Best & Worst TV adverts ?

This has probably been done before, but I couldn't find it.

Worst one for me has to be that damn "shaking that ass" ad, for whatever it is advertising.

Closely followed by the inland revenue "Tax doesn't have to be taxing" grrrr

[Chris W]

Best had to be a kitkat advert that was on about 2 years ago...

little girl infront of one of those grabbing machines fully of soft toys... picks up a teddy and when it gets to the hole to collect it, the body falls down but the head remains.

So simple, but a classic

[Bifta]

first alternative, FIRST ALTERNATIVE, first ALTERNATIVE, FIRST ALTERNATIVE! I could quite happily kick Michael Winners' plums until they bleed.

The best one is still imo the one for Honda.

[Julian]

Best historically... St Bruno

Best atm.... Crusha


Worst.... anything encouraging people to borrow money.

Historically for me would have to be the Cadburys Smash ad.

Present best one..........I can't quite make my mind up yet.

Just found this which has a few on it.
Axe shower gel is quite amusing on that site, but I can't recall seeing it on the TV.

[Stuart]

Best ad of all time: The Maxell one with the guy holding up the words to "The Isrealites" and getting them all wrong. Will see if I can dig up a clip.

Worst ad of all time: Plenty of competion here, what with all the Finance/Insurance/Micheal Winner/"I tripped on a paper clip, now I am going to sue my employer" ads, I think the Micheal Winner (anything with him in) ads win though..


The best recent ads have been the Peter Kay John Smiths ones.

Two sites with interesting (if small) libraries of classic ads: http://www.absolutelyandy.com/tvadverts/index.htm & http://www.uktvadverts.com

Edit: Found the Maxell Ad (thanks to Yesman's site) http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=14902

[Charlie_Bubble]

Originally Posted by yesman

Axe shower gel is quite amusing on that site, but I can't recall seeing it on the TV.

Axe is the US/Continental version of Lynx.

[Graham M]

Best current ad: The Lynx Ad where the advert starts with "Somewhere over the rainbow" as the music track and theyre in bed together almost naked and they follow the route back the way they came picking up the clothes that they dropped on the way to bed until they eventually make it back to the supermarket where it started where their trolleys (of the metal basket with wheels type) are still standing.

Worst Advert:

Anything advertising; Tampons, Sanitary Towels, Other asociated items. There is no need for these adverts, if women buy these things then they will go for the ones that suit them best.

What the heck is that blue stuff anyway...

[Marge]

Have to agree with Stu on the worst advert, I just want to slap Michael Winners patronising chops, "it's a commercial dear" grrrrrrrr

I actually quite like the Carling ones, where they say if they did the banking/holidays/flat sharing they would be the best in the world

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Have to agree with Stu on the worst advert, I just want to slap Michael Winners patronising chops, "it's a commercial dear" grrrrrrrr

I actually quite like the Carling ones, where they say if they did the banking/holidays/flat sharing they would be the best in the world

And who is that irritating b... woman who plays the woman who is not his sister?

[Silent Wings]

Historically....
Most annoying: Do the shake and vac
Best: Cadbury's Smash

Recent......
Most annoying: 118 118
Best: Can't think of any good one's these day

[gazzae]

Best has to be the Honda one "wouldn't it be nice if things just worked"

Worst has to be elephant.co.uk

[ian@huth]

Half the adverts these days make you wonder what it is they are advertising. As for the best advert, it depends on whose perspective you are looking at. Some of the ones that people say are the worst adverts may be called the best by the advertisers as people remember the product even though the advert is cr@p and annoying. Having Sky+ I very seldom see many adverts other than at 12 times speed as I fast forward through the advert break.

[Russ]

Worst - any adverts which have people who are quite obviously paid actors pretending to be 'members of the public'.

Best - anything with babies

I also like the ones for Sky+ with Hasselhoff and Frank Butcher, Alice Cooper and Ronnie Corbett etc

Originally Posted by scastle

Best ad of all time: The Maxell one with the guy holding up the words to "The Isrealites" and getting them all wrong. Will see if I can dig up a clip.

Ah, you mean "My ears are alight!"

All time favorite has to be the Carling Black Label "Triple Length" advert.

It starts off with a little guy going into a Wild West saloon and getting hassled by a bunch of big blokes. There's a little tune (a bit like The Good, The Bad and the Ugly theme) then IIRC they take him outside and lassoo him, planning to drag him behind their horses, but instead he turns around and runs off, dragging the bullies behind him instead! Cue "I bet he drinks Carling Black Label"

Next advert starts and it's a smooth guy in a White Jacket singing love songs to a woman in a moonlit garden with a list of titles running underneath when suddenly there's that little tune again and in the background, the little guy from the previous ad (still dragging the bullies!) runs past, meanwhile the song titles change to "keep hanging on", "dragging in the dirt" etc...!

That advert ends and we switch to a supermarket with Housewife A telling Housewive B "You don't want to buy two of *that* powder, you want one of these" she takes a box off the shelf and there's that little tune again and the guy from the first advert can be seen through the gap. He tips his hat to them and then turns and runs off as the bullies appear again whilst, at the checkout, the smooth looking guy from ad #2 is chatting up one of the till operators...!!

Brilliant

Close behind that is another Carling ad, this time the "Surfer" ad.

Two guys are sitting in a pub and ones says "I bet he drinks Carling Black Label" to which the other says "Who??"

"Next bloke through that door..."

In the background we start hearing "Fortunata Imperatrix Mundi" (the Old Spice music, you peasants! ) the pub door crashes open as a wall of water floods through.

The two guys look absolutely gobsmacked as a guy surfs into the pub, picks up his board, steps up to the bar and says "Whooh! Yeah. Pint of aftershave please mate"

The barman, totally deadpan, says "straight glass, Sir?!"

Other favorites, the Heiniken "My Old Man's a Dustman" ad, the Nissan "Sweeney" and "The Professionals" spoof adverts.

Least favorite: Any advert that tries to put a tune behind a phone number, Ambulance Chaser "have you had an accident that wasn't your fault" ads and those bloody Smash adverts!!!