The biggest turkeys of 2012
In this roundup from the Encore and Mumbrella Annual, we look back at the seven biggest advertising turkeys from the last 12 months.
1. Tip Top The One ‘Warren’
A man called Warren dressed as a loaf of bread bickers awkwardly with a mother and her child in a supermarket. This spot comes from DDB the agency that not long ago rebranded Telstra.
Those other ANZ ads with Simon Baker are just as bad and even more creepier. Staring at people at other cafe tables watching what they are doing with running commentary on what they are thinking. Is ANZ now sponsoring Orwell’s “Big brother”? Bad ads all-round.
Being a frequent traveller, having the horrible refrain ‘You’re the reason we fly’ drilled into my head at least twice a week through increasingly-tacky in-flight safety videos delivered by an insincere and hollow Qantas ‘captain’ was torturous. I do hope they wind this up soon.
For future reference, everything is saved through a soundtrack by Daniel Johns. Didn’t hate that ad.
The Clark Rubber mascot is clearly a animated platypus, not a duck.
Every other statement appears to be spot on.
i actually liked the bees one
different strokes…