Worst/Best Radio Ads

whisky_galore

That new McDonalds ad with a pair hamming it up as a couple of American hayseeds, with the guy breaking character at the end with his own accent - "oill buy de tickets".

lawlolawl

FarmerBrowne wrote: »

Probably already mentioned already but what the hell is with Deirdre O'Kanes voice on the appliances delivered advert, she is either pretending to sound drunk or is drunk.

She talks through her teeth.

I noticed it years ago in an interview with her and I can't listen to her since.

newbie11

The add for the app called go loud on today fm and Newstalk, someone in the background repeatedly shouting "go loud" over and over again

lawlolawl

lawlolawl wrote: »

She talks through her teeth.

I noticed it years ago in an interview with her and I can't listen to her since.

She gets an awful hard time of it, but I agree her voice is very hard to listen to for a long period of time. I can't understand people who pay real money to sit through her gigs for a whole hour, but fair play to her, people do.

I saw an article a month or so ago, where she said that her career suffered because she became a stay-at-home Mum. Personally I think her career has suffered because she isn't funny.

whiterebel

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

She gets an awful hard time of it, but I agree her voice is very hard to listen to for a long period of time. I can't understand people who pay real money to sit through her gigs for a whole hour, but fair play to her, people do.

I saw an article a month or so ago, where she said that her career suffered because she became a stay-at-home Mum. Personally I think her career has suffered because she isn't funny.

I think her career suffered because she became a stay at home mum, and then tried to do a routine about it, which I unfortunately saw first hand.

whiterebel

whiterebel wrote: »

I think her career suffered because she became a stay at home mum, and then tried to do a routine about it, which I unfortunately saw first hand.

It can be funny -- Tommy Tiernan does some great standup about growing older and being a parent.

But nobody wants to hear about someone else's Oisin or Muireann. Not when they're paying a babysitter to get a night away from the kids.

Brendan Bendar

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

She gets an awful hard time of it, but I agree her voice is very hard to listen to for a long period of time. I can't understand people who pay real money to sit through her gigs for a whole hour, but fair play to her, people do.

I saw an article a month or so ago, where she said that her career suffered because she became a stay-at-home Mum. Personally I think her career has suffered because she isn't funny.

I think you may have hit the bullseye.

4Ad

The Renault ad where ya man keeps interrupting saying "Zero"..
Shut the F##k up, annoying ****e..

Del.Monte

The new Synergy Ad for I don't what product but it's supposed to sound like a broken record - how imaginative is that. :rolleyes:

Pineapple1

The ad for food shopping thats voiced by Mario Rosenstock on today fm. When he's speaking in his own voice, he sounds like he's even taking off his own voice (but obvs isnt). Maybe Im just so used to hearing him in his Miriam voice?! Just can't listen to his sunday roast programme for that reason.

the hedgeman

They changed the wording in the Specsavers radio ad where the assistant saying to the man that they was no charge for eye test and glasses (prsi) and was free, but your man not believing it and offering her his watch,hat,and his underpants!! as payment.you'd enjoy listening to it but now he's offering her his watch,hat,and his favourite rugby shirt,its boring now,pc gone mad again!!!

Mr E

Centerparks: Brilliant-y-ist.

Chicken George

Appliances delivered...(Im yours).
Yer one that used to be a so called "comedian" years ago Deirdre O'kane. Fu*king irritating me everytime I hear it... MaHOOsive!

Edit: Just seen this ad mentioned a few pages back. Im gonna leave it just because it deserves another mention.

Nerdlingr

Pineapple1 wrote: »

The ad for food shopping thats voiced by Mario Rosenstock on today fm. When he's speaking in his own voice, he sounds like he's even taking off his own voice (but obvs isnt). Maybe Im just so used to hearing him in his Miriam voice?! Just can't listen to his sunday roast programme for that reason.

With ya on that one - Can't stand his voice.

Dan Jaman

I wonder if ad agencies have discovered that boring, mundane ads that sound like they're made in the 1950s sell more boring, mundane cars than any other type.

"I was looking at the Toyondabishi Space Travel Wagon today dear. It looks like a fairly solid type of thing."

"How wonderful, we must take a trip down to Dumpy Motors and have a look at the weekend darling. I wonder if they do it in brown?"

"Yes dear, and they have leather seating as an option too, but that might be standard, I'm not sure. I'm certain the engine will be adequate, too."

