Best TV Adverts of the moment

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― Madchen, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Daddy, daddy cool!

― Madchen, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Lupo is kind of bonkers, at least for a car ad.

― mark s, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I quite like that headache pill advert...where the mother is dancing about in her undies.

― james, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That Dandy Warhols cell phone ad almost makes up for how much I hate them and how much I wish we had ads of any decent note in this gawdforsaken marketing tundra.

― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Zest Soap one with the elevator armpit sniffing scene. The way the woman meekly yet lovingly says "hello" just makes it, baby. Do they have this ad anywhere else in the world?

― Arthur, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Johnny Vegas and his wool monkey cohort, since the monkey talks exactly like Sideshow Mel.

― Al, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

MONKEY!!!!! shurely the only way to get people to switch to digital, stuff the acres of football, 7 zillion channels etc etc GIVE THEM A STUFFED TOY!!!!!!

get yer monkey cheque book out!!

― carsmilesteve, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Saw one from somewhere in which a large-muscled lovable-lug-type black man shaves with a particular sort of razor, puts on a suit and tie, picks up his briefcase, walks into the bedroom of his very young, sleeping daughter, puts his cheek against hers, and gives her a kiss. She says: "Bye, mom."

I thought this was a pretty great commercial.

― Nitsuh, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Why is ska the new ad soundtrack of choice? Is it the jauntiness?

― Ellie, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

LC sez DG = ITV Digital monkey. Hmph.

― DG, Wednesday, 21 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Marks and Spencer - is this the first time that they have used TV to advertise? I can't remember any before.

― Jonnie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Jonnie, there is a particular reason you like that advert though isn't there? a certain Mrs Slim perhaps?

― chris, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well there is that too, but I am intrigued by M&S having to advertise on telly now. God knows why but I am.

― Jonnie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

these threads qualify you all for 24 hr mime gulags near slough.

― Ed, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Lupo ad rules 'cos it reminds me of going down the greyhound track at Romford.

― Trevor, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Adam and Joe are on the Virgin mobile advert! However I don't particularly like the rest of the Virgin brand (my god, another one for the worst advert thread: their post office thing!) so hrmph chiz. I also admit to larffing at the Post Office thread with Elton John getting some PUPPIES in brown wrapping paper oh whot joy! I also like the advert for the Winnie the Pooh sleep soother and think more adverts should be shot from a babies eye point of view eg the Pampers ad. Also, who can forget the classic I'M A BIG KID LOOK WHAT I CAN DO! I CAN WEAR BIG KIDS PANTS TOO! tra la la Huggies pullups, I was almost tempted to get a pair myself.

― Sarah, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There was an advert on the other Saturday morning for a doll with a cock that wees. It made me shriek.

― Jonnie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

BABY WEE WEE!! And the cock is detatchable for toddler genderswitch action.

― Tom, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Does '..of the moment' preclude the Guiness adverts? I'll nominate 'Surfer' anyway. I know its the obvious choice (No. 1 of all time etc) but it is great. Jonathan Glazer said he made a whole feature film on only slightly more money than that 30-second ad cost! I also read a Creative Review article on how it was made and it was awe-inspiring. The work that went into it...

― Will, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The surfer ad is my grandad's favourite ad. He will be 89 on Monday. Grandad, grandad cool!

― Madchen, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The curent trend to have several subtly different versions of the same ad (Nivea, the one where the bloke sings "Can't take my eyes off you" down the phone and wakes up with a donkey in his room, etc.) - classic or dud? Sort of classic, but they could do so much more with it. Looking forward to seeing it done really well.

― Mark C, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Will, that surfer ad is the worst in the world ever. Yeah nice horse effects but there's something about it that just sets my spine on edge - maybe the dead hand of J.Glazer who has also made all the world's worst music videos.

― Tom, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Surfer ad = so vile it makes me ill, my ex had it on his PC and would insist on playing it OVER and OVER and OVER to me in an attempt to brainwash me into liking it. As I said on the other ad thread the Persil Capsyoules advert is the best advert in the world ever.

― Emma, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm with the anti-surfers posse on this. And it was surely a fix that it won the best ad ever.

Your ex sounds like a prize arsehole, Emma.

― RickyT, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well duh, RickyT, he is my ex = he is asshole. He was also the one who taped Eno for me.

