Worst/Best Radio Ads

squonk

Wertz wrote: »

Fabulous Kildare village ads...I didn't think it was possible to out do the yank woman on annoying voice, but those airheads on the phone at the start with their fabukous this and fabulous that, have managed it.

Oh and that country girls play/book whatever it is and yer wan going on about me poor mudder...ah shure we've come a long way.
Ads like this prove we really really haven't...

Yeah, the 'Fabulous' ad has a few previouses, as the gardai would say. it's been known to have assaulted listeners ears in the past also. It's a trully bloody awful ad. I couldn't imagine any self-respecting woman being swayed by such bull****!

C14N

Some sort of stuff to prevent nappy rash.

Mother: "...I used it on you, and my mother used it on me too!"

Young son: "Wow, she must have needed a lot of it! lololol!!1!"

WTF is this supposed to mean? "Yeah ma, I bet you had a terrible arse for nappy rash".

Also, I remember when I saw ads on TV a when I was about 5, every ad was advertising "prevents nappy rash". A few years later, they dropped it (presumably nappy technology had improved to the point that nappy rash had become a thing of the past). Now it's back again?

Col200sx

C14N wrote: »

Some sort of stuff to prevent nappy rash.

Mother: "...I used it on you, and my mother used it on me too!"

Young son: "Wow, she must have needed a lot of it! lololol!!1!"

WTF is this supposed to mean? "Yeah ma, I bet you had a terrible arse for nappy rash".

Glad someone pointed this out. I didn't have a clue what that add meant, other than the mother having a really sh1tty arse :rolleyes:

And the kids voice is crap in it too.

cml387

Col200sx wrote: »

Glad someone pointed this out. I didn't have a clue what that add meant, other than the mother having a really sh1tty arse :rolleyes:

And the kids voice is crap in it too.

I'm glad someone brought this one up.

"What are you doin'?"
"I'm rewiring a plug what does it effin' look like I'm doin?"

Plus is it "changing your nappy"?

In which case why is the kid talking?

Sorry,I've got to lie down now.

squonk

Col200sx wrote: »

Glad someone pointed this out. I didn't have a clue what that add meant, other than the mother having a really sh1tty arse :rolleyes:

And the kids voice is crap in it too.

I've always taken that line from the kid to mean that the mother had a fat arse! I always have images of the mother hearing that and going all Samuel L. Jackson on the kid, 'You bitch ass mother****er! I'm gonna smoke yo ass" before executing the kid in an entertaining fashion! It'd be a far better ad IMHO!

Wertz

squonk wrote: »

I've always taken that line from the kid to mean that the mother had a fat arse! I always have images of the mother hearing that and going all Samuel L. Jackson on the kid, 'You bitch ass mother****er! I'm gonna smoke yo ass" before executing the kid in an entertaining fashion! It'd be a far better ad IMHO!

Yup...needing a lot of it = mammy has a huge arse.

Forgot about the caldesene ad...the mother's voice goes through me on that too. But seriously what little sister doesn't know what a nappy changing scenario looks like?

C14N

Wertz wrote: »

Yup...needing a lot of it = mammy has a huge arse.

Forgot about the caldesene ad...the mother's voice goes through me on that too. But seriously what little sister doesn't know what a nappy changing scenario looks like?

I think its a boy, but I could be wrong.

dulpit

TK Maxx ad, stupid song and stupid voice...

DB21

7 ads that annoy(ed) the piss out of me and/or make me want to take an ax to the radio;

Tom Crean; "I made a mistake." The only mistake made was someone thinking this would be a successful ad campaign, with the single worst laugh track in history.

NRC; That f*cking rapping. It's not even funny anymore.

Jedward promoting ANYTHING; Any time I hear these two melon-heads, I die a little inside.

Kildare fcuking Village; That fake American accent does my head in. I want to find that woman, and rip out her larynx.

TV Licence; "We've heard all the excuses" No, these ads give excuses a monkey with ADHD would give.

