Good, bad, ugly in ads, adverts, advertising

This is an ad from the mid-80s

And this one from PIA Pakistan International, 1979

thought this seems a bit spooky, I guess the twin towers were pretty iconic when they were build, like the eiffel tower..?

They are indeed a bit creepy BUT the worst ad on TV at the moment are those piss awful Yellow Pages ads with Normski and that posh white kid 'Go Marcus, Go Marcus....' Really, really bad

Thank God I don't have a television

or live in the UK

Normski = cringe

I'll take your Normski and raise you a Janet Street Porter = double cringe.
Add the fact that they were once in a relationship, and that shit's just off the scale!

I actually think JSP is pretty cool, says what she thinks and has balls. It's not Normski who's the twat of those adverts but the whole idea of them and whoever came up with the brief needs to be anally raped. That kid is so fuckin annoying!

I once delivered to Normski and Janet at their bijou place in Clerkenwell. 10.30 in the morning and he was still in his dressing gown. I knew then that he was a bad 'un.

I'll take your Normski and raise you a Janet Street Porter = double cringe.
Add the fact that they were once in a relationship, and that shit's just off the scale!

NO FUCKING WAY! am i the only person to not know about this?

NO FUCKING WAY! am i the only person to not know about this?

In fairness, I didn't know this either.

However, my ignorance of this fact is nothing compared to my ambivalence to it.

Keep up kids they were together for about 10years

4, apparently

Normski dun porter as a career move

bad move dude

now you are doing them dodgy ads

and you had to do porter - oi

Right http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVMnmTFxAjA

hehe, quite like that

Goddammit i hate the sun.

Shame they missed out page three however.

There's a thread for annoying adverts, but no thread for good ones. I know there's quite an anti-marketing/advertising/PR guff spirit on here, fair enough, but there are some awesome ads out there.

I'll start. Post your favourites!

http://i.imgur.com/AEetd.jpg

YouTube - Dennis Bergkamp - Alternate Career

Hotwheels is awesome!

I'd love to drive through that. Or ride through it! Would make my day.

Thought these we're kinda clever.
YouTube - Skittles Touch: War Finger

Theres 5 in total, i think they'll be adding more.
The hitchhiker one is just plain creepy.

Gah, my thread has been merged into an inferior one with bad adverts in. This was just meant to be about good adverts! It has been soiled :(

Oh well, more good ads. Old skool classic, how things have changed huh:

YouTube - Re: 1989 British Airways Commercial