Worst/Best Radio Ads

Penny Dreadful

Damo9090 wrote: »

I think the put on accent is all part of the fun? No?

I don't think so. Lots of people seem to say "strawbree" rather than "strawberry" anyway. Its a bit like "libry" and "library", "Febuary" and "February".......... I'll admit I am a bit of a stickler about things like that. Matt Cooper (and I really like the Last Word) and his "thee ater" and "Itly" instead of "theatre" and "Italy" also grates.:o

stargazer 68

May have already been mentioned but the Setanta one on 98fm for the Rugby!! Gets right on my t**s - hope they arent going to play it for the whole of the tournament! Think its supposed to be the Hakka!

Just checked it has been mentioned and yes they are saying 'brekkie roll'

Wertz

Emm Oo Are Ee Pee Eh...Morepa!

Did I just wake in mid-50's USA? It's like something from the radio stations in Fallout 3.
Trying to make fish oil sound exciting is a challenging brief, so I'll cut them some slack but this ad is giving a high readout on the annoy-o-meter.
Coming to an ad break near you...soon.

dulpit

Wertz wrote: »

Emm Oo Are Ee Pee Eh...Morepa!

Did I just wake in mid-50's USA? It's like something from the radio stations in Fallout 3.
Trying to make fish oil sound exciting is a challenging brief, so I'll cut them some slack but this ad is giving a high readout on the annoy-o-meter.
Coming to an ad break near you...soon.

Heard it. Hate it. Expect to hear it often. :mad:

C14N

Dovies wrote: »

May have already been mentioned but the Setanta one on 98fm for the Rugby!! Gets right on my t**s - hope they arent going to play it for the whole of the tournament! Think its supposed to be the Hakka!

Just checked it has been mentioned and yes they are saying 'brekkie roll'

What really annoys me is that the majority of it has nothing to do with sports/TV/Setanta whatever. They're sort of just degrading and insulting the dance itself without getting any message across.

Slidey

Wertz wrote: »

I can't recall ever posting about a "best" one, there are some, but they don't tend to run for long or incite the same sort of urge to rant about as the bad ones.
An ad IMO is "good" if it manages to avoid being mentioned...and even a good one can become bad if it's on every single ad break.
We have such a small pool of voice actors and a seemingly limited number of ideas and scenarios for radio ads that the repetition and familiarity tends to grate in a short space of time.

[edit] The Barry's christmas one with the train seems to be liked by a few on here (not my cup of tea though )

I do the like the no nonsense.ie ads.

Where when they ring up looking for a quote. Its very rare that an ad makes me smile but they do

Wertz

Slidey wrote: »

I do the like the no nonsense.ie ads.

Where when they ring up looking for a quote. Its very rare that an ad makes me smile but they do

Funnily enough that occured to me as well, but I'd never think to mention it.
"It might be...if I wasn't ly-ing!" *cackling*
Even the TV on isn't bad...takes some cues from the cravendale milk ads...

Finally heard that setanta one earlier...horrible... what does tea and coffee have to do with setanta?

neris

Slidey wrote: »

I do the like the no nonsense.ie ads.

Where when they ring up looking for a quote. Its very rare that an ad makes me smile but they do

The nononsense ones are probably the only good ads on the radio. thought the one they did for house insurance with the guy was very funny

neris

theres an ad on today for eircom braodband & setanta and some tool singing about steven gerrard and then the voice over eejit telling that the tool is a liverpool fan. its one of the most cringeworthy ads ive heard

dulpit

Stupid ad for TV licence (where the woman is trying to decide what she wants in a restaurant). Pain in the ass...

telekon

neris wrote: »

theres an ad on today for eircom braodband & setanta and some tool singing about steven gerrard and then the voice over eejit telling that the tool is a liverpool fan. its one of the most cringeworthy ads ive heard

Can't be more cringeworthy than the lads from the Setanta call centre ringing me with their fantastic deals I've had to consistently refuse (and increasingly less-politely so) over the past few weeks. :mad:

coonecb1

Slidey wrote: »

I do the like the no nonsense.ie ads.

Where when they ring up looking for a quote. Its very rare that an ad makes me smile but they do

You read my mind, was about to post that I like those ads, they make me smile even after hearing them dozens of times. Truly remarkable given my (lack of) tolerance for radio ads.

Another one I like is the one where your man starts "Imagine a world without sport......." Really really good ad imo

ArthurG

neris wrote: »

theres an ad on today for eircom braodband & setanta and some tool singing about steven gerrard and then the voice over eejit telling that the tool is a liverpool fan. its one of the most cringeworthy ads ive heard

Truely awful. There's another one as well now, sorry can't remember who he's singing about. Really really dreadful.

