History Website / AdTurds

* {{Japandering}}'': frequently identified and derided without mercy.[[note]]Unless it's good. Burt Reynolds being obviously self-referential in a series of ads for a British opticians got a thumbs-up for his being a self-aware good sport. There seems to be a trend for this: Creator/SylvesterStallone has appeared in a series of ads for a bakery where a Rambo-like delivery driver is dedicated to getting the bread from bakery to store, whatever the cost. Creator/AmySolaris, in her Stepford wife persona, sells cleaning products, in a very self-aware way. This is the sort of thing the british viewing public likes. Ad men, take note. [[/note]]

* {{Japandering}}'': frequently identified and derided without mercy.[[note]]Unless it's good. Burt Reynolds being obviously self-referential in a series of ads for a British opticians got a thumbs-up for his being a self-aware good sport.[[/note]]

* ButWaitTheresMore: American adverts of the {{Informercial}} style are viewed as cheap shots, like shooting fish in a barrel. But the general opinion among AT bloggers is that if the fucking advert's been on for fifteen minutes and '''still''' hasn't finished, it needs serious editing. Preferably with a chainsaw. Infomercials with British accents can provoke a BerserkButton among viewers.

* ButWaitTheresMore: American adverts of the {[Informercial}} style are viewed as cheap shots, like shooting fish in a barrel. But the general opinion among AT bloggers is that if the fucking advert's been on for fifteen minutes and '''still''' hasn't finished, it needs serious editing. Preferably with a chainsaw. Infomercials with British accents can provoke a BerserkButton among viewers.

* StepfordConsumer: The people who add to blogs on AT are most definitely not this trope and get really snarky about the advertising executive's lazy assumption all consumers are Stepford. Stepford Consumers in adverts generally get identified and panned.

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England called Robin Brown, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/07/uncle-bens-dildo-rice-quinoa-advert/ here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile. Or sometimes even praise, grudging or otherwise. Do note the language used can get a bit NSFW. [[https://www.facebook.com/AdTurds Also present on {{Facebook}}]].

* SameLaguageDub: often done to Anglicize shared commercials imported from the USA. Where done cheaply or badly or unconvincingly, look out for this getting panned on AT

[[http://adturds.co.uk/adturds-on-brand-republic/ Apparently the British advertising profession pays attention to this blog]] and collectively winces when a particularly egregious example of the ad-man's art is savaged by the ungrateful consumer.

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England called Robin Brown, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/06/start-baking-ladies-stork-with-butter-advert/#comments here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile. Or sometimes even praise, grudging or otherwise. Do note the language used can get a bit NSFW. [[https://www.facebook.com/AdTurds Also present on {{Facebook}}]].

* EarWorm: irritating advert music is rounded up, put against a wall, and shot.

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England called Robin Brown, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/06/start-baking-ladies-stork-with-butter-advert/#comments here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile. Or sometimes even praise, grudging or otherwise. Do note the language used can get a bit NSFW. [[https://www.facebook.com/AdTurds Also present on {{Facebook}}.

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England called Robin Brown, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/06/start-baking-ladies-stork-with-butter-advert/#comments here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile. Or sometimes even praise, grudging or otherwise. Do note the language used can get a bit NSFW. [[https://www.facebook.com/AdTurds Also present on Website/{{Facebook}}]].

* AttackAd: Political advertising in the run-up to the British general election in May 2015 is discussed '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/05/the-tory-press-general-election-sun-mail/ here]]'''

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England called Robin Brown, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/06/start-baking-ladies-stork-with-butter-advert/#comments here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile. Or sometimes even praise, grudging or otherwise. Do note the language used can get a bit NSFW. [[https://www.facebook.com/AdTurds Also present on {{Facebook}}]].

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England called Robin Brown, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/06/start-baking-ladies-stork-with-butter-advert/#comments here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile. Or sometimes even praise, grudging or otherwise. Do note the language used can get a bit NSFW.

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England called Robin Brown, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/06/start-baking-ladies-stork-with-butter-advert/#comments here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile. Or sometimes even praise, grudging or otherwise.

* AdvertisingTropes: pick any AdTurd page at random. There will be an example {{Lampshading}} at least one of the tropes.
* DethroningMoment/{{Advertising}}: the site gleefully describes and catalogues these [[DethroningMoment DethroningMoments]].

* DethroningMoment/{{Advertising}}: the site gleefully describes and catalogues these DethroningMoments.

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/06/start-baking-ladies-stork-with-butter-advert/#comments here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile. Or sometimes even praise, grudging or otherwise.

* DethroningMoment/{{Advertising}}: the site gleefully describes and catalogues these.
* AttackAd: Political advertising in the run-up to the british general election in May 2015 is discussed '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/05/the-tory-press-general-election-sun-mail/ here]]'''

* DethroningMoment/Advertising: the site gleefully describes and catalogues these.

* {{Advertisements}}: the wonderful world of advertising is tackled in a random way, generally as reaction to the latest perceived horror on TV or elsewhere - although genuimnely good adverts can be singled out for praise too.

!! Advertising tropes deconstructed with chainsaws include:

A web blog which is written by a man who hates bad adverts. It used to be written by two people who hate bad adverts. but quite a lot of other people joined in and gleefully or vengefully delivered a kicking to adverts on TV, or on radio, or in magazines, or on the Web, which insulted the viewer's intelligence or were just so cringingly ill-conceived that they left a stunned viewer simply asking "Why?"

In recent years, the creator of the site, thought to be a professionally disgruntled ad executive in the north of England, has emphasised that there should also be honourable mentions for the very best examples of advertising in British media. Readers have obliged, although the emphasis is on systematic deconstruction of the sort of lazy, cheap, uninspired advertising that drives people up the wall. This very British site can be found '''[[http://adturds.co.uk/2015/06/start-baking-ladies-stork-with-butter-advert/#comments here]]''' and new readers are directed to search the archives where some real gems may be found. Although a very British site in concept, scope and bilious black humour, many adverts shared with the USA are covered and receive their own bucket of bile.