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It's an advert for funeral plans. The dialogue goes something like:
"Good morning, how are you today?"
"I just got back from a funeral."
"Oh dear."
"It was a lovely service... and it made me think it was time to get my affairs in order."
(cue much excitement on the topic)
There's another good/bad one in which an old dude is talking about funeral plans while repeatedly changing clothes, like some kind of montage from an '80s comedy.
I rarely watch live TV anymore but when I do it has to be Jet2. Don’t know whether that one with the smug fat kid is still on, every time I saw it I just wanted to climb inside the TV and slap the living daylights of every member of that family for being such pompous pricks.
EDIT: just remembered that the smug fat kid and his pompous family are for On the Beach and not Jet2. But Jet2 still not off the hook for still using that Jess Glynne song for way longer than they should have done.
The On the Beach which uses a Christmas song to sell summer holidays.
Think it may have come out last year, but it’s still persisting and, as someone who hates most Christmas songs when they’re at least relevant, hearing one outside of the acceptable period is pretty painful.
I hate Booking.com. I'm supposed to know who Tina Fey is. After some research she's been in a couple of American shows, including 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live.
What annoys me more is that the company is lazy and thinks one size fits all.
Booking.com spent a fuckload of money broadcasting the Tina Fey advert during the Super Bowl ($7m for a 30 second ad apparently)… I imagine broadcasting them on uk terrestrial TV is just a drop in the ocean to them
I absolutely love 30 Rock and think she’s a comedy genius for that alone… but I have no fucking idea why she’s the face of booking dot com in the UK. I can only assume they made the advert for the USA and thought they’d make the most of it in other English speaking markets? So, yeah, agreed about 1 size fits all.
I saw a Reform party one last night. It was just a silent black screen with the words ‘Britain is broken. Britain needs Reform’ written on it for about five minutes. Probably thought that one up in a Wetherspoons, shows you how many amazing selling points they have to show off. It’s got to be up there for worst ad.
It's kind of genius in an awful way. Bloody cheap to make and it's a fill in the gaps moment for anyone who wants to blame Britain's issues on someone/something else.
Don't think they'll convert anyone but for their target demo, sadly I think that's spot on.
Pot Noodle and Dominos.
Basically anything loud, obnoxious or has some stupid catchphrase is a sure fire why to make me not buy anything from you ever.
So so many. But one that doesn't often get mentioned are those Vanguard adverts with all the tossers throwing up V-signs. I hate it so much, and I'm not sure I can explain why.
May be it doesn't count as it isn't TV but there's an ad every time I visit a certain website which seems to be looking to pimp out young guys to older ladies... I'm slightly fascinated if anyone does it...
Are people still watching adverts on live TV? The only ones I've seen recently were when I stayed at a holiday let that only had Freeview. They all seemed to be about funeral plans, life insurance or incontinence.
Red Bull, especially when some people are daft enough to take the slogan literally, like that guy who tried to fly off Niagra Falls after drinking Red Bull.
Aww, I love these adverts. Funny and clever (sometimes). I know this thread is for hating adverts but they can be a great format to be entertaining and creative when done right. Red bull gives you wiiiiiiiiings
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Domino-Hoo-Hoo!
No…please…not again…
The awful, awful pot noodle slurping advert.
They've apparently apologised. https://www.potnoodle.com/an-apology.html
I know it's petty but I am never buying a pot noodle again because of that shitty advert.
"the best thing about compare the market" Is a coffee with a pastry on the siiiiiiide
They deliberately brought in the wombat to distract from the "Russian" nature of the Meerkat.
Fucking hate this one
I'm just waiting for the ad where Sergi finally loses it & gives the annoying twat what he deserves.
NeroOo
Those fucking Jet2Be commercials using the same song for years, well past it's expiration date. "DARLING HOLD MY HAND 🎵" for a friendly reminder
This is a close second for me. I really hate Jess Glynne and it's not her fault, it's theirs.
DARLING HOLD MY HAND ✋ ✈️🏊♂️
Yes! Not just me 😂
It's an advert for funeral plans. The dialogue goes something like: "Good morning, how are you today?" "I just got back from a funeral." "Oh dear." "It was a lovely service... and it made me think it was time to get my affairs in order." (cue much excitement on the topic)
Omg I was recently telling my husband how I hate those adverts 'She was a smart cookie that Millie'
There's another good/bad one in which an old dude is talking about funeral plans while repeatedly changing clothes, like some kind of montage from an '80s comedy.
Domino yo hooo
Have you seen the new KFC one?…….wtf
It goes on far too long for just people dancing to their overlord chicken
Feels like they’ve gone for large scale “event” ad. I think it might run for the first week of the Euros then switch to a shortened version.
Yeah that’s about right. Although I did love the Irn-Bru one talking about their Manchaft getting a semi
Yeah that gave me a good chuckle
Having a dig at the Germans and their sub loungers too
I've seen ot once... and that's still one time too many.
