Worst/Best Radio Ads

DublinWriter

I actually love the RTE Radio TV Licence ads. Would love to have them all on MP3. 'Pay yourself' and 'four of penticles' are now catchphrases in the office.

Niles

And the Saorview ads still continue... at least without Tommy and PJ though.

Wonder will this go on indefinitely...

delaad

C14N wrote: »

Yeah I thought it seemed a bit high but I have seen cases where someone bought tickets for a group that size before. I just wish it wasn't the same ad as they played last time Roger Waters came.

Yeh, but would Floyd fans know when they got to eight?

dulpit

Just wondering about that stupid Roger Waters ad. Did they not say last time it was aired that it was the last time to see him? And did he personally tear down the Berlin wall? :mad::mad:

eminoz

neris wrote: »

Camel and Goat are back.... Wheres my shot gun

Bang! but other culprits too for another reason- the giving of (cows/goats/bees/camels)(- what's Camel doing here?)
Anyway, they’re all maddening (not just for the voices)( Oh dear god, the goat for malawi is back.)

What (I don’t hearyou ask) can possibly be wrong with sending (cows/goats/bees/whatever) to poor families in Africa? Isn’t it a great idea? Well, nothing, apart from it's all about the Giver, only-
“Surprise!! I’m such a Caring Person, I donated your present to Malawi! Think of all the good a goat will do! I know - it’s given me a Great Warm Glow!
- But what’s this you’ve got me? Jo Malone? Fab!!”
(Are we there yet?) or
“Happy Christmas, Darling! Oh, I know you were hoping for fabulous shoes, but nooooo! - you silly puss - I’ve bought you a cow instead! Yes, a cow. No, I’m not being rude. Oh here we go again…
Sucks.
Better ask first...

Lapin

I hope Barry's Tea give the train set Dad a year or two off.

Twas a grand cosy ad the first time it was aired, but its annual repetition turned it into an irritating piece of schmaltz.

eminoz

At least the Barrys Tea ad was good!
It is getting a bit like Graybo's recipe for Christmas Cake, though, - an institution.

I do love his voice, though - and the Train! Sigh!
(I reeeally like trains so am perhaps a bit partisan)

Beef

This is "new oardinary" panto, [annoying kids]it's a gaeity panto[/annoying kids].
:mad:

fricatus

Happy smiiiles, FLIRRRty smiiiles... :rolleyes:

Does my head in!

califano

The female voice over advertising the new Love/Hate series on Radio1:)

Judgement Day

fricatus wrote: »

Happy smiiiles, FLIRRRty smiiiles... :rolleyes:

Does my head in!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=81533328&postcount=3819

Beat you to it!

dvcireland

Suitable Company

Closing Down....again!

MJ23

That ad for Rod Stewart, i hate it

"Coming to Island, Rod Stoowatt"

Go away.

fricatus

Judgement Day wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=81533328&postcount=3819

Beat you to it!

LOL, didn't think I'd been first to notice that ad anyway...

Judgement Day wrote: »

dim witted smiles.

Hehe... yep!!!

DEFTLEFTHAND

I heard that bastard goat for the first time today. I couldn't describe to you the level of violence I'd subject that goat to if I got my hands on him. It frightens me that I could have that quantity of hatred and venom within me.

C14N

eminoz wrote: »

Bang! but other culprits too for another reason- the giving of (cows/goats/bees/camels)(- what's Camel doing here?)
Anyway, they’re all maddening (not just for the voices)( Oh dear god, the goat for malawi is back.)

What (I don’t hearyou ask) can possibly be wrong with sending (cows/goats/bees/whatever) to poor families in Africa? Isn’t it a great idea? Well, nothing, apart from it's all about the Giver, only-
“Surprise!! I’m such a Caring Person, I donated your present to Malawi! Think of all the good a goat will do! I know - it’s given me a Great Warm Glow!
- But what’s this you’ve got me? Jo Malone? Fab!!”
(Are we there yet?) or
“Happy Christmas, Darling! Oh, I know you were hoping for fabulous shoes, but nooooo! - you silly puss - I’ve bought you a cow instead! Yes, a cow. No, I’m not being rude. Oh here we go again…
Sucks.
Better ask first...

I tried and failed to understand what this post said.