That ****ing rotating cocktail bar: I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR ROTATING BAR!!!! NEITHER INDIANA JONES, MARCO POLO, NOR NEIL ARMSTRONG HAS ANY RELEVANCE TO A COCKTAIL BAR, YOU PRETENTIOUS NOB ENDS.

Setanta haka; Downright patronising, and insulting to the Maori People.


I'm sorry if that post was exceptionally angry or insulting to someone.

ootbitb

DB21 wrote: »

7 ads that annoy(ed) the piss out of me and/or make me want to take an ax to the radio;

Tom Crean; "I made a mistake." The only mistake made was someone thinking this would be a successful ad campaign, with the single worst laugh track in history.

NRC; That f*cking rapping. It's not even funny anymore.

Jedward promoting ANYTHING; Any time I hear these two melon-heads, I die a little inside.

Kildare fcuking Village; That fake American accent does my head in. I want to find that woman, and rip out her larynx.

TV Licence; "We've heard all the excuses" No, these ads give excuses a monkey with ADHD would give.

That ****ing rotating cocktail bar: I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR ROTATING BAR!!!! NEITHER INDIANA JONES, MARCO POLO, NOR NEIL ARMSTRONG HAS ANY RELEVANCE TO A COCKTAIL BAR, YOU PRETENTIOUS NOB ENDS.

Setanta haka; Downright patronising, and insulting to the Maori People.


I'm sorry if that post was exceptionally angry or insulting to someone.

what post?

Judgement Day

DB21 wrote: »

7 ads that annoy(ed) the piss out of me and/or make me want to take an ax to the radio;

Tom Crean; "I made a mistake." The only mistake made was someone thinking this would be a successful ad campaign, with the single worst laugh track in history.

NRC; That f*cking rapping. It's not even funny anymore.

Jedward promoting ANYTHING; Any time I hear these two melon-heads, I die a little inside.

Kildare fcuking Village; That fake American accent does my head in. I want to find that woman, and rip out her larynx.

TV Licence; "We've heard all the excuses" No, these ads give excuses a monkey with ADHD would give.

That ****ing rotating cocktail bar: I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR ROTATING BAR!!!! NEITHER INDIANA JONES, MARCO POLO, NOR NEIL ARMSTRONG HAS ANY RELEVANCE TO A COCKTAIL BAR, YOU PRETENTIOUS NOB ENDS.

Setanta haka; Downright patronising, and insulting to the Maori People.


I'm sorry if that post was exceptionally angry or insulting to someone.

I like the Tom Crean story, I like exploration, I like Kerry but this ****ing ad is right up there with the most annoying ads ever - if you exclude all the ****ing medical ads that appear in every ad break! What the **** - none of us is getting out of here alive! :mad:

optogirl

Bounce-backability - I have no idea what you're on about man? Sunshine on birthdays? Excellent high-fives? What?

This is the night, we must sleep, but not yet, it's night time, let's have the night. Night. ???

KerranJast

The "Appies" ad. Somewhere in the ether Gay Byrne is having a fit over yer wan's inability to pronouce "ou" correctly.

Wertz

Oh god the Zurich ads have become self aware and are starting to pro-create...I heard a new one earlier who's broker started yodelling in reference to a campaign for the motor insurance division during the summer...

One of these days Alice...

neris

National Irish Bank and their partnership ****e. Slightest hint your in financial trouble and the feckers will round up on u - Where would Rolls have been without Royce? Who gives a fcuk coz a bank doesnt give a fcuk about their relationship with the customer so hardly a partnership.

Ciaran_B

neris wrote: »

National Irish Bank and their partnership ****e. Slightest hint your in financial trouble and the feckers will round up on u - Where would Rolls have been without Royce? Who gives a fcuk coz a bank doesnt give a fcuk about their relationship with the customer so hardly a partnership.

It really annoys me the way the guy pronounces Hanna-Barbera. It's 'Barbera' not 'Barbara' - different names.

