I challenge you to top this for a piece of dated cliche ridden shockery. It is frankly one of the most eye gougingly bad pieces of advertising I have ever come across.
The creative sat opposite me was lost for words when I showed him this.
A 1984 Toyota Corolla ad from South Africa, the worst ad of all time? Please prove me wrong...
Showing posts with label worst adverts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label worst adverts. Show all posts
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Review of the Year - Part 3
2007 has been a good year for traditional advertising. The anticipated collapse never happened, digital advertising appeared to be suffering from a mild hangover, and despite a flurry of brands with 'big ads', and too many 'chain reaction' ads; it wasn't half bad.
But, there is always rubbish:
Disappointment of the Year
After a decent build up campaign, and a huge huge budget, I was expecting something more than a giant domino themed version of Cog. It's a decent watch, but lacks the Guiness charm, and feels like a weak attempt at aping W+K; rather ironically, the creatives moved to W+K almost immediately after this ad launched...
The "What Were They Thinking" Award for Bandwagon Jumping
Oh. Dear. Someone read about UGC and appeared to miss the bit about quality control.
[sourcing ad... ]
Worst Ads of 2007
Still badly written. Still badly acted. Still failing to get a good message about the company across. Had a great discussion about this campaign with Graham at Cheetham Bell JWT ; might talk about that soon.
Yes, we can see what they were going for, but they just got it very wrong. We do not like, empathise or positively associate with Mickey at all.
Oh the stereotyping, woe the lacklustre use of a decent tag.
But, there is always rubbish:
Disappointment of the Year
After a decent build up campaign, and a huge huge budget, I was expecting something more than a giant domino themed version of Cog. It's a decent watch, but lacks the Guiness charm, and feels like a weak attempt at aping W+K; rather ironically, the creatives moved to W+K almost immediately after this ad launched...
The "What Were They Thinking" Award for Bandwagon Jumping
Oh. Dear. Someone read about UGC and appeared to miss the bit about quality control.
[sourcing ad... ]
Worst Ads of 2007
Still badly written. Still badly acted. Still failing to get a good message about the company across. Had a great discussion about this campaign with Graham at Cheetham Bell JWT ; might talk about that soon.
Yes, we can see what they were going for, but they just got it very wrong. We do not like, empathise or positively associate with Mickey at all.
Oh the stereotyping, woe the lacklustre use of a decent tag.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Blog of the Week!
Here is my favourite blog for this week. I am surprised I don't see it mentioned more often, considering there are plenty of ads to go in it.
I am referring to "TV's Worst Adverts", a great site where we can truly see the worst of what UK advertising has to offer.
Go now, vote and revel in the awfulness!
TV's Worst Adverts
I am referring to "TV's Worst Adverts", a great site where we can truly see the worst of what UK advertising has to offer.
Go now, vote and revel in the awfulness!
TV's Worst Adverts
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