Worst/Best Radio Ads

Say Your Number

There is an ad for a postal company (Can't remember the name) that featues a man saying "Yesh thats my parshell" in a bad Dutch accent, but it makes me laugh so I don't really mind it.

neris

theres an ad on a few stations about advertising on radio and it sounds like a couple seriously going at it in the bed then the voice over guy goes on about a soldier and few other things then goes on about the power of radio

mike65

Neil Diamond cannot get here too quickly.

skylight1987

any add that mentions apps or android apps really annoys me , like nails on a blackboard to me .:mad:

For Forks Sake

Say Your Number wrote: »

There is an ad for a postal company (Can't remember the name) that featues a man saying "Yesh thats my parshell" in a bad Dutch accent, but it makes me laugh so I don't really mind it.

Citypost and their idiotic sounding 'Rutger from Rotterdam, jesh'

el diablo

Not sure if it has been mentioned but the ad for Marathon Sports Travel on Newstalk is embarrassingly crap. A lad with a strong Cavan/Louth accent talking about the "Teeter of Dweams" etc.

Have to turn him off every time. :rolleyes:

JonathanAnon

el diablo wrote: »

A lad with a strong Cavan/Louth accent talking about the "Teeter of Dweams" etc.

The fact that they have same guy is voicing the ads for United/Liverpool/ and some other team, I find a bit stupid.. It's very apparently the same guy so having him voice the ad for the three different teams is stupid.. And the way he says "mara" really irks me as well.

DarkJager

Those new Meteor ones about the roaming charges are a bit odd, especially considering the "french" guy ends his by saying "This is merde" - which translates to "this is ****".

Lapin

How much does a 30 second ad slot cost on radio ?

I'm just wondering if anyone told Neil Diamond.

At the rate his ads are being aired he won't have much change left over after his gig.

squonk

Lapin wrote: »

How much does a 30 second ad slot cost on radio ?

I'm just wondering if anyone told Neil Diamond.

At the rate his ads are being aired he won't have much change left over after his gig.

If they put on a decent support act instead of the Tesco checkout girl, they might sell more tickets!

dulpit

There's an ad for a new Fiat, the dude is trying to give his postcode (Dublin 8) and the automatic voice lady keeps on listing English postcodes instead.

It's a v.good ad, makes me smile every time I hear it. Although to be fair, today is the first time I realised what the ad is actually far, so how effective an ad it is is up for debate.

mrsdewinter

I've only heard it once so far, but it made me smile. The ad begins with quite a bit of heavy breathing and the pretty unmistakable sound of a couple in the throes of passion. However, the voiceover breaks in to ask if the sound reminds the listener of a long-distance runner, a blacksmith, a 19th-century maid working the mangle in the scullery, painting pretty vivid descriptions of alternative scenes. Then the pay-off is something, 'You hear what? That's disgusting...' Very well-written and very, very funny.

stannis

Very well-written and very, very funny.

Cringeworthy is more like it. What an awful ad. No doubt dreamt up by some muppet just out of radio-ad university or wherever these overpaid knobs are gestated.

JustAddWater

Ben dune gyms

Jesus that man would bore the arse off ya!

We have a gym in Dublin, one in London and one in Germany.... STFU!!!

neris

the tesco ads which i think are voiced by marty whelan and his moustache are getting really annoying with the stupid puns every week

el diablo

neris wrote: »

the tesco ads which i think are voiced by marty whelan and his moustache are getting really annoying with the stupid puns every week

Ah leave it out. Marty is a legend.

Radharc na Sleibhte

dulpit wrote: »

There's an ad for a new Fiat, the dude is trying to give his postcode (Dublin 8) and the automatic voice lady keeps on listing English postcodes instead.

It's a v.good ad, makes me smile every time I hear it. Although to be fair, today is the first time I realised what the ad is actually far, so how effective an ad it is is up for debate.

Did you hear the other one where hes at the tesco express checkout?
I think its brilliant.

Lapin

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

Did you hear the other one where hes at the tesco express checkout?
I think its brilliant.

Thats a great ad

Lapin

There's one out now for Irish Life insurance (I think).

It features a college student reading a letter he wrote to his father.

Sun cream etc............................ Love, Jim.



Pure puke.

JonathanAnon

Lapin wrote: »

There's one out now for Irish Life insurance (I think).
It features a college student reading a letter he wrote to his father.