― Emma, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The best Guiness ad is the dreaming competition. It reminds me of my grandad who was 90 this year. He can't see a fig anymore, yet he still has the best dreams evah. He says that nature has compensated for his physical shortcomings by opening his third eye - every night he sees in glorious technicolour, futuristic vistas of alien landscapes, curious semi-prehistoric creatures that attempt to communicate with him in a language he cannot yet fathom, but he's working on it. My grandad would thrash anyone in a dreaming competition anyday.

― Trevor, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The best Guinness ad is Carsmile Steve. He always looks so jolly with a full pint in front of him.

― Tom, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yep, I saw Sexy Beast and it looked right cheap too.

― Pete, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, *I* get it! Its 'gang-up on Will day', is it? Hah! Well, I only tried to put forward an opinion! I'm going home now and taking my ball with me. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Seriously, Bet on Black is pretty good too. I love the sense of speed in it. I also like the 'ring of fire' Curry Super Noodles advert.

― Will, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Super noodle ads are great. One of my favourites being where the dad blames his baby for getting Mummy's blouse dirty.

― Jonnie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

SOopah noodle ads are rubbish and the product is nasty (despite me living on them during my student years). my favourite one is the Pampers ad, where they claim that the nappy soaks up pee and soft poo. what is the deal with that?

― katie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I WANT HAIR

um, and also the timeless Garden Claw- although said Claw is actually rendered useless now, because MiniClaw is best for potted plants (and clawing people's faces off), and the Garden Claw Gold is adjustable, for the taller or shorter gardener. I guess GC original is for the skanks who can't afford an adjustable claw. Hmm.

Oh, and that Steam Clean one (can't remember the actual product) where the glass is so clean Mr Moustachio Man walks into the door when he forgets his briefcase, oh the hilarity. It's not just for glass, though, it can be used on ovens, kitchen surfaces etc, it's great. No really it is.

I hate Lupo.

― emil.y, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The impersonating a tiger frosties ad. tho best ad of all time is the john west salmon kick-boxing bear.

― Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

do you think the ad men had been playing tekken as kuma? HE'S JUST A GRATE BIG BEAR!!

― carsmilesteve, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Lupo also has a stencil-spray graffitti dimension to its campaign: perhaps they are targeting joyriders?! It's actually not all that, except insofar as it's so anti anything that car ads are....

Sexy Beast = OK, esp.Ben motherfucking Kingsley giving only good perf. of life.

Surfer ad = greatly hated by me, I think largely becuz of "the fat-hearted drummer hit the beat with all his might" etc, which inflames the anti-hornby in me for some reason, and say YAY for mathematicians w.drum machines etc etc

Ad I quite like has two cartoon tots eating "junk" straight from a rubbish bin, then they stop and have some hovis.

― mark s, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

yes, I like that one.

― cºzen (Cozen), Friday, 3 September 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

what is the name of the japanese (chinese?) style of puppetry used in it?

― cºzen (Cozen), Friday, 3 September 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

saw that new one that uses Nouvelle Vague's I Melt With You about half a dozen times last night. think it was mobile phone related, er, t-mobile.

there's another one for boot's cosmetics that rips off a bjork video something rotten but still manages to be entertaining. again, good choice of music and clever visuals and no real hard sell.

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 1 April 2005 09:17 (twenty years ago)

Advanced Hair Studio! A bizarre and extremely long infomercial which only ever appears in the wee hours of the morning, presumably to target some kind of demographic of balding insomniacs. Various sporting stars of yesteryear extoll the virtues of a dubious-looking hair regrowth process. My favourite is the guy who demonstrates the strength of his "new" hair by doing lots of vigorous sporty things like heading a football, sailing a yacht etc, and at one point letting a guy grab hold of his fringe and yank it in a truly wince-inducing way.

― Philip Alderman (Phil A), Friday, 1 April 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

it's all about the toyota verso advert with the women dancing on the beach

and i need to know what the song is

i did find out months ago but i forgot and essentially want some one to yousenditme...

― secondhandnews, Friday, 1 April 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

Either the phones 4 u one with the bloke in the window and the fat kid in the street with megaphones, or (and I'm probably in a minority of one here) the latest Michael Winner one ("it's not a real mouse").

― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Saturday, 2 April 2005 08:10 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

me again 8)

the Kia Sportage advert with the hoarde of little plasticene characters chasing the 4x4 full of Cthulian passengers.

http://www.kia.co.uk/downloads_popup2.asp?play=no
http://www.visit4info.com/static/advert_pages/23746.cfm?back_page=advertiser_pages/KiaCarRange.cfm

> the latest Michael Winner one ("it's not a real mouse").

ha, the mouse that roared.

