Moonpig
6 February 2008 by SilkyAt one end of the greetings card continuum are the cards sold by the National Trust that are probably made by elfin beauties who live inside oak trees and skip through the forest picking flowers and berries all things wonderful to make their cards ever so, ever so special.
At the other end are cards from Moonpig.com. The one’s that you can personalise online to specifically make fun of someone you know’s complete lack of hair, and simultaneously tricking you into thinking that you’re making something precious and unique yet thousands others are doing the exact same thing.
Similarly, at the one end of the adverts continuum is the new Honda advert, a thing of thoughtfulness, of fun and of production values. At the other end is the Moonpig.com advert:
I hate the falling star/fairy dust that floats from scene to scene, I hate the lobotomised idiots giggling at just how bald they are but most of all I hate the jingle (if you can call repeating the word Moonpig over and over a jingle).
You thought the song from the Slim Fast advert was bad, but it’s nothing on this one.
The Moonpig tune is the kind that only someone with a very warped mind could possibly think is suitable for public broadcast. The *composer* should clearly either be locked up for his own protection or tried for crimes against Humanity.
In fact, I dare say that if Himmler wrote jingles, this is what he come up with. I can hear it now, echoing around the cellars of Prince Albrechtstrasse. Playing on a permanent loop, punctuated only by the screams of mercy and of desire to confess to anything just to make it stop:
“So did you say the Fuhrer is a little girl who prances around wearing only frilly knickers shouting “Look at me Eva, I’ve got titties!”?”
“I did, I did. Just make the Moonpig advert stop!”
I can genuinely say that I’d rather listen to an entire Mika album – a man who sings like a pig with bulldog clips attached to its testicles – than I would this Moonpig advert one more time.
And I don’t make that sort of claim lightly.
Thanks to Jono McLeod and Mat Cunningham for submitting this bad ad.
Just How Bad is this Ad?
(92 votes, average: 4.40 out of 5)
83Responses:
Wolfy
Said on the 6 February 2008
Mooooooonpig, Mooooonpig, Moooooonpig dot cooooooom! This is great! Especially the random pitch changes. Roll on the next dot com burst bubble…
Phil
Said on the 7 February 2008
Can’t believe it’s taken you so long to mention this, frankly…it’s an outrage
Silky
Said on the 7 February 2008
Apologies Phil.
Sometimes it just hard to find the words…
Phil
Said on the 8 February 2008
I understand how you feel – this advert leaves me speechless with rage
mooch
Said on the 10 February 2008
To quote Friends “I want to put my finger, through my eyeball and fiddle about with my brain”. Some adverts piss you off so much that you just make a mental note to never buy from them.
Joanna Butler
Said on the 11 February 2008
its the way the receding hair man and the ugl bint look at the card and laugh at the end
ha ha ha
piss off
SuperFurrySeahawk
Said on the 12 February 2008
I feel sorry for the constipated looking cartoon pig which appears to have been decapitated and its head shoved into either a goldfish bowl or a lightbulb. Surely the RSPCA would have been called in by now…
Joanna Butler
Said on the 15 February 2008
ha ha ha ha @ SuperFurrySeahawk…. why don’t you call the RSPCA?!
I wonder what retard came up with the name ‘Moonpig’
SuperFurrySeahawk
Said on the 15 February 2008
I would have called the RSPCA myself, but the cartoon creature looked as though it had probably gone past the point of being saved anyway!
Dave
Said on the 15 February 2008
Cheap annoying crap, bit like the cards.
Matt
Said on the 16 February 2008
Tacky cards and a tacky advert to go with them… has anyone actually been on the website??? what was the address again???
Joanna Butler
Said on the 16 February 2008
its mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonpig.cooooooooooooooooooooooom
TDP
Said on the 18 February 2008
Well, if the job of the advert is to get you to talk about the web site and memorise it, it’s worked.
Unfortunately, because of how totally, utterly and completely tedious the advert is, I’ll be going nowhere near it on principal, hoping that the advertising agency and web site go out of business along with the arse of a client who said, “Yep, that’s a great idea – I’LL HAVE THAT ONE.”
Numpties.
PS – Is it possible to vote on this ad to be Worst Ad of The Year?
Silky
Said on the 18 February 2008
Hey TDP,
As TWA is coming up for it’s first birthday, you’ll be migthy glad to hear that I’m working on a system to vote for the worst advert of the past year.