Bellerstring

DublinWriter wrote: »

I actually love the RTE Radio TV Licence ads. Would love to have them all on MP3. 'Pay yourself' and 'four of penticles' are now catchphrases in the office.

Ah, I'm sure the hours in the office just fly by....

artful_codger

That Goat would want to be one big b@stard, seeing as Ethiopians alone are churning out 1.5 million new sprogs each year. Since the famine in the 80's the population has doubled from 40 million to 80 million.

We should be sending condoms, not goats.

artful_codger

That Goat would want to be one big b@stard, seeing as Ethiopians alone are churning out 1.5 million new sprogs each year. Since the famine in the 80's the population has doubled from 40 million to 80 million.

We should be sending condoms, not goats.

Welsh Megaman

The ad for the 'June Rogers Christmas Show' makes me curl up on the floor in the foetal position and shake uncontrollably. Nobody in my office asks me what's up.

DEFTLEFTHAND

artful_codger wrote: »

That Goat would want to be one big b@stard, seeing as Ethiopians alone are churning out 1.5 million new sprogs each year. Since the famine in the 80's the population has doubled from 40 million to 80 million.

We should be sending condoms, not goats.

There has been attempts to teach these people about responsible sexual activities before, seems like it has been to no avail though. I was involved in a GOAL initiative in college to spread awareness in Africa.

That goat stirs so many dark emotions in me, I want to put his head in a vice and repeatedly shoot rounds of ammo into him. I'd then set his carcass on fire, urinating on it beforehand.

PopePalpatine

The new Renault ads are - I thought I'd never say this about an ad - brilliant, they're actually realistic and don't feature some vocally-challenged cow singing awful re-writes of rock'n'roll songs.

delaad

MJ23 wrote: »

That ad for Rod Stewart, i hate it

"Coming to Island, Rod Stoowatt"

Go away.

Is this by the guy who speaks of "whirld sewers"?

delaad

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I heard that bastard goat for the first time today. I couldn't describe to you the level of violence I'd subject that goat to if I got my hands on him. It frightens me that I could have that quantity of hatred and venom within me.

Those trees aren't really doing you much good then!

delaad

PopePalpatine wrote: »

The new Renault ads are - I thought I'd never say this about an ad - brilliant, they're actually realistic and don't feature some vocally-challenged cow singing awful re-writes of rock'n'roll songs.

Agree 100%...think the immersion heater one is the best so far. Just about stays short of being over the top.

Skid

Wogan is on telling us to use Shannon Airport because Marilyn Monroe passed through it once, and they invented Duty Free in Nineteen Hundred and Diddley.

Yes Terry, those are great reasons to go to an Airport which has hardly any flights leaving it :rolleyes:

Lapin

The fact that Yeltzin failed to get off the plane and have a pint with Albert Reynolds is the main reason I fly from the place.

Jason Todd

Brace Yourselves - the 'iloveshopping.ie' Christmas ad is back... *shudder*

lawred2

Two major hates of mine at the moment

all the eircom mobile ads - pretentious disingenuous twaddle
the Irish Times Story of Why - arrrggghhh

lertsnim

dulpit wrote: »

That James Bond double-oh ad. Get ta fuk...

I will never buy that brand of Internet radio. Hate that advert more than any other.

Doodah7

Love the ad where the woman gets into a panic after having left the immersion on while out for a walk with the husband. Her shrill 'the immersion!!!!' cracks me up every time!

ollaetta

neris wrote: »

Camel and Goat are back.... Wheres my shot gun

Thread with a hilarious title about this over on After Hours: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056812119

Going Forward

I feel the need to offload 4 in 1 go:

Danske Bank- Its unfortunate that the voiceover artist sounds like Richie Boucher.

BER Certificate-Building Energy Rating bull, ingeniously stretched into "Bare", better had the just called it "Berc"

The Gathering, yes I know, but I could have sworn that the original ads stated that whenever 3 or more joined together, that was a "Gathering", now its just 2 needed to meet the criteria??

The ESB Electricle Ireland- Some pointless excercise about empowering kindness??? WTF?????

Chris O Donohoe on Newstake thinks its great altogether, nuff said.

