Worst/Best Radio Ads

NIMAN

Has the Ulster Bank WARNING advert been mentioned yet?

The one where WARNING is said about 5 times, and where the reading out of the T&C is twice as long as the ting they are selling.

dxhound2005

NIMAN wrote: »

Has the Ulster Bank WARNING advert been mentioned yet?

The one where WARNING is said about 5 times, and where the reading out of the T&C is twice as long as the ting they are selling.

It has been done a few times, but you may the first to identify the Ulster Bank. This one is from a couple of years ago:

I have heard a few ads for loans/mortgages/pensions/other financial services with those garbled VOs that have "WARNING: LOAN IS SUBJECT TO REPAYMENT. WARNING: FAILURE TO REPAY YOUR LOAN MAY RESULT IN... WARNING: THIS MAY AFFECT YOUR CREDIT RATING AND YOUR ABILITY TO GET LOANS IN THE FUTURE."

Surely, "You have to pay this money back" would do?

It must be a legal requirement, prompted by the widespread loan defaults and the bank bailouts.

NIMAN

Thats only 2 warnings.....the UB one has a few more.

dxhound2005

NIMAN wrote: »

Thats only 2 warnings.....the UB one has a few more.

Ulster people are very cautious by nature.

Dan Jaman

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Ulster people are very cautious by nature.

I'd heard tight-fisted, but I may have been imagining it.

whisky_galore

dxhound2005 wrote: »

It has been done a few times, but you may the first to identify the Ulster Bank. This one is from a couple of years ago:

I have heard a few ads for loans/mortgages/pensions/other financial services with those garbled VOs that have "WARNING: LOAN IS SUBJECT TO REPAYMENT. WARNING: FAILURE TO REPAY YOUR LOAN MAY RESULT IN... WARNING: THIS MAY AFFECT YOUR CREDIT RATING AND YOUR ABILITY TO GET LOANS IN THE FUTURE."

Surely, "You have to pay this money back" would do?

It must be a legal requirement, prompted by the widespread loan defaults and the bank bailouts.

Stupid people need reminding that it's not 'free money'.

Ciaran_B

Harry, Larry and Barry, the idiots developing apps in their bedroom, are back. Worst ad.

leath_dub

Foot Solutions ad:


"Hi. My name is Cosmos......"

incentsitive

Ciaran_B wrote: »

Harry, Larry and Barry, the idiots developing apps in their bedroom, are back. Worst ad.

Is one of them not Garry?

dogmatix

The awful and pointless pharma ad is back again this year – the one about a group of young go-getting scientists ignoring the stuffy old powers-that-be who say it cannot be done and voila! - the drug is now curing millions of people worldwide – all to the backdrop of an irritating syrupy-sweet music score.

And at the end of it all we still do not know what the drug is and what it is supposed to be curing. Millions of people cured? You would think with such a massive world changing drug going around that they want you to know the full details. I’m calling shenanigans on this ad.

Dan Jaman

That ad with the execrable Higgins impersonation on it.
Just.... eff off willya.

chalkitdown1

incentsitive wrote: »

That add with the man weeping "Another reason, to love you".

There is a place in hell for whoever made that ad. I don't even know what it is.

It's such a bad ad because the "joke" at the centre of it makes no logical sense. Who the hell "breaks up" with a service provider? Who talks like that? It's so dumb.

"Sky raised their prices so I broke up with them and went to Virgin....."

Brendan Bendar

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

It's such a bad ad because the "joke" at the centre of it makes no logical sense. Who the hell "breaks up" with a service provider? Who talks like that? It's so dumb.

"Sky raised their prices so I broke up with them and went to Virgin....."

I’d love to sink a steel tipped boot into that wimps plumbag.

If he had one, that is, doesn’t seem like it:mad:

That cow has him spanceled, gobby mare.

Brendan Bendar

And if I hear that nult who sees South Georgia on the size of his sthumm,I’ll do damage.

Spong couldn’t even make a new ad.

dxhound2005

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

It's such a bad ad because the "joke" at the centre of it makes no logical sense. Who the hell "breaks up" with a service provider? Who talks like that? It's so dumb.

"Sky raised their prices so I broke up with them and went to Virgin....."

To ease your confusion you could google it. You will find that it is an established usage, e.g. 9 Signs It's Time to Break Up With Your IT Provider.

