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Old 28-11-2007, 12:50 PM
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What are your favouite ads, by celebs and the worst?

For me, Best!
Paul Hogan's - Fosters ads.
Griff Rhys Jones - Holsten ads.
Chas & Dave - Courage Best


Worst.
Frank Windsor, Cilla etc advertising Funeral plans....................
The Beckhams - perfume.

.....You couldn't hear it, if they were shooting at me with howitzers!
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What are your favouite ads, by celebs and the worst?

For me, Best!
Paul Hogan's - Fosters ads.
Griff Rhys Jones - Holsten ads.
Chas & Dave - Courage Best


Worst.
Frank Windsor, Cilla etc advertising Funeral plans....................
The Beckhams - perfume.
The worst? Michael Winner

The best? I'm still thinking about it!

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Alan Whicker was very funny promoting, er, Barclaycard was it?
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Best-LEONARD ROSSITER and JOAN COLLINS in the schwepps adverts.
Worst- REG.HOLDSWORTH in those window ads.
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The Best: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Harry Andrews.; Carlsberg

The worst; Steve McQueen, Ford Puma......I loathe this ad, it gives a sick and morbid new meaning to the term "Steve McQueen wouldn't be seen dead in a rubbish little car like that"! Obviously poor Steve had no control over those who thought it a good idea to desicrate his super cool personna from "Bullitt" and promote a naff car! At least John Mills and Sylvia Syms and Harry Andrews were all alive when the Carlsberg ad was devised and were payed serious money for their participation. Sylvia Syms wryly revealed in a TV interview that she received £30,000. A lot more than she received for appearing in the original film from where the ad came from!
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Best - Arthur Lowe promoting 'Hanky Panky'

Worst - 'Celebrities' promoting supermarkets - just so patronising
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The "worst timing" award must go to Kellogs Special K.

They were right in the middle of a major TV campaign using veteran actor John Slater to promote their cereal as the best start to the day for "mature" persons.

Then he keels over with a heart attack and dies.
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One nobody else seems to remember, Terry-Thomas advert for (I think) Harveys Bristol Cream Liqueur chocs. A yuletide advert where the shop assistant offers to stuff said chocs in a brown paper bag, TT replies dryly that he need not to bother with the gift wrapping
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The Best: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Harry Andrews.; Carlsberg

The worst; Steve McQueen, Ford Puma......I loathe this ad, it gives a sick and morbid new meaning to the term "Steve McQueen wouldn't be seen dead in a rubbish little car like that"! Obviously poor Steve had no control over those who thought it a good idea to desicrate his super cool personna from "Bullitt" and promote a naff car! At least John Mills and Sylvia Syms and Harry Andrews were all alive when the Carlsberg ad was devised and were payed serious money for their participation. Sylvia Syms wryly revealed in a TV interview that she received £30,000. A lot more than she received for appearing in the original film from where the ad came from!
The worst - those really naff Holsten Pils ones with Griff Rhys Jones, especially the one featuring poor ol' Steve McQueen (again) in The Great Escape.

The best - Paul Newman advertising Newman's Own salad dressings.

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Gregor Fisher aka The Baldy Man in the Hamlet Cigar ads.
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Alexis Kanner did one for some perfume once called castaway in which he played Number 48 from the Prisoner tv series.....
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Cardew Robinson in the Cadbury's Fruit and Nut adverts from the early 1970s.

George Clooney did quite well in the Martini adverts, didn't he, sending up his image.

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Not sure to describe it as good or bad but seeing a bewigged Burt Reynolds and permatan man George Hamilton appearing together in British commercial for an opticians (specsavers?) was quite surreal!
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Not sure to describe it as good or bad but seeing a bewigged Burt Reynolds and permatan man George Hamilton appearing together in British commercial for an opticians (specsavers?) was quite surreal!
... and very funny! I'd forgotten about those. I haven't seen it but someone once told me Marlon Brando did a really funny one for Japanese whisky.

I'll have a look, it may be on youtube.

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I see M & S have a film feature type ad with, among others, Antonio Banderas. Now how much did that cost!!
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