"Yes. I expect the friendly salesman will put our minds at rest and answer all our questions honestly."

Del.Monte

Dan Jaman wrote: »

I wonder if ad agencies have discovered that boring, mundane ads that sound like they're made in the 1950s sell more boring, mundane cars than any other type.

"I was looking at the Toyondabishi Space Travel Wagon today dear. It looks like a fairly solid type of thing."

"How wonderful, we must take a trip down to Dumpy Motors and have a look at the weekend darling. I wonder if they do it in brown?"

"Yes dear, and they have leather seating as an option too, but that might be standard, I'm not sure. I'm certain the engine will be adequate, too."

"Yes. I expect the friendly salesman will put our minds at rest and answer all our questions honestly."

Not sure where you're coming from on this but I have always understood that one of the basic tenets of good advertising is to keep the product name out there. Many Ads today are trying to be so edgy/clever that this simple fact seems to be overlooked. How many Ads do you hear these days that have the product lost in the 'clever' message.

Del.Monte

Del.Monte wrote: »

Not sure where you're coming from on this but I have always understood that one of the basic tenets of good advertising is to keep the product name out there. Many Ads today are trying to be so edgy/clever that this simple fact seems to be overlooked. How many Ads do you hear these days that have the product lost in the 'clever' message.

Good point .

Some ad at the moment for a car and she says “ here come the doo be doos”.....makes me cringe . Don’t know what kind of car they’re advertising but it just grinds my teeth every time!

whisky_galore

the hedgeman wrote: »

They changed the wording in the Specsavers radio ad where the assistant saying to the man that they was no charge for eye test and glasses (prsi) and was free, but your man not believing it and offering her his watch,hat,and his underpants!! as payment.you'd enjoy listening to it but now he's offering her his watch,hat,and his favourite rugby shirt,its boring now,pc gone mad again!!!

Probably a risk that some prude with time on their hands might complain about an imaginary unseen character in a radio ad exposing himself.
Beyond ridiculous.

Oops69

'The GAA , where we ALL belong' Or something like that .. go feck yourselves , great organisation but a bit of wing clipping is needed.

NIMAN

Oops69 wrote: »

'The GAA , where we ALL belong' Or something like that .. go feck yourselves , great organisation but a bit of wing clipping is needed.

The one about "waiting on Baggsy for the lift, tight haircuts and trying to get the shift" is back.

Cringe worthy.

4068ac1elhodqr

Just heard a very funny radio ad offering 'freedom' (and in Braveheart V/O) for car drivers seeking insurance.

But this 'freedom' is a device hard-fitted to your car, that constantly measures your driving patterns (AIG-Telematics).
This 'blackbox' tracks many(all) aspects of your driving, and sends your driving data which will be analyised.

So Freedom ==
- Your total speed
- How smoothly you accelerate/decelerate
- How sharply you turn
- What time of day you drive
- The length of your journeys
- How often you drive
- Your total mileage

Doctor Jimbob

newbie11 wrote: »

The add for the app called go loud on today fm and Newstalk, someone in the background repeatedly shouting "go loud" over and over again

I'm not sure how this one hasn't been mentioned more. One of the most irritating ads I've ever heard.

PopePalpatine

Do podcast ads count? I've had to put up with Acast advertising their network of cringeworthy "content creators".

plodder

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I'm not sure how this one hasn't been mentioned more. One of the most irritating ads I've ever heard.

It's like a jack hammer to the brain. Just when you think it's over you get pounded one more time.

plodder

Ayleen Fast Roast wrote: »

Just heard a very funny radio ad offering 'freedom' (and in Braveheart V/O) for car drivers seeking insurance.

But this 'freedom' is a device hard-fitted to your car, that constantly measures your driving patterns (AIG-Telematics).
This 'blackbox' tracks many(all) aspects of your driving, and sends your driving data which will be analyised.

So Freedom ==
- Your total speed
- How smoothly you accelerate/decelerate
- How sharply you turn
- What time of day you drive
- The length of your journeys
- How often you drive
- Your total mileage

Bit of a paradox all right. I haven't heard the ad, but I might know where they are coming from as my daughter spent her first year driving with one of those boxes. It was the only way insurance was affordable for her. So, in that sense - yes you are paying a price of freedom in the metaphysical sense, but gaining it in freedom to go places and do stuff, which matters a lot more to her generation.

Gwynplaine

"Fordy gigs of dayda"

Gwynplaine

NIMAN wrote: »

The one about "waiting on Baggsy for the lift, tight haircuts and trying to get the shift" is back.