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:38 (twenty years ago)

wrong thread for this i know but i just want to say how much i hate the Sainsbury's (i think) 'little tiny bill' one - the same song was used for Domestos (BIG BAD DOM) in the 80s.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:52 (twenty years ago)

Worst TV adverts of the moment

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:53 (twenty years ago)

The last advert I really liked was the one for throat lozenges where the lumberjack tries to shout out "Timber!" but can't and the so tree falls on some other dude

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:54 (twenty years ago)

One of the reasons I miss being in Japan: their ads. Far cuter than ours.

― nathalie's body's designed for two (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 10:54 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

that new one for plasters with added silver (wtf?) but only for the spangly noise that the plaster makes whan it talks.

― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

I love the ads for Sonic drive-ins with the freeze-frame and punch SFX at the payoff. Those things are funny and well-edited.

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

Oh, Rock. I hate those Sonic ads. Though I am curious about just what exactly that short-haired red-stater wife did in New Orleans.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

Otherwise, "Um, you look pretty?" THWACK! = Dud.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

Noooo, that's the best one!

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Goatmeal Crisp, Dad?

― Kim (Kim), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

I saw this for the first time at the cinema last night and was totally blown away.

― strophic (strophic), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

one of my favorite spots of the year:

boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/1831/

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Those Holiday Inn guys are killing me... "I think I'll buy a ten-gallon hat...maybe some numchucks..."

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 7 October 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Shatner -- what a total fucking whore, btw -- sure looks puffy even when they digitally helped him back onto the Enterprise bridge in that direcTV spot. (his last head toss in the elevator is admittedly perfect)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, well, we bought those All-Bran oaty bakes he's been peddling, and I can tell you if he thinks they're healthy, I may have found part of his problem. They're 27% sugar. It's like eating sugary biscuits for breakfast. Bleuch.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

What about Ray Winstone whoring it about with some new oaty breakfast cereal?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, u lucky Brits. Ray Winstone commercials!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 12:28 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

I revived this thread just to talk about the return of Jonny Vegas and MUNKEH! And what should be the first two posts that appear before my eyes?

Johnny Vegas and his wool monkey cohort, since the monkey talks exactly like Sideshow Mel.

-- Al (doctor_groov...) (webmail), November 21st, 2001 1:00 AM. (link)

MONKEY!!!!! shurely the only way to get people to switch to digital, stuff the acres of football, 7 zillion channels etc etc GIVE THEM A STUFFED TOY!!!!!!

get yer monkey cheque book out!!

-- carsmilesteve (carsmilestev...) (webmail), November 21st, 2001 1:00 AM. (link)

How's that for yer coincidences thread Mr Grout!

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:48 (nineteen years ago)

I felt a bit... emotional... when I saw that advert!

OK it was PMT time, but still! Well done PG Tips, JOB DONE etc etc.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 09:55 (nineteen years ago)

*chorus* "overtired..."

fuck i love them northern lads and their comedy parents.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 10:14 (nineteen years ago)

I do too! Can the naysayers explain why they don't?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 10:58 (nineteen years ago)

It's like telling the same joke over and over again, which merited a "heh, that's quite clever" the first time but rapidly becomes an irritant.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:02 (nineteen years ago)

I like Pedigree Chum ads because they have dogs in 'em.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

They're solid nourishment.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

marrowbone jelly

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:01 (nineteen years ago)

the safira advert is also a rip of those two kids talking about insurance using the voices of fry and laurie, oh, years ago. ("choccy topping? oh, go on...")

― My Koogy Weighs A Ton (koogs), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, I remember that. But "overtired" is funny, where "choccy topping? oh, go on..." is not.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:14 (nineteen years ago)

"oh, they're tired"! on second thoughts let's not start that again.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:15 (nineteen years ago)

It's not blimmin' "oh they're tired". The intonation would make no sense, and anyway "overtired" is exactly what parents say when kids are acting up and anyway they clearly say "overtired".

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

It's not blimmin' "overtired". The intonation would make no sense, and anyway "oh they're tired" is exactly what parents say when kids are acting up and anyway they clearly say "oh they're tired".

hohoho.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:18 (nineteen years ago)

it is overtired.

> But "overtired" is funny

even after they've trotted it out for the third time?

