Eamonn Holmes - just any advert he is in. He's a rubbish presenter and even worse actor. "Oh, my legs" and, if you believe him, you can walk for miles immediately after using the machine. Ian Botham used to advertise it and was honest that it helped but wasn't some kind of miracle cure.
We too watch most tv as recordings, and fast forward through the ads. I wonder if those advertising realise how few we actually watch? And how the vast majority of those ads we see actually see result in us adding their products to our ‘do not purchase under any circumstances ‘ list? Whose idea was it to use sharp toothed African rodents(?) with dodgy Russian accents to advertise something? - I’m still not clear what. And all those faded celebrities encouraging the over fifties to waste their money on schemes that will cost more than they pay out! Including that supposed mathematician.... Grrrr
All those charity ads with the enlarged Photoshop eyes give me the creeps.
That sounds awful! I don’t think I’ve seen one of those? Definitely have to fast forward through all the charity ads, I think I’d give up on mankind and get completely suicidal if I watched them. Not helped by having known a couple whose company specialised in making ads for charities. Definitely weren’t offering their services on a voluntary basis! The charities I support don't advertise on tv, or very rarely.
I think I at odds on this board for quite admiring the craftsmanship that goes into making many ads. For the most part they don’t bother me at all. I do agree, though, that ‘Daisy, Daisy, Daisy ... ‘, ‘perfect, perfect, perfect ...’ and Eamonn Holmes ‘Oh, my legs’ are very annoying.
I do have an irrational dislike of words said incorrectly. I can’t remember the ad but there’s one which avers the product makes you ‘shtronger’ and that really bugs me. Similarly, Ryland Clark-Neal, who I quite like, annoys me when he says ‘anyways’ in, I think, the Cinch ad.
I have no problem with regional accents, indeed I like them very much, but I am mildly irritated when they are used with a subtext of saying our product is value for money and can be trusted. That said, the Yorkshire tea advert ‘In Yorkshire when we say ‘That’ll do’ ’ has me reaching for the mute button. In a similar vein, there is one of those ‘24 hours in a hospital’ programmes set in somewhere like Bradford and not an episode passes without one of the medical staff or, more usually, patients telling you ‘In Yorkshire we’re stoical/good humoured or whatever’. I’m muttering ‘In Rutland we don’t give a ...’
One more I have just thought of: the Fairy Liquid punk baby character. It’s truly awful.
I record programmes and FF through the ads, so I only see them by accident, but anything with pounding drums or whistling, ie most of them, is particularly irritating. I don't understand why people choose to sit and watch commercial breaks anyway.
I think the "That'll do" is for Plusnet @BenCotto, which just goes to show how successful that has been 😀. The only reason l know that is because they do radio advertising as well, and l can't escape those. Yorkshire Tea has Sean Bean giving it his all. I only know that because l drink it by the gallon. Like most people on here l record stuff or pause live TV and just fast forward through the adverts. I do like the Kevin the Carrot ones for Aldi. The ones for Flash mops with the impossibly white dog seem to come up a lot. Every time l hear that "Flash ! Ah ah", l think Freddie Mercury must be spinning in his grave. Dog's lovely though 😊.
There's only one ad that doesn't annoy me - Lloyd's bank's black horse, stunning location, beautiful animal, skilfully filmed.
I cannot bear any ads for food when good table manners are not observed - I'm sure many viewers don't know what these are! And it's not just in the ads but also in many programmes!
I love the Fairy Baby doing Bob Marley ‘Don’t worry about a thing’ …. one of my all time favourite songs … you can see me off with that one when the time comes …
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Whose idea was it to use sharp toothed African rodents(?) with dodgy Russian accents to advertise something? - I’m still not clear what.
And all those faded celebrities encouraging the over fifties to waste their money on schemes that will cost more than they pay out! Including that supposed mathematician.... Grrrr
The charities I support don't advertise on tv, or very rarely.
I do have an irrational dislike of words said incorrectly. I can’t remember the ad but there’s one which avers the product makes you ‘shtronger’ and that really bugs me. Similarly, Ryland Clark-Neal, who I quite like, annoys me when he says ‘anyways’ in, I think, the Cinch ad.
I have no problem with regional accents, indeed I like them very much, but I am mildly irritated when they are used with a subtext of saying our product is value for money and can be trusted. That said, the Yorkshire tea advert ‘In Yorkshire when we say ‘That’ll do’ ’ has me reaching for the mute button. In a similar vein, there is one of those ‘24 hours in a hospital’ programmes set in somewhere like Bradford and not an episode passes without one of the medical staff or, more usually, patients telling you ‘In Yorkshire we’re stoical/good humoured or whatever’. I’m muttering ‘In Rutland we don’t give a ...’
One more I have just thought of: the Fairy Liquid punk baby character. It’s truly awful.
Yorkshire Tea has Sean Bean giving it his all. I only know that because l drink it by the gallon.
Like most people on here l record stuff or pause live TV and just fast forward through the adverts. I do like the Kevin the Carrot ones for Aldi.
The ones for Flash mops with the impossibly white dog seem to come up a lot. Every time l hear that "Flash ! Ah ah", l think Freddie Mercury must be spinning in his grave. Dog's lovely though 😊.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TnzFRV1LwIo
I cannot bear any ads for food when good table manners are not observed - I'm sure many viewers don't know what these are! And it's not just in the ads but also in many programmes!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.