I dare say that Moonpig.com will be in the running.
chris
Said on the 18 February 2008
there was an advert for a similar company with carol vorderman im sure it was moonpig where she highlighted ‘parking’ as the biggest hassle with buying cards at a shop
Dave
Said on the 19 February 2008
I hate this annoying advert . So much so that I’ve given up watching e4 and now download my friends episodes since im fed up with grabbing my remote in a fit of rage to destroy the constant repetative jingle from entering my ears . If there is any moonpig employees out there who read this then F### Y## you annoying bunch of C###s. This advert is worst than the deaf woman that keeps tonguing her cheek doing sign language in the corner which in my books is bloody painful. But i bet she could sing a better jingle. 9.9999999/10 for displeasure . I hope nobody buys their cards and they go bust.
Joanna Butler
Said on the 20 February 2008
lol @ Dave
P.Young
Said on the 20 February 2008
‘Moonpig’ does actually mean something – look it up on the online urban dictionary. Oh dear….
Joanna Butler
Said on the 21 February 2008
Moonpig 25 up, 11 down
A woman so hideously ugly that the very sight of this creature brings forth a massive and overwhelming sense of revulsion and physical nausea.
Imagine what a pig that lived on the moon would look like.
Apply this model to your intended munter.
NB: Moonpigs are generally clinically obese, and may often be found munching on anything that comes too near and looks like food. Puppies are at extreme risk.
1) That Sonia from Eastenders is such a Moonpig!
2) LOOK AT HER!! What a Moonpig!
lol!!!!!!!!
chris
Said on the 21 February 2008
here we go carols ‘no parking’ advert
gof i hate birthdays it means i have to find somewhere to park!!!!!
http://www.remind4u.com/Assets/Videos/TV_Ad_001.mpg
i think she owns the company and has the perfect soluction to a problem that didnt exist
Liv
Said on the 21 February 2008
Moon pig wtf, my baby brother sings this every morning. Enough said.
John
Said on the 26 February 2008
I hate this advert, it’s awful!
That cartoon pig (which is REALLY annoying but I can’t pinpoint why exactly) looks like it has had a typewriter shoved up it’s arse!
Wolfy
Said on the 26 February 2008
Good ol’ Google AdWords. I’ve been following these comments by e-mail (keep them up, btw) and Google Mail has just kindly advertised to me, yes, moonpig.com! I don’t know if it was the keyword ‘pig’, or ‘arse’ that caused the trigger, but what I _do_ know is that moonpig.com will get charged if I click the link…
emile paisnel
Said on the 4 March 2008
I hate and despise all of those bloody halifax adverts, the people that appear in them should be put up against a wall and shot with pig shit.. then there entrails rippped out and burnt.
Jen
Said on the 5 March 2008
Wrong ad, Emile.
chris.p.noodle
Said on the 9 March 2008
thats a very 18th century and french punishment emile,
back to moonpig, somebody shoot me,,,,,,,,,please.
Tom Cooper
Said on the 9 March 2008
Not sure if I should even write an entry here but I have to admit I was the sound engineer on the Moonpig.com advert. I have to stress I didn’t write the song but I did record it and mix the ad. I actually quite like the ad!!! *ducks*
“I wonder what retard came up with the name ‘Moonpig’”
The producer asked the client this question. The man that owns the ad was known as “pig” at school. Because he looks like a pig. Seriously. Not sure where the moon bit came from but I guess they were just searching for a domain name.
There’s a new ad coming out in the next few months with a NEW theme tune! Muhahahahaha.
emile
Said on the 11 March 2008
Bugger wasnt looking where i was writng gad zooks…and shiver me doings…moon pig sounds like …leona lewis sucking cock…i give her a bleeding love…any way back to the real world…Yes Chris p any relation to Chris p cock of the meriden news…i prerfer the tried and tested methods of torture and killing i would take all the buggers at the moon pig corporation and each one i would perform the viking blood eagle apon or better still how about covering their genitals with lighter fluid and then set light to the fuckers mmmm sounds good to me….
Bingo
Said on the 31 March 2008
Ha! This ad is hilarious! Although if I had to watch it more than once I would probably prefer to jump off the balcony. I now how moooonpiiig stuck in my head though… It’s late at night and I’ll probably be singing it all night long. mooooonpiiiig. Wow. What jingle.
Gerard McAveety
Said on the 25 April 2008
Moon Pig !!
It doesnt annoy me like others…..I actually quite like it !
A still sing it, about an hour after i’ve seen it. It sticks in your head, the whole purpose of an advert
Katherine
Said on the 4 May 2008
Just hearing the tune makes me lunge for the remote to change the channel. Even if the cards were actually OK I wouldn’t use the site because the advert’s so hideous.
