Take A Break – Tragedy
19 January 2009 by SilkyAbba have got a lot to answer for.
Or more to the point the makers of Mamma Mia! have got a lot to answer for.
According to DVD sales figures (which I can’t find now but definitely heard this or read it or dreamt it), one in four British households have been subjected to Pierce Brosnan‘s singing and Julie Walter‘s dancing over the Christmas Holidays.
Although the performances are clearly laughable, your brain is far too mashed by sprout fumes and subdued by a cocktail of drink – the contents of which is lost in the haze but definitely began and ended with Cockburns – that it was just about bearable. Just.
But the worst thing about the success of Mamma Mia! is that the people at Take A Break have seen it:
I can’t decide whether the choice of the Bee Gees song is ironic or not because there’s only one word for this advert: Tragedy.
Just How Bad is this Ad?
(40 votes, average: 4.58 out of 5)
15Responses:
Hannah
Said on the 19 January 2009
Absolute. Cocking. Travesty.
Hateful, shameful disgrace of an advert. An insult. An abomination. I’m annoyed I’ve just eaten my tea as even thinking about the ad makes me want to puke my pelvis.
And I’ve just shat out my tits.
See? I’ve gone all swear-y now.
uuuuuurrrrghh.
MacPedro
Said on the 19 January 2009
Yes, terrible. Come on girls, stop fighting over discounted child labour produced rags and read some trashy brainless ‘articles’ and celeb gossip. It’s not like there’s anything else important in the world, is there?
Never mind Gaza, Iraq and the state of the economy. Shopping ‘n’ mags are the future.
Archer
Said on the 19 January 2009
Why does she need to ‘take a break’ anyway? How difficult is it to organize a jumble sale?
Lazy. She wants to get a proper job.
Simon Breadbin
Said on the 21 January 2009
Dear God. There is so much wrong with this. I’d be less embarrassed to be seen buying ‘Anal fisting digest’ than this vomit. Take a break indeed; take a break from fucking breathing, you shit-witted irrelevances.
Hannah
Said on the 22 January 2009
Ah, but the thing is: I sometimes buy Take a Break. In an ironic way you understand. The tips are super “Fancy a nice refreshing hot drink? Try popping a tea bag in a mug, boil the kettle and pour hot water into the mug. Add milk/sugar to taste”.
You couldn’t make it up. Viz would be proud…
So for me, it is purely the advert I object to, not the product. I find this happening a lot of late.
Maggie the Cat
Said on the 22 January 2009
‘Your kettle will boil quicker if you heat the water in a saucepan first.’
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 24 January 2009
And your drink won’t go as cold if you fill it with hot water first and then pour it away before you make this refreshing drink….
Georgia
Said on the 25 January 2009
If Eastender were to do an adert this would be it
Stacey
Said on the 26 January 2009
ARGH! Where’s the remote!?!
*The song ANNOYING
*So what if a “fitness freak” has a 42st wife. Fitness freaks don’t have to marry other fitness freaks and big people marry other big people. Magazines like that just bitch about people. . . Like I am doing now lol
Ad Hater 2.0
Said on the 5 February 2010
Oh, fucking hell! There’s a new “Take A Break” ad on the TV now and it is even more SHIT than the Tragedy ones! They have ripped of yet another song. This time it’s “Stop In The Name Of Love” by The Supremes. FUCK OFF YOU PIECE OF SHIT MAGAZINE!! I don’t care about the twat that became a single dad and I don’t give a shit about crappy £10,000 competitions! And why the hell is the advert 53 fucking seconds long?! It’s a fucking magazine, ads of that kind DO NOT need to be that long!
Take a Break
Said on the 9 March 2010
Supremes, Stop, 2010
Glad to see we have produced something you all love.
Probably worth pointing out that Take a Break is business, and businesses promote themselves to their target audience. The fact that you don’t consider yourselves to be our readership is just as well, unsurprising and not the slightest bit insulting.
I quite like the ad, afterall its lighted hearted, doesn’t take anything seriously, and is inoffensive to anyone without inflated sensibilities… oh, and because I commissioned it.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 9 March 2010
Twat.
Take a Break
Said on the 9 March 2010
Well done, succinct, concise and you have demonstrated your ability to artculate your feelings without reverting to abuse. Or perhaps not. Lets have it then, something worthy of this forum… why not say something that proves your not simply blowing off because you have nothing worth saying.
CovertJellyfish
Said on the 10 March 2010
No, I think being abusive just about covers it. Thanks for the offer though.
UK TV Adverts
Said on the 21 February 2011
One word – TRAVESTY. UK TV has just lost a little respect thanks to this!