Best & Worst TV adverts ?

[James79]

Just came across this thread and got to thinking of what ads I really like. I was able to come up with three.

3. The Citroen "Dancing Transformer" Ad - for nostalgic reasons - I grew up with Transformers

2. The Honda Verso Ad - makes you wanna dance - if you could be bothered.


My Favourite Ad of the minute is....................

1. The New VW Golf / Singin' In The Rain Ad - AKA Gene Kelly Break-Dancing. Absolutely fantastic - couldnt take my eyes of the TV when it was on and it had me in a fit of laughter at how good it looked!!!

[AndrewJ]

Agreed with the Citroen advert that is excellent.

Funniest one for me is the one for Options chocolate, when he is unloading a plane and throws a fragile package onto carrier belt, then throws about 3other packages onto this fragile package...always makes me smile.

[Halcyon]

Kit Kat adverts have always been quite fun.
The Lynx one where the guy gets dragged into the sea is good.
The Orange adverts at the cinema are pretty cool too.

[TracerTong]

The Yellow pages ads with James Nesbit. Especially the 'Elvis & Hairdresser' one's

[James79]

How about the Yellow pages advert where the said Mr Nesbitt goes to Yoga class????

C.H.I.R.O.P.R.A.C.T.O.R.

Had us all in fits of laughter the first time we saw it!!

Originally Posted by AndrewJames

Agreed with the Citroen advert that is excellent.

Funniest one for me is the one for Options chocolate, when he is unloading a plane and throws a fragile package onto carrier belt, then throws about 3other packages onto this fragile package...always makes me smile.

sorry Andrew - i'm sure that is for Horlicks, there is another one with a Traffic Warden waiting for the instant the meter runs out - the tag line is 'how do they sleep at night', it is good in an very non PC way, though

& James79 - be nice to Ramrod, he's been poorly

[Bob]

GOOD COP

I have got to say I'm loving the Diet Coke adverts with the Tortoise in them...
http://www.forthosewholovelife.co.uk/TCDownloads.html (you'll need QuickTime)

I was a fan of those dancing penguins for the Switch/Maestro
http://www.switch.co.uk/Mediacenter/ads.asp

The Anchor butter ads have been funny aswell (the current one with the cow up a tree and the Weebl & Bob 'style' one

Those adverts that the BBC Three made up during the breaks in Graham Norton when he was in America! There were some classics on that such as superstar tampons

Any Coco Pop adverts with the those little stories of how they escape crafty croc (there is an excellent game on the website where you have to slow crafty croc down as much as possible by setting boby traps http://www.cocopops.co.uk/frameset.asp and when you get to the map select Jungle Wilderness > Croc Catcher)

The Heineken adverts where they had Paul Daniels and various others singing the Capenters 'Close To You' and there more we bought the more likely we were to see them being attacked by lions

The old Safeway adverts where they had little childen with adult voice overs and their perceptions of being in the trolley whilst shopping

Any Walkers crisps ones with Gary Lineker

The ones for Dairylea with Pib & Pog - http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/atom_344 (not the advert but a sketch with them in)

The Vauxhall Corsa ads that are based on Wacky races http://vauxhall.co.uk/promotions/cor...ieChoice.jhtml

BAD COP

I can't stand adverts that are advertising anything to do with mobile ringtones/wallpapers etc. especially the Carzy Frog (the man who invented that has made £10 million aparently)

Anything NTL advertises - there have been some real 'gems' in the past

Anything regarding compensation for injuries when the people involved are so obviously fake (2DTV did and excellent sketch about Perter Perkins (aka Spiderman) getting bitten by a radioactive spider and sueing)

The McDonalds ones where they are trying to shed their negative image by taking the pee of themselves - and the expression on the girls face when she is listen to people saying 'you can't bring food from outside in here'

Its been said but Elephant.co.uk - its so bad it needs another mention

Anything selling Car Credit

Most car adverts that go on and on with an annoying song and you think they are going to be advertising something really unsual then it turns out its a car

I can't think of anymore at the moment...

[Halcyon]

Most of the NTL adverts or adverts for insurance companies must get their actors from the cheapest of acting agencies.
The acting is as wooden as an oak tree.

[mr2gti]

One of the best adverts has got to be the GOLF GTi one, Gene Kelly remix!
Honda's THE COG is epic too.

Churchill's dog is a good 'un. The body poppin "3" advert is good too.

[Halcyon]

There was one many years ago with a squirrel that went on this adventure course along someones garden, along pipes, along washing lines, up the roof, etc.
I cant rememeber what it was for, but it was well made.

[Russ]

Car adverts - the way they arse-kiss to their customers is sickening!

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

There was one many years ago with a squirrel that went on this adventure course along someones garden, along pipes, along washing lines, up the roof, etc.
I cant rememeber what it was for, but it was well made.

It was for Hamlet cigars ( I think)

[Halcyon]

Oh right, coool. Thankyou.

As for adverts to hate....
I cant stand any advert with Harry Hill. The guy annoys me completly.

Originally Posted by scastle

It was for Hamlet cigars ( I think)

Ahem!

I bet *he* drinks Carling Black Label!!

[geminian68]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

There was one many years ago with a squirrel that went on this adventure course along someones garden, along pipes, along washing lines, up the roof, etc.
I cant rememeber what it was for, but it was well made.

I remember that advert.

Where the squirrel completes an assault course in a back garden with the theme from mission impossible, it was a carling black label ad.