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Worst Bank / Building Society TV advert

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  • Jlawson118 wrote: »
    Oh wow, Howard! Completely forgot about that guy. He'd be in literally every Halifax advert for no reason whatsoever :rotfl:

    I quite like the original Halifax Howard adverts as they were a rare example in advertland of someone speaking with a real Brummie accent as opposed to the exaggerated p*** take version you usually hear. Halifax then decided to replace the ads with a cartoon version of Howard, complete with the usual fake caricature of a Brummie accent advertisers seem to love.
  • complete with the usual fake caricature of a Brummie accent advertisers seem to love.

    "We want to be...together."

    I'm sorry to remind you of that but thought you should suffer with me, as you brought it to mind with your post...
  • Jlawson118
    Jlawson118 Posts: 1,144 Forumite
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    I quite like the original Halifax Howard adverts as they were a rare example in advertland of someone speaking with a real Brummie accent as opposed to the exaggerated p*** take version you usually hear. Halifax then decided to replace the ads with a cartoon version of Howard, complete with the usual fake caricature of a Brummie accent advertisers seem to love.

    I can't remember the cartoon version myself, though it was a shame to see him disappear from the screens.
    I don't know, but back then the adverts were repetitive but didn't seem to get annoying like some silly adverts today. They were fun and cheerful!
  • "We want to be...together."

    I'm sorry to remind you of that but thought you should suffer with me, as you brought it to mind with your post...

    That was the main one which sprung to mind when I made the post but there have been others, can't remember what any of them were for though.
  • The Ghostbusters one is currently grinding my gears!
  • Jlawson118
    Jlawson118 Posts: 1,144 Forumite
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    The Barclays advert now with that lady on the bus who's lost her card and so she freezes it.

    I just don't know what annoys me more. The terrible and cheesy acting? Or the fact they're making the whole 'Freeze your card' feature seem like it's new and they've invented it. I mean, Metro Bank have had this for years.
  • JuicyJesus
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    Jlawson118 wrote: »
    The Barclays advert now with that lady on the bus who's lost her card and so she freezes it.

    I just don't know what annoys me more. The terrible and cheesy acting? Or the fact they're making the whole 'Freeze your card' feature seem like it's new and they've invented it. I mean, Metro Bank have had this for years.

    I don't like the bit where she's like "all £82-something of it!" like it's making a virtue of having no money. Or worse, being like "hey, guys, you're all broke right? Isn't that funny, rather than really quite troubling for a society in general?"
    urs sinserly,
    ~~joosy jeezus~~
  • greatgimpo
    greatgimpo Posts: 1,256 Forumite
    "We want to be...together."

    I'm sorry to remind you of that but thought you should suffer with me, as you brought it to mind with your post...

    "we want to enjoy...the gardin" (sic)
  • veryintrigued
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    edited 9 January 2020 at 10:56PM
    Christ on a bike - the new Nationwide ones are absolute belters.

    Some ad agency exec wil be wondering how on earth they've got away with that.
  • Sapphire
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    I find all the Nationwide ads awful – and the pictures they post on their website. They are a real turn-off for me. The latest ad. is probably the worst. Nicely encouraging ageism.

    I like the recent Lloyds horse ads the most (lovely horses), though they are shown too often. Also liked the ad. they aired a few years ago, with a horse 'galloping through history'. Wouldn't bank with Lloyds again, though.

    Don't like any other banks' ads.
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