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[djned]

there have been some pretty dodgy endorsements over the years - what ones have stood out for you as tacky, cheap, and just plain weird?

just saw this one which inspired me to create this thread: http://www.breadflakes.ch/

and who could forget this classic:

[sumpthy]

We've all seen it, but it is particularly awful



And the German version: perfeckte pasta!

[F1ultimate]

The Canberra ad made me cringe. *shrug*.

[dau]

Cereal? Woah. Getting close to NASCAR territory there.

So, we have cereal, milk, what else do we need for a nice F1 breakfast? Right:

[sesku]

http://www.youtube.c...;feature=fvwrel

Button and Bear.

[BRG]

I guess they just had to make do with Buemi when Bertrand Baguette failed to make it into F1

[Tifosi4ever]

Schumacher, because I'm worth it.

[Alfisti]

I think the Webbo one is misunderstood, he was a ball boy for the Canberra Rugby League team who were sponsored by ... Canberra Milk ;)

Edited by Alfisti, 15 March 2012 - 19:21.

[OfficeLinebacker]

I guess they just had to make do with Buemi when Bertrand Baguette failed to make it into F1

Beat me to the BB reference.

[FNG]

I think the Webbo one is misunderstood, he was a ball boy for the Canberra Rugby League team who were sponsored by ... Canberra Milk ;)

Misunderstood doesn't stop it from being cringingly bad though

[Talking Point]

http://www.youtube.c...;feature=fvwrel

Button and Bear.

What's that all about?

[Morbus]

And the German version: perfeckte pasta!

My name is Sebastian Vettel, and I use Head & Shoulders for die Perfekte Pasta!

[dank]

If you’ve got arthritis in your toes, you’d better load up on painkillers, because they’ll be curling at a tremendous speed once you get stuck into this…

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

[holiday]

How gay...

[dank]

It is possibly the most homoerotic thing since Top Gun. Better script though...

[dau]

Guess they'll be the butt of jokes now.

[noikeee]

If you’ve got arthritis in your toes, you’d better load up on painkillers, because they’ll be curling at a tremendous speed once you get stuck into this…

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

[Mila]

Bobby Deerfield plugs Seiko:



if my ears don't deceived me, his target demographic resided in Westchester. but the real question is, was Deerfield's watch a fugazi?

[karne]

I think the Webbo one is misunderstood, he was a ball boy for the Canberra Rugby League team who were sponsored by ... Canberra Milk ;)

The Webber one is definitely misunderstood. It is one of a set of "Canberra Milk kid" ads that were made featuring local stars - the others were Brad Clyde (an ex-Raiders great), Michael Milton (no more needs to be said, superman himself), and some silly bimbo who was apparently in the top 10 on Australian Idol.

Of them all, the bimbo's was actually the worst. For someone who could apparently sing well enough for Australian Idol...it was shocking! (Michael Milton's ad is automatically disqualified from any judging. Singing is difficult when you're missing half your oesophagus etc.)

If you’ve got arthritis in your toes, you’d better load up on painkillers, because they’ll be curling at a tremendous speed once you get stuck into this…

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

Would have worked better if they were both wearing FORM-FITTING jeans. Come on. How am I supposed to look at their butts if I can't see them?

That was embarrassingly bad though. I wonder how many times Mark and Vettel looked at each other and just went, "What the **** are we doing here?"

[ashnathan]

The Siemens ad with Mika in 99 was pretty epically bad...although i loved it cos mika was so bad in it haha

[zyphro]

Not an endorsement but:

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
LOOOOOOL

[zyphro]

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

[Raelene]

Not an endorsement but:

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related
LOOOOOOL

I've seen that before - it's brilliant!

[Brother Fox]

It is possibly the most homoerotic thing since Top Gun. Better script though...

You obviously havent heard of UFC?



ps. Karne, i think a LOT more needs to be said about Michael Milton. I had no idea who he was let alone people who wouldnt even know where Canberra is.

[Boxerevo]

If you’ve got arthritis in your toes, you’d better load up on painkillers, because they’ll be curling at a tremendous speed once you get stuck into this…

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

[HoldenRT]

The jeans butt thing is possibly the worst video I have ever watched in my life.

[DanardiF1]

The jeans butt thing is possibly the worst video I have ever watched in my life.

I would second that. There are no redeeming features...

[DrF]

I think the publicity stunt which had Lewis dangling from some wires (scetchy on the details) was pretty dire.

[karne]

needs to be said about Michael Milton. I had no idea who he was let alone people who wouldnt even know where Canberra is.

Glad to oblige.

Michael Milton is probably the most awesome guy ever.

He has only one leg from bone cancer as a child, and recently had oesophagal cancer as well (as an extension of the bone cancer).

He went to the 1992, 1994, 2002, and 2006 Winter Paralympics where he won 6 gold medals, 3 silver and 2 bronze in slalom, downhill, super-G, and Giant slalom. He was also the first person with a disability to break the 200km/h mark in downhill and holds the all-time Australian record (213km/h).

