Old TV ads.

bodhrandude · 16-02-2017 1:20am

Yeah there is another video on youtube thats a compilation of these ads, about four or five them.

jeanjolie · 21-02-2017 11:20am

Anyone know that old mobile phone exchange/network advert in 2011? I'm not sure what it was but I remember they used the same music in an An Post ad in 2015?

OTOH, does anyone know where archives of ads on Irish TV are kept? Ironic that I can be looking so for something that is supposed to be memorable advertising a product/service on various media platforms but can't find it no matter how hard i try....:rolleyes:

MadDogGames · 22-02-2017 1:03am

Anyone remember the ad where the baby drank the guinness?

An Riabhach · 23-02-2017 11:26pm

MadDogGames wrote: »

Anyone remember the ad where the baby drank the guinness?

Didn't that actually happen for real??

Splishsplash · 23-02-2017 11:29pm

JBoyle4eva wrote: »

I'm only 15, but recently I remember distinctly two old ESB ads.

1: A father turns on a lamp in his bedroom and goes to his baby in the middle of the night. He then goes to his kitchen to make the baby a bottle of milk.

2: I think it may be a son of the family, but somebody is coming home from somewhere and the mother at home is preparing a eal for him/her.

Does anyone know these ads, and if so, do you know a clearer discription? Also, feel free do talk about other old ads.

Jesus imagine this poster is 28 now ha

Silvera · 26-02-2017 7:00pm

MadDogGames wrote: »

Anyone remember the ad where the baby drank the guinness?

I dont think that was an advert. It was a clip from an RTE documentary back in the 1990's. It was show only last week on RTE News...they even tracked down the mother and son to Propserous in Co. Kildare. The mother said that the 'sup of drink' didnt do him any harm back then!

darkdubh · 01-03-2017 4:55pm

I remember this one from when I was very young.

http://ifiplayer.ie/irish-hospital-sweepstakes-vault-advert/

An Riabhach · 11-04-2017 2:05pm

Thank you AprÃ©s Match of The Day!!

I was asking about this terrible ad on one of these threads a good while ago,and I was half thinking that I imagined it all.
Tis so ridiculous that there isn't even any need for input from the AprÃ©s Match boys!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIWjxtHzfA0

darkdubh · 12-04-2017 10:16pm

An Riabhach wrote: »

Thank you AprÃ©s Match of The Day!!

I was asking about this terrible ad on one of these threads a good while ago,and I was half thinking that I imagined it all.
Tis so ridiculous that there isn't even any need for input from the AprÃ©s Match boys!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIWjxtHzfA0

Jaysus I remember that now!

An Riabhach · 12-04-2017 10:23pm

darkdubh wrote: »

Jaysus I remember that now!

And they had the gall and the barefaced cheek to destroy "Danny Boy" with "Denny Pie"!!!!

Lorelli! · 13-04-2017 7:35am

I can only vaguely remember this but there was a bank ad years ago, around 1999-2003 and it was interviewing people.

A girl who was a student was talking about a loan and she says something like "braces aren't cheap, you know, chi ching"!
God I hated that add!

An Riabhach · 13-04-2017 9:35am

Lorelli! wrote: »

I can only vaguely remember this but there was a bank ad years ago, around 1999-2003 and it was interviewing people.

A girl who was a student was talking about a loan and she says something like "braces aren't cheap, you know, chi ching"!
God I hated that add!

Yep, I remember that well enough.
I used to always wonder what the hell she meant when she said
"..... train tracks are ching ching".

I actually found it a bit funny how they made out in the ad that all the students were lying about why they wanted money!!

Lorelli! · 13-04-2017 10:22am

An Riabhach wrote: »

Yep, I remember that well enough.
I used to always wonder what the hell she meant when she said
"..... train tracks are ching ching".

I actually found it a bit funny how they made out in the ad that all the students were lying about why they wanted money!!

Ah ye, they were meant to be lying and it was train tracks she said! The ad was so cringeworthy!

Lorelli! · 13-04-2017 10:24am

I remember the lads in my class quoting from this as a sort of in joke one for ages!

lord lucan · 23-04-2017 10:04am

Remember these? The Irish Adverts Project is bringing back ads from the 60s 70s and 80s. Launching April 26.

Keep an eye on the IFI player on their website on Wednesday.:)

26-04-2017 4:49pm

lord lucan wrote: »

Remember these? The Irish Adverts Project is bringing back ads from the 60s 70s and 80s. Launching April 26.

