Comments on: Most Annoying Advert in History

By: Chris Henson

Chris Henson — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:12:57 +0000

The latest series of Halifax ads qualify as ace cringe-worthy follow ups to the last series (Radio Halifax). In this one they are organized into choirs with mini back stories like choir members ingratiating themselves with old ladies in the supermarket. Its disgusting because its so obviously phony and manipulative. Even worse than the creepy Wicks – its-got-our-name-on-it hardware guy and the mind-numbing fat buffoon in ‘go compare’.

By: Nick Xylas

Nick Xylas — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:09:55 +0000

Ads rarely stay with me once they’ve ceased airing. I’m sure the current crop of annoying ads – yer Mazuma mobiles,yer Galaxy chocolate (“Oh. I. Know. What. I. Feel. Like. Exterminate. Exterminate.”) even the sodding Go Compare man will eventually fade in my memory. But there’s one that I think deserves to go down in infamy forever. There was a period of what seemed like a decade when every time I went to the cinema (and I went to the cinema a lot in those days), I would be greeted by Nicholas Ball growling about “catching ver larss bus ‘ome” in order to try and sell me Bacardi. It got to the point when I would deliberately take longer than usual to buy popcorn and fizzy drinks in the hope of missing the ordeal.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:37:56 +0000

For me it’s got to be the old Admiral Insurance advert (which just beats the 24 carat, gold plated, fur-lined, ocean-going piss-guzzler of a bloke screaming ‘You buy one, you get one free’, referring to crap double glazed windows).
For some bizarre reason, the ‘admiral’ in the Admiral Insurance advert appeared on screen dressed in character…with a buggering parrot on his shoulder! I’ve never associated admirals with parrots. Lord Nelson on the poop deck of H.M.S Victory with a parrot perched on his shoulder; I think not. I have a niggling feeling that the boffins at Admiral Insurance Advertising HQ confused high ranking Naval Officers with pirates. Most irritating.