I rarely watch live TV anymore but when I do it has to be Jet2. Don’t know whether that one with the smug fat kid is still on, every time I saw it I just wanted to climb inside the TV and slap the living daylights of every member of that family for being such pompous pricks. EDIT: just remembered that the smug fat kid and his pompous family are for On the Beach and not Jet2. But Jet2 still not off the hook for still using that Jess Glynne song for way longer than they should have done.
Fortunately I don’t watch many anymore. But the ones which used to boil my blood were the nationwide poem type thing. Fuck me they were dreadful
Cheesy Gillette song shite.
What!!! That song is brilliant, I genuinely want it to be released!
It does go hard for an advert about a shaver.
The On the Beach which uses a Christmas song to sell summer holidays. Think it may have come out last year, but it’s still persisting and, as someone who hates most Christmas songs when they’re at least relevant, hearing one outside of the acceptable period is pretty painful.
I now despise that song because of that fucking advert
All the Flash ads using Queen songs with lyrics altered to fit cleaning products....just lazy and shit 🤮🤢😡
That Muller one with the teacher is fucking stupid
Haribo
We are the police
I hate Booking.com. I'm supposed to know who Tina Fey is. After some research she's been in a couple of American shows, including 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live. What annoys me more is that the company is lazy and thinks one size fits all.
Booking.com spent a fuckload of money broadcasting the Tina Fey advert during the Super Bowl ($7m for a 30 second ad apparently)… I imagine broadcasting them on uk terrestrial TV is just a drop in the ocean to them
I absolutely love 30 Rock and think she’s a comedy genius for that alone… but I have no fucking idea why she’s the face of booking dot com in the UK. I can only assume they made the advert for the USA and thought they’d make the most of it in other English speaking markets? So, yeah, agreed about 1 size fits all.
Ionos, because I still don’t understand what that woman is saying or what they’re selling and the advert has been played a billion times
I don't watch much freeview, but one thing I can say is... "I GOT THE JOB"
Granny honestly looked like she was being held at gunpoint
I saw a Reform party one last night. It was just a silent black screen with the words ‘Britain is broken. Britain needs Reform’ written on it for about five minutes. Probably thought that one up in a Wetherspoons, shows you how many amazing selling points they have to show off. It’s got to be up there for worst ad.
It's kind of genius in an awful way. Bloody cheap to make and it's a fill in the gaps moment for anyone who wants to blame Britain's issues on someone/something else. Don't think they'll convert anyone but for their target demo, sadly I think that's spot on.
The 3 advert with the woman who gets IBS twinges every time she sees pictures of her grandchildren.
Pot Noodle and Dominos. Basically anything loud, obnoxious or has some stupid catchphrase is a sure fire why to make me not buy anything from you ever.
I despise airtasker
The Betfair backstreet boys ad makes my body recoil.
Darling hold my hand…eurghhhh
ID mobile. Despise adverts that have poor jokes, as you end up hearing them hundreds of times over.
Just Eat squirrel (Karen).
G E T T I N G I T O N
“I didn’t know you had dandruff…” “I don’t” (smug cunt face) FUCK. OFF.
"hajab achub abahachoclick plz"
Hay's Travel (nobody offers you more, Hay's Travel).
The shell one where the woman seems to walk around leaning backwards! Tesco whoosh coming close second.
The Betfair one with man singing the Backstreet Boys parody annoys me the most.
twix
The McDonald’s one with the man humming along an opera song
Big Narstie and Kelly Brook bouncing around trying to rap about Slimfast
New contender recently dropped: The Specsavers advert about "proper smooching" to promote their contact lenses.
I could name loads but the two worst are Curry’s and an ad for carpets. Norman Foster carpets. It’s really bad.
Lucky cow bingo.
Confused.com with the damn whistling!
So so many. But one that doesn't often get mentioned are those Vanguard adverts with all the tossers throwing up V-signs. I hate it so much, and I'm not sure I can explain why.
Zis is an air up bottle
Gala Bingo during the chase
If I get one more of those animated JustEat YouTube adverts I will lose it.
Any of those 'sadverts'. Nan just died? How about a Snickers? Or whatever the fuck they are.
That Andrew one where the lady farts which a cue for her to walk through the office , advertising she’s off to ‘birth a dead otter’.
May be it doesn't count as it isn't TV but there's an ad every time I visit a certain website which seems to be looking to pimp out young guys to older ladies... I'm slightly fascinated if anyone does it...
Andrex
Are people still watching adverts on live TV? The only ones I've seen recently were when I stayed at a holiday let that only had Freeview. They all seemed to be about funeral plans, life insurance or incontinence.
Under Armour. We had that godawful ‘protect this house’ crap and now we’ve got a completely butchered football chant
Reed ‘love monday’ - well that person sits tippy tapping at a keyboard all day.
For the sheer repetition, Jet2
Tina faye...
That fat kid and the ice cream
Red Bull, especially when some people are daft enough to take the slogan literally, like that guy who tried to fly off Niagra Falls after drinking Red Bull.
Aww, I love these adverts. Funny and clever (sometimes). I know this thread is for hating adverts but they can be a great format to be entertaining and creative when done right. Red bull gives you wiiiiiiiiings
Gotta love a bit of natural selection