(besides, the 'choccy topping' was funny. they were kids, talking about insurance like grownups = juxtaposition. then he throws in the choccy topping and the juxtaposition suddenly has juxtaposition. minds are blown.)

(or do i mean 'irony'?)

― My Koogy Weighs A Ton (koogs), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, I remember that. But "overtired" is funny, where "choccy topping? oh, go on..." is not.

couldn't disagree more

also WHERE IS HUGH POLLARD NOW?

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:36 (nineteen years ago)

nobody actually says 'overtired' do they? what a stupid word.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:38 (nineteen years ago)

otm

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

The point is "tired" is just tired, with all the usual connotations of lethargy and sleepinesss. The parental theory is that when children are in need of a sleep, they often instead become fraught and badly behaved. They are "overtired".

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:48 (nineteen years ago)

Ooh, Alba's tired.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:50 (nineteen years ago)

if you're (over)tired you surely don't have the energy to behave badly. it suggests some other deficiency is at work.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:57 (nineteen years ago)

Parents think otherwise.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Adverts/Question138297.html

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:58 (nineteen years ago)

Parents think otherwise.

no wonder their kids are bulky and dour etc.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha - that's brilliant. I love that people wrote to Vauxhall to find out.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:01 (nineteen years ago)

i love this idea that once you're a parent you gain access to all these absurd terms unknown to anyone else.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

omg, someone in my office just said he was 'overhungry'.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not a parent! I just remember being a kid and being told I was overtired and disagreeing fractiously with the assessment.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:05 (nineteen years ago)

You are overhungry -> you are too hungry to eat! I have known this.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

I always thought it was "Oh, they're tired". And it seems even the people who made the advert aren't sure!

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

The people who made the advert are sure. The letter at the end is signed by Franco Zeffirelli and is a joke.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

i know that feeling too but that's not what he meant.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

For anyone whose parents used the phrase overtired when they were kids you KNOW with the pure truth of a billion universes that they're saying "overtired".

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:14 (nineteen years ago)

Overhungry is a nice word though.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

The difficulty parents face is when a fractious child is up past its bedtime and has pals over. Is is overtired or just showing off in front of its friends?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

Ah I see. Oh well.

xposts

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:18 (nineteen years ago)

The latter I think trumps the former - he may *be* overtired - to be revealed once everyone has settled down - but the need to impress means it's simply wilful bad behaviour and overexcitement.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Mark and Nick, two of ILX's most experienced parents and natural patriarchs.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

I think we should feature in a remake of My Two Dads.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:21 (nineteen years ago)

Your catchphrase could be "Shall we just have it off?".

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

i can't decide which one of the two is 'loose' enough to play Greg Evigan's character.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

I could be the disapproving neighbour.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

The old pencilly animated Aquafresh one which they're re-screening at the moment. Now that's a proper jingle.

― Wingwalker (1977), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

I love that they brought that back, seems like a 'two fingers up' to modern methods. Or maybe they just didn't have any new ideas.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

The Aquafresh ad did actually get me to pester my dad to buy Aquafresh, back in the day. I still feel a quiver of brand loyalty.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

Dear Mr ****,
Thank you for your e-mail received by this office on 5 September 2005,
regarding the recent Vauxhall Zafira TV advert.

As requested, I can confirm the last word in the advert is 'over tired'. I
trust this resolves your query, however, should you require any further
information, please do not hesitate to contact us again on 01582 427200, or
by return e-mail.

I cannot believe so many people have a) never heard this term and b) believe that you have to actually be a parent in order to hear and remember the daft things that parents say to excuse their inability to shut their children up.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone tried emailing the Warburtons?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

> I love that they brought that back, seems like a 'two fingers up' to modern methods

hush now, or our screens will be once more overrun with mash potato eating robots and 'Just-So' Jones.

speaking of which, the new cgi gary lineaker advert was interesting.

― My Koogy Weighs A Ton (koogs), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

My parents used to use the word 'overtired' and yet I've *always* heard 'oh, they're tired' on the advert. It never even occurred to me they might be saying 'overtired'. It's a shite advert anyway. I like the IKEA one they're showing in Sweden where the lady keeps saying OCH.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

It's so obviously 'overtired' that it had never even occurred to me that anyone could hear it as anything else. You 'oh, they're tired' people are mental. Did you hear the PG Tips Chimps saying 'it's the paste!' or that flymo cricket bloke saying 'it's a lot less hotter with an otter'?

