending on the schedule either a man or a woman replies "Yeah, how did you know?" Linda Barker aggravatingly pretending to cut prices with her fingers for dfs Neil Morrissey and Leslie Ash in the homebase ads, that are now obliged to film Leslie from a discrete non lip-visible distance Chip and Pin, keep expecting Patrick Stuart to say "make it so", and if you are confused by the adverts, wait until you use the service But I do like the virgin ad, where the rap "star" bends over to pick up the remote, to the wincing of his "fans" at the window!

30-03-2004, 22:31	#22
CaptainSensible Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,442 Blog Entries: 1	I like the music on the PIN ads - I thought it was a lottery ad when I first saw it. Most annoying adverts for me at the moment is the bloody 'we are saving' Halifax ad., and that insurance one with the Charlie's Angels in her head telesales lass.

30-03-2004, 22:34	#23
ollics Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 169	Oh my god it so has to be the NHS health thingy ad!!! "WHY ARE YOU WAITING?!!!!" Must be the most annoying ad ever put on tv, makes me cringe every time!

30-03-2004, 22:35	#24
ollics Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 169	or maybe that bloody "QUOTE ME HAPPY!" i'd rather die than watch that ad!

30-03-2004, 23:41	#25
zebedee Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: north london Services: freesat,bt vision Posts: 652	Does anyone give a toss that a few people in a Swedish village bought a Volvo on the same day ? I presume they have advertising in Sweden, and Swedish people might buy a Swedish car. They make it sound like a lost episode of The X Files.