LithiumKid1976

theres one for a dating company, giving out about online dating and to use their service.

has lines along the following.

"if you need a degree, you go to college.
If you want to read a newspaper, you go to the shop......"

pretty sure you can do both those things on line.,, the open university and the Independent.ie to name a few.

Also, id imaging there are tons of online datng / hookup sites....

Dan Jaman

What about the "just a handful is nice enough" ones?

Dan Jaman

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

And if I hear that nult who sees South Georgia on the size of his sthumm,I’ll do damage.

Spong couldn’t even make a new ad.

Yep, I heard that gomp on the bog the other night.
"And there, on the horizon, was a giant turd. It was a Gaiety Turd."

ArthurG

Equally cringeworthy / rage inducing is that ad for some hearing aid service (I think):

'Oh no Jimmy I ended up in the bunker'
'Use a sandwich to get it out'
'Something about lunch'

Bye.

Del.Monte

ArthurG wrote: »

Equally cringeworthy / rage inducing is that ad for some hearing aid service (I think):

'Oh no Jimmy I ended up in the bunker'
'Use a sandwich to get it out'
'Something about lunch'

Bye.

One of the better Ads in my opinion, in a morass of dross.

Brendan Bendar

Del.Monte wrote: »

One of the better Ads in my opinion, in a morass of dross.

For Jaysus sake..... cringeworthy on a scale of 9.9 out of ten.

Nobody but nobody goes on like that on a golf course....men’s shed..... or allotments .maybe...but not on a golf course mate.

Should have a rescue club driven up his hoop, in my opinion.

chalkitdown1

The new Eddie Rockets one where customers list out their favourite thing off the menu is starting to grate.

dvcireland

The guy doing current Irish Folk Awards advert.

What an awful bloody accent

whisky_galore

Brady Family Ham, the borderline aggressive ham...fcuk right off.

Gwynplaine

Elephant self storage - nawt nawt nawt nawt. Fcuk you Rory
Frank Keane car sales, all I hear is "Frankeen" wtf
McDonald's Swiss burger, with 2 "patties" makes my ears bleed.

dragonfly!

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

The new Eddie Rockets one where customers list out their favourite thing off the menu is starting to grate.

You cant even get one of those burgers that she mentions anymore
At least not in my closest Eddies

NIMAN

Anyone know who that girl is who does the voice-overs for a lot of the adverts on TodayFM, she has a terrible voice.

She seems to do so many of them on the station. Only one of the top of my head is the Acca, Casino and Live Casino for some bookies website.....but theres plenty more.

mimimcmc

NIMAN wrote: »

Anyone know who that girl is who does the voice-overs for a lot of the adverts on TodayFM, she has a terrible voice.

She seems to do so many of them on the station. Only one of the top of my head is the Acca, Casino and Live Casino for some bookies website.....but theres plenty more.

Is it Jennifer Maguire??

Gwynplaine

That Mercedes-Benz ad on Newstalk. "Grange moders, poddery road"
Almost every ad now that ends with their website.ie (dodeye). Or phone networks offering "fordy gigs of dayda"

Ol' Donie

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

It's such a bad ad because the "joke" at the centre of it makes no logical sense. Who the hell "breaks up" with a service provider? Who talks like that? It's so dumb.

"Sky raised their prices so I broke up with them and went to Virgin....."

In much the same way as that "Fresian? No, I'm warm enough." ad makes no sense.

It literally sounds like a different word to freezing, and in a room that is clearly "warm enough" no one would ever ask anyone if they were freezing, nor would anyone think they were asked that.

If someone out of the blue said "Fresian" 100% of people would just say "What?"

(Not to mention the fact that if, in the unlikely scenario that you told a doctor you were dreaming about cows, they would ask what breed.)

Murdoc90

NI Climbing frames will be responsible for my driving off a bridge.

Typer Monkey

Gwynplaine wrote: »

That Mercedes-Benz ad on Newstalk. "Grange moders, poddery road"
Almost every ad now that ends with their website.ie (dodeye). Or phone networks offering "fordy gigs of dayda"

That Merc ad really baffles me. What about the over grown teenager, Ross O'Caroll-kelly soundalike is aspirational? 'Toadally awesome like you'...please!

You can unlock the car and other various things with your phone..Who do they think their target market Is?

