Yeah. I know. I’m thinking the exact same thing. Where did they get that kid? He’s like the bastard offspring of James Van Der Beek and a Klingon. Putting him on TV is just mean. Well it turns out that he’s a real child. Apparently Oxo have been running some kind of competition to get [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The Oxo Factor
Posted in Awful Awful Awful, Wishful Thinking, tagged competition, family, gigantism, ken griffey jr, oxo, oxo factor on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oral B – Dentist Clean Feeling
Posted in Bullshit, Technically Accurate, tagged clean teeth, dentists, oral b, toothpaste on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh good, I was beginning to wonder when we’d get another advert that said one thing out loud and another in the small print. This stupidly conceived toothpaste push is all about concealed language and using just the right turn of phrase to imply something that they deny at the end. Line by line, if [...]
National Express – Window Seat
Posted in Awful Awful Awful, Bullshit, Patronising Bastards, Wishful Thinking, tagged coach, national express on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I guess this advert can be filed under either wild optimism or outright deceit. Anyone – anyone! – who has ever taken a ride on a National Express coach knows that this is an utter-fabrication. The presented image is so far removed from the reality it could almost be a spoof. The seats aren’t comfy [...]
X-Box – Lips
Posted in Awful Awful Awful, Wishful Thinking on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know anything about computer games. Nothing. I don’t play them, I don’t read about them and I don’t understand them. Even I, though, with my hugely limited knowledge can see this advert is a meagre attempt by a dead console to compete with the Wii. Also, didn’t anyone realise that in order to [...]
Nintendo Wii – Ant and Dec in the Pub
Posted in Awful Awful Awful, Celebrity Endorsement, Patronising Bastards, tagged ant and dec, computer games, nintendo, pub games, wii on October 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ant & Dec Play in th.. Watch the ad… Oh Christ. Brilliant. That’s what we need. More socially mobile twentysomething wankers leaping around like 5 year olds as they try to shave monkeys in 3 seconds or pretend to fry to bacon. At least before this distressing sight was limited to peoples houses but now [...]
Doritos: Guitar Hero
Posted in Actually Quite Cool, tagged alan, crisps, doritos, guitar hero, pringles on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Credit where credit is due. This advert is funny, engaging and entertaining – and it manages to get in a sly poke at the legions of frustrated bedroom musicians hooked on Guitar Hero at the same time. I originally didn’t realise there was a full length version until I caught it during School of Rock [...]
Action for Children
Posted in Celebrity Endorsement, Patronising Bastards, tagged action for childen, charity, davina mccall, neglect on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ok, this one might seem a bit mean so go with me. I’ve nothing against the product, how could I? It’s a fair and decent charity that does amazing work dealing with the underprivileged, abandoned and abused members of society. They’re good people and they deserve and need the support they’re requesting. But their spokesperson? [...]
Stella Artois 4%
Posted in Awful Awful Awful, tagged chickens, jaunty french bollocks, stella artois 4%, triple filtered on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I know that this is hardly arching and constructive criticism, but I fucking hate this advert. Each time it crops up on my TV screen I genuinely feel sick at the idea of having to sit through it again. It may only be 40secs or so long but it seems like an eternity. Stupid handsome [...]
Vauxhall Corsa: C’mon!
Posted in Awful Awful Awful, Wishful Thinking, tagged c'mon, cute, knitted toys, vauxhall corsa on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh for Christ’s sake, Vauxhall. Let it go. Your little knitted figures haven’t caught on like you hoped they would. “C’mon” isn’t a catchphrase repeated by hip-to-the-bone students, no-one has bought the millions of little toys you flooded service stations with and the nation hasn’t taken the cuddly little blighters to its collective bosum. All [...]