Keep an eye on the IFI player on their website on Wednesday.:)

Must be a bit of traffic on the site today (understandably) because its slow and crashing a bit.

Some belters there though and some that should never have seen the light of day again

. Different times

cml387 · 26-04-2017 10:08pm

Predictably enough the site has been laid low by the demand.
Maybe in a few days.

Hendrickp · 27-04-2017 2:45pm

Hi All, I know this is a long shot but can anyone help with an old advert I’ve been looking for, for ages. It's an ad from 1990 (either 1990 or 1991) and it was for a Bank of Ireland Accent ATM card. It had Dervla Kirwan and the guy who played Imelda Quirke’s boyfriend in the Commitments in it (I think). My wife is apparently in the advert somewhere in the background and I’d love to get another look at it after all these years. Does anyone else even remember the ad???

darkdubh · 29-04-2017 12:43am

Re the IFI player ads theres very few that I remember, a lot of them seem to be pre 1975. Of those that are theres a few that I'm sure have been shown on Reeling In The Years.

29-04-2017 7:40am

darkdubh wrote: »

Re the IFI player ads theres very few that I remember, a lot of them seem to be pre 1975. Of those that are theres a few that I'm sure have been shown on Reeling In The Years.

Definitely. They have the Schweppes "Slimline look" which was on Reeling In The Years.

The picture quality is incredible on them.

Ralf and Florian · 29-04-2017 9:41am

Don't seem to be any of the old health and safety ads included, I was hoping there might be a few of those.

darkdubh · 29-04-2017 10:00am

I remember this one and finding it slightly creepy at the time.

http://ifiplayer.ie/three-hands/

29-04-2017 5:57pm

laughing at this irish army one here

http://ifiplayer.ie/the-irish-army/

"its a mans life"

there would be war if it was said today and quite right.

omah · 01-05-2017 2:19pm

That ifiplayer is great, really enjoyed seeing the old ads - the CIE one is so funny seeing the latest technology at that time....the voiceover guy's accent is well interesting...bit of a BBC accent creeping in...

NewbridgeIR · 05-05-2017 10:26pm

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Don't seem to be any of the old health and safety ads included, I was hoping there might be a few of those.

Didn't think they would be. Not sure who has the rights - most of them were commissioned by the long-defunct Health Education Bureau.

The Brits have the Central Office of Information and as a result can get their hands on DVDs like these and also this

Lorelli! · 07-05-2017 12:11pm

cml387 · 07-05-2017 10:24pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Didn't think they would be. Not sure who has the rights - most of them were commissioned by the long-defunct Health Education Bureau.

The Brits have the Central Office of Information and as a result can get their hands on DVDs like these and also this

It's rather a pity that they have chosen to monetise them.

Most are still available on youtube. Though I'm too old, I think this ad scared teh bejasus out of many and English youth at the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb00H6mCTM8

NewbridgeIR · 07-05-2017 10:48pm

cml387 wrote: »

It's rather a pity that they have chosen to monetise them.

Most are still available on youtube.

I don't agree. I think archive television is worth paying for. YouTube is fine but doesn't compare to owning a DVD. It's important to preserve the past on a durable medium - RTE could learn a lot from them. One excuse I heard for the lack of Irish archive DVD releases was this

"The contracts that the actors signed didn't envisage home video releases - just television broadcasts."

What a load of crap. The same type of contracts were in force for ITV and BBC productions and that hasn't stopped Network and Simply DVD releasing vast numbers of quality programmes from the golden era (1960 - 1989).

cml387 · 08-05-2017 8:22pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

I don't agree. I think archive television is worth paying for. YouTube is fine but doesn't compare to owning a DVD. It's important to preserve the past on a durable medium - RTE could learn a lot from them. One excuse I heard for the lack of Irish archive DVD releases was this

"The contracts that the actors signed didn't envisage home video releases - just television broadcasts."

What a load of crap. The same type of contracts were in force for ITV and BBC productions and that hasn't stopped Network and Simply DVD releasing vast numbers of quality programmes from the golden era (1960 - 1989).

I agree. If the will was there it would be done RTE would rather let it moulder in an archive than do something with it.

NewbridgeIR · 08-05-2017 10:55pm

cml387 wrote: »

I agree. If the will was there it would be done RTE would rather let it moulder in an archive than do something with it.

Yes, they could do a licensing deal with Network who would gladly release the likes of Bracken, Glenroe, various dramas (especially ones that also got broadcast on UTV / HTV). But they seem happier to let them rot.

Old TV ads.

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