SEPT 23 1989

KerranJast wrote: »

The "Appies" ad. Somewhere in the ether Gay Byrne is having a fit over yer wan's inability to pronouce "ou" correctly.

That ad is driving me mad:D

blue5

The ad with the Taxi rap (I refuse to proliferate the campaign by naming the company) makes me change the station or even worse turn the radio off. Awful. Will use any other company because of this ad campaign.

DuckStab

neris wrote: »

National Irish Bank and their partnership ****e. Slightest hint your in financial trouble and the feckers will round up on u - Where would Rolls have been without Royce? Who gives a fcuk coz a bank doesnt give a fcuk about their relationship with the customer so hardly a partnership.

A bank talking about Rolls Royce in the first place made me laugh.
Also doesn't help that they picked someone who seems to have a Doctorate in Smug Bastardology to voice the ads either. Someone who I've just been subjected to THREE TIMES in one ad break! The aforementioned offending article, an ad for sport in The Irish Times (what would I do if there was no sport? f'ing rejoice), and some series on TG4 about Dublin. Gah.

Oh and to echo the hatred for Renault's "bouncebackability", what kind of drugs has Bill Cullen been smoking? Sounds like it was cobbled together by some deluded media grad after a night of The Mighty Boosh and some specialist funghi.

C14N

I'm glad I haven't heard any Tom Creane ads, they must be terrible...

coup1917

Anyone hear the Bono ad on newstalk at the moment..?
Think he was making a speech during a gig at the RDS...
Obviously a different time in relation to employment problems but a bit freaky all the same to see we are right back to where we were 25 years ago...:eek:
think the U2 song in the background makes it...

neris

coup1917 wrote: »

Anyone hear the Bono ad on newstalk at the moment..?
Think he was making a speech during a gig at the RDS...
Obviously a different time in relation to employment problems but a bit freaky all the same to see we are right back to where we were 25 years ago...:eek:
think the U2 song in the background makes it...

The fact he mentions Bank of Ireland and AIB in it is it a bit weird. Maybe if Bono hadnt been preaching about helping Africa he could have been at home helping the little guy fight the banks

Judgement Day

coup1917 wrote: »

Anyone hear the Bono ad on newstalk at the moment..?
Think he was making a speech during a gig at the RDS...
Obviously a different time in relation to employment problems but a bit freaky all the same to see we are right back to where we were 25 years ago...:eek:
think the U2 song in the background makes it...

I trust that you mentioning this ad in the 'worst' category as patronizing crap from the likes of Bono doesn't improve with the years.

coup1917

Judgement Day wrote: »

I trust that you mentioning this ad in the 'worst' category as patronizing crap from the likes of Bono doesn't improve with the years.

I struggle with the majority of Newstalk ads to be honest, they're all fairly patronising.....ad Bono to the mix and the radio goes off.....

sh1tstirrer

That radio ad about flooring. Your man says what's the first thing you see when you walk into a room? THE FLOOR he answers. If you were watching where you were going you wouldn't see the floor first :rolleyes: Maybe if you were in a total state of depression and walked around with your head hitting the floor you would see the floor first but then buying the floor boards that he was advertising would be the last thing on your mind.

caddy2

the ad for insurance with pat short in it, is it one direct, its 1890 22222222222, ARRGGH!!!! its like something gruesome in a horror film, i have to change the channel when it comes on

fricatus

Ciaran_B wrote: »

It really annoys me the way the guy pronounces Hanna-Barbera. It's 'Barbera' not 'Barbara' - different names.

Yeah, I thought that myself, but I figured the ad-makers were right - because they would have checked a detail like that, wouldn't they? :rolleyes:

Genghis

About the U2 gig, think it was from 'Self-Aid', a Live Aid style concert back in the mid-80's whose cause was Irish Unemployment.

About the ad, I can't decide if the music playing behind it is from the gig, or overdubbed by newstalk - sounds a lot like the studio version.