Not just be simpler to kindly cut their Energy Prices for a month?

neris

How many pointless ads are on radio for equally pointless quangos? So far since 630 this morning ive heard ads for guarunteed irish, the gathering, ber certs & food safety authority. Others I can think of that advertise alot are repak & the rsa. Must be, the time of year of the year to blow, the last of the budget for 2012

Doodah7

neris wrote: »

How many pointless ads are on radio for equallh pointless quango. s? So far since 630 this morning ive heard ads for guarunteed irish, the gathering, ber certs & food safety authority. Others I can think of that advertise alot are repak & the rsa. Must be, the time of year of the year to blow, the last of the budget for 2012

Guaranteed Irish - encouraging people to buy Irish products and you see a problem with this? Oh yeah, they are not a quango but privately funded by industry.

The Food Safety one advising people of the difference between 'Best Before' and 'Use By' is also incredibly useful as most people don't know the difference.

The other two: waste of money.

spank_inferno

Coming up to budget / year end.

They have to spend our money somehow.

L1011

The Trocaire Malawian goat ad is incredibly badly put together.

C14N

Women singing on the radio. "Whop-bop-a-doo-da, whop-bob-a-doo" and "let's sprint again". I don't know what they're for and I don't know any of the other words because the radio goes off after hearing those.

DuckStab

C14N wrote: »

Women singing on the radio. "Whop-bop-a-doo-da, whop-bob-a-doo" and "let's sprint again". I don't know what they're for and I don't know any of the other words because the radio goes off after hearing those.

Pharmaton aka Austerity Cocaine. Although nothing more than a glorified placebo, we do live in a nation with an addiction to addiction so mind-bogglingly it sells, even taking those woeful ads into account!

That softly softly creep on the Bank of Ireland ads with his "We haaave credit, and we waaant to lend providedyouhaveatleastdoublethatamountdepositedandagreetoourobsceneTs&Cs" induces an illogical amount of rage, as does the oft-mentioned Smiles ad voiced by token ditzy blonde lobotomy guinea pig.

JonathanAnon

DuckStab wrote: »

That softly softly creep on the Bank of Ireland ads with his "We haaave credit, and we waaant to lend providedyouhaveatleastdoublethatamountdepositedandagreetoourobsceneTs&Cs" induces an illogical amount of rage, as does the oft-mentioned Smiles ad voiced by token ditzy blonde lobotomy guinea pig.

I always expect that advert to say...

"We haaaaaavey money, yooourrrrrrr money"..

I think it says something about the country when the only people who seem to have money for advertising is the bailed out banks... next ad I heard was "Suitable Company closing down sale"...

The Humble Sausage

any ad that features a 'Samantha from sex in the city' type voice-over drives me around the bend. kildare village and a bunch more have this slag on making all type of lame inurendos.

For Forks Sake

JonathanAnon wrote: »

next ad I heard was "Suitable Company closing down sale"...

Them feckers have been having a closing down sale for the last 10 years at this stage....

Snake Plisken

The Humble Sausage wrote: »

any ad that features a 'Samantha from sex in the city' type voice-over drives me around the bend. kildare village and a bunch more have this slag on making all type of lame inurendos.

Yeah Really hate Kildare Village ad and the gimpy music that goes along with it! They need to come up with a new ad campaign

flazio

Not an ad on radio, but an ad about digital radio.
That ad with this Barry White style puppet trying to encourage a man to spread the love for BBC digital radio.
Terrible ad.

neris

Richie boucher soundalike on the danske bank ads does my head in. Yes its great been a bank without branches except for the customers

Judgement Day

Shhh we're looking for the bear....ad for the Building Energy Rating Certificate. Now I didn't do English in the Leaving but by my reckoning the initials for that come out at BERC so how the **** is it BER (bear)? Apart from that, the infantile nature of the ad beggars belief . How do people really get paid to come up with that rubbish?

JonathanAnon

I find that latest ad "I tell her what to wear, and sometimes I need to get physical" extremely offensive... With the instruction that I'm not really a man if I have to hit a woman... How do they get away with this sh1te?.. oh right cos they are a shower of man hating, bleeding hearts..

optogirl

Iv-ri-body loves shipping at Jirvis St

L1011

Judgement Day wrote: »

Shhh we're looking for the bear....ad for the Building Energy Rating Certificate. Now I didn't do English in the