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TV Ads you just HATE!

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Julie

Julie Report 31 Jul 2004 10:09

The advert with cool air in a spray can. Most of it would get sprayed into the air anyway.

Julie

Julie Report 31 Jul 2004 10:07

I really hate the window ads, 'You buy one, get one free, I say you buy one get one free'. The fella makes my skin crawl, uuurgghhh.

Abigail

Abigail Report 30 Jul 2004 23:53

And the ones for "feminine hygiene" products - I would love to know someone who could leap around like they do whilst requiring the tampons/ pads they advertise! If they could make you feel like that I would probably buy them and shares in the company! Abigail

Abigail

Abigail Report 30 Jul 2004 23:51

I know what you mean about the Renault ad. My little boy said it whilst at the lunch table at nursery. He has never seen it but his cousin had and that's where he picked up the line. Stunned silence response to him for the first time in his life I think. Ads are so bad that it is easier to name the ones you like. My all time favourite is the cartoon one for Maltesers ( although I would starve rather than eat them I hate them so much) where the wide mouthed frog suddenly gets a kissy pout when the wide mouthed crocodile introduces himself! Abigail

Janet

Janet Report 30 Jul 2004 22:05

I totally agree with the Michael Winner ads - terrible. The one I hate the most is for some model of a Renault car - where there are loads of people waggling their behinds and the song about shakin your "a**e" Also any adverts that refer to people passing wind. Old fuddy duddy yes perhaps. Janet

Luciacw

Luciacw Report 30 Jul 2004 21:45

adverts with linda barker or carol vorderman and the adverts for MacDonalds and those "quote me happy" ads.

Daniel

Daniel Report 30 Jul 2004 21:44

I know the one Lisa. Better when Ken Morley did it.

Lisa

Lisa Report 30 Jul 2004 21:37

the double glazing windows add with the man that says i say you get buy one get one free ,isay you get buy one get one free and he's dressed in i can only discribe as an 18 century outfit and has a bold patch on top and long hair at the back

Ann

Ann Report 30 Jul 2004 07:51

it is that one with Claudia Schiffer making silly faces at her baby for the anti-wrinkle cream ad!!! What a load of tosh. If smiling at your baby gives you wrinkles then just bring them on. I can't think of a better way to get them!!!!

Mags

Mags Report 30 Jul 2004 06:24

I can't stand anything that has been dubbed and is out of synch. - the advert for 'feminine' itching for example (yuk) and if I have to guess how old some woman is because she uses a particlar cream (and has the weight of the make up department to fall back on) it makes me cringe. L'Oreal adverts - worth what for goodness sake? My favourite advert is the 'Kev and Bev' advert for AA - so simple yet so clever. Magsx

Felicity

Felicity Report 30 Jul 2004 01:07

Here in the States we get endless ads by the drug companies telling you to 'ask your doctor if ........ is right for you.' It really irritates me when they go on to say 'tell your doctor if you have (eg) a serious heart condition, kidney failure etc etc' (You mean people have a doctor who doesn't know that they are seriously ill??!!), or they reel off a list of side effects that make me think that anyone who takes it must have a death wish!

Unknown

Unknown Report 30 Jul 2004 01:05

i try to time my dinner,so that i can eat it,whilst watching emmerdale lol. pet hates...halifax...tennor lady...anything to do with that vordaman woman. going to bed...nite nite all x.......bryan.

Gem in Wakefield

Gem in Wakefield Report 30 Jul 2004 00:55

I have to admit, that along with most people here I hate the Michael Winner ad. It really winds me up! I also hate the Elephant commercial for car insurance. I absolutely love the Churchill dog advert, i think its cute. Also love the John Smiths ad's with Peter Kay. He makes me laugh in the 'Wardrobe Monster' ad. Gem

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 30 Jul 2004 00:41

For me it's those obviously dubbed Kinder Surprise ads. Remember that daft woman who used to do "The Shake and Vac"? What a stupid concept, cover your carpet in powder and spend twice as long trying to hoover the damned stuff up! Christine

Andy

Andy Report 30 Jul 2004 00:34

For some reason I can't bring myself to hate the Michael Winner ads, simply because they're intended to be annoying. Adverts I hate: LOMBARD DIRECT (with that stupid talking blue phone) HALIFAX (they used to make pretty good ads many years ago when they made a house out of people, also a wedding cake if memory serves me right) GERMALOIDS SPRAY (the guy at the theatre who can't stop fidgeting because he's got piles)

Daniel

Daniel Report 29 Jul 2004 21:50

I think this Clarkson BT add can be added to the list.

Julie

Julie Report 29 Jul 2004 21:46

It's Pims o'clock. And then gets them all dancing to Prince Charming, brilliant!!! But Michael Winner gets my vote as well for the most awful advert going. Julie

John

John Report 29 Jul 2004 21:36

Claire, It's funny that you mentioned the condom one - it didn't seem appropriate for the time it was on. I complained to Ofcom about it (along with about another 250 people!!) The Michael Winner advert is totally useless!

Daniel

Daniel Report 29 Jul 2004 21:35

Love love love it. What's so bad about it?

chezzy

chezzy Report 29 Jul 2004 21:31

Linda...me too!!!!!!!!!!!!! when i was shouting at my troublesum four yr old,he said calm down dear its only a commercial ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hate hate hate it.x