Either way, it is not the worst ad Newstalk ever produced IMHO.

The ad series I absolutely despise are the ones for the Lotto. Those 'What I'd do' scenarios are not funny or realistic.

fricatus

That ad for the Suzuki SX4 really annoys me - the one where the guy talks about his experience in the winter last year costing him three grand - accompanied by the sound of a skid and a crash.

It plays on people's fears, but fair enough - plenty of ads do that. The problem is that it implies that because the car has four-wheel drive, that it will stop better in snow and ice, which is complete and utter (not to mention dangerous) búll****.

4WD is great for getting you moving in the snow, but it can't stop you crashing into anything. The only people who can make claims about improving braking conditions in the snow are the manufacturers of winter tyres.

It's one thing if an ad is annoying, but it's another thing entirely if it misinforms people on an important road safety matter. :mad:

JonathanAnon

Getting pretty sick of those ads on Radio One...

Zurich.... stupid, stupid fkn ads... As if anybody is gonna invest in a pension anyway.. I wish the lot of them would fuk off to Zurich..

Renaults Bouncebackability.... This is just a load of nonsense, "the sting after a high five".. doesnt even make sense..

"oh Winter's back".... "no I've got Winter's back".. God what an amazingly clever play on words... I'd say some advertising junior thought he was really clever when he came up with this one :mad:

Judgement Day

Prostate .....there I said it! Usually on when you're trying to eat your meals.

fricatus

JonathanAnon wrote: »

"oh Winter's back".... "no I've got Winter's back".. God what an amazingly clever play on words... I'd say some advertising junior thought he was really clever when he came up with this one :mad:

Yeah, who the fcuk ever heard of "winter's back" as the name of an ailment?

Stupid, stupid ad!

Wertz

An awful lot of new ads for various government bodies/quangoes airing the past few days...

Food safety one listing raw meat and a whole series of kitchen implements that form the chain to your child...

Health & Safety Auth directing you to a new website where you can do some quiz or some such rubbish.

Various new RSA ads (drink drive limits, cannabis driving, HGV yearly certification)


Not annoying as such, but the cynic in me thinks that these ads and other like them are there merely to promote the "vital" work these bodies do and justify their existence as we approach the budget and associated cuts. "Oh look at us, where would the country be if we didn't exist?"

C14N

Genghis wrote: »

The ad series I absolutely despise are the ones for the Lotto. Those 'What I'd do' scenarios are not funny or realistic.

I actually quite like those ads. The TV ones are better but I still get a chuckle out of the radio ones. Only part that annoys me is the "why do anything when you could just play Lotto?" because every time I hear it I think "because they're not going to win the Lotto but they would hypothetically actually get the money for doing the dumb stuff".

Genghis

Wertz wrote: »

An awful lot of new ads for various government bodies/quangoes airing the past few days...

Food safety one listing raw meat and a whole series of kitchen implements that form the chain to your child...

Health & Safety Auth directing you to a new website where you can do some quiz or some such rubbish.

Various new RSA ads (drink drive limits, cannabis driving, HGV yearly certification)


Not annoying as such, but the cynic in me thinks that these ads and other like them are there merely to promote the "vital" work these bodies do and justify their existence as we approach the budget and associated cuts. "Oh look at us, where would the country be if we didn't exist?"

I suggest its a case of protecting their budget for next year by wasting it now - 'Spend it in 2011 or lose it in 2012'.

Wertz

Genghis wrote: »

I suggest its a case of protecting their budget for next year by wasting it now - 'Spend it in 2011 or lose it in 2012'.

Undoubetdly...used to see that with the healthboards years ago too...spend it or you won't get as much next year...idiotic way to do things IMO.

