Some adverts actually turn people away...???? (Best / Worst TV Adverts)

Member Name: blissman70

Product:	Best / Worst TV Adverts
Date:	27/02/09 (281 review reads)
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Advantages: Some adverts are better than the programs they surround

Disadvantages: Most adverts are soooo bad

I have been busy reading many reviews recently, a lot in the discussion section, and have also written a few as well.
But when I came across this one I instantly wanted to get my voice heard as I have a long list of terrible adverts which, to me, should be banned from the screen forever, not for there offensiveness or rudeness but simply as they are just so bad they make me want to push my head into a blender and flick the switch on.

Anyway, as my blender is not big enough for my head, (and that doesn't mean I have a big head of course, it's just a small blender), I thought I'd get these terrible adverts off my chest.

So here we go...these are 10 of the many television adverts which really make me want to put my television in front of a road roller...


1) Many of them perfume/aftershave ads where someone's being chased by a wolf or two people are prancing round under a duvet. They are just so dull and mind numbingly boring that I tend to forget exactly which product they are selling, in fact they could be selling anything from fabric softener to running shoes.

2) That one with Charlotte church in dressed as many different characters, I can't even remember what it's selling... is it something Welsh? I don't know. What the hell is that about? And as for the ruddy singing!!! "I want to be..."

3) 90% of those irritating insurance ads, the likes of 'confuse.com' or 'comparethemarket.com'... I mean, they are just so same-same and so uninteresting that they all seem to mingle into one.

4) That Cadbury's advert with the two kids and the eyebrows, I mean what is that about? It is so irritating to watch as I find those two kids facial expression so annoying. I could only just tolerate the previous one with the gorilla in a suit but I feel neither are saying chocolate is for me.

5) That annoying T-mobile advert where everyone is dancing in the train station whilst LuLu is screeching out that terrible noise through the load speaker. I mean come on... if that dancing malarkey happened at my local station there'd be a riot, especially if LuLu started to screach.

6) All them 118-118 adverts with the two weird looking moustached men running around like idiots whilst the theme to a past show like 'The A Team' or most recently 'Ghostbuster' plays in the background. Come on people, get rid of the moustaches and get a life.

7) The Sheilas wheels adverts with the three women dressed like something you put over your loo roll prancing around whilst there car drives along and the song is so ear piercingly irritating... But for a car insurance advert it's not a good one, I mean, the women aren't even in control of the vehicle as they drive along... if I did what they were doing I'd be done for driving without due care and attention... even Sheilas wheels wouldn't touch me after that.

8) The Mr Muscles advert, the one with the cartoon character, what happened to the bloke with the funny face and the muscle the size of knots in a piece of cotton? The housewives dream boat (LOL)...This new cartoon version is too much like a super hero.

9) DFS adverts, which are always out in force just after Christmas. Do they think that everyone wants to change there seating plans after they've spent hundreds of ponds over the festive period? And why do they always have a sale on? Claiming it is 'the last few days of the great sale'? Do they think we were born yesterday?

10) The many diet adverts which bombard the screens, again, just after the festive period. People know that they may have to re-assess their dietary needs, especially after Christmas, but to have hundreds of companies claiming to help you lose wait with their 'unique' method is really annoying.


So... that is ten of my most loathsome television adverts, (and believe me, I have many more). Don't get me wrong, I don't mind adverts per se, for example, the John West advert with the bloke and bear fighting... and remember the old Tango adverts? Some of them were quite good, probably better than some of the actual programs these days.
It's just that there are a hell of a lot of bad ones which people are actually getting paid vast amounts of cash to produce.

Thanks for taking the time to read yet another of my rants... my chest is becoming clearer each and every day.

Summary: People actually get paid for coming up with trash like that