― Sir Tehrance HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

Peyton Manning's mastercard advert. He comes off as so charming.

― vingt regards (vignt_regards), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

You 'oh, they're tired' people are mental.

no the existence of the word 'overtired' and it's application is mental.

speaking of which, the new cgi gary lineaker advert was interesting.

yes, altho it has happened before (CGI Howard from Halifax, CGI Botham and Lamb etc.)

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

This overtired / oh they're tired debate is how Nazi Germany got started

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Comcast's "save big bucks" ad is brilliant.

― clotpoll (Clotpoll), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

I love the ads for Sonic drive-ins with the freeze-frame and punch SFX at the payoff. Those things are funny and well-edited.
-- Truckdrivin' Buddha (crump...), August 3rd, 2005 6:43 AM. (Rock Hardy)
Oh, Rock. I hate those Sonic ads. Though I am curious about just what exactly that short-haired red-stater wife did in New Orleans.
-- Pleasant Plains /// (pleasant.plain...), August 3rd, 2005 11:04 AM. (Pleasant Plains ///)
Otherwise, "Um, you look pretty?" THWACK! = Dud.
-- Pleasant Plains /// (pleasant.plain...), August 3rd, 2005 11:04 AM. (Pleasant Plains ///)
Noooo, that's the best one!

-- Truckdrivin' Buddha (crump...), August 3rd, 2005 11:06 AM. (Rock Hardy)

I am vindicated by the fact that "btw XXXX, you look very pretty" is now an ILX meme.

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

and her name is MOLLY. sheesh.

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

rock hardy, why do the two men in those ads have fake stuck to their shirts seat belts while molly and brian have realish part of the car seatbelts?

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

Do you really want me to spell it out?

BOOBS
KNOCKERS
JUGS
TITTAYS
HOOTERS
BREASTICLES
MAMMARIES
WINNEBAGOS

etc

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

brian has knockers??

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, you should see his pix in the Advertising Age swimsuit issue.

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

I love the Geico caveman commercials. The latest one with the therapist is priceless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovgkvX2H08

I'm surprised not many people have mentioned the Mitsubishi ads featuring The Fall; I'd have figured a lot of you would've been falling over yourselves with excitement over that.

Me, I'm bemused by the Buzzcocks playing on a commercial for the AARP (something I wasn't anticipating until 2027 at least). According to an article I just read about it, it's supposed to be part of an effort to court future members of the AARP currently in their 30s and 40s, but -- Buzzcocks + AARP currently do not compute in my brain.

― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:26 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

Irn Bru: Goths Gone Wild

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p90qM535fQ8

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 09:38 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

For some reason I am enjoying the Shreddies knitting ad.
http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=2211

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 25 June 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

There was a piece about it in the Independent today as well. I've not seen it.

― accentmonkey, Monday, 25 June 2007 19:15 (eighteen years ago)

You can just click the link above :)

I can't find a a link to it in the Independent, was it part of a bigger article. Do you have a link?

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 25 June 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

Stand down...I've found it.
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2702428.ece
I agree with whoever Claire Beale is...This is sweet, funny, really quite bizarre. I wonder if it'll sell any shreddies though?

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 25 June 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

Added bonus! On that article there is a link for the fantastic fabulous old Go To Work On An Egg ads featuring Tony Hancock.

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 25 June 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

it also strikes me as the kind of thing the trading standards people don't like - they (maybe apocryphally) made them change the irn bru slogan 'made in scotland from grrdrrs' because irn bru didn't actually have any girder content.

― koogs, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 09:42 (eighteen years ago)

Recently saw a nice ad for a storage company - have only caught it once. Shows a room with all its contents going back and forth like waves on the seashore.

― Zoe Espera, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:47 (eighteen years ago)

as a kid i think i thought Grrdrrs was just some guy who made the Irn Bru. it's not like we drank it and thought 'mmm you can really taste the metal beams'.

― blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:55 (eighteen years ago)

I don't like the Shreddies ad - trying too hard to think of wacky concept to explain how they're made. Like that Coca-Cola bottle advert. Cease this shallow pretense you additive-peddling con artistes.

― blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:57 (eighteen years ago)

You can just click the link above :)

It's not the same as seeing it on telly though.

― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:23 (eighteen years ago)

Shreddies ad is sweet.

I'm liking the 'April Showers' one, looks like it was shot in Scotland somewhere, can't recognise where though.

