RTE's Simpson Ad

Stench Blossoms

Has anyone seen this? Its the one where they have lisa (who doesnt sound at all like lisa) is talking to her Irish penpal about her family.

I nearly broke down in tears laughing. Its so stupid.

Do RTE think it sounds like Lisa? What where they thinkin?

Shrimp

Holy Sh!t I Fuking Hate that ad with a Passion! It's so Fuking stupid, what do they take us for?

And then at the end of the ad Lisa says: "Look mom, dads on RTE 2" Does NOT sound remotely like Lisa!

Buck Owens

It sounds more like "Look mum, Dad's on RD2" :mad: :mad:

It's a really annoying ad alright!!

Saruman

Its stupid but she is speaking with an Irish accent in it.. maybe in some twisted logic they are trying to make it sound like she is putting on an Irish acccent for her Irish penpal... oh umm RTE logical? Maybe not...

smoke.me.a.kipper

i hate all the ****in smarties ads that sponsor the simpsons on rte even more than this.

sceptre

It's awful. it's almost as if someone (is Kevo still in air tee eee?) came in and said "yeah, my sister does a good Lisa Simpson" and they just threw it into the advert. It's a reasonable impression for four seconds in the pub. it's pretty darned awful as something broadcast repeatedly. Awful.

celticfc

sceptre wrote:

It's awful. it's almost as if someone (is Kevo still in air tee eee?) came in and said "yeah, my sister does a good Lisa Simpson" and they just threw it into the advert. It's a reasonable impression for four seconds in the pub. it's pretty darned awful as something broadcast repeatedly. Awful.

What he said

Japseye

Havnt seen it yet but thats because i dont watch RTE anymore. Its ****e like that that has put me off watching RTE. Its almost as bad as that terrible UTV Ulster Television channel, I'd prefer to watch cows eating silage. :eek:

pork99

They couldn't get the original Lisa Simpson so they got the non-union Mexican equivalent - remember this?

Burns: Get me Steven Spielberg!
Smithers: He's unavailable.
Burns: Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!
[later] Listen, Senor Spielbergo, I want you to do for me
what Spielberg did for Oskar Schindler.
Spielbergo: Er, Schindler es bueno, Senor Burns es el diablo.
Burns: Listen, Spielbergo, Schindler and I are like peas in a pod:
we're both factory owners, we both made shells for the
Nazis, but mine worked, dammit! Now go out there and win me
that festival!

Chong

pork99 wrote:

They couldn't get the original Lisa Simpson so they got the non-union Mexican equivalent - remember this?

Excellent Quote

That ad drives me cuckoo , btw whatever happend to good old kevo.

Zombienosh

Japseye wrote:

....I'd prefer to watch cows eating silage. :eek:

enough said.

jobonar

its just a terrible attempt by RTE to actually make a good ad but as usual they arsed it up!

doh.ie

pork99 wrote:

They couldn't get the original Lisa Simpson so they got the non-union Mexican equivalent - remember this?

Funny. I must be the only person to think it's OK then. I never watch The Simpsons on RTE, so I'm kind of willing to let them have this promo department person have their dues.

The voice seems to start off pretty well, but becomes worse as it goes on. (Previous poster's "Dad's on RD2" is spot on). Still, though, it could be a lot worse, and the selection of shots to match the voice isn't terrible.

What is awful, though, is RTE's scheduling of the promo *everywhere*, even among programmes which wouldn't remotely be watched by the audience of The Simpsons. It's almost like they're trying to show off the promo...!

Elmo

I have to say this is the worst add ever.

But in fairness to RTE I don't think they generally do bad promos.

But RTE TWO curently looks crap.

Danni

Its hilarious.. And i know what ye mean about the RD2 thing!

DéiseGirl

Why is Bart her "soulmate" as well? Bit creepy IMHO :eek:

Basq

Yeah, that ad was placed at No.2 in my Top 3 annoying ads countdown. See here!

doh.ie

D&#233 wrote: »

Why is Bart her "soulmate" as well? Bit creepy IMHO :eek:

Funny. I wondered about this too. She probably means he's the person who most understands her, but definitely bad scripting!

Amnesiac_ie

This ad bugs the hell out of me.

daymobrew

I just emailed RTE to tell them how bad the promo is.
I sent it to info@rte.ie but maybe I should have mailed complaints@rte.ie.

