27 December 2012 - 11:37am | posted by | 23 comments

Ad of the Day: Compare The Market - Spencer's Troubled

This superb addition to the winning Compare The Market campaign introduces us to Alexandr Orlov in human form. Robert Webb plays the man behind 'Compare the Market' and it seems he's as determined to ensure there's no confusion as his meerkat counterpart. Fresh impetus at just the right moment.

Agency: VCCP

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1 Jan 2013 - 12:11
Kathy12626's picture
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Rubbish ad. If its not broken don't fix it! Bring back the Meerkats

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5 Jan 2013 - 21:52
ajnwh55276's picture
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The new advert is so wrong because it is neither funny, clever or interesting. What bright spark thought that this format was a step forward and would additionally generate the 'spin offs' that the Meerkat format has done ? Why change it ? It won't encourage me to use Compare the Market especially an advert with an actor shouting about the different spellings and the way different words sound. Bring back the Meerkats and sack the advertising executive that fouled up a succesful advertising campaign.

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4 Jan 2013 - 15:53
ajmet15560's picture
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bad move. Loyalty to comparethemarket was via the meerkats...hard to get for a company flogging insurance - but easily lost.

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5 Jan 2013 - 23:10
napbo13468's picture
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Bring back the meerkats

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6 Jan 2013 - 18:03
davec73819's picture
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Listen to u lot moaning about the new advert. It's just an advert. Get a life

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7 Jan 2013 - 20:41
bjken15400's picture
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Bring back the meerkats!!!

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8 Jan 2013 - 19:29
Jenni20279's picture
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Has no-one else noticed this advert is a total and utter rip-off of the Tennents lager ad series, featuring Hugh Tennent and his side-kick? The side kick in the new meerkat ad is even played by the EXACT same actor!! How can they get away with this??

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11 Jan 2013 - 13:48
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In this advert the guy writes MEERKAT and MARKET and says they contain "different" letters and are pronounced differently. THEY CONTAIN THE SAME LETTERS, but as they are in a different order it makes a DIFFERENT WORD!!! JEEEZ thats so simple it's unbelieveable that some ad-man was paid a lot of money to pump out such badly worded drivvel!!

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14 Jan 2013 - 17:09
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@gumbu95718 The word, 'meerkat', has an extra 'e' and thus by definition has different letters from the word, 'market'. Just sayin'.

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11 Jan 2013 - 20:00
gegso51301's picture
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New advert is awful so boring and stupid characters really disappointing

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12 Jan 2013 - 13:46
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Christ you lot are stupid. IT'S TAKING THE PISS OUT OF THEIR EARLIER ADVERTS. Making the point that no normal cretin could actually, accidentally go to comparethemeerkat.com instead of comparethemarket.com. BECAUSE THEY'RE TOTALLY FUCKING DIFFERENT. That's the joke. Yes? I think it's hilarious because it's self-referential and maybe requires a modicum of intelligence to get it, which is where the rest of you fell down.

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22 Jan 2013 - 20:51
tonysouness
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@cyphe11690 I totally agree. It is hilarious and the rest of you that are slagging it off have absolutely no SOH whatsoever. Genius Ad.

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14 Jan 2013 - 16:03
niveknahc's picture
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i pfft this ad off the first time i saw it.. but now i rather like it for some reason.. its growing on me.. i find it has humour.. but i'm taking out the context of its brand loyalty to meerkats and stuff.. i'm just refering the ad's context... if theres such a thing haha

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14 Jan 2013 - 20:15
dwill18492's picture
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Im sur this is a old ad brought out of the archives , am I wrong ?

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16 Jan 2013 - 21:32
SonJay's picture
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Has anyone noticed that about 47 seconds in (and from then on), his jacket seems to have the text "mong" embroidered on it?

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21 Jan 2013 - 14:01
roblo37828's picture
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Truly awful advert with no humour in it at all, Robert Webb is just not funny but slightly weird, bring back the meerkats soon.

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28 Jan 2013 - 22:49
stiss17458's picture
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THINK THE NEW AD IS GREAT.

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20 Feb 2013 - 17:13
samgr15632's picture
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actual thick twats who need furry animals with a funny advert to gather your attention.

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26 Feb 2013 - 02:15
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10 Mar 2013 - 08:31
justi60082's picture
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These new ads are utter c*** - Bring back (and stay with) the real Alexander and all his friends !!

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11 Mar 2013 - 12:15
CarriKP's picture
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The new ad is very clever - and the actor playing in it is very talented.

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15 Mar 2013 - 18:04
isabe85786's picture
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Ad with Robert Webb totally stupid. Stick with the meerkats

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25 Mar 2013 - 16:17
aweso11072's picture
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Love the meerkats and the new ad is the bum-duffer too.

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