by vivek of themavericks » Fri Nov 08, 2002 1:31 pm
I am a bit free, hence I thought like putting my thinking cap on a little more. There\’s little we can do to avoid ads. I am quite good at picking up bad apples, but the problem is I taste those bad apples and tell others how bad they are. Some say I think a lot - if it makes your life a bit simpler, I shall eat bad apples and some anti-constipation pills. I present to you the 10 worst ads made which were either misleading or downright absurd. <br><br>
Ad 1 - HLL Sunsilk - This ad shows three girls singing a song, the meaning which even they do not know. Check it out, it\’s a shampoo ad that says "Baal, ghane ghane, upar neeche, aage peeche". So you have bushy hair "up down, front and back". Don't use this product, please!! <br>
Ad 2 - Standard Chartered - The ad which says "Hoga Hoga". Fiancée watches a marriage procession and looks at her wouldbe hubby who nods "Hoga Hoga", same with the son looking at his dad for a new car. Stanchart apparently has one of the highest service charges and interests in the market. So her hubby is gonna drown in ruthless EMIs (wo bhi hoga!). Hence, the bank should have the following punchline. Believe in something and we believe in YOU (that you would drown in repayments while your spouse has fun, and keep paying interest for the rest of your life - Hoga Hoga!!!) <br>
Ad 3 - Premium Black ("apple juice") - A pathetic surrogate ad gone wonky. Firstly, we all know its not an "apple juice", and secondly what was the point the company wanted to convey? That if you consume this fake apple juice, you might find high society hookers which would make your fly open up?? Give me a break. <br>
Ad 4 - ICICI Prudential - Nice looking ad, but misleading. The ad assures good returns on your investment. Yup, good returns if everything goes well. Please take it for granted - No Mutual Fund promises returns. It\’s still risky. UTI promised and went bankrupt. All these retirement solutions by ICICI should be taken with a pinch of salt.<br>
Ad 5 - Santro Zip Drive - Nope, Santro Zip does not turn as well as they show in the ads. I mean, the turning is nowhere near what is being shown.<br>
Ad 6 - Price Phinyle - The lady comes home after shopping, husband who is busy reading the newspaper upside down asks, "Did you get prince Phynile? Wife says, "Yes, I did," and husband smiles as if either he is gonna drink it or starts mopping the floor while the wife has a nap. Shut up!! <br>
Ad 7 - Intel Pentium IV processor - The little boy is shown doing his project by logging on to Google and copying some pictures and printing them and giving it to his teacher. So the point is, let you classmates slog their ass while you wackoff copyrighted stuff and print with the new Intel IV processor. Let me tell you, the processor has nothing much to do with your surfing speed. It\’s the RAM that counts. <br>
Ad 7 - Compaq Presario - The one with "Oh, what a coincidence you are wearing green" and the dumb guy changes the color of the CPU! This ad does not talk anything about the product. It\’s another way to maintain a girlfriend by spending 50,000 bucks. <br>
Ad 8 - Peter England shirts - The one where Deepika would be meeting London-returned Ravi and she has coffee with Ravi part – II. Where does the shirt come in here? Same is the case with Parx and Van Heusen. None of the ads talks of the product. <br>
Ad 9 - Livon Hair Smoothener - The ad says that Livon should be applied while your hair is wet after bath (for women only). This is garbage talk. There is no change in your hair. Somewhat on the line of detergents that promise to remove stains, but doesn\'t work that way. <br>
Ad 10 - Zenith Computers (print) - Full page ads of PCs with latest configuration at unbelievable rates. Read the fine print, go the dealer, add his tax and add all of em, then add few thousand more and buy a HP Brio! <br><br>
I know this was a dumb board, as ads in general are better presented then movies. But the point is that some very great looking ads are extremely misleading, just as the hair texture shown by all those girls who jump around in every shampoo ad.