Comments on: Halifax – Howard and Co.

By: Go Compare

Go Compare — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:43:53 +0000

I have had enough of this useless spunk-guzzling twat destroying my eardrums. Why can’t he do a Pavarotti if he’s supposed to be a tenor???

By: graham in london

graham in london — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:50:49 +0000

I thought the biggest benefit of the credit crunch would be never seeing or hearing this crap anymore.
The opposite is happening. since HBOS got in trouble its actually been on the tv more.
TSomething tells me your into something shit if youve got any savings with them.

By: PK

PK — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:13:51 +0000

Can’t believe the halifax HBOS adverts would actually appeal to anyone in their right mind. I’m not a man for swearing so why is it that everytime I see yet another completely sh’te singing and dancing advert from HBOS (or Churchill,”oh yes” FOoff) I get Tourettes? Answers on a postcard please

By: r dalton

r dalton — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:30:35 +0000

next time the space shuttle goes up,stick howard the cunt on it, strap a couple of solar panels on im with glasses like his we can retire the hubble telescope !!!

By: john

john — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:19:30 +0000

what a bunch of wankers

By: David

David — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:58:53 +0000

I will NEVER bank at the Halifax and it’s all because of these ads and the uber-dork Howard

By: r dalton

r dalton — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:25:27 +0000

if there was ever a candidate for a makeover it is this gormless looking cunt

By: Games Volcano

Games Volcano — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:04:27 +0000

Someone chop the Asian kid up and put him in a Thai curry. Boycott Halifax! Die Howard Die!

By: kirsty

kirsty — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:57:07 +0000

i do like this advert even if now the person singing it is a bit gay i think the first person who sung the first one was miles beter now shes gone i feel it got a bit boring but still i like to sing to this one
TOOTIE FRUITY IS BETTER ADVERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Simes

Simes — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:40:58 +0000

Agreed Janet – the fattist thing is best avoided, but oh the rants are fantastic.

BUT…Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the TV – THERE’S ANOTHER ONE!

We are saving??? -NO YOU ARE A BUNCH OF ANNOYING WANKERS!!!

By: Janet Baines

Janet Baines — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:05:46 +0000

“Fat, Non-Comedian Woman On Telly” shocker. God forbid.

Honestly, I like her Whattitude (that’s “white attitude”, and yes, I’ve deliberately used a cringeworthy portmanteau) and it makes a refreshing change.

A lot of you are talking like complete tossers. The ones who are calling the main “actress” disgusting for being fat are being unnecessarily cruel on a superficial level and the ones who are “supporting” her fatness are clearly just trying to forward their own personal fat-agendas under the guise of a sickeningly PC “curvy” label.

Hurrah for those of you who have actually voiced an opinion on the advert and not just the frontwoman..

By: Thursby

Thursby — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:24:24 +0000

The entire idea that an advert can only be effective if it rhymes is a shocker. The Halifax also seems to be hell-bent on portraying the erstwhile Howard Brown as some kind of special needs case – “An an interest rate of 15.9% typical variable that I can recommend!” pitches a smiling HB through his bottle-bottom glasses whilst strutting across the cartoon room like a man who’s joints have been replaced with slinky springs. Oh, fantastic, Howard’s a bit simple so he wouldn’t tell me any prokies would he?

By: Simes

Simes — Sun, 25 May 2008 08:09:21 +0000

Oh Titus – love the makeshift tent rant. I too have been wetting myself over the comments on here. BUT – who the hell works in their marketing department? is the Director the ‘head of cheese??’

By: Milkybarnick

Milkybarnick — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:43:12 +0000

The first time I saw a Halifax advert was 7 years ago, just after New Year 2001. Howard Brown was in it. They’re still wasting money on them now. I’ve never had problems with the Halifax, but how much more interest would we all make if they didn’t fritter their profits on shit adverts like this?

By: Tuppence

Tuppence — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:06:07 +0000

There adverts annoy due to their unmitigated cheapness (and I’m not talking about the production values). They’re aiming at a certain social demographic – the kind who go to Pontins, drive 6 year old Ford Mondeos, read the Sun and call their children Kailey or Ashley. That said, you canâ€™t argue with their competitive rates…

And lets not be rude about fat people, eh? Nevertheless, lets not ignore the elephant in the room (no pun intended): this girl isn’t ‘chubby’, or ‘curvy’ or a size 16 – I’ve been out with a size 16 girl. The lady in the advert is what she (clearly) is – clinically obese. she might be sprightly now, but wait till the knee-joint arthritis kicks in and going upstairs becomes a struggle.

By: Titus

Titus — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:21:44 +0000

I could not agree more, several times I have done myself, and others around me, serious injury diving for the remote to mute/turnoff/throw at the screen.

I am looking for a mortgage, if the Halifax were the last company in the world and I had to spend the rest of my life in a makeshift tent, I would not use them. I would not trust any company that subjects me to such torture. Never mind special rendition, show them Halifax adverts.

Howard should be taken to the Hague and charged with crimes against humanity.

By: embo

embo — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:34:34 +0000

Staffordshire-Lou – ME TOO!

i’ve been sat here for hours reading comments, they’re hilarious!
definitely bookmarking this page!

does anybody actually know who the hell this howard guy is and where the bloody hell he came from?
is he actually a real person?
i wanna meet him…
maybe he’s a robot.
maybe theyre all just robots.

i’m with halifax actually, had no problems so far
but i tell you something, if i wasnt i would NOT be attracted to them in any way, shape or form purely on their adverts :/

and as for fatties,
just burn off more calories than you eat.
simple.

By: Celebkiller

Celebkiller — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:58:12 +0000

Jump on the X Factor wagon Halifax. That one with the fat heffa is terrible – it’s ok to be obese.

By: Celebkiller

Celebkiller — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:37:42 +0000

Halifax…. I will not invest with this bank as a matter of principle……..your ads are shite……. get real

By: Silky

Silky — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:37:48 +0000

@ Staffordshire Lou – cheers for that and welcome to TVs Worst Adverts.

@ PG – Thanks for the spot, I’ve made the update.