TJ Hughes

6 April 2007 by Silky

A quick question for you. Who do you hire to flog your products if you can’t afford real celebrities? You hire their relatives, that’s who!

So come on down Graham Rooney, Peter Williams, Martha Ross and Jean Vorderman for the new TJ Hughes adverts. The price is right!

Now these ads aren’t actually all that bad except maybe for the fact their whole concept is based on a lie. When they say “We don’t spend money on top name celebrities to bring you low prices” they clearly mean “we can’t spend money on top name celebrities because it would affect our profits too much”.

TJ Hughes is a bit of a low class brand and with these adverts (and the people they’ve picked to appear in them) they’re pretty much cementing that status. Trying to cash in on some of the *celebs* kudos without coughing up the money. That’s just cheap. What more do you expect from cheeky scousers though?

Judge for yourself:

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Just How Bad is this Ad?

(39 votes, average: 4.41 out of 5)

8Responses:

arrymak

Said on the 19 October 2007

i think this wave of brown bags will be the end of all
normal shopping in liverpool

1 is reminded of the sri lankan rouge wave—
Zen

Said on the 23 October 2007

the new one is well better!
Silky

Said on the 24 October 2007

Yes, Zen. It’s totally fucking Jackson.
Zen

Said on the 24 October 2007

yeah it actually is.
james

Said on the 29 October 2007

i agree it is the worst advert ever i work in tjs and had to put up with it on the tvs there
Zen

Said on the 30 October 2007

i work at a tj’s as well and had to put up with the constant TJ HUGHE’S, that Graham Rooney used to say, the frail voice of Jean? Vorderman, and the bear like voice of Robbie’s Dad! Atleast the new one doesnt make me wanna smash al the tellies!!
I.C.A. Prat

Said on the 29 December 2007

WHAT would half-baked comedians do without the proverbial lame brain
fallback of the humourless patronising of a towns population with the incredibly
original line
- “Those ****** Scoucers”

(*Please substitute whatever dopey adjective happens to meet one’s childish mind at the time!)
David

Said on the 29 December 2008

I quite like theses adverts. There is nothing wrong with them.