Worst/Best Radio Ads

Ol' Donie

Del.Monte wrote: »

Mary & Aine are back with a new Ad!

Thank God.

I was worried about them. Bit of backstory development this time. Looking forward to the next instalment.

HeidiHeidi

Deleted User wrote: »

new Eircode ad where the son rings 911 for ambulance because his mother had a fall and he calls in and finds her on the floor ...... he doesn't know his mother's address but he knows her Eircode! As if!

Ah now, it was there beside the phone

HeidiHeidi

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Ah now, it was there beside the phone

I know but its still a stretch - most of us don't know our Eircodes let alone keep them beside the phone (most of us don't have phones on the hall table anymore either) ................and surely the son would know her address

the ad just struck me as odd!

plodder

Smorter living with Electric Ireland.

PopePalpatine

Deleted User wrote: »

new Eircode ad where the son rings 911 for ambulance because his mother had a fall and he calls in and finds her on the floor ...... he doesn't know his mother's address but he knows her Eircode! As if!

To be fair, she could live in the arse-end of nowhere where houses just have names like "Bog House, Bog Road, Connemara, Co. Galway," for example.

PopePalpatine

PopePalpatine wrote: »

To be fair, she could live in the arse-end of nowhere where houses just have names like "Bog House, Bog Road, Connemara, Co. Galway," for example.

:D

thesandeman

[Deleted User] wrote: »

new Eircode ad where the son rings 911 for ambulance because his mother had a fall and he calls in and finds her on the floor ...... he doesn't know his mother's address but he knows her Eircode! As if!

She'll be well dead by the time an ambulance arrives from America.

dogmatix

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Once again there's an ad with someone doing an impression of a french accent. Whyyyy??!! Dont know what its for...maybe one of the ferry companies I think? Cant stand it. Just get a french person to read the script instead of doing a sh*t accent. one of my bugbears.

It's for Air France. Mind you she is not as bad as the gobsh*te who was putting on the worst fake "allo-allo" french accent heard on radio for years before xmas, also for Air France.

I wonder why Air France would allow this - I could not imagine Bord Failte running an ad campaign in the US with an american actor doing a voiceover in really bad stage "oirish" (i'm thinking of you Tom Cruise!).

flazio

Not to stray the topic off too much but I'm working with Ambulance call centre staff and they've told me that the Eircodes have made significant inroads into Ambulance response times. The sad fact is that yes there is a good chance the ambulance you call is not coming from a local base so having a definite fix on the location of the emergency is crucial. Guess how many "Dublin Roads" there are in the country? Or how many housing estates have extended themselves without renumbering the houses into sequence? Please look up your eircode and keep it safe. It could save life or limb.

Dan Jaman

flazio wrote: »

Not to stray the topic off too much but I'm working with Ambulance call centre staff and they've told me that the Eircodes have made significant inroads into Ambulance response times. The sad fact is that yes there is a good chance the ambulance you call is not coming from a local base so having a definite fix on the location of the emergency is crucial. Guess how many "Dublin Roads" there are in the country? Or how many housing estates have extended themselves without renumbering the houses into sequence? Please look up your eircode and keep it safe. It could save life or limb.

My beef with the Eircode is its random nature. Most other postcoding systems have a geographic or some other logic to them, so that a partial code certainly helps to get you into the right area, if you're rushing to save life and limb.
The Eircode system was deliberately designed to be obscure so that An Post could sell data to companies.

Dan Jaman

Joe Dolan's car has broken down again.
Maybe we should have a whip-round and buy him a new banger, because I'm utterly sick of hearing about his perennial breakdowns.

dogmatix

That moronic irishjobs ad is now on every single ad break on RTE - it beggers belief that some idiot in an ad agency drew up that script and actually imagined it was funny and smart. And the other idiots in irishjobs who heard it and said - "yeah, thats great - run it for our new year ad campaign".

Brendan Bendar

Are men being portrayed as complete tools on ads now

“ I think we need to break up……………”

Pussywhipped voice”But I just got your name tattooed ……”

“With our caaaaaaaawr insurance……”

There’s another one about double glazed windows in which the man sounds challenged.

Is this a trend,or a sinister movement..

Ciaran_B

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Are men being portrayed as complete tools on ads now

“ I think we need to break up……………”

There were about 5 different versions of this ad last year. A conversation where it looks like a breakup but turns out to be about getting a new insurer or bin removal company or car wash or whatever. Painful stuff.

Del.Monte

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Are men being portrayed as complete tools on ads now

“ I think we need to break up……………”

Pussywhipped voice”But I just got your name tattooed ……”

“With our caaaaaaaawr insurance……”

There’s another one about double glazed windows in which the man sounds challenged.

