To think that 99% of TV ads

[MilitaryWag]

...are a pile of shite? Hate hate hate tv ads. Soneone is getting paid 1000's to spew out this absolute crud. My cat could do better. Do they think the general public are completely thick?
My particular 'favourites' in no specific order:
*Household cleaning products -
*Cars - you would not think half those on the road are women (but dont worry, plenty of small ditzy, cutey cars for us)

• Payday loans
• Fragrance - the worst of the worst.

That is all

May I add stairlifts and walk in baths plus over 50s funeral plans to my list of hates

plus Sheilas Wheels

troisgarcons Ah yes, the walk in baths. Because people wear swimming costumes when they have a bath dont they

Hmm, would you rather watch naked old people?

L'oreal adverts!!

Where their lips move... Then 1/2 a second later 'because we're worth it?'

So worth it they have to spend more redubbing the adverts?

Fook off

I know i don't want to see old people near orgasmic at being in the bath in a swimming costume.

Can't they do that thing they do in car ads where a wild animal does the advertising

Personally, I would like to see a panther in the bath

Go Compare.
Nuff said.

Agree go compare. Or any advert with a song!

We buy any care dot com!
Should me
We buy any car dead cheap!

Formula adverts piss me off because although I get why they do it they upset my cousin who can't bf
For medical reasons 'obviously breast is best. When it's time to move on...'
She felt upset every time she saw one. Why can't the just advertise formula?

I think all baby products ads are crap. The saccharin sweet voice over, the perfectly groomed, smiling mum, the oh so happy babies.

That hideous 'So Juicy' advert. Who gives a low flying fuck what Mum says or Dad says or what anyone says. Just cook your chicken and fuck off.

Children as adults!

Triple velvet - soft soft soft!

Kylie saying 'shhhh' about that car

I hate pretentious telecommunication/network adverts where you have to guess what it's about. They've probably paid squillions to some company to come up with that shite and no doubt the customers are paying for it.

Where are all the clever adverts nowadays such as the Guinness and Heinekin ads of old?

I tend not to watch much live TV so can forward through the ads. DD adores that cunting go compare one.

I record everything I want to watch on the digibox and watch them fifteen minutes after they start so that I can skip through the adverts. Also, the 'before the break' clips and 'coming up' clips. Most 1 hour programmes are actually only about 45 mins. I even fastforward through the loooooong exagerrated pauses before they announce the result ffs. What's that all about?

The old Volswagon adds were the best.

I suppose the really annoying ads such as Go Compare and Webuyanycar.com are doing the job they intended to do as we all remember them.

For sheer genius on a budget - the award has to go to.....

You buy one, You get one free
I said you BUY ONE, you get one FREE

The pay day loan companies. They are always on when Jeremy Kyle runs his programme.
The smug kids sat in front of huge tvs/sat in cars all smiley and SMUG. Who pays for all that stuff ?
Parents, that who.

It's true the most annoying adverts are the best ones for advertising and sticking in your head.

Which makes them even more annoying because they have no reason to as it is so effective

reed.co.uk - and they really have job adverts for endocrinologists and surgeons do they?

Online bingo. I mean how many of these sites are there and how much are there and how much are they making if they can afford loads of airtime. You don't even get product for your money.

I agree!

Most adverts = pile of crap.

Fragrence ads are pathetic - that Beyonce one (pulse?) is just her, walking towards the camera with her song playing in the background! 1/10 for effort B, is that really supposed to convince me that I really want need to buy your product? Really?

I think that if you can create an advert where you
a) don't show a picture of the product
b) can understand what it is about with speaking the language or with the sound off
then that is an effective advert :D

I still remember an ad that was on the radio during a family holiday to the Isle of Wight 14 years ago!
Basically it was for a double glazing company and the ad was the tale of the three little pigs (in song) - every time the big bad wolf blew the house down it was due to the ineffectual windows, except of course for the last pig who had Conseal windows.

I even remember their phone number - if I ever need double glazing in the future I'm going to dial 0800 22 11 55 :D

Sorry, Coldseal - actually they've changed the phone number now, what a shame!

Lynx adverts.
Sexist tripe thinly disguised as ironic humour.

IT ISNT

I quite like the advertisement with Alexander Armstrong and two boys in it for an insurance company can't temember which one. They're rather funny. Sometimes I'll sing YMCA along to Confused.com.

One thing I don't like though is that advertisers seem to think that the population of this country is all young people so an incorrect picture of this country is portrayed. Advertisers are blind to the fact that older people are more affluent. We see older people only in Life Insurance, stairlifts and walk in baths. What about the rest of us? We use perfume, cleaning products, have a lot of the odd drink, drive cars, have holidays not with Saga and ...................

Any advert with Alexander Armstrong is ok with me

My only problem with 'get it from us direct' direct line is that I have yet to find out ANY instance where they are cheaper than ANYONE