Grolschevik

Ol' Donie wrote: »

In much the same way as that "Fresian? No, I'm warm enough." ad makes no sense.

It literally sounds like a different word to freezing, and in a room that is clearly "warm enough" no one would ever ask anyone if they were freezing, nor would anyone think they were asked that.

If someone out of the blue said "Fresian" 100% of people would just say "What?"

(Not to mention the fact that if, in the unlikely scenario that you told a doctor you were dreaming about cows, they would ask what breed.)

I like that one! For all its implausibility, I think it's relatively clever and it still makes me smile. The only thing is the "my wife thinks she's a strawberry". I can think of several different ways to shoehorn strawberries into a conversation with your doctor that don't involve the '70s sledgehammer setup of "my wife thinks..."

Brendan Bendar

Ah heeeyur..

Harry Palmr

Wiltshire Farm Foods - "Oh Jimmy could you get the tea out of the cupboard I'm only a little old lady and have no idea how it got up there, oh half portions are lovely, did I tell you I'm a little old lady? Yes close the fecking gate cos I'm a little old lady and can't reach the latch!"

Del.Monte

I'd say Jimmy is getting his cocoa there three times every week like Benny Hill.

For Forks Sake

If the car of the future sounds like Deirdre O'Kane, I may have to take up cycling.

Alicano

+100 for the Mercedes A Class advert..
"It's haawsome. Just like you"!.
No. Please stop

Grolschevik

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Wiltshire Farm Foods - "Oh Jimmy could you get the tea out of the cupboard I'm only a little old lady and have no idea how it got up there, oh half portions are lovely, did I tell you I'm a little old lady? Yes close the fecking gate cos I'm a little old lady and can't reach the latch!"

"Yes Jimmy, close it, and just to remind you I've got grandkids that are over regularly so you can drop any notion you have of conning me into leaving you the house just 'cause you get me tea..."

ButtersSuki

I’ve posted this before but Lotto/Euromillions ads with Bernard O’Shea and his “WAN million euro”. It’s “one”. Ffs.

ButtersSuki

dogmatix wrote: »

The awful and pointless pharma ad is back again this year – the one about a group of young go-getting scientists ignoring the stuffy old powers-that-be who say it cannot be done and voila! - the drug is now curing millions of people worldwide – all to the backdrop of an irritating syrupy-sweet music score.

And at the end of it all we still do not know what the drug is and what it is supposed to be curing. Millions of people cured? You would think with such a massive world changing drug going around that they want you to know the full details. I’m calling shenanigans on this ad.

It’s from pfizer. And if you think that ad is bad you should see/hear some of the internal communications/attempted brainwashing.

Let me assure you as someone who worked there, their no.1 concern is not patient welfare, it’s profit.

Irishdaywalker

Not sure what ad it is . .  but it's some guy reading out a phone number with "Nought Nought, Nought Nought" . . . I find myself repeating him all the time  . . . HATE the Laya ad rolling down the hill (always switch the station in anger when that comes on!)

Ciaran_B

^ that sounds like Rory from Elephant storage. He's not a popular figure in this thread!

thesandeman

Is everyone ready for thirteen months of ads for Mrs Brown's Boys The Musical?

Mr E

I'm waiting for the Barry's Christmas morning train ad. It's only a matter of time now.

Del.Monte

Mr E wrote: »

I'm waiting for the Barry's Christmas morning train ad. It's only a matter of time now.

One of the best - not Christmas until I hear it.

Brendan Bendar

Whooooooo… hooooooooooo…………



Jaysus …Did I hear something!

Barna77

Mr E wrote: »

I'm waiting for the Barry's Christmas morning train ad. It's only a matter of time now.

I kind of like it

Barry's "tea" now... that's just rank muck dirty water

Grolschevik

Del.Monte wrote: »

One of the best - not Christmas until I hear it.

Re: Barry's tea Christmas train ad. I really like it, too. However...

I much preferred it when I thought he was saying "this is *for* me", rather than "this is *from* me".

The former is 'fair play that man'.

The latter is sort of [puts on Three Stooges voice]: 'Ehhh, some kind of sap, ay?'

cdeb

The ads for the Toyota Prius (I think? An electric car anyway) sound like some kind of South Park parody. The people on it all like obnoxious tosspots. Though maybe that's the target market here.