Now, we're sure we're not the first to make this observation, but the current woeful advert ("Ha ha! Man flu! Not that it was funny when Manstrokewoman did the same joke ages ago, but still! Cor, we are rubbish aren't we blokes? Eh? Right, I'm off to buy a copy of FHM") is a new low. Admittedly, it's a difficult thing to quantify, but if your average WKD advert is 60% as bad as mass genocide, this new advert easily tops the 70%-as-bad mark. It's not as if anyone actually thought the woman in the advert actually was a nurse at the beginning, unless they're so out of touch they also think hospitals genuinely allow patients the opulance of really comfy duvets and lots of fluffy pillows.
Coming soon in Great Unexplained Mysteries in Advertising (2)
Is there a full-length version of the current Halifax advert where they get boarded by The Crimson Permanent Assurance and slaughtered for nicking their gag? And if not, why not?
Coming soon in Great Unexplained Mysteries in Advertising (2)
Is there a full-length version of the current Halifax advert where they get boarded by The Crimson Permanent Assurance and slaughtered for nicking their gag? And if not, why not?
2 .:
This seems to be a running theme with alcopops. Remember the old softcore lesbian S&M porn "This is where we add the vodka"* ads for (I think) Reef? Who in the name of buggering fuck were those meant to be aimed at?
* - known in this house as "This Is Where We Add The Jizz".
Was that with one where a pair of attractive Swedish female serial killers were meant to make us buy whatever it was? I don't remember what the ads were for either way, thereby disproving the popular advertising myth that shite adverts still make you remember the product, and thus they win, aaah.
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