That ad is cynically sickening..

music crazy

Harvey Norman one drives me crazy:D

serfboard

music crazy wrote: »

Harvey Norman one drives me crazy:D

I was in Slovenia on a weeks holiday last month and burst me hole laughin when I heard an ad for ...


'ARVEY NORMAN!!!


Sounded funny in shouted Slovene!

Jimmy444

Ads that irritate:

1. That Norn Iron guy from Google going on about some school's accountants being "thot-leaders in their spayuss" Could he not try to be a bit more clichéd with his mid-Atlantic biz-speak? Grrrrrrrrr:mad:

2. The Volvo ad "car won't start" with a strange whiney voice - sounds like he's being strangled or something.

Poochie05

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

Did you hear the other one where hes at the tesco express checkout?
I think its brilliant.

Very funny, I've had very similar conversations with the lady myself, particularly the 'It's just bags' line

barakus

'Ya know that feeeling'..... hate that bints voice on the sky ad. Big whoop they arent upping their prices, their prices are already sky high.


Oh and any meteor ad ever!! from the beardy gimp on the xmas ad on tv to that new radio one with the piss poor french(?) accent saying that meteor ruined his love life by abolishing roaming charges...OH FCUK OFF!!

Slidey

That ad for life insurance where 'the son' is remembering how his dad made him wear a helmet sunscreen etc.

Jaysus, it is dire

mike65

Not just dire, its also ubiquitous.

fricatus

Lapin wrote: »

There's one out now for Irish Life insurance (I think).

It features a college student reading a letter he wrote to his father.

Sun cream etc............................ Love, Jim.

Horrible, horrible ad. :mad:

It would be depressing if it was an anti-smoking or road-safety ad, but at least then you'd say "fair enough"...

But when I heard at the end that it was for a life-assurance company, I just thought it was cynical and disgusting. Did their advertising department not realise that for most people, this would be a step too far?

Idiots.

Ciaran_B

There's some taxi firm using a 'hilarious' re-working of Ice Ice Baby at the moment. It's really badly done and I can't understand half the lyrics.

Say Your Number

Those f*cking 'We've an app for that' ads are back on Newstalk. :mad:

neris

Ciaran_B wrote: »

There's some taxi firm using a 'hilarious' re-working of Ice Ice Baby at the moment. It's really badly done and I can't understand half the lyrics.

ive heard that ad twice in the last hour on newtalk and its the crapest ad so far this year. why do they always give taxi drivers a dodgy dublin accent aswell

paddylonglegs

Ciaran_B wrote: »

There's some taxi firm using a 'hilarious' re-working of Ice Ice Baby at the moment. It's really badly done and I can't understand half the lyrics.

Ha ha great ad, think its stupidly hilarious and makes me laugh everytime

stannis

Do ya LOIKE being stung?

Mr E

That taxi ad is so bad... I can't even make out the name of the company....

hacx

Have ya ever been stungin yer Wa-hey!

FreudianSlippers

hacx wrote: »

Have ya ever been stungin yer Wa-hey!

I love to hate that ad. I've been trying to find it online to show my SO, but cannot find it anywhere. haha

Col200sx

The latest add wrecking my head is the Prince concert add.

The one with Tony Fenton, describing "His Royal Purpleness", for fcuk sake what a terrible add.

One gimp promoting another gimp :rolleyes:

Arthur Daley

neris wrote: »

ive heard that ad twice in the last hour on newtalk and its the crapest ad so far this year. why do they always give taxi drivers a dodgy dublin accent aswell

Heard this all over newstalk in recent days. It just can't get any worse than this. Can it?

neris

Col200sx wrote: »

The latest add wrecking my head is the Prince concert add.

The one with Tony Fenton, describing "His Royal Purpleness", for fcuk sake what a terrible add.

One gimp promoting another gimp :rolleyes:

wonder his royal purpleness turn up for his gig this time. Between Neil Diamond, Mary Byrne and Prince the concert ads are getting a bit much

C14N

bilko1234 wrote: »

Hi
This is Mary from Irish life
Can I speak to Mr Donnelly please?
Speaking
I Think it might be your Dad that I'm looking for.
Hang on I'll get him
Mr Donnelly, this is Mary from Irish Life, you wanted to speak to me?
No, you sorted out that investment thing for me last week.
Oh then it must be YOUR Dad I want.
GRANDAD..!!!
Ah Mary, thanks for getting back to me, I want to talk to you about my pension.