The Skoda 'cake' one was good the first few times but has started annoying me.

The Nissan Qashquai 'skateboard' one is cool too.

― *rumpie*, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:26 (eighteen years ago)

I'm liking the 'April Showers' one, looks like it was shot in Scotland somewhere, can't recognise where though.

I like it too, but it's one of those ads that irritates me, because it looks like someone shot it as part of their show reel or something, and then they basically stuck the product name on the end, almost as an afterthought.

― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:31 (eighteen years ago)

They probably did...

― *rumpie*, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:38 (eighteen years ago)

-- blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:57 (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I know what you mean but there's something about knitting a shreddie that just makes me smile. Also I like to eat shreddies so I'm biased towards it already. They could have an ad with "Buy a packet of shreddies" on the screen for 10 seconds and I'd still go, 'good ad, I think I will'.

― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

Can't stop singing the "April Showers" tune in my head now - aaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!

― Tom D., Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

> The Skoda 'cake' one was good the first few times but has started annoying me.

the two bits of genius in this advert are the golden syrup 'oil' and the wobbly jelly tail-lights.

― koogs, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:52 (eighteen years ago)

something annoys the shit out of me on that skoda advert, and i don't know what. it's got something to do with the smart arse looks off the people at the end.

― Ste, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:00 (eighteen years ago)

in fact. that's exactly it.

― Ste, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:00 (eighteen years ago)

zoe that storage ad is none other than dougal wilson

― ^@^, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:05 (eighteen years ago)

Finally Volvic have made a water ad I like. The Volcano vs Alan the T-Rex are just daft enough to make me smile!

Much better than the Evian Busby Berkeley Babies. It struck me that to remove the genitalia on all these babies, some ad exec would have had to concentrate on these areas for a couple of days in an FX suite, which make sit all the more creepy.

― Pete, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:15 (eighteen years ago)

if you made a Skoda cake you are entitled to feel pleased with yourself. kudos to them i say.

of course it makes you think 'must eat cake' rather than 'must buy Skoda' but i'm sure they realised that.

― blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:25 (eighteen years ago)

i like the Volvic ad but who is that? Alex Armstrong?

― blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)

Who is the volcano supposed to be? A kind of cross between Brian Blessed and James Mason?

― Tom D., Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:27 (eighteen years ago)

Ah, cool - thanks! Have found it on YouTube now. I wish the tide bit went on for longer. It makes me feel calm about the thought of house-moving.

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The Skoda cake one ignites western guilt in me! I do hope it was eaten after.

― Zoe Espera, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:34 (eighteen years ago)

Who is the volcano supposed to be? A kind of cross between Brian Blessed and James Mason?

Surely he's the dude from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, no?

Matt Berry is his name, IMDB reveals.

― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:55 (eighteen years ago)

I mean of the dude in Darkplace. I don't know if the volcano voice is him. I like that ad as well.

― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:55 (eighteen years ago)

So who's the dude from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace supposed to be?

― Tom D., Tuesday, 26 June 2007 13:57 (eighteen years ago)

> i like the Volvic ad but who is that? Alex Armstrong?

it's the zoo owner from boosh.

― koogs, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 14:22 (eighteen years ago)

but the volvic advert annoys me due to their careful use of language - there's a very obvious fudge word in there so that they aren't implying that volvic makes you alert.

it also sucks because it's an ad for water.

― koogs, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 14:36 (eighteen years ago)

it's the zoo owner from boosh.

ah yes - not the US zookeeper but the other guy right? i think he also appeared in Roman's Empire WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DID NOT WATCH THAT?

― blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 14:46 (eighteen years ago)

dixon bainbridge. i think he owns the zoo and that bob fossil only runs it in his absence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/04_april/28/mighty_boosh.shtml

"Together, Vince and Howard continually battle against the owner of the Zoo-niverse – Dixon Bainbridge (Matt Berry) - and his manager Bob Fossil (Rich Fulcher)."

― koogs, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 15:14 (eighteen years ago)

Right. Matt Berry. I forgot he was in Teh Boosh.

― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

For some reason the Chicks With Swords made me lose my shit:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vbEMdrAjSvk

I think it has a lot to do with the "I'm totally going to masturbate now" look on the guy's face.

