Tesco festive adverts with Ruth Jones....

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The one where she has her son help with the shopping and can't string a sentence together/ bumps into son and tries to hide the fact she's having a NYE party. Surely I cannot be alone in thinking these are pretty shyt and annoying!!!

Exactly, there must have been at least ten earnest, corporate-y creative people who had to be gone through to 'green light' such a campaign, why oh why did NONE of them say 'Stop! This is utter shite!' Were they all drunk on voulez vous laced with gluten free (The Latimers) brandy?

You know what HelenMN DH said that the other day about the hair transplant. I had never noticed.

The budget obviously didn't run to professional scriptwriters once they'd secured a couple of recognisable faces. I can imagine a few execs sitting in an office saying "Is mocking the afflicted post-modern yet?"

The Tesco ads remind me of a smear test - unpleasant, uncomfortable, and undignified. At least smear tests have a point.

MetalMidget summed it up perfectly

A ten incher you say Helen? ...... hmmm, not bad for £1.79

Is it me or is anyone else thinking that they're never, ever going to be able to see or hear the words 'gluten-free' again without mentally adding the words 'Latimers'?

If that was my son I'd push for having him neutered. If they were my parents I'd disown them.

I must be the only person on MN who quite likes these adverts, but in my defence, I actually know a man-child who is in his 30s, lives at home with his parents, mixes on his decks to make a 'living' and is utterly ridiculous. And it reminds me of him which causes a great deal of hilarity.

What gets me. Some arsehole got paid for writing those ads.

They are quite reminiscent of the adverts the numptys on The Apprentice produce and everyone cringes.

Exactly, there must have been at least ten earnest, corporate-y creative people who had to be gone through to 'green light' such a campaign

I think this about so many ads, films, products and programs.
Why does no one in the creation of them say stop?

Oh they are dreadful aren't they? Tescos had a terrible year last year, I can't see how those ads will make things any better.

I too love the Coop ad. I also love, love, love the Vodafone ad with the family and their pet turkey, makes me chuckle every time I see it.

Sparkling - every time I see a poor advert I always think "They could do better on the Apprentice"

Someone asked on the tesco Facebook page how old Freddie was supposed to be and they did reply.....25.

Personally I'd like to shove his volley vulez up his arris.

YY Glo they definitely could. They would still be awful but not as awful.

Well I think some adverts have a deliberate irritation factor built in. Here you all are talking about them. The Maltesers ad is also irritating but for some reason I love it. ...'to play a gnome'

We are taking about it but not scuttling off to Tesco to buy volley voolays, being irritated doesn't make me want to buy stuff.

I think the next time I am in Tescos I will feel more depressed than usual and buy less tbh.

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Oh god sorry wasn't meant for your post- new to this!

I actually like the Tesco ads! In my defence, I haven't seen many, so will Google others mentioned to make a fair comparison.

My other Dave's are Vodafone with the turkey and Sainsbury's with Mog.

Off to watch the Co-op one now...

YANBU, they are just so cringey to watch.

I can't believe someone actually got paid to write them.

Ok, I've just watched the Co-op (now got something in my eye, sob!) and Lidl - this made me smile!

Both better than Tesco's offering!!!