Cringe worthy.

Listen carefully to the start of it. "De GAA championchips"
Champion Chips.

flazio

I'm not allowed to say here what the "count" in "Make it Count" sounds like.

Oops69

The guy saying 'EIR' in the new ads sounds like he's passing a hard ****e .

ford fiesta

the annoying Coperface Jacks ad the musical ad is back again..if the musical is as cringe as the ad..

tototoe

That Donnelan Joyce Galway property auction ad is back. His accent wrecks my brain.

Brendan Bendar

ford fiesta wrote: »

the annoying Coperface Jacks ad the musical ad is back again..if the musical is as cringe as the ad..

I’d say it’s a fair bet to be worse.

Anyone hear that add for a shaving oil that I won't mention, advising us to steer-clear of shaving foams with their pollution from 'aluminium cans'?

Sorry now, but aren't aluminium cans recyclable?

Whereas the plastics used to package shaving oils may not be (depends on who's recycling it). Also, there's a big issue with the processing of oils is notoriously bad for the environment.

Anyway, everyone knows that people who really care about the environment grow beards. Even the women.

Breaston Plants

DEIRDRE O KANE PLEASE GO AWAY............

Stargazer7

Breaston Plants wrote: »

DEIRDRE O KANE PLEASE GO AWAY............

That ad goes straight and painfully through my brain

JCX BXC

I'm getting very tired of those pride ads that are on every 15 seconds. I get the message. I support the cause. Sh.

paddylonglegs

Not a complaint, but the ad for Vodafone gigabit broadband. The guy endorsing the product has such a low voice it sounds like it’s one of those voice camouflage applications you hear on crime watch

Hector Mildew

I hear “go to hell” instead of “go loud.” It took me a few listens to cop it (not that I had to wait long for a repeat)

newbie11 wrote: »

The add for the app called go loud on today fm and Newstalk, someone in the background repeatedly shouting "go loud" over and over again

Gwynplaine

Oops69 wrote: »

The guy saying 'EIR' in the new ads sounds like he's passing a hard ****e .

"Fordy gigs of dayda"

whisky_galore

That summer camp one with background music of tuneless kids singing and a female voiceover with put-on Yank accent that morphs back into her Irish accent by the end.

Pineapple1

Gwynplaine wrote:

"Fordy gigs of dayda"

That has to be a Dublin thing?? Was in a phone shop in Castlebar the other day and the woman in front of me who was from Dublin kept saying DAYta and yer man going "DAta".

Del.Monte

Data is pronounced DayTa by those of us that speak the Queen's English; Da Ta by wannabe Americans plus those that know no better, and Day Da by boggers like many of those who inhabit Newstalk Towers.

paddylonglegs

Del.Monte wrote: »

Data is pronounced DayTa by those of us that speak the Queen's English; Da Ta by wannabe Americans plus those that know no better, and Day Da by boggers like many of those who inhabit Newstalk Towers.

Nah, us country folk say Day-Ha. A bit like Sahurday

flazio

I blame Captain Jean-Luc Picard for my pronunciation of Data.

locum-motion

paddylonglegs wrote: »

...The guy endorsing the product has such a low voice it sounds like it’s one of those voice camouflage applications you hear on crime watch ...

Morgan O'Driscoll?

He was in my class in school for a couple of years as a kid.
Didn't meet him again til we were in our late 30's.
Couldn't get over how deep his voice was. It really is that deep.

Ol' Donie

flazio wrote: »

I blame Captain Jean-Luc Picard for my pronunciation of Data.

The correct pronunciation is the way Flight of the Conchords do David Bowie saying it.

whisky_galore

tototoe wrote: »

That Donnelan Joyce Galway property auction ad is back. His accent wrecks my brain.

It's like he's got a mouthful of marbles.
"Golway"

RINO87

Hector Mildew wrote: »

I hear “go to hell” instead of “go loud.” It took me a few listens to cop it (not that I had to wait long for a repeat)

Ha, same here, GO TO HELL is all I hear with that ad!

chalkitdown1

"We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of"....

Every bloody ad break on TodayFM. :pac:

Macdarack

That pink run ad, it's awful, I've pulled my car over to comment! Is he purposely trying to sound like Shirley temple bar. Cringe.
Theres another one and he's singing to the tune of "head shoulders knees and toes" jesus Christ it's cat.