BuzzFish

No-nonsense

"Hello, are you there?"
"beeeeeeeeeeeeeee (ahem) eeeeeeeeeeep"
"Look I know you're still there"
"No I'm not beeeeeeeeeeeeep"

Genius

http://www.youtube.com/NoNonsenseInsurance#p/u/6/4EeuCVRCW8c

dulpit

The only good ads on the radio/telly are the no nonsense ones...

DuckStab

The Vodafone ads are no better or worse than other networks', but what's the deal with the guy's accent? Sounds like an amalgam of every working class dialect on the British Isles.

That_Guy

Did I just hear an ad for a "Dear Santa Claus, go f*ck yourself tour"?

neris

That_Guy wrote: »

Did I just hear an ad for a "Dear Santa Claus, go f*ck yourself tour"?

yes you did

Ol' Donie

ArthurG wrote: »

neris wrote: »

theres an ad on today for eircom braodband & setanta and some tool singing about steven gerrard and then the voice over eejit telling that the tool is a liverpool fan. its one of the most cringeworthy ads ive heard

Truely awful. There's another one as well now, sorry can't remember who he's singing about. Really really dreadful.

Heard an everton one about mikeal arteta not long ago. Heh.
Anyway, its a toss up between these (i've also heard a gary neville one and a frank lampard one and a bacary sagna one) and those unbearable haka setanta ones for worst ad ever as far as im concerned. Actually the eircom ones win by virtue of the fact that they will be on long after the rugby world cup.
I dont know a single soccer fan that sounds like these pillocks. Remember that time Fr Ted got stuck in the lingerie dept and asked the other priests who had the most boring voice? Well, these fellas remind me of the priest who butts in with "ted, did you ask for a loud, dramatic voice?" (or words to that effect.) Only that was a comedy show. I think these ads are meant to be serious.

Ciaran_B

It looks like NRC have replaced the’ Ice, Ice Baby’ ad (‘Dublin/Trouble in’ ‘six double seven, double two double tooooo’) with some call and response rap thing. I was in the chair at the dentists earlier and I heard it – sounds pretty funny and it distracted me from the fact that there was a lot of water pooling at the back of my throat and I couldn’t really breathe. I’m beginning to think they have some kind of advertising geniuses making these ads.

Is this one new?

L1011

Two dreadful ads trying to use poor music samples to compare to 1: your career and 2: your pension scheme recently.

Just because its an audio medium doesn't mean that you can use music for random things...

Busi_Girl08

Those 2 Alzheimer's ads are very well done, I think.

JonathanAnon

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Those 2 Alzheimer's ads are very well done, I think.

I dont remember them..... ba dum dum tish....

dulpit

11890 ads. Go away. Please.

neris

mcdonalds for coffee with some posh bint going on about how they source their beans

kelty

I hate that Credit Union advert with one of the seoige sisters that they play quite a bit on Newstalk. Its the bit at the start when the guy shouts "Its a save and another save...." in a bloody irritating voice. :mad:

Judgement Day

"You'll suddenly find yourself surrounded by Art"........by a D4 type with a completely unaffected accent.

The Ad by the English bint for the Solheim Cup who pronounces Meath to rhyme with teeth.

neris

the DHL played on today fm going on about the amount gear and balls been transported to new zealand for the world cup. its sounds like a gift grub sketch

NIMAN

Does anyone know roughly how much it costs to advertise on Irish radio?

Some adverts are on so often they must either be costing the firms a fortune, or else they get a cheap package of 20,000 adverts per month!

mrsdewinter

Cirque du Soleil and their Alla Griaaaaa ads... So naff...

Bard

NIMAN wrote: »

Does anyone know roughly how much it costs to advertise on Irish radio?

Some adverts are on so often they must either be costing the firms a fortune, or else they get a cheap package of 20,000 adverts per month!

If you really want to know, it's quite easy to find out. Go to a station's web site and look for their rate card.

Some examples:

98fm: http://98fm.com/about/advertise/
iRadio: http://www.iradio.ie/ibusiness
4fm: http://www.4fm.ie/ratecard2011/

Finding those took me literally 1 minute. There are plenty more.

C14N

Bard wrote: »

If you really want to know, it's quite easy to find out. Go to a station's web site and look for their rate card.

Some examples:

98fm: http://98fm.com/about/advertise/
iRadio: http://www.iradio.ie/ibusiness
4fm: http://www.4fm.ie/ratecard2011/

Finding those took me literally 1 minute. There are plenty more.

It seems that hearing ads over and over is partly the stations' fault, with them offering large numbers of spots as part of a package deal.

NIMAN

Bard wrote: »

If you really want to know, it's quite easy to find out. Go to a station's web site and look for their rate card.

Some examples:

98fm: http://98fm.com/about/advertise/
iRadio: http://www.iradio.ie/ibusiness
4fm: http://www.4fm.ie/ratecard2011/

Finding those took me literally 1 minute. There are plenty more.

