Bad Ads?

[xyzzy@bok]

Is there such a thing? for instance 'Dad! I really want to wee!', seems to me like B&Q are saying we got no toilets to use.. pathetic, but i remember it's B&Q so are there bad ads really?

[PhilD]

Isn't that an ad for Currys? In answer to your question I wouldn't buy windows from that company that has Reg Holdsworth 'cos their ads are so awful!

[xyzzy@bok]

oh, Curry's? then it is a bad ad :-)

[Lennon]

I see what you mean that sometimes they can be so bad, they stick in your mind. Whether thats the intention or some exec is just poo at his/her job, we'll never know - in most cases, probably both. Having watched the programme tonight with the 100 greatest ads of all time, apparently it works when they are 'so bad that they're so good.' On the other hand, I would never buy head and shoulders shampoo (where's your dandruff and she replies 'all is calm', I mean what is that about!) and I would never ensure my car with Esure thanks to Michael Winner's diabolical ad's, with that stupid woman saying 'hi mum, I'm on the tele!' grrrrrrrrrrrr! :)

[TheRagester]

B&Q do have toilets but they prefer you buy them before trying them out :P

[andy hughes]

It appears from the answer that there are ads people don't like, which is ot the same as 'bad' ads. I adore the Reg Holdsworth and Michael Winner ads, but I hated the Pot Noodle ones which I found offensive - but I've remembered all of them, and the products the advertise - so job done as far as the purpose of the ads is concerned.

[mikewith]

It seems to me that all the ads for videophones are showing people delivering bad news (the annoying twerp who's going out with "yer sister"), or getting a bad reaction (the gormless teen who the family think has proposed to their daughter). Of course there's the woman in the bath -- but isn't that just a coy admission that the technology will be used as a new platform to deliver pornography?

[East]

Someone should keep track of products to boycott if their ads are awful! My list includes the previously mentioned Micheal Winner, those annoying stuffed people from the clothes softener advert and Elephant.co.uk. The list will grow!!!