Is this a trend,or a sinister movement..

I hate that Ad with a passion. It also show the woman is telling porkies i.e "I think we need to break up" whereas she has already done it without telling her wimpy partner.

paddylonglegs

An attempt at being overly sexy are these Hyundai ads. I can't stand how everything is over exaggerated to sound alluring and sensual

paddylonglegs

Del.Monte wrote: »

Mary & Aine are back with a new Ad!

Yeah the introduction of back story is very strange.

I'm assuming this is an attempt by the company to make people realise that it's not just aul nattering biddys that buy their windows. She mentioned her and liam are going out 15 years and hasn't popped the question. For the majority of people, this would make the biddys in their mid to late thirties. ( I'm well aware that you can marry at any age young and old, but I'm talking in the majority

SEPT 23 1989

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Are men being portrayed as complete tools on ads now

“ I think we need to break up……………”

Pussywhipped voice”But I just got your name tattooed ……”

“With our caaaaaaaawr insurance……”

There’s another one about double glazed windows in which the man sounds challenged.

Is this a trend,or a sinister movement..

was there not some advertising regulation brought in last year to stop this nonsense?

Brendan Bendar

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

was there not some advertising regulation brought in last year to stop this nonsense?

I will make enquiries from an informed source.

Brendan Bendar

Del.Monte wrote: »

I hate that Ad with a passion. It also show the woman is telling porkies i.e "I think we need to break up" whereas she has already done it without telling her wimpy partner.

Forker deserves it, what a sleazy wimp.

Insurance guy is probably stemming her!!!

dxhound2005

Dan Jaman wrote: »

My beef with the Eircode is its random nature. Most other postcoding systems have a geographic or some other logic to them, so that a partial code certainly helps to get you into the right area, if you're rushing to save life and limb.
The Eircode system was deliberately designed to be obscure so that An Post could sell data to companies.

They are not random. For instance if you are in Co Longford your Eircode prefix will be N39. That is not hard to learn. But it is as useful or as useless as knowing that if a USA code begins with 1 it will be East Coast, with 9 West Coast. Or an Australian one beginning with 3 is Victoria, 4 is Queensland. By their nature codes need technology to render them into something useful.

The UK has a system which has prefixes linked to city names. But again what use is it knowing that a code beginning BT is an address somewhere in Northern Ireland? I don't know of any other countries with the same system. It can lead to confusion.

Where did you get that information about An Post?

ArthurG

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Where did you get that information about An Post?

Oh jaysus don't start another eircode bashing discussion here of all places.... if you use it, use it. If you don, don't.

hullaballoo

plodder wrote: »

Smorter living with Electric Ireland.

I'm fairly sure this is Andrew Scott.

It annoys me because I can't help but associate his voice with the psychopaths he tends to play (sorry, Andrew!) and the classical piece in the background screams MORIARTY at me.

whisky_galore

Del.Monte wrote: »

The 'Henry Ford once said' Ads - not even remotely clever the first time -
are sometimes repeated twice in the same Ad break on Newstalk. Absolutely cringeworthy stuff.

Was it something about Jews??

Ol' Donie

What's the story with yer one on the ad for turning on your heating when you're out? Y'know, she's at her kid's match, and she's freezing?

She has a perfectly normal accent, but then turns on the Miriam O'Callaghan overdrive for the words "phone" and "home". Very disconcerting

Radio5

Layla Health Care. Looking. After. You. Always.

Brendan Bendar

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What's the story with yer one on the ad for turning on your heating when you're out? Y'know, she's at her kid's match, and she's freezing?

She has a perfectly normal accent, but then turns on the Miriam O'Callaghan overdrive for the words "phone" and "home". Very disconcerting

I will evaluate your observation next time I hear it Donie.

Well spotted my friend, we need the little gems you unearthed there highlighted.

Top marks.

HeidiHeidi

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What's the story with yer one on the ad for turning on your heating when you're out? Y'know, she's at her kid's match, and she's freezing?

She has a perfectly normal accent, but then turns on the Miriam O'Callaghan overdrive for the words "phone" and "home". Very disconcerting

Not to mention that every time I hear it I think she calls it "High Vap"

flazio

Radio5 wrote: »

Layla Health Care. Looking. After. You. Always.

It's actually Laya Health care. The first letters of the slogan words spell Laya. See?

jca

flazio wrote: »

It's actually Laya Health care. The first letters of the slogan words spell Laya. See?

Unabomber:pac:

GBX

The Voltoral ad - the one with the announcer calling "Sue Brady" who has won everything at the sports day. Then the annoying voice on the kid at the end.

