Worst adverts?

[Liam]

I'm using this mostly as an excuse to bitch about the 0800 REVERSE adverts, which not only suck, but just the fact that the person recieving the calls pays a minimum of about £3.50 (which is another gay thing I could complain about), it all round sucks.

Add to that the Wrigleys Extra bits before and during Hollyoaks, there are some dreadful ones out there. Any other good examples?

[therockbox]

That perfume one with Nicole Kidman, done in the style of a film. Seriously shite.

The Brylcream ads on Soccer AM - they're not funny, they're not clever. Just stop.

[K]

Any kind of JML advert where the commentator speaks about something really crap, really enthusiastically.

[GhostMachine]

Well, I'm in the U.S., so you UKers won't get this:

The Sonic commercials with these two idiots sitting in their car eating. The commercials are supposed to be funny, but I've only had a mild chuckle at maybe 2 of them, and there's probably been a dozen commericials or close to it with them. The commercials with a married couple are better, but they've had a few bombs with them too.

[ClaRK! Kent]

Those BT commercials with the guy from My Family in them, the ones with the continuing narrative of a young guy's life set entirely around BT's latest product. They're not big, or clever, and they just annoy me. Plus they're just blatantly trying to be those Nescafe adverts from the 80s with Anthony Head in them. Urgh.

Any advert - usually Oust and stuff like that - where the sound doesn't even remotely synch to the moving of the lips on screen. It just fucking irks me.

That Lynx advert with the guy and his projectile sweating. I dunno why, it's just very, very annoying.

Anybody who doesn't have Sky won't get this, but - those often 5-10 minute long Time Life music collection ads, where they dig up a group of ageing soul/ballad/whatever-the-compilation-is-for singers to exalt the virtues of Nat King Cole/Marvin Gaye for a bit, discuss the CD's awesomeness, and generally use every trick in the book to coax you out of £40 for some crappy songs that nobody ever liked in the first place, with the odd Barry White track in there to try and justify the purchase. Ugh.

[Darloboy]

Sheila's. Fucking. Wheels.

[GhostMachine]

Anybody who doesn't have Sky won't get this, but - those often 5-10 minute long Time Life music collection ads, where they dig up a group of ageing soul/ballad/whatever-the-compilation-is-for singers to exalt the virtues of Nat King Cole/Marvin Gaye for a bit, discuss the CD's awesomeness, and generally use every trick in the book to coax you out of £40 for some crappy songs that nobody ever liked in the first place, with the odd Barry White track in there to try and justify the purchase. Ugh.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

The adverts on Sky 3 for Lost on Sky 1. Yeah thanks for reminding us that we don't get Sky 1 and for showing us what we're missing...

[Timmoru Suzuki]

When Pizza Hut sponsored the Simpsons on Channel Four, you got those AWFUL 'Who's called the Hut?' adverts. The ones that were a screen of pictures of people and it was like

WHO'S CALLED THE HUT?

Bert..... (one of the pictures turns into a Pizza Hut logo)

And that was it!

It got even sillier when it was 'Which house called the hut? Lighthouse!', or 'Which car is going to the hut? Tractor!'

I fucking hated those.

[Tarheels.]

Those old-navy fash-on commercials. I want to fucking stab myself in the ears when I hear it come on.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

When Pizza Hut sponsored the Simpsons on Channel Four, you got those AWFUL 'Who's called the Hut?' adverts. The ones that were a screen of pictures of people and it was like

WHO'S CALLED THE HUT?

Bert..... (one of the pictures turns into a Pizza Hut logo)

And that was it!

It got even sillier when it was 'Which house called the hut? Lighthouse!', or 'Which car is going to the hut? Tractor!'

I fucking hated those.

TRACK-ORRRRRRRRR!

I hated them too

[GA!]

I cringe at the ideas behind the current Argos christmas advert. According to it, if you don't bend over backwards by metaphorically climbing to the sky and grabbing stars to make your kids dreams come true, you're a fucking crap father. It's a bit manipulative, no?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

It is a disgraceful advert. Most Christmas adverts are though so I just try to switch off to Christmas advertising.

They should bring back Richard E Grant.

Edited December 16, 2006 by ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster

[GA!]

It is a disgraceful advert. Most Christmas adverts are though so I just try to switch off to Christmas advertising.

Speaking of naff Christmas adverts - the Coca Cola Christmas ad 2005 version. There was no snow and no actual references to Christmas except for a guy dressed as Santa. OMG! REALITY! ESCAPISM SUCKS! *masturbates*

[Anothername]

Hastings. I hate that fucking little knight. Especially when he does his dance.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

It is a disgraceful advert. Most Christmas adverts are though so I just try to switch off to Christmas advertising.

Speaking of naff Christmas adverts - the Coca Cola Christmas ad 2005 version. There was no snow and no actual references to Christmas except for a guy dressed as Santa. OMG! REALITY! ESCAPISM SUCKS! *masturbates*

I was gonna mention this year's Coca Santa advert. I love Coca Cola but I hate their rose tinted Santa adverts. Yeah I know they can use him all the time as it's because of Coke that Santa wears red instead of brown, but it starts a little paedophilically and then becomes cheesy. And as for leaving bottles of coke instead of milk, it just goes to show Santa wants us all ill and rotting.

[GA!]

It is a disgraceful advert. Most Christmas adverts are though so I just try to switch off to Christmas advertising.

Speaking of naff Christmas adverts - the Coca Cola Christmas ad 2005 version. There was no snow and no actual references to Christmas except for a guy dressed as Santa. OMG! REALITY! ESCAPISM SUCKS! *masturbates*

I was gonna mention this year's Coca Santa advert. I love Coca Cola but I hate their rose tinted Santa adverts. Yeah I know they can use him all the time as it's because of Coke that Santa wears red instead of brown, but it starts a little paedophilically and then becomes cheesy. And as for leaving bottles of coke instead of milk, it just goes to show Santa wants us all ill and rotting.

And obese with diabetes. Santa wants us to become him...

[Farmer Reil]

Almost every car advert ever produced. They usually consist of a crap dance track, film of the car driving along (optional) and an annoying voiceover.

Also, although not strictly an advert, I really hate it when the BBC (or anyone else) show an advert for a program THAT'S ON NEXT. Like "The ONE to watch on BBC1. Robin Hood... next!". I KNOW, SHUT UP AND PUT IT ON ALREADY.

Or that advert for those pringles-shaped chocolates with the women and the subtitles.

[ROC]

Not a bad advert but one that makes my heart sink every time. Common promoting the Gap.

[Guest muddatrucker]

The worst advert I've probably ever seen was one for Jack Johnsons 'In Between Dreams' where theres a random guy narrating over it and saying some shit like 'I had a great summer, i met this girl, blah blah', he's trying to act all chilled out and its completely gay.