― joygoat, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

eight months pass...

i just love that commercial for the pizza bites or whatever, where the mom's in the kitchen and she takes the bites out of the oven, and then a hand comes through the wall and grabs the plate and a voice goes "thanks mom!"

okay i know it's a weird one to love but the mom is FUNNY

― Surmounter, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)

hehee! singing dog on VW Polo advert!

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 17:37 (seventeen years ago)

I still like "Dutch?"

― Mark G, Thursday, 13 March 2008 10:43 (seventeen years ago)

Liking the Cats with subtitles ad for teletext in the uk, very well written.

― MaresNest, Thursday, 13 March 2008 12:31 (seventeen years ago)

Youtube links here:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=teletext+cats&search_type=

― MaresNest, Thursday, 13 March 2008 12:34 (seventeen years ago)

I saw the singing dog last night too. Is it new? I like it

― laxalt, Thursday, 13 March 2008 12:34 (seventeen years ago)

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMIUOiMeDH4

Is quite wonderful.

― marianna lcl, Thursday, 13 March 2008 13:07 (seventeen years ago)

Still love this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWbSukakpjk

― briania, Thursday, 13 March 2008 14:19 (seventeen years ago)

Is this Magnetic Fields?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPzlJ54JaU

― kate78, Thursday, 13 March 2008 16:59 (seventeen years ago)

I love the singing Jack Russel Polo advert and the chocolate Lynx man.

― czn, Thursday, 13 March 2008 17:14 (seventeen years ago)

Chocolate Lynx man disturbs me. Have you noticed they've changed that advert, they taken out the bit in the cinema with the Chocolate Man and the two girls, which always struck me as being a bit pervy

― Tom D., Thursday, 13 March 2008 17:20 (seventeen years ago)

surmounter that pizza bite woman has been in like a million things, right? i just cant remember what.

― sunny successor, Thursday, 13 March 2008 18:01 (seventeen years ago)

I was in New Zealand recently, and the adverts there are pretty funny.

Faves:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqMshIJ6tkI

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tFQErRpMQ84

― S-, Friday, 14 March 2008 03:26 (seventeen years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-wKvq5uog

― Eric H., Friday, 14 March 2008 03:36 (seventeen years ago)

i don't know sunny -- her face/voice are definitely familiar, but i'm not sure from where!

love her

― Surmounter, Friday, 14 March 2008 03:41 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1jV7Jo_X4M&feature=related

― milo z, Friday, 14 March 2008 03:52 (seventeen years ago)

Whew!

― Eric H., Friday, 14 March 2008 04:08 (seventeen years ago)

Oh wait, I thought you meant this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH3pA29MG5k

― Eric H., Friday, 14 March 2008 04:18 (seventeen years ago)

i saw a NEW Crusha ad the other night inc cat on unicycle - rathergood was so much better than lolcats

― blueski, Tuesday, 18 March 2008 17:45 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

It's not a TV ad, but this is quite clever:

http://producten.hema.nl/

― Tuomas, Sunday, 11 May 2008 14:16 (seventeen years ago)

clear winner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA1iQm413No

― DG, Sunday, 11 May 2008 15:48 (seventeen years ago)

winar

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Sunday, 11 May 2008 15:55 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

nearly fell out of my chair during the pasta sauce advert where the mum is replaced by a huge new york deli owner.

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 08:43 (seventeen years ago)

five months pass...

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 7 December 2008 20:29 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

I know I'm now a victim of viral maketing but kudos still to Fallon for this.

― Shallow Gravy (Billy Dods), Sunday, 1 February 2009 17:06 (seventeen years ago)

Yep, that one is fantastic. Also the ones they had before with the gorilla drumming to 80s power ballads.

― Teh Movable Object (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 1 February 2009 18:43 (seventeen years ago)

― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Sunday, 1 February 2009 18:48 (seventeen years ago)

i am with STE especially as it looks to me like there is camera trickery involved (maybe a bit of speeding up).

― koogs, Monday, 2 February 2009 11:03 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

co-directed by Peter Saville:

better than that one with the dead boy following the man around

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 15:44 (sixteen years ago)

five months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-f-6drx3KQ&feature=related

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

nine months pass...

"Kerry. Butter. Is. Produced. By. Irish. Farmers."

BAM! That's some good advertising right there.

― village idiot (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 14:16 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

this is kind of great. especially on a cinema screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o72M-Z6qhJg

― postcards from the (ledge), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 09:49 (fifteen years ago)

also better when you don't know what it's going to be for, stupid title spoiler.