Dan Jaman

"You can't even measure power in Megahertz."

Well, that's true.
I suspect that's not what they were getting at, though.
I'm wondering if the copywriter of such drivel actually makes a subtle point with that.
"Help, I'm stranded in this office surrounded by morons."

Ciaran_B

GBX wrote: »

The Voltoral ad - the one with the announcer calling "Sue Brady" who has won everything at the sports day. Then the annoying voice on the kid at the end.

Ah yes, the 'lap of honor' kid. He must be the most hated person in this thread.

ArthurG

The one with Mammy charging the chislers €10 for a lift home is kinda funny, particularly the deadpan 'WHAT' from the young fella when charged for his bag.

plodder

ArthurG wrote: »

The one with Mammy charging the chislers €10 for a lift home is kinda funny, particularly the deadpan 'WHAT' from the young fella when charged for his bag.

Quite funny, but I thought they could have done more with the idea. Might work better on TV though.

Ol' Donie

plodder wrote: »

Quite funny, but I thought they could have done more with the idea. Might work better on TV though.

Thought the same. When she offers him a snack, she should tell him to look at the range of delicious drinks and snacks in the in-drive magazine, located in the seat pocket in front of him.

whisky_galore

flazio wrote: »

It's actually Laya Health care. The first letters of the slogan words spell Laya. See?

Whatever the spelling, it's still a lame ad.

Think it's ironic that the Health slot on Newstalk (hosted by a former doctor and blasts the HSE and the trolley crisis) is sponsored by one of these parasitical health insurance companies that take advantage of our train-wreck health service.

sentient_6

I'm sure it has to be already mentioned in this thread somewhere but the ad for the Phoenix 'newspaper' on 4fm is bizarre and torturous.

HeidiHeidi

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Thought the same. When she offers him a snack, she should tell him to look at the range of delicious drinks and snacks in the in-drive magazine, located in the seat pocket in front of him.

Except that Ryanair (at whom I'm sure that ad is aiming a dig) doesn't have seat pockets..... (can't do a wink as I'm on the phone)

anthonyjmaher

My god that ad with "Brian" who was feeling down and decided to "lay off the pints" is the most patronising load of bullsh1t that I have ever heard in my life.

jca

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

My god that ad with "Brian" who was feeling down and decided to "lay off the pints" is the most patronising load of bullsh1t that I have ever heard in my life.

Dreadful stuff. Are two voices done by the same fella? I hate that ad.

dogmatix

jca wrote: »

Dreadful stuff. Are two voices done by the same fella? I hate that ad.

Aye it's not great - the message is admirable but not the delivery. It sounds really stilted and unnatural.

It reminds me of the Alan Partridge audiobook version of "We need to talk about Alan". A peice where Alan is reading a made up quote from his ex-wife Carol where she apparently apologises for being such a sh*t to him. "Thanks Carol, appreciate that" says Alan.

Del.Monte

^^^ Dreadful Ad. but in terms of patronising "so you've made it through the recession" is head and shoulders above the rest. Makes me want to scream or order a hit.

Birneybau

Del.Monte wrote: »

^^^ Dreadful Ad. but in terms of patronising "so you've made it through the recession" is head and shoulders above the rest. Makes me want to scream or order a hit.

It's the little pause between the "So...you've made it throught the recession" that gets me everytime!

Brendan Bendar

Very stilted and totally unrealistic.

plodder

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Thought the same. When she offers him a snack, she should tell him to look at the range of delicious drinks and snacks in the in-drive magazine, located in the seat pocket in front of him.

or after paying his ten euro he tries to get into the car, and she says "sorry, priority passengers first". After a couple of seconds she says "ok, you can get in now" He gets in then, and she says "No, you can't sit there beside Johnny. That'd be another ten euro to sit together. And don't sit at the window. Exit seat are more again."

jca

Can someone please make that power breakfast ad stop, it's driving me nuts.

chalkitdown1

"When we breathalyze why do we tell lies......."

I thought I had heard the back of this one but Mario Rosenstock just added new dates to his tour. Feck sake.

thesandeman

Elton John gig being advertised already.
It's on in June 2019!!!

anthonyjmaher

I'd love if they did an update to that simpleton "Paul who is laying off the pints" commercial.
Randomer: "Oh high Paul, how are you. The last time I was talking to you, you were back running again and laying off the pints. And you weren't under as much pressure in work. How are things now?"
Paul: "Well, I got rightly p1ssed off with that sack of sh1t boss of mine in work, so I packed in the job and laid him out with a box. I've stopped running because let's be honest running is a pain in the h0le. And now that I've finished in work I have the whole day for pinting with the lads. Now why don't you f**k off and mind your own business"