Stephen
Said on the 11 May 2008
It’s not pretentions, the bloke nodding at his card is great, and the music’s Like the start of the Simpsons theme or a Frank Zappa parody. And the bizarre name. It’s good.
ally
Said on the 22 May 2008
the ad is horrfically catchy
the song ridiculous (even if i cant supress a grin at its sheer sillyness)
product name stupid and pointless
but even more annoyingly, i found my self not only looking at mooooooonpiiiig dot comm but buying a card
to add to annoyance,the card was actually pretty good quality and came out way better than any on the advert.
and now i dont know what to do with myself… dont buy and you can carry on hating safely i say
Ashleigh
Said on the 23 May 2008
Its A Good Advert
wel froma 13 year old
Ashleigh
Said on the 23 May 2008
Its A Good Advert
wel froma 13 year old point of
Ashleigh
Said on the 23 May 2008
point of view **
ALEX THE GREAT!!!!!!
Said on the 3 June 2008
I hate how the man points at the card at the end this is worse acting then I’ll do anything! gosh
sophi
Said on the 10 June 2008
“MOOOOOONPIIIIIG.COOOOM” THEY’VE GOT ME F*CKIN SINGIN IT NOW
Cami
Said on the 18 June 2008
OH MY GOD THAT STUPID MUSIC IS SOOOOOOOOOO ANNOYING!!!! I change the channel every time it comes on.
Vicki
Said on the 10 July 2008
This advert is freaky. It reminds me of when someones taunting you… or when you see ghosts on false TV programmes… I can just see it now, some poor kid is shaking alone in their bed whilst someone is taunting them… ”Moonpig… mooooonpig…” If I were young enough, I think I’d have nightmares over it. I’m against hunting however I might make an exception when it comes to Moonpig.
moonpig
Said on the 10 July 2008
moonpig…..iwant that as my rin tone for my phoe its BRILL! moon pig.
Jack
Said on the 8 August 2008
I HATE this advert and its on forever and what a wierd company name?!
Jen
Said on the 9 August 2008
There’s a bloomin new one! Silky, can you track it down?
Alison
Said on the 13 September 2008
Just been on the site and the cards are as crap as the advert!!!
retired
Said on the 3 November 2008
Moonpig i have seen worse,but this seems very American Moooooooooooooooon Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig
Robert
Said on the 12 February 2009
google for moonpig and you will see it is English!!!
person
Said on the 13 February 2009
I personally don’t find the add that bad, and it gets everyone talking, any publicity is good publicity.
Also, did no one else notice what this guy (Silky?) said about Mika?
I absolutely LOVE Mika he’s amazing! He’s brilliant don’t diss his music! It’s better than you’ll ever come up with in your lifetime.
Archer
Said on the 14 February 2009
Bad ad aside, Moonpig is aces for sending slightly creepy anonymous Valentines cards to people who have asked you to cease all contact.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 15 February 2009
So that’s where that came from…. Please stop following me Archer!!
Archer
Said on the 16 February 2009
Oh you and your silly restraining orders.
Hafoot
Said on the 8 March 2009
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111
Words cannot describe the rage that fills me when this advert comes on.
P.s. i love this site!
Archer
Said on the 13 March 2009
Who else is using Moonpig to scatter-gun Mother’s Day cards in the vague hope of one day actually getting their biological mother and finally getting that tiny bit of reassurance that will allow them to build some small semblance of self-esteem?
Cos that could be a function of the site…
njrt;2bht
Said on the 23 March 2009
i HAATTE this advert soooooooooooooo much i klove it!
James
Said on the 16 April 2009
“I say old bean, do you know where i can get a totally spiffing greetings card?”
Arrrgh!! Arrrgh!! Arrrgh!! someone make it stop
Tony
Said on the 9 June 2009
And I thought I was the only one who hated this ad.
This advert, along with the one where the high pitched voice says “technologic” at the end drive me up the wall.
It’s getting to the point where I just press mute when an ad break begins, and put the sound back on when my program starts again.
It’s not just the “Moooooooooooooon piiiiiiiiig” bit, but the other voices as well.
Not only is the computer geek an offensive sterotype, but he just doesn’t seem interested. AND he’s supposed to personify the target audience of computer users.
It’s a wonder they sell enough cards to pay for an ad in every break.
If I ever get one of these through my front door I’ll destroy the senders’ computer.
Now I’m off to lobotomise myself so I can get those awful voices out of my head.
rik o shea
Said on the 15 June 2009
alternative ad ; take one pig ,insert large quantity of c4 up its arse ,deliver to ad agency and detonate.
Another Ad Hater
Said on the 31 July 2009
FUCK OFF MOONPIG! That’s what I will probably be screaming at the TV if I see this advert again. The song is just so awful. I’m sick of hearing “Moooooooooooooooooooooonpiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig!” all the time.
