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Old Sep 27th 2009 | 10:44 pm
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I hate all Rogers adverts especially the ones with the 'cool' i.e. incredibly annoying students in them I'd never buy a Rogers phone now!

Also can't stand the Heinekin one............and most adverts on TV here actually, they are just annoying, I miss funny adverts. And I miss Billy Mays
 
Old Sep 27th 2009 | 10:46 pm
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Old Sep 27th 2009 | 11:24 pm
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I rather miss the bearded git off the Crappy Tire ads. So bad as to be almost deliberate.

Gordon ****ing Pape I hope he's dead.
 
Old Sep 27th 2009 | 11:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Danny B
My worst is Slap Chop, Google it. nuff said.
My son (9 years old) is going to dress up like Vince (smarmy grin, blue shirt, headset, box of Sham Wow and all the annoying catch phrases (you followin' me camera guy, Olympic divers use this, its made in Germany and you know those Germany guys make good stuff) for Hallowe'en this year...should be interesting.
 
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Originally Posted by Partially discharged
My son (9 years old) is going to dress up like Vince (smarmy grin, blue shirt, headset, box of Sham Wow and all the annoying catch phrases (you followin' me camera guy, Olympic divers use this, its made in Germany and you know those Germany guys make good stuff) for Hallowe'en this year...should be interesting.
Hmmm, perhaps this might make you reconsider....

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...7092sham1.html
 
Old Sep 28th 2009 | 1:24 am
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I like the Dairy Milk one with the kids eyebrow dance too....


No idea at all what it has to do with selling chocolate, but it makes me laugh anyway.

Mostly I just fast forward through commercials nowadays.

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Old Sep 28th 2009 | 1:34 am
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Originally Posted by iaink
I like the Dairy Milk one with the kids eyebrow dance....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=t0SchmcLXMQ

No idea at all what it has to do with selling chocolate, but it makes me laugh anyway.

Mostly I just fast forward through commercials nowadays.
Eeeek, makes me think they are children of the dammed

Almost puts me off chocolate................................ almost I said
 
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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
Hmmm, perhaps this might make you reconsider....

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...7092sham1.html
I'm aware of Vince's past..my son isn't...he finds him quite annoying but he'll still watch the commercial if it is on. I wouldn't recognize Vince in that mug shot

Here is a different interpretation of the infamous Sham Wow commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQcyhBsSjI&feature=fvw
 
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No idea at all what it has to do with selling chocolate, but it makes me laugh anyway.
It's the colour of the girl's dress. Same as the wrapper. Association, innit?

Silk Cut ciggies used the same principle years ago, when direct advertising got banned. Come to think of it, they had the same colour.

Colour is used a lot in advertising and branding.
 
Old Sep 28th 2009 | 2:18 am
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Originally Posted by Souvy
It's the colour of the girl's dress. Same as the wrapper. Association, innit?

Silk Cut ciggies used the same principle years ago, when direct advertising got banned. Come to think of it, they had the same colour.

Colour is used a lot in advertising and branding.
Ah...that must be why I was craving a smoke and didnt get the connection to the chocolate
 
Old Sep 28th 2009 | 2:53 am
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Originally Posted by ann m
I currently hate that car insurance advert

"You don't drive like her ... " with that manic woman bouncing back and forth in her seat - agghhh - and then they always play it twice in a row ...
Yep, that one gets on my goat as well, every time we come out to Canada we find that they are still showing it 'C'MON ALREADY..............', stupid, stupid, stupid!
 
Old Sep 28th 2009 | 3:07 am
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Slap Chop getting my goat as well - have to endure this at least once a day.... Would love to shove that thing in his face and see what a mess it makes of it
 
Old Sep 28th 2009 | 3:24 am
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Originally Posted by purple80
Having just being reminded about this by Flogger, my children are now running around the house saying "Charley says".....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDu7yYHxZr0
LOL......I have been telling my daughter for the past year, that she sounds like the ' Charlie says' adverts

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Old Sep 28th 2009 | 6:29 am
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Slap Chop and Sham Wow are pretty bad. The other one that stands out for me is the Dollars for Gold advert where the guy with the English accent shouts through the whole advert.

There is also an advert for some sort of blender thing where there is a couple (he sounds English) who wizz up pesto sauce etc in 10 secs to the "amazement" of the hand picked open mouthed audience.
 
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Adverts?

What are these adverts you speak of?

Isn't this what PVR's are for, to avoid such intrusions?
 


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