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Poll: Worst TV commercials of 2009!
Two days ago, we asked you to vote for the best commercials seen on television in 2009. Now, we want you to pick out the lemons -- the ones you thought were the worst of the lot! So here it is -- vote for the ad that annoyed you most last year!
Appy Fizz
Two talking bottles, hitting on a hot chick in the elevator. Two bottles. Because they're 'cool drinks to hang out with'. Sad joke, sadder execution. We love the drinks, but this marketing strategy? Sigh...it needs to be poured down the drain!
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Airtel
Nothing warms the cockles of our hearts quite like watching a guy dump his first love, his childhood sweetheart, for a sexy stranger. And even if the guy is Saif Ali Khan and the stranger is ladylove Bebo, this commercial just rubs everyone the wrong way! Nice going, Airtel.
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Max New York Life Insurance
Ooh, annoying annoying annoying! A set of simpering parents and a genius baby who suddenly starts parroting their every word. But because he can't pronounce Czechoslovakia before his first birthday, they need to invest for his future. We have no words.
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Volkswagen
We expected something better from Volkswagen, rather than a salesman indulging a little boy's fanciful thinking in a showroom (who lets their kids tamper around expensive automobiles like that anyway? Wham! 'Your new car, sir').
And what do they mean 'German engineering made for India'? Is it only kids here who dream of owning cars or doesn't anyone in Germany like driving a Volkswagen anymore?
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Tata Docomo
Do-co-mo-do-co-mo...
Maybe it's not the ad that's as irritating as the amount of times its broadcast in a day. But Tata needs to get realistic -- have they even looked inside an Indian local train? It's all fine to be waltzing across Europe singing away, but here they'd be peeling you off the tracks if you tried humming a tune in a packed bogey -- especially this particular one!
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Nirma
The good folks at Nirma seem to have watched too many Harry Potter movies. Really, a puddle that won't splash because you chant the Nirma jingle? Granted it's as ancient as any magic spell, but we suggest you don't try it. Muddying your clothes like that, we mean -- that's one heck of a puddle!
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Aircel
'It's time to move on.' That's the punchline of this ad and we're inclined to agree. It's time to move on from this clinker. Dhoni shows off feature after feature of Aircel cellular facilities, but it's as unrealistic as a fairytale. Maybe they used the same production house as Nirma!
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Thums Up
Okay, we're fed up of watching Khiladi Kumar going to such great lengths to plug the taste of Thums Up. It's nice enough, we buy it. But what's with the whole bit about destroying cars and jackets on fire? For an aerated drink? Sheesh -- what a gyp.
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Mont Blanc
The power to write your destiny, they say. Too bad the writer who penned this cheesy commercial didn't have the power to write, period. It makes us cry, the Mont Blanc campaign -- it was toasted as Anil Kapoor's first ever endorsement and God only knows what he charged them for it after the success of Slumdog Millionaire!
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Reliance
Another celebrity cliche. Really, the worst commercials seem to feature the best famous faces! Hrithik plays a merry Pied Piper who leads all the various ratty conditions and terms that other cellular services offer over a cliff. Except for the catchy flute solo in the jingle, it's a pretty sad ad. Simple, isn't it?
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Lux
Forgive our cynicism here, but if you put a former Miss World on screen and then try to sell us the idea that it's her soap that makes her irresistible to her husband, we're not buying it. If it weren't for Lux, Ash would be an ugly old toad, is it? Much touted as Mr and Mrs Bachchan's first ad together, this one flopped on its face.
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Monaco Smart Chips
Okay, Aamir -- here's where we square off! Fatty or not, we like our fried chips! And people don't like to be reminded that they're fat with oversized tees, so this commercial is the final on our list of failures. Hey, if we felt bad about being overweight, we'd go on a diet and forget about chips altogether, whether they're smart or not!
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