Thanks but I don't listen to those channels, in fact never heard of 2 of them.

I was thinking of the biggies, RTE1, RTE2 and TodayFM. How easy is it to find out about those?

L1011

NIMAN wrote: »

Thanks but I don't listen to those channels, in fact never heard of 2 of them.

I was thinking of the biggies, RTE1, RTE2 and TodayFM. How easy is it to find out about those?

medialive.ie and sign up for an account (free)

For example: €8,100 for 16 30 second slots on RTE R1, price per ad for specific times if not bought in a bundle go up to over 2 grand though. Today FM isn't much cheaper.

NIMAN

MYOB wrote: »

medialive.ie and sign up for an account (free)

For example: €8,100 for 16 30 second slots on RTE R1, price per ad for specific times if not bought in a bundle go up to over 2 grand though. Today FM isn't much cheaper.

Thanks for that.

By my calculations, the Solheim Cup adverts cost approx €25,000,000 then:D

Kojak

Those "MoneyVillage - Your not alone" ads - they must be making a mountain of money to be able to be on non stop....

dulpit

New TV licence ad with the young girl talking about her friend Mona. :mad:

C14N

Kojak wrote: »

Those "MoneyVillage - Your not alone" ads - they must be making a mountain of money to be able to be on non stop....

Those ones are ridiculously corny

fricatus

MYOB wrote: »

medialive.ie and sign up for an account (free)

For example: €8,100 for 16 30 second slots on RTE R1, price per ad for specific times if not bought in a bundle go up to over 2 grand though. Today FM isn't much cheaper.

Yeah but in fairness, rate cards are a starting point. If Joe Soap approaches RTE or Today FM wanting his sixteen 30-second slots, then he will pay that, but there's no way that's what they charge to a major advertiser who gives them loads of business.

bilko1234

There's an ad on at the moment sponsered by Irish Inland Waterways or something.
It features an obviously smug (perhaps middle aged) couple sitting down in an impossibly cheesy restaurant, complete with tinkling piano playing and the glug-glug-glug of wine being poured into a glass.
The Lady then whispers " Here's to us" to which the Gentleman replies "Cheers".
The voiceover person then informs us that the preceding 17 seconds of unmitigated romantic bliss was brought to us by "PASS THE SICK BAG PROMOTIONS!!!!":mad:

Ok I made the last 5 words up!

force eleven

Brendan Grace doing the 'pneumononononogoccal disease' ads. Leastways thats how it sounds anyway...

nice1franko

Any ads with car horns or sirens in them. I've near jumped out of my skin a couple of times, especially when I was a learner.

youtube!

L...R...C.... taxi taxi taxi ,

well as if the old one wasnt bad enough now they havean EVEN MORE iritating version, it just makes me want to smash up my car stereo...so I should really turn it off, but I end up listening to it, dont ask me why its so bad I just HAVE to listen....

europa11

June Rodgers Christmas Panto .....complete with trademark Skangeresque forced laughter.

You've been warned!

neris

new ad for one direct with that muppet from dunbeliveables singing for their website. sounds like hes saying double, double onedirect.ie

Ciaran_B

This Viking Office supplies ad (this is the ink, that goes in the printer, that prints the paper............) is quite painful. It's obviously a UK ad that they just ran over here.

delaad

Ciaran_B wrote: »

This Viking Office supplies ad (this is the ink, that goes in the printer, that prints the paper............) is quite painful. It's obviously a UK ad that they just ran over here.

As I read your post, the ad came on on newstalk. Scary.

The An Post TV ad of the same genre was miles ahead of it.

Is it Chris Evans voicing it?

DarkJager

neris wrote: »

new ad for one direct with that muppet from dunbeliveables singing for their website. sounds like hes saying double, double onedirect.ie

He is ad fails completely on all accounts.

Wertz

A break with tradition here by nominating an ad that actually made me laugh the other day...was for Rustler's sub sandwich or something, heavy on innuendo, sounded a bit like a soft porn script; "Oh it's so big" etc....then when the microwave pings "Oh is that it?"
They have a similar TV ad too.

In other news, that precocious little so and so and her f*cking masterchef fishcakes can f*ck right off..."But what am I going to talk to Mouna abite?"...yeah RTÉ, moving to single direct debit really makes a difference to simply handing over the money once a year...muppets.

Whilst on the subject saorview ads are a bit misleading (and PJ & Tommy are the worst pair of eejits ever)...to listen to them you'd think that the service is free forever....when it really really isn't...one for the ASAI maybe...

dulpit

Wertz wrote: »

Whilst on the subject saorview ads are a bit misleading (and PJ & Tommy are the worst pair of eejits ever)...to listen to them you'd think that the service is free forever....when it really really isn't...one for the ASAI maybe...

I thought Saorview was going to be free forever?