adverts you love & hate

I don't like the one for HP where it's 1000s of multi coloured balls falling down SF street while a Jose Gonzales tune plays in the backround. I'm just too much of a mum while watching that and keep thinking "who's gonna pick up all that mess" 

i heard that those balls werent computer generated... that they actually dropped all those balls and filmed them.  I have no idea if this is true or not (it seems unlikely), but if it is true... WHO HAD TO CLEAN THAT MESS UP?! 

it was part computer generated and part not. They probably filmed a few hundred and then amplified it through CGI but still I've had to deal with kids playing in a ball pool at our house before  it took a while to get them all picked up because they found their way everywhere!!


that poor prop assistant

it was part computer generated and part not. They probably filmed a few hundred and then amplified it through CGI but still I've had to deal with kids playing in a ball pool at our house before  it took a while to get them all picked up because they found their way everywhere!!


that poor prop assistant

This is one of my favorite ad's.  It is not done with CGI.  It was done with 250,000 bouncy balls.  See here...

http://www.bravia-advert.com/commercial/

argh I was told it was part CGI!! maybe just to feel better

the advert is pretty but it just makes me cringe!


"NO SUPPER TILL ALL OF BALLS ARE PICKED UP YOUNG MAN!"

Thanks for posting that link, Jenn!   I watched the 7-minute 'making of the advert' video, and it was fab!
That Spanish guy with the semi-mullet was pretty darn cute. 

But that poor frog must have been terrified!

Thanks for posting that link, Jenn!   I watched the 7-minute 'making of the advert' video, and it was fab!
That Spanish guy with the semi-mullet was pretty darn cute. 

But that poor frog must have been terrified!

   I'm glad you watched it!  They were very careful about filming it.  It was quite the production.  Funny thing, when I'm feeling down, I watch the extended version.  It makes me smile...I miss SF sooo much!

And the frog was one of my favorite parts!  The dog watching from the window ledge too... 

the activex keeps mucking the play so I can't seem to watch the longer version.


I'm ashamed to admit it but I like the tastebuds one for panda drinks

Wakey, wakey! Smart Alec are ye? Eh? Well get this doon yer pie-hole clever clogs. Irn Bru 32. Pure mental stimulation in a can."

 "I'll shhh you, you tweedy old crow"  Coo Coo

That one kills me everytime

In addition they have radio ads as well with the same cuckoo.

1. He tells a group of people in a pub that unless they drank Irn Bru 32 they would "be swimming in the Clyde wi' some concrete boots on."

2. He  tells a group that after Irn Bru 32, "you'll feel like taking on the day wi a claw hammer."

3. He threatenens, "You do not want to mess wi this cuckoo ... And I know where yous live by the way."

Absolutely cannot stand the confused.com ads - totally irritating! Also the Cillet Bang ads.

Why, oh why must these people be shouting all the time [CILLET BANG] - are they working with sub-standard mics or something?!!

Same type of product, same loud ad in the US too. Ugh!! 

Wakey, wakey! Smart Alec are ye? Eh? Well get this doon yer pie-hole clever clogs. Irn Bru 32. Pure mental stimulation in a can."

 "I'll shhh you, you tweedy old crow"  Coo Coo

heheheheh... love this one too.  Me and DH both sit and chuckle whenever we see it.

heheheheh... love this one too.  Me and DH both sit and chuckle whenever we see it.

Yes I really do like that I'll shh you ya tweedy old crow. It could only be accomplish with the Glaswegian accent.

Supposedly they have had 32 complaints to the ASA. All cleared. Geesh, some people take life too seriously.

Remember the Irn Bru ads of the 70's? WHere the wee boy would sweep the street and then lift the pavement (sidewalk) and sweep the dirt under. Then always said Irn Bru made in Scotland from girders... I think they should bring some of those back.

Remember the Irn Bru ads of the 70's? 

Unfortunately, i did not arrive on these shores till 1985, so the Scottish 70's were a bit before my time!  :\\\'(

There's an ad on tv here for Gatorade 'Rain' that is downright creepy.  It shows an athlete 'emerging' from or 'growing' from a sports ball (volleyball or basketball, depending on which one you watch), in a yucky 'Alien' kind of way. 

http://www.dhadm.com/mediaHolder.php?id=642

  I'm glad you watched it!  They were very careful about filming it.  It was quite the production.  Funny thing, when I'm feeling down, I watch the extended version.  It makes me smile...I miss SF sooo much!

And the frog was one of my favorite parts!  The dog watching from the window ledge too... 

I totally LOVE the frog!!! 

It hasn't been on for while, but I love the "I support Cadiff" Walkers ad with Charlotte Chrurch- I always thought it was funny when calles the posh guy a name in the end.