I literally was talking to my friend last night about the Pepto ad!!! 
it’s so cringing I feel awkward when it comes on and always say there isn’t enough money in the world that could pay me to have done that ad and have it hang over me for life 
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It’s like bad amateur dramatic musical theatre. So bloody awful! Not sure what’s worse, being so blatant about diarrhoea and constipation or being cagey about it like the one with the woman filling her handbag with food to imply she’s constipated!
Or the one for Anusol where Miriam Margoloyes pronounces it “A new sol” it’s feckin “Anus ole” cos that’s where you apply it!
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Turning non enjoyable situations into a musical. Director saying “we’ll give each of you a symptom and you express that to the audience". “Everyone look at diarrhea dave, that performance screams ive just shat myself!!”
Know there were loads of great adverts but these two spring to mind…
“Smash”
“PG Tips”
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Some more memorable one’s…
Shake n Vac (demented housewife)
Cresta pop (It’s frothy man)
Lucozade (Daley Thomson sprints to Iron Maiden’s Phantom of the Opera)
R White’s Lemoade (I’m a secret lemonade drinker)
Swisskit meusli bars (I’ll risk it for a Swisskit)
Tango pop (You’ve been Tangoed)
Yorkie chocolate (It’s not for girls)
Milk Tray chocolates (Temu James Bond sneaks into lady’s house to drop chocolates off)
Note…I didn’t say they were all good, just memorable!
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I remember when Lucozade used the slogan
“Aids recovery”
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Yes and the doctor once told my mum it would be cheaper to give us water with sugar in it when i had Measles as a kid! Think the trades descriptions act prevents them using that slogan now!
Similarly Red Bull has to say “Gives you wiings” with 2 ‘i’ as somebody took them to court cos it doesn’t give you actual wings!
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You’ve been Tangoed
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Yeah a few burst eardrums in the news with that ad!
Yes total shame it was pulled from the adverts.
Loved being ill as a kid…got to stay home with mum…lucozade…halls mentholyptus…afternoon dose of Armchair thriller…
I loved watching the adverts back then they were fab in the 70’s…chocolates…sweets…crisps…toys…cigarettes…cigars…booze…animals…children. They weren’t boring.
No pissy pants…funerals…take away ads…or gambling.
Also loved the old Persil automatic advert with the Beach boys song “wouldn’t it be nice” in it.
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I agree, ads were almost as entertaining as the programmes back in the 70’s.
I remember being off school ill and laying on the sofa watching Crown Court and drinking orange squash made with hot water!
Those bulky pee pants ads are amongst the worst.
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I typically just get up and find something to do to avoid them, ads literally almost give me anxiety! The bad part about that is I often have to rewind and or rewatch lol
The male one’s give them a right package!
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I used to learn more from the schools programmes in the morning when off sick than actually being at school. Then it was the kids lunchtime shows like Pipkins, Rainbow, Mr Benn, The Herbs etc then ‘housewife’ programmes like The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Colombo, McCloud etc
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Haha!! Oh hell the constipated bag one too!!
What about the tenner lady pee knickers?!!
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There are so so many gambling adverts. If you’re a recovering addict you just can’t watch TV. The people in these adverts are thinking about gambling when:
- They’re doing their washing/laundry
- They’re opening the fridge to get pickles
- They’re taking a taxi with friends
- They’re buying chocolate from a vending machine
Just…no
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All gambling adverts should be banned in my opinion. @ObnoxiousPython
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Insurance advert with the fella inflates and pops. Very annoying 
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If we can talk social media as well ..
I’m currently inundated by adverts for the Lemon.
Their marketting is totally out of hand. Every one seems to be from a different influencer/channel/celeb/bot, many using exactly the same script, many looking suspiciously AI generated and the mass of them leave me thinking its a scam.
Are they just data harvesting? Is it a future blackmail scam? There’s just something about the saturation and unsettling feel of some of the advertising that is questionable or rank amateur.
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