― postcards from the (ledge), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 09:50 (fifteen years ago)

wow a new cadbury's ad that aactually has some sort of abstract connection to the product well done kraft

― conrad, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 10:12 (fifteen years ago)

Reminds me of Chris Cunningham stuff, particularly the Portishead video and the Gucci advert.

― nate woolls, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 10:34 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

i rather enjoyed this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-i5DqbmdI&list=UUny6trZ8wh0H6cfA5vVSshg&feature=plcp

― Upt0eleven, Monday, 19 September 2011 12:12 (fourteen years ago)

"lol yr not really a traffic wardem..."

― Mark G, Monday, 19 September 2011 12:16 (fourteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mdWkKKSckNk

― nate woolls, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 19:59 (fourteen years ago)

try again

http://youtu.be/mdWkKKSckNk

― nate woolls, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 20:00 (fourteen years ago)

Ok how do you post youtube vids these days?

― nate woolls, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 20:02 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Saw one for the Blu-Ray edition for The Beatles' "Help" film.

It looks like something that should be re-issued to cinemas, like, right now!

― Mark G, Monday, 24 June 2013 09:32 (twelve years ago)

six months pass...

this has got to be one of the greatest commercials ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYun_5-tpvc&noredirect=1

― frogbs, Monday, 6 January 2014 17:28 (twelve years ago)

This one is a terrific big lie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnGcZmCbFk4

― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 January 2014 17:32 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnGcZmCbFk4

― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 January 2014 17:32 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

the Bold 3-in-1 ad with the drone on Channel 4 is actually funny

― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 July 2015 23:01 (ten years ago)

three years pass...

You know, I still like the Harvey Keitel "Direct Line" Mr Wolf ads, but he come over too avuncular to be truly threatening when he says "It's time to put you to sleep", just before he produces a flask of cocoa.

Maybe for the next ad phase, they should get Javier Vardim to recreate his character from "No country for old men", then the bods looking for cheaper insurance would look genuinely terrified when he said "hmm, heads or tails?"

― Mark G, Sunday, 24 March 2019 09:52 (six years ago)

I find those adverts really sad, the little red phone on wheels had more charisma than Keitel displays in those

― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Sunday, 24 March 2019 09:56 (six years ago)

I wonder if it's like when Hollywood people go Japan and he thinks nobody he cares about will ever see them

― Helel Cool J (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 24 March 2019 10:03 (six years ago)

Probably. I mean I don’t think he should be making a real effort to reinhabit his pulp fiction character to sell insurance or anything. I guess I just feel that Harvey Keitel should have better, less embarrassing things to do with his time.

― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Sunday, 24 March 2019 10:08 (six years ago)

Yeah i'm always puzzled by people who don't seem to need money demeaning themselves for advert money but maybe i don't have the right kind of ambition

― Helel Cool J (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 24 March 2019 10:11 (six years ago)

not as bad as his old pal Bob fronting anti-vacc docs, but still what a bellend!

― calzino, Sunday, 24 March 2019 10:13 (six years ago)

Ah fuck's sake i didn't know that, i mean fuck an actor but ffs

― Helel Cool J (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 24 March 2019 10:29 (six years ago)

I like the Harvey Keitel adverts fwiw.

― Don't Go Back to Brockville (Tom D.), Sunday, 24 March 2019 22:12 (six years ago)

I'm sure I put Bardim in my orig post!

― Mark G, Sunday, 24 March 2019 22:33 (six years ago)

It's Bardem

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 25 March 2019 00:06 (six years ago)

Fair enough..

It's not Vardim anyway.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 07:10 (six years ago)

eleven months pass...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4_HoKra2I

one for the West Brom fans...

― koogs, Friday, 6 March 2020 20:29 (five years ago)

I see the direct line ads have moved on from Harvey K.

― Mark G, Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:02 (five years ago)

De Niro and Pacino have both done ads. Joe Pesci?

― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Saturday, 7 March 2020 18:08 (five years ago)

four years pass...

stiltz home lifts. a lift in your home. not a stair lift, an actual lift. this is a gamechanger.

― ledge, Tuesday, 9 July 2024 14:53 (one year ago)

uses as much electricity as boiling a kettle though, just to take one person up one floor.

― koogs, Tuesday, 9 July 2024 15:27 (one year ago)

have another cup of tea and sleep on the sofa

― conrad, Tuesday, 9 July 2024 15:50 (one year ago)

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