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Old 26-07-2008, 01:49 PM
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Lightbulb Your 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....

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.
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Old 26-07-2008, 03:17 PM
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"Knock off Nigel" advert. This is a Government advert about piracy, however, this is not mentioned in the advert nor is there a website link. They think people will google this advert on the net and then take serious notice of it. Surely it would make more sense to give a more serious approach about the consequences of video piracy rather than this waste of money http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlhdK5Yl8u0
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At the risk of getting shot down in flames by the males on this forum, I would have to say THIS AD gets my vote
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Old 27-07-2008, 03:12 AM
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I couldn't understand that, Saffron! What language was it?? Was that Australian? And the "Knock-Off Nigel" ad was kinda funny.

I can't think of any bad commercials right now (besides the cheap car dealer ones), but I'll think of some and YouTube 'em later. :)
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Old 27-07-2008, 09:09 AM
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That cheesy DFS advert where sad people pretend to rock-out to Nickelback makes me hide behind my superior Ikea sofa in embarassment.
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Old 27-07-2008, 10:02 AM
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That god awful Safe Style Windows ad with that silly little man repeating over and OVER again "You buy one... you get one free... I say - you buy one..... you get one free..." Arggghhhh!!!!!
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Old 27-07-2008, 11:36 AM
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I couldn't understand that, Saffron! What language was it?? Was that Australian?
LOL sketches....that was English.....the transcript goes something like this: (read it whilst you watch the body language)

I like guys who have a little bit of fat…
A little bit hairy back
I like guys who watch a lot of football
And go out with the boys – this is good thing!

If I don’t get flowers
I’m not like “Oh poor me, I don’t get flowers”
Is so silly….

I know they sometimes go to…um…..striptease?
But….it’s ok…..I’m not jealous…..

He can do whateeeeever he wants
I mean….I don’t care!

THE GIRLFRIEND!
Jim Beam – THE BOURBON!

Slightly amusing the first time....totally irriating from 2nd view onwards
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Old 27-07-2008, 02:43 PM
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Aha... Thanks! I think it's cute! :D I guess it could probably be annoying after a while... so cute...
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its those stupid idiotic sham-WOW commercials, THEY ARE SO ANNOYING!!! I WANT TO SHOOT MYSELF EVERYTIME IT COMES ON!!!
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Old 03-08-2008, 03:25 AM
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At the risk of getting shot down in flames by the males on this forum, I would have to say THIS AD gets my vote
OK, I didn't think Jim Beam could top that, but they have:

Look at this
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Lmao! "I still see him though...but he doesn't see me!!!*giggle giggle* *barf* XD

Spammm... I'll edit this when I find an ad I don't like, lol... I can only remember the ads I like XD
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Not strictly on TV ... but an advert non the less ...

From FAMILY GUY. Funny for the first 10 seconds then the humour disappears to leave a strange angry feeling and the need to hunt for a blunt object.

http://www.zippyvideos.com/6367556144512836/wacky/
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Old 04-08-2008, 06:47 PM
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Ok as if this Ad wasn't annoying enough this person went an made it into a 10 min video!

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Old 06-08-2008, 01:02 AM
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Ok, one of the worst and most annoying ads that I can think of right now is something for "Lipozene."

"It's clinically studied, so it's worth the price"

It's SOO long, unnecessary, overplayed, and annoying!
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That bloody Mum deodorant advert..
I dont want to see 90 year old people naked in bed kissing thank you very much.
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Old 07-08-2008, 08:15 PM
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I think I have to agree with Lemons on this one. Cillit Bang comes a close second.
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Old 08-08-2008, 05:03 AM
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I think I have to agree with Lemons on this one. Cillit Bang comes a close second.
...Cillit bang? WHAT!??!!

I don't know any of your guyses' commercials!

Oh, Girls Gone Wild is on all the time and it's really annoying.
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lmao i know the girl who does the voice of moonpig :P you're all so cruel XD
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Oh.my.God
How could I have forgotten that mens hair dye advert..
the one with the annoying kids who give their dad some dye to cover his greys saying
"you could be a good catch for somebody"
Then he goes out and meets a woman, sending the photo to his childrens mobile phone...

They look about 6..how can they work a mobile? and my dad would be offended if i gave him hair dye telling him to go out and get a woman.
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There's brit commercials and american commercials. I know some of the british ones because i watch the BBC on and off, but most i have no idea.

There are bad american/canadian commercials around, let's dig those up.
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I hate all the dating service commercials, like Quest, LiveLinks, RedHot, 50 million others...
They're so ridiculous.

for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB7yZ...eature=related
^Funniest thing ever. Who would go out and eat by himself or herself while flirting on the phone with someone from LiveLinks?? WTF.

another example..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKFm5zJyj_g
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...Cillit bang? WHAT!??!!
This is one of the Cillit Bang adverts on UK TV. There are many spoofs of this on YouTube including this remix of an advert.
Cillit Bang Advert
Cillit Bang Remix

Also, for the sake of completeness, this is the Moonpig Advert.
Moonpig Advert
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I hate all the dating service commercials, like Quest, LiveLinks, RedHot, 50 million others...
They're so ridiculous.
eHarmony... sooo annoying.
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There are some adverts that are obviously made in a different country that have been really badly dubbed. The audible words don't match up to the lip patterns of the non-audible words.
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