Adverts that are being shown on the tele

My current pet loathing (apart from the usual e.g. life insurance, cremations etc.) are the ‘Fresh!!!’ ones for smelly laundry additives. I do wonder why anyone ever buys them, especially given the CoL crisis, but I suppose the marketing men know what they’re doing. If you tell people they need something, enough of them will fall for it.

I do find that ‘Fairy’ woman particularly irritating!

Oh, and the gormless looking Febreze woman - ‘…after I catch my dog on the couch’, etc.

Not to mention famous footballers, or ex footballers, used to advertise a particular detergent, so all his T shirts can be sparkly white!

midgey

It’s the constant begging ones that really annoy me, so many on in the afternoons.

This ^

V3ra

I've given up on watching live TV, I watch what I want through the apps for each channel. Far more choice that way.

I've recently treated myself and paid for ad-free on ITV (£60 for a year) and Channel 4 (£40 for a year).
It's made such difference to my enjoyment of watching a programme or series!

Same here V3ra! I'm on my third year of these two subscriptions and it's worth every penny. Lots of choice and excellent programming on BBC, ITV and C4 - more than I could ever need

I'm annoyed at those charity adverts that tell you how much to donate
I'm with you MT62 about the blast of deodorant down the pants guy! why don't they just have a quick shower
Then there's those two morons screaming at each other through the two-way mirror in the toothpaste ad

We used to laugh at adverts in the day, now it's who can make us squirm and irritate us the most

The one where the older woman is complaining about the kitchen cupboards needing replacing and the husband saying they can buy a replacement door from x company. Door replaced, woman happy, hubby smug. Cut to new ad in the same kitchen but with a younger woman - rinse, repeat but with an estate agent this time suggesting one door replacement. Every time I see this ad, I'm wondering if the older couple sold the house and took their new cupboard door with them

Lovetopaint037

Have enjoyed the Specsavers adverts - that one where the fellow misses his plane. Then the current one (not Specsavers) where the man misses his check in because he has to negotiate the way to the desk where that woman sits with that superior look on her face. Then there are those adverts which I have no idea what they are advertising. Also all those ones which advocate hiding smells by smothering them with some potent substitute which probably irritate your lungs. Hate that pair who coo over travel insurance or the ones where dealing with your funeral is really exciting.

I hate the one where he has to go through that maze to get to check-in. My DH is disabled and walking is very painful and they made him do that for a COVID jab back in 2023. Just like the TV one is was totally empty no queue and medical people looked at the old disabled man and made him do it. Still makes my blood boil.

The grandkids love the pepto bismol ad and do the little song and dance. I really can’t stand it but they are too cute to not love their efforts.
Don’t watch telly much, prefer to watch Netflix or prime video. However, on prime some films/programmes show ads and you have to pay extra not to watch them, also you can’t fast forward.
I just wonder if anyone has ever bought anything after watching an advert. I haven’t.

I hate the sofa advert with the old lady sitting on her new sofa and telling us it was so cheap she can now afford "Carlos" a fit, topless young man serving her tea. Imagine if that was reversed and it was an old man on the sofa drooling over a glamorous, topless young woman serving his tea.

dolphindaisy

I hate the sofa advert with the old lady sitting on her new sofa and telling us it was so cheap she can now afford "Carlos" a fit, topless young man serving her tea. Imagine if that was reversed and it was an old man on the sofa drooling over a glamorous, topless young woman serving his tea.

Good point.

I’ve just retired and how deepressing these adverts are! I honestly think it might be time to go back to work!

I don't like the ones where a stern man is telling you how your family is going to suffer if you don't sort out your money... his face goes all sad as he thinks about our families.

MissAdventure

I don't like the ones where a stern man is telling you how your family is going to suffer if you don't sort out your money... his face goes all sad as he thinks about our families.

There's an advert with a man telling you to invest in Trading 212.

He sounds so angry, ordering you to do so like a Sergeant Major and so offputting that it is a firm I will avoid at all costs to invest my £millions.

All of the above plus the very long one for Vintage Cash Cow. I have to mute them.

I haven’t laughed out loud so much in ages! This is an hilarious thread!
My favourite ad is the pretty young woman selling her biker jacket on eBay and being so sad that her biker era is over. It makes me chuckle every time!

Like others I record most of what I watch so I can fast forward through the adverts.
That doesn’t work for the morning news on Sky though. There is a regular advert on there for travel insurance - Blue Skies, I think. The woman is a terrible actress and the man is spectacularly gormless. I have to mute it every time and regardless of price I would never buy that brand of insurance.

I think the worst advert on tv is the one with the 2 bladder weakness women discussing “bulky pee pants”

They discover the wonderfully discreet padded pants which they claim to be still wearing after 12 hours. They are excitedly sitting on the shoulders of their husbands bopping away at a concert.

Everytime it comes on it makes me laugh and I wonder if the music is loud enough to drown out possible squelching sounds coming from the shoulders of the menfolk 💦 😆

Grannynannywanny

I think the worst advert on tv is the one with the 2 bladder weakness women discussing “bulky pee pants”

They discover the wonderfully discreet padded pants which they claim to be still wearing after 12 hours. They are excitedly sitting on the shoulders of their husbands bopping away at a concert.

Everytime it comes on it makes me laugh and I wonder if the music is loud enough to drown out possible squelching sounds coming from the shoulders of the menfolk 💦 😆

Oh thank you ... that's made me laugh out loud 😀

They are very much apparently aimed at younger women, aren't they. By younger at my age I think of post giving birth or maybe early menopause. Think of that one with the pads then bums up doing yoga etc.
I dont mind these apparently TMI ads, just wondering if we'll see them for men actually adverted.

Wyllow3

They are very much apparently aimed at younger women, aren't they. By younger at my age I think of post giving birth or maybe early menopause. Think of that one with the pads then bums up doing yoga etc.
I dont mind these apparently TMI ads, just wondering if we'll see them for men actually adverted.

Yes, but at that age they should be seeking medical advice if they're leaking that much.

Should have done their pelvic floor exercises 😁

Oh for the (very) old adverts like "You'll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent" ; "Danish blue cheese - With pickles , perfect" to the tune of Big Ben,
Anyone remember any others?

I loathe the toilet rolls one which are basically various close up of people's bottoms while they run to the loo!! 🙄

Yes to all those. I just have to mute when I see that awful smug couple talking about their holiday insurance. Plus the gormless guy who's "going for a break" and ends up covered with stickers for some unfathomable reason. Reflect on this: the people who are designing these adverts probably completed 3 years at a 'YOONY' to get a marketing degree! A sad reflection on our education system.
And my ears bleed whenever I hear the screeching voice of Joanna Page. But that's another thread

I get annoyed by presenters on BBC
advertising how they do their reporting I think it's pointless and suggesting they give unbiased reporting It's like they think making these claims will make viewers believe they are amazing reporters and unbiased I object to the time wasted and idea that telling viewers how good they are at the job will help in some way