Articles tagged with: Advert
Badvertising – Cadbury’s Gorilla
When you advertise something, you normally put the product in a situation where it looks like the best thing in the world. When selling a car, it’ll normally be tagged as the best because it’s the fastest or most eco-friendly or most full of pointless gadgetry. With food products, the adverts will usually end with ...
Badvertising – Next Clothing
Hahahahahahahahaha hahahahahaha hahahahaha ha ha. Wow, seriously, can you see what the music department did here? Seriously, you can’t? Well let us explain it to you just in case you've had a momentary brain lapse. Next is a UK fashion chain which went through a ropey patch before reinventing itself as a hip, trendy clothing brand for the ...
Hahahahahahahahaha hahahahahaha hahahahaha ha ha. Wow, seriously, can you see what the music department did here? Seriously, you can’t? Well let us explain it to you just in case you've had a momentary brain lapse. Next is a UK fashion chain which went through a ropey patch before reinventing itself as a hip, trendy clothing brand for the ...
Badvertising: Mr Sprigg’s Barbeque
R&B is sexier than any other musical genre. Think about it - you ain't gonna have much luck pulling the laydeez with your swept-haircut indie or your monocle-wearing classical or your no-one-really-likes-it-anyway jazz fusion. The most immediate way to make yourself attractive is to give yourself a smooth backing track ...
Jerry Seinfeld Removes His Last Flake of Credibility. The Cost? $10 Million.
Jerry Seinfeld hasn't really had to do much since his sitcom finished all those years ago. Still ranked by many as the 'funniest thing ever' and 'really, really good' and earning a hell of a lot of money for the people involved in it, Jerry Seinfeld obviously thought he could rest easy. At least until a movie about a bee came about, which was clearly what he'd been waiting for all his life. But now it seems the star of the sitcom with the bloke who drops the 'N' bomb on stage wants some more money - that has to be the reason, as agreeing to star in adverts for Microsoft isn't something you do for integrity's sake.
Jerry Seinfeld hasn't really had to do much since his sitcom finished all those years ago. Still ranked by many as the 'funniest thing ever' and 'really, really good' and earning a hell of a lot of money for the people involved in it, Jerry Seinfeld obviously thought he could rest easy. At least until a movie about a bee came about, which was clearly what he'd been waiting for all his life. But now it seems the star of the sitcom with the bloke who drops the 'N' bomb on stage wants some more money - that has to be the reason, as agreeing to star in adverts for Microsoft isn't something you do for integrity's sake.
Jessica Simpson Drinks Beer to Make Her Smart, Which Explains a Lot.
Jessica Simpson is now marketing something that kills your braincells on the notion that it's a 'smart' choice. The ironing is delicious. Though, let's face it, probably intentional too. Yes, the girl that did some stuff once, apparently, is the new face of the Stampede Brewing Company's beer that's supposed to be good for you, Stampede Light Plus. Which is, let's be brutally honest here, the dumbest thing that's ever happened. Both Jessica Simpson and the fact that a beer is marketed as being good for you. Putting vitamins in something doesn't make it a magical elixir that cures all ailments - it makes it a beer with vitamins in it. And as for the light tag - well, thankfully that's never taken off over here in Blighty. Good lord that would truly be hell on earth.
Jessica Simpson is now marketing something that kills your braincells on the notion that it's a 'smart' choice. The ironing is delicious. Though, let's face it, probably intentional too. Yes, the girl that did some stuff once, apparently, is the new face of the Stampede Brewing Company's beer that's supposed to be good for you, Stampede Light Plus. Which is, let's be brutally honest here, the dumbest thing that's ever happened. Both Jessica Simpson and the fact that a beer is marketed as being good for you. Putting vitamins in something doesn't make it a magical elixir that cures all ailments - it makes it a beer with vitamins in it. And as for the light tag - well, thankfully that's never taken off over here in Blighty. Good lord that would truly be hell on earth.
Britney Spears Hooks up With Russell Brand. Oh, and an Elephant.
