Am I alone? I hate it when some smart-Alec advertising outfit uses some prominent figure from the past to flog something to the masses.
My current hate is the series of adverts (something to do with electricity, I think) which portray Albert Einstein as a doddery comical old fool bamboozled by all this new shiny energy stuff. The radio ad versions also feature that old war horse, Angela Rippon alongside the Einstein actor with a music-hall comedic German accent. Appalling. 
Yes, Iāve seen the smart meters advert with āEinsteinā. Embarrassing.
We stream mostly from paid services so adverts are few and far between.
For now Iād suggest. Many of them now have cheaper ad supported services.
I was rather annoyed the other day when I started watching a new season of 1923 that I had to sit through a trailer for something I had no interest in, especially as theyāve increased monthly costs recently. (Paramount +)
Prime Video is comical - āthis feature will continue with limited interruptionsā - they mean adverts. If it wasnāt free with Prime membership Iād have ditched it.
Oddly or not I had the same reaction to that advert. Angela may have been on it on the tv too looking as though sheād leapt out of a āShakeān Vacā commercial.
Most adverts pass me by because I simply pay no attention. If I do notice one and it is bad, then I positively avoid the product. The occasional advert catches my eye/ear, and I might enjoy watching. But I can confidently say no TV advert has ever persuaded me to buy the advertised product.
From where Iām sitting, the McCains ad for their Gourmet Triple Cooked Chips/Fries has an impact 
I have watched just one advert in the last 20 years (Jet2).
And that was because a friend of my son had the starring role.
We have an Einstein lookalike guy in an advert for a supermarkets chain.
The 20 seconds cart filling contest.
A challenge to space time.
And he uses their shampoo!