After Turin he decided he was going to quit skiing and took up cycling instead, and he qualified for Beijing 2008 Paralympics on his first attempt. I don't recall if he won anything, I'll have to investigate further.

Milton's the sort of guy you don't say "You CAN'T" to because he'll find a way to show you he CAN. He's absolutely wonderful.

I would second that. There are no redeeming features...

Oh I don't know. Getting to stare at Mark's and even Vettel's backsides for however long that video was is a reasonably redeeming feature

[Raelene]

i couldn't see anything wrong with that ad either!!!

[Brother Fox]

I think we've found the demographic they were targeting

[H2H]

I've seen that before - it's brilliant!

This is actually an ad where laughable madness meets pure genius. You certainly won't forget that one...

Edited by H2H, 20 March 2012 - 08:07.

[karne]

i couldn't see anything wrong with that ad either!!!

My only complaint is that the jeans weren't form-fitting.

[Raelene]

I was waiting for them to drop the jeans.....

personally, I don't like men in tight fitting jeans....

[Supersleeper]

If you’ve got arthritis in your toes, you’d better load up on painkillers, because they’ll be curling at a tremendous speed once you get stuck into this…

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

That is bound to be the F1 equivalent of being "Rick Rolled".

[Bouncing Pink Ball]

Mark vs Rain was brilliant. All the rest are a collection of awful.

“My butt isn't bad either...”

“...and I don't mind you looking at it.”

Well, of the two, Seb does appear to have a nice little butt, however, this is just all wrong on so many levels and the sum total of wrong still doesn't make it funny.

[karne]

Well, of the two, Seb does appear to have a nice little butt, however, this is just all wrong on so many levels and the sum total of wrong still doesn't make it funny.

For someone with less than 4% body fat, Mark's butt is a pretty nice one.

[Bouncing Pink Ball]

As someone with low body fat myself – thus a sometimes sufferer of Flat Butt Syndrome (a much worse disaster when trying to fill out girl jeans since we're all expected to have curves) – I tend to prefer the more obviously rounded sort.

Pages of topics, the first race of the season just finished, and Red Bull butts is what I choose to discuss. Shame.

[dau]

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

What the hell? He's driving the DeltaWing?

[karne]

As someone with low body fat myself – thus a sometimes sufferer of Flat Butt Syndrome (a much worse disaster when trying to fill out girl jeans since we're all expected to have curves) – I tend to prefer the more obviously rounded sort.

Pages of topics, the first race of the season just finished, and Red Bull butts is what I choose to discuss. Shame.

Oh yes, normally I perfer a highly-sculpted round backside - preferably the delicious Figure Skater Butt. But Mark's thighs are just nice. Sebastian's hips appear to be rounder and a bit wider than Mark's. But, in this case, it's MARK. Every part of Mark is gorgeous.

Red Bull butts is a perfectly legitimate topic. No shame.

[wingwalker]

http://www.youtube.c...;feature=fvwrel

Button and Bear.

This was just plain and intentionally silly, I liked that.

[wingwalker]

If you’ve got arthritis in your toes, you’d better load up on painkillers, because they’ll be curling at a tremendous speed once you get stuck into this…

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

hahahahahah WTF!!!!

[A Day In The Life]

There was a terrible shampoo ad with Jean Alesi in it 15-odd years ago.

Also the Ron Dennis ad "I insist on perfection blah blah" on every single ad break during 2000s F1 (for a watch? investments?).

[midgrid]

There used to be a user here called "Cheap Wine Alesi" - was that in reference to anything?

[Formula]

I remember seeing Giancarlo Fisichella's face on the side of a lorry once whilst in France. Think it was some kind of alcohol-free beer.

[WhatOh]

Sorry, I know this isn't a F1 driver ad but I think it will increase your opinion of all the other ads posted

[ensign14]

If you’ve got arthritis in your toes, you’d better load up on painkillers, because they’ll be curling at a tremendous speed once you get stuck into this…

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

OK, so you're Pepe Jeans. You are paying a literal shedload of money to get yourself associated with Red Bull Racing, the most dominant team and streetcred brand in Formula One.

It gives you free rein as to what to do with their drivers. Sebastian Vettel, the youngest world champion in history, the youngest double world champion in history, a popular driver with a sparky personality, an engaging manner and a quick turn of wit.

You also have Mark Webber, a fearsome competitor who drove in Grands Prix with broken bones, who spends his spare time riding bikes over mountains and benefitting charities for a vast amount of money.

And before you is an advertising executive who comes up with the storyboard for THAT and says it's a great campaign.

And you DON'T invite them to exit forcibly via the 37th floor window?

[engel]

There used to be a user here called "Cheap Wine Alesi" - was that in reference to anything?

the fact Alesi owns a vineyard near Avignon called Clos de Hermitage

http://www.wineboy.c...p?cmd=itm&id=70

[midgrid]

the fact Alesi owns a vineyard near Avignon called Clos de Hermitage

http://www.wineboy.c...p?cmd=itm&id=70

Thanks, I was wondering about that.