What better way for Britney Spears to take a huge step towards getting everything back on track than to hook up with Russell Brand? There are many, many better ways. Surely. Hooking up with that mad-haired berk isn't going to help her claw back the piles and piles of sanity the girl seems to have lost over the last couple of years. Let's be totally honest - it's going to damage her more than she already is, and that's before she's even spoken to the man who dresses like a particularly stupid pirate. But hecklerspray didn't get in fast enough with our warnings, leaving poor old crazy Britney Spears free to appear alongside Russell Brand in some MTV promotional adverts for the upcoming Video Music Awards. It still isn't confirmed if Britters herself will be in attendance at the awards as she hasn't got permission off her dad yet, but hopefully the blow to her psyche that surely occurred when she met the TV and radio 'funny' man will have been too much, forcing her to stay at home on the night. The other option doesn't even bear thinking about, frankly.
What better way for Britney Spears to take a huge step towards getting everything back on track than to hook up with Russell Brand? There are many, many better ways. Surely. Hooking up with that mad-haired berk isn't going to help her claw back the piles and piles of sanity the girl seems to have lost over the last couple of years. Let's be totally honest - it's going to damage her more than she already is, and that's before she's even spoken to the man who dresses like a particularly stupid pirate. But hecklerspray didn't get in fast enough with our warnings, leaving poor old crazy Britney Spears free to appear alongside Russell Brand in some MTV promotional adverts for the upcoming Video Music Awards. It still isn't confirmed if Britters herself will be in attendance at the awards as she hasn't got permission off her dad yet, but hopefully the blow to her psyche that surely occurred when she met the TV and radio 'funny' man will have been too much, forcing her to stay at home on the night. The other option doesn't even bear thinking about, frankly.
Beyonce is White, L’Oreal Seems to Think
It must be a great feeling to be Beyonce Knowles-Z - a strong, black, female role model for millions around the world. That is, unless a cosmetics company decide to make you white. Then you kind of fall down on part of that description. It would seem that the make-up behemoths at L'Oreal may just be the types to force this kind of change on the young diva, with claims being made that Beyonce's skin tone has been lightened for a magazine ad. The company dispute these allegations. You know - 'whitening' things up to make them more palatable to the masses. They did it with every other element of black culture - the music, the clothing, the lingo - why not start trying to make black celebrities white too? Okay, so maybe we're going a bit overboard with it - but it's Friday, and hecklerspray has some drinkin' to get done. It's maybe not as bad as that.
It must be a great feeling to be Beyonce Knowles-Z - a strong, black, female role model for millions around the world. That is, unless a cosmetics company decide to make you white. Then you kind of fall down on part of that description. It would seem that the make-up behemoths at L'Oreal may just be the types to force this kind of change on the young diva, with claims being made that Beyonce's skin tone has been lightened for a magazine ad. The company dispute these allegations. You know - 'whitening' things up to make them more palatable to the masses. They did it with every other element of black culture - the music, the clothing, the lingo - why not start trying to make black celebrities white too? Okay, so maybe we're going a bit overboard with it - but it's Friday, and hecklerspray has some drinkin' to get done. It's maybe not as bad as that.
Badvertising: Watch Naked Eva Mendes Advert Banned From TV
It’s just typical. You finally get an advert worth watching – and then it gets banned. US TV network bosses have deemed Eva Mendes’ advert for Calvin Klein Secret Obsession perfume - in which she writhes around naked on her bed - as too hot for TV. Bloody squares. OK, so you can see a bit of nipple, but still. Anyway, thankfully, hecklerspray has no such concerns, so you can watch Eva Mendes in all her glory below the cut. Enjoy!!
It’s just typical. You finally get an advert worth watching – and then it gets banned. US TV network bosses have deemed Eva Mendes’ advert for Calvin Klein Secret Obsession perfume - in which she writhes around naked on her bed - as too hot for TV. Bloody squares. OK, so you can see a bit of nipple, but still. Anyway, thankfully, hecklerspray has no such concerns, so you can watch Eva Mendes in all her glory below the cut. Enjoy!!