The wording of the promo makes it sound like it was done by Americans with a dated view of Irish (i.e. sounds "orish").

http://www.rte.ie/about/contact/index.html

Cactus Col

Japseye wrote:

Havnt seen it yet but thats because i dont watch RTE anymore. Its ****e like that that has put me off watching RTE. Its almost as bad as that terrible UTV Ulster Television channel, I'd prefer to watch cows eating silage. :eek:

I'd watch that too, sounds great, if anybody has a video of cows eating silage let me know ... did they get sick after? ...

irlirishkev

oooh the 'cow's eating silage' video, I've seen that. Don't confuse it however with the café scenes in Fair City.. that's a different kind of silage altogether :rolleyes:

Cactus Col

irlirishkev wrote:

oooh the 'cow's eating silage' video, I've seen that. Don't confuse it however with the café scenes in Fair City.. that's a different kind of silage altogether :rolleyes:

.... that thought made me sick

jesus_thats_gre

The ad is sole destroying!!

woosaysdan

hey mom dads on rte homer how could you stoop so low?

smoke.me.a.kipper

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

The ad is sole destroying!!

fisheries bord will be giving out next.

doh.ie

woosaysdan wrote:

hey mom dads on rte homer how could you stoop so low?

Maybe he donated €10,000 to get them to take Fair City, Tubridy, Stew and (in particular) OFF the air...

woosaysdan

with $10,000 we could be millionaires

DuFF-MAN

I just want to enter my name in as someone who hates this ad. Rubbish attempt by RTÉ!

Creamy Goodness

I hate that ad so much.How can they think that the voice actor they got to do Lisa's voice sounds remotely like Lisa.

Aava

But honestly, have you ever known someone who can do a very good Lisa Simpson impression? Her voice is quite unique, even the actress who plays Lisa has a really unusual voice.

talking_walnut

God I loathe this ad. How the hell did RTÉ think this was a good idea? It's one of the few things on T.V that actualy make me turn over when it comes on.

Oh and that bart being her soulmate thing really gives me the creeps. It's not just what she says, its the way she says it :eek:

Blisterman

You'd think for all the thousands RTE must pay Fox, they could get the real simpsons actors to record a promo.

Mossy Monk

Matt Groening should sue

that promo is horrendous and makes me cringe everytime i see it
the sponsored by smarties thing is muck aswell

Caesar_Bojangle

Fairly crap ad. I don't know if it has been posted already but play.com are selling simpsons and futurama seasons 1-4 for e24 each.

robo

seker16 wrote:

Oh and that bart being her soulmate thing really gives me the creeps. It's not just what she says, its the way she says it :eek:

Yep they could have gotten their facts right!! Everyone knows about their sibling rivalry :rolleyes:

doh.ie

Aava wrote:

But honestly, have you ever known someone who can do a very good Lisa Simpson impression? Her voice is quite unique, even the actress who plays Lisa has a really unusual voice.

This is true. If you ever see her guest star in any sitcoms or movies - she's been in a few - you'd know her a mile away! She sounds just like Lisa in real life too!

I agree with Blisterman, though - Fox really should be more open to this kind of promotional recording. There have been examples of US stars recording stings of "You're watching 'Programme X' on 'Channel Y'" for many UK and Irish channels in the past - it wouldn't have been impossible to accomplish. Maybe RTE were lazy and just didn't ask.

Amnesiac_ie

The simspsons cast are voicing Channel's 4 Alternative Christmas Speech this year!

Aava

I thought it's just Marge who's doing the speech? Could be wrong though.

Amnesiac_ie

No, all the family will be contributing... Lisa is going to do some politcal speech about Iraq I think!

daymobrew

I just got the following response from RTE. I've removed the author's name to avoid their embarassement.

Thank you for contacting RTE with regard to the Lisa Simpson impersonation on the promo. I am the producer of the piece, and I am sorry you don't like the promo.

It took a while to find some-one with anything near the right voice, and then we had to raise it an octive, electronically, the result was as close as we could get. I agree it's not perfect, but it pokes fun, advertises the show, and is not meant to be taken literally.

Again, my apologies if you feel we failed, thank you for letting us know you views, feedback from our audience in invaluable if we are to improve our standards.

Regards,

*name removed*

Mossy Monk

whats the email address?

Sleepy

Oooh, RTE can raise voices by an octave *electronically* now...

FFS, If they couldn't get Yeardley Smith to do the voiceover surely the could have done something along the lines of the current (excellent) channel 4 ad promoting the simpsons.

segadreamcast

RTE wrote:

Regards,

*name removed* .

Did (s)he actually remove their name from the e-mail itself? Wouldn't blame them. The shame of directing that ad must be crippling.

Stench Blossoms

LOL im really glad i started this thread!

segadreamcast

orla wrote:

LOL im really glad i started this thread!

So are we Orla because we were all thinking it too!

Stench Blossoms

think i'll start somemore threads bout things that annoy me and see how they go!

daymobrew

NoelRock wrote:

Did (s)he actually remove their name from the e-mail itself?

I removed it before posting it to lessen the person's shame.
The mail sig had blurb about the mail being for the adressee and how it should not be distributed beyond adressee.
If I published the name and/or email address the person would know that I was the source.

overdriver

Got this, among other e-mails form RTE.



Hi Mick,
Just in case you didn't hear from Jim Booth, head of
promos, he contacted me to say that they're dropping
Lisa Simpson. Seemingly they've had a number of
complaints about her/it - so there.

Cheers,
Nina

Mossy Monk

so there

nice ending to an email