Does anybody else think this is a cute,warm and cuddly ad???

Horrendous ad. What person will hear this an be more inclined to go with Irish Life? What is the point in it?

Col200sx wrote: »

Does anybody else get annoyed about the way he says his name???

Yes hello, this is Joe-nny....

Is he trying to say Johnny, but makes a balls of it??????

Yep, that is probably the worst part of it. Wtf kind of name is Joney?

dulpit wrote: »

There's a round of ads on right now for some post franking company, the shtick is that the person has to go to the doctor because they're a chronic stamp licker

I've heard one of their ads but it's telling secretaries to tell their bosses to go with them. The ad mainly annoyed me because of the term "franking" which confuses and frightens me:p

SkidMark wrote: »

Mrs Brown at The Olympia

"Am I dying?"

"Next Tuesday!"

This makes no sense at all, why are people laughing ??

Then it moves on to ...


"I want to visit my sister"

"In?"

"An Aeroplane !"

Cue Howls of laughter from the audience.
It's not even a joke, never mind that's it's not remotely funny.

One of those blood-presssure-rising-rush-to-the-radio-to-switch-the-station adverts.

I do hate Mrs Brown but this is the case for just about any ad for a comedy act I've seen on TV or radio. I reckon they don't want to ruin the joke so they usually only give us the punchline and no context which makes it look really weird when you hear the canned laughter.

neris wrote: »

Heard a new 1 for Lyons tea a few minutes ago with the guys blending the tea. Sounds like a severe case of gay sexual harasment in the work place.

Are they along the lines of the ones on the telly?

"For people who are 'all talk'..."

"I said to my trainer 'put on more weights', he said 'there are no more'".

Because I actually thought those were pretty funny.

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

That idiot in the UPC ad. The way he talks makes me want to break the radio. Folks are getting it neow, dad watches footie mum is chuffed (stupid UK slang words). I would love to kick his arse from one end of Ireland to the other.

What I really hate about the UPC ads are the comparisons to DSL broadband.

"So yeah it's basically the same price but thirty six bajliion times better. Like, why don't you already have it? It's just way better, you'd have to be stupid to go with eircom" and so on when the fact about UPC and their fibre network is extremely limited in terms of availability.

Not really an ad, but Nova have had this thing lately where they say "hearing protection must be worn at all times". That's not saying much for them is it? Considering they're a radio station and thus rely on people hearing them properly...like how awful do they think they are?

squonk

The new one for Eircom... They're serial offenders and I'd love to grab that tool Jim by the scruff of the neck and drown him in the nearest jacks.

Anyway, the one where the actor rings up looking for broadband. The way he pronounced Actor as 'Actwor'. Like, I'd get 'Actohr' but where did Actwor come from? It's a pile of steaming brown stuff like all their ads!

Dub Ste

Mr E wrote: »

That taxi ad is so bad... I can't even make out the name of the company....

Is it just me,or does the bloke at the end sound like Jake Stevens????

swingking

Lapin wrote: »

There's one out now for Irish Life insurance (I think).

It features a college student reading a letter he wrote to his father.

Sun cream etc............................ Love, Jim.



Pure puke.

I'm convinced this same Jim went on to work in Eircom Support. His Da must be turning in his grave

allanb49

The arnie one, the guy been told 50% off then seems to vibrate and explode

Toto Wolfcastle

The Londis/Come Dine With Me ad.

Not funny at all. In any way. Ever.

xxyyzz

The wily women of Ireland ad by that gowl with the cork accent is gonna cause me to have a car crash. It's very hard to drive with one hand when you're ripping out the car stereo and smashing it on the dash with the other.

C14N

xxyyzz wrote: »

The wily women of Ireland ad by that gowl with the cork accent is gonna cause me to have a car crash. It's very hard to drive with one hand when you're ripping out the car stereo and smashing it on the dash with the other.

This seems to be the absolute worst at the moment. Actually the only one that I will run across the house to turn off if I can even faintly hear it.

For Forks Sake

"Oh Yeawh, chartered accountancy" has resurfaced :rolleyes:

Arthur Daley

Bang restuarant and Alan Stanford. Man what's going on.

paddylonglegs

Voiceover for Bulmers cider, Irish/English accent promoting the leopardstown festival. not really a voice for radio