Current Benecol ad...bleugh... "as Medbh will tell you, that's a fact!" *DING*
Is Medbh suitably qualified in the relevant field of bio-nutrition to make such bold claims? I think not...

irishh_bob

hate that add with the lines , 6772222 , not even sure what its about but it sounds like that idiot pj gallagher has a line or two in it with his talk of being on the way to his ma,s

neris

Wertz wrote: »

An awful lot of new ads for various government bodies/quangoes airing the past few days...

Food safety one listing raw meat and a whole series of kitchen implements that form the chain to your child...

Health & Safety Auth directing you to a new website where you can do some quiz or some such rubbish.

Various new RSA ads (drink drive limits, cannabis driving, HGV yearly certification)


Not annoying as such, but the cynic in me thinks that these ads and other like them are there merely to promote the "vital" work these bodies do and justify their existence as we approach the budget and associated cuts. "Oh look at us, where would the country be if we didn't exist?"

Its just the nanny state reminding us their watching and taking the responsibility from everyone and passing it onto employers, restaurants etc so the man in the street can be as thick as he wants and then blame someone else. I only started noticing the amount of quangos and govt agencies we have from the original post. hsa, fsa, seai, drink aware, rsa bladdy bladdy blah

neris

The aerlingus ads where the voice over is going on about sporting trips to the uk especially the football one where he suddenly starts a dodgy mick mccarthy/manager accent.

Alzy

irishh_bob wrote: »

hate that add with the lines , 6772222 , not even sure what its about but it sounds like that idiot pj gallagher has a line or two in it with his talk of being on the way to his ma,s

yeah I agree , it's for taxis I think .... 'get off the bus ride with us ' :mad:

dulpit

An ad for Big Maggie, what's up with her voice????

neris

dulpit wrote: »

An ad for Big Maggie, what's up with her voice????

Butch muck savage

irishh_bob

dulpit wrote: »

An ad for Big Maggie, what's up with her voice????

strong woman of the soil

Wertz

Oi'm dah bosh!

A right scary Mary she sounds like...

Patser

There's an ad on Newstalk at the moment for Citroen.

Starts off with an announcer saying 'Congratulations Citroen on winning the World Rally Championship!', then Pepe Le Phew is wheeled out speaking in the most terrible piss take French accent ever saying how everyone can win at a Citroen dealer this weekend.

Sweet Jesus, his accent even changes Citroens pronounciation to starting with an Sh.!!!!

Brendog

I love radio Nova but they have the worst ads.

Whats the taxi one? They make a "hip" remix of "Ice Ice Baby". I got a Hemorrhoid listening to it.

Also the Eurocycle eurobaby ads.:mad:

Wertz

Patser wrote: »

There's an ad on Newstalk at the moment for Citroen.

Starts off with an announcer saying 'Congratulations Citroen on winning the World Rally Championship!', then Pepe Le Phew is wheeled out speaking in the most terrible piss take French accent ever saying how everyone can win at a Citroen dealer this weekend.

Sweet Jesus, his accent even changes Citroens pronounciation to starting with an Sh.!!!!

I've not heard the ad but are you sure it's not Sebastien Loeb? His accent wouldn't be dissimilar tbh and he drives for Citroen world rally team.
Can't see why they wouldn't use someone that they pay so muc to already.

optogirl

Does Stanley Townsend do every ad on radio? (Along with Yvonne from Fairly ****ty)

Patser

Wertz wrote: »

I've not heard the ad but are you sure it's not Sebastien Loeb? His accent wouldn't be dissimilar tbh and he drives for Citroen world rally team.
Can't see why they wouldn't use someone that they pay so muc to already.

No, I don't think so. Listened to a Loeb interview there and he sounds pretty much how you expect a non-English speaker to sound. This ad has some-one doing an Inspector Closeau Piss-take accent.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Alzy wrote: »

yeah I agree , it's for taxis I think .... 'get off the bus ride with us ' :mad:

Get off the Bus....RIDE WITH US!!!

Get off the DART...RIDE WITH US!!!

Get off the LUAS....RIDE WITH US!!!

NRC....Taxi....Taxi....Taxi...:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: