January 18, 201016 yr Most irritating advert? This one is beyond compare... but the ones featuring Iggy Pop and Johnny Rotten are also up there By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:02 AM on 18th January 2010 Comments (42) Add to My Stories An Italian opera singer with a comedy moustache selling car insurance has topped a poll to find last year's most irritating advertisement. The advert, for the gocompare website, was closely followed by Cash4Gold trying to persuade recession-hit families to sell their jewellery for cash. The top 20, compiled by Marketing magazine, also features singer Iggy Pop selling insurance for Swiftcover - which admits it does not insure musicians - and former Sex Pistol John Lydon plugging Country Life butter. Annoying: The gocompare car insurance advert topped the 'most irritating' poll Crumbs: Former Sex Pistol John Lydon's butter advert also grated A spokesman for Marketing said: 'It was a vintage year for irritating ads. 'The end of Kerry Katona's contract with Iceland did remove one regular fixture from the annual list but a host of other brands has joined the fray.' More... BT promises to cut price of live football and cricket on TV if Ofcom rule against Sky SportsBBC may dump Met office after complaints about 'BBQ summer' and 'mild winter' forecasts However, Nicholas Hall, head of marketing at gocompare.com, said: 'I'd say the campaign has performed exactly as we'd hoped so far. You can't please all the people all of the time.' Meanwhile, the magazine reports a Halifax bank advertisement set in an imaginary radio station is already among the most cringeworthy of 2010.
January 20, 201016 yr The Royal Navy one drives me up the walls, I actually have to turn the TV over when I see it.
January 20, 201016 yr Is Sheila's Wheels still on? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrKaQRIXPNw]YouTube- Sheila's wheels[/ame]
January 20, 201016 yr I remember reading about THIS advert being the most complained about advert in UK history: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjup9SXhm0Q]YouTube- KFC- emergency helpline[/ame] Fucking ridiculous.
January 21, 201016 yr [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is3icfcbmbs]YouTube- Head On - Annoying Headache Commercial[/ame]
January 21, 201016 yr I'll take the Shamwow guy anyday over this... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bo5DhUxtTw]YouTube- Turn the Tub Around Official Music Video[/ame] :stunned:
January 21, 201016 yr [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXiJBp7HK5o]YouTube- We Buy Any Car - New 2010 TV Commercial - webuyanycar.com[/ame]
January 21, 201016 yr [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBFeULHMO00]YouTube- I BUY IT![/ame] In the most recent commercial she's dressed in a chicken suit. :uhoh:
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