“I say old bean, do you know where I can find a totally spiffing greetings card?”
Yes, try the fucking post office or a card shop! Isn’t that where we’ve been buying our cards since I don’t know, maybe when cards were invented?! Also, it won’t cost you £2.99. Yes, that’s how much a normal sized card is on Moonpig.
Jack
Said on the 31 July 2009
lol all these comments are hilarious especialy the one above. Luckily I have not seen this advert recently but they must really be stupid pigs if this advert is still going on. I too hope they go bust.
Tarquin Fintimblimwimlim Biscuit-Barrel
Said on the 31 July 2009
Jack.
ALL of the other comments are above…
Archer
Said on the 11 September 2009
I think I like this thread best. It makes me smile.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 11 September 2009
Even after six months??? You must be mad…
qwidge
Said on the 11 September 2009
Don’t you mean se7en?
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 11 September 2009
Please, no severed heads in a carrier bag….
qwidge
Said on the 11 September 2009
Goodness what do you think of me. I don’t use carrier bags i use reusable canvas bags.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 11 September 2009
This isn’t a murder, this is a marks and spencers murder….
And it adds a whole new dimention to “A Bag For Life”
Jack
Said on the 11 September 2009
Stop talking…my email junk is getting full.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 11 September 2009
You should have subscribed to the envirophone thread…..
Jack
Said on the 11 September 2009
I think I should unsubscribe.
And that advert is even worse.
qwidge
Said on the 11 September 2009
I’ll have you know all my cyber murders are not only Organic and free range but also narrated by either the M&S woman or the late actor Mark McManus as Tv’s Jim Taggart.
qwidge
Said on the 11 September 2009
Oh no Jack’s Junk is full…what will we do?!
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 11 September 2009
It’s down to you qwidge, Archer is very , very occupied right now….
qwidge
Said on the 11 September 2009
I think the solution might be to stop talking and not post any more. What do you think?
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 12 September 2009
Sorry, I was focused on someone far more important, yeah we’s better stop talking… but you owe me an apology qwidge.
Leon
Said on the 13 November 2009
all this faux-’50s shit really gets me down. and that ffing brummy git; atrocious.
Jakk Ogden
Said on the 11 March 2010
It would be fine if for example every holiday season had a different tempo to it. But is always the same. It never changes. Never falters and always proceeds to piss me off. My Mum would rather have fuck all for mothersday than a card from Moonpig (thats what she said)!.
bob
Said on the 13 June 2010
You guys are retards!
Nothing wrong with it, it’s done exactly what it’s designed to do!
I’d hate to see what else gets on your nerves… i’d relax before it’s too late…
note: “Moonpig” was a school yard nickname for the guy who started it all.
Jack
Said on the 13 June 2010
Bob you must be the owner of the annoying company. Everyone finds it very annoying and you even know how the idea started!
Stephanie
Said on the 14 June 2010
Why does an advert anger you so much? it’s just an advert. if it really summons up such strong emotions for you (in a rather dramatic overreaction, one must say) then turn it over when it comes on or mute it! Simple as! Surely there’s better things to do with your time…
Crispy
Said on the 15 June 2010
Fuck off Moonpig
Ad Hater 2.0
Said on the 16 June 2010
Yes, just FUCK OFF Moonpig! I know it’s nearly Father’s Day but there is NO NEED to shove your shit advert in my face every fucking ad break! And how the fuck is putting “Dad” on the card personalising it?!
Also, has anyone seen FunkyPigeon.com? “WHAT THE FUCK?!” was my reaction when I first saw this on TV! Shite Moonpig rip off!
Hallmark’s stupid personalised card advert can fuck off too! I don’t want to waste £3 on a piece of cardboard good for only one day. If I wanted a card I’d just go to Clinton Cards or even the fucking Post Office!
'old phil
Said on the 23 June 2010
I’ve toiled through the pages of mindless dribble,(above), and wonder why you don’t do something usefull with your apparently wasted lives.
Did you all know that a T/V can be SWITCHED OFF;
and I have it on good authority that you stand a reasonable chance of NOT being struck dead by the telly gods.
Jack
Said on the 23 June 2010
What’s the point of switching the TV off when most of the other adverts are fine..we are here to watch TV programmes not adverts but Moon Pig just ticks me off, It should be the TV broadcaster to remove Moonpig not us to switch the TV off.
Louise
Said on the 24 August 2010
Suspect the guy who owns this company has earned more than you lot put together in the last 12 months, which just goes to show… there’s more to live than advertising!
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