Thread: TV ADS THAT NEED BANNING

Ashley & Martin.....on every bloody male supported sporting event.

Drives me ****ing nuts.

It's not on womens tennis or netball.

Originally Posted by jx2mad

I will start the ball rolling

1. Specsaver adds...seal and now seagull.. stupid

Have to agree, I just shake my head when that adv comes on. They seem to think we are idiots. Makes you not want to go to Specsavers.

Every Coles ad in the past 2 years...

In fact, any ad where the company tries to make a stupid Jingle... You're not helping your chances of me shopping with you. I remember you for how much you annoy me and steer well clear.

Well I like the Specsavers seal one.

It was filmed on Currumbin beach from my knowledge of the location.

The interesting thing to me is that the first shot of the seal appears to be live as the shadow is correct, so they must have a trained seal from SeaWorld.
The second shot is photoshopped in as the shadow of the seal is incorrect.

I like the humour.

I have a little hobby of trying to work out where ads are filmed. Some are surprising like the Tic Tac ad on a beach near Alicante. ( I Think)

Anyone know where the latest Mazda 2 ad is filmed? RHD but strange number plates.

Where is the annoying one about the bloke who takes the breath freshener then rides with the bikies? I think maybe Germany.
Holden ads in NZ.
Many of the ads now are US with Australian voices dubbed, like the Sc Johnson ones.

Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Well I like the Specsavers seal one.

It was filmed on Currumbin beach from my knowledge of the location.

Looks like a US ad to me

In fact, any ad where the company tries to make a stupid Jingle... You're not helping your chances of me shopping with you. I remember you for how much you annoy me and steer well clear.

You know MOJO made/make a fortune out of jingles Eg" You ought to be congratulated, Meadow Lea"
I was very disenchanted to learn that the Sanitarium ad with the jingle "Aussie Kids" was a direct and blatant knock off of the UK Weetabix campaign . I only got to know as the Sanitarium manager invited me to a meeting with MOJO and they were discussing the two ads.

Weetabix UK hate Sanitarium because of that and do all they can to prevent them from selling in Europe.

I and our advertising company once won a Australian Advertising award for print media back in 1980 for a series of one page colour ads we did on BMW motorcycles including one where we showed a BMW out in the desert with the contents of the panniers, which included a portable typewriter. I had comments about it for months /years afterward.

I spent weeks arguing with the ad agency about the language in the ad having to reflect Motorcycle language/jargon, and that they had to use Sentences FCS.
So there is more to ads than you think just by looking at them


Regards Philip A

The Jeep ads,all of them are ****. They give this idea there are some sort of serious adventure/exploration vehicle with a attention grabbing price then you look down the bottom in the fine print and it says 2wd models. Also every commercial for networks "reality" shows. And American infomercials that make every single simple task look stupidly complicated. That's all I can think of for now,I am sure others will come to me soon.

Any Toyota add, but especially the 1 where the idiot leaves the hand brake off and it goes over the cliff.... He should have gone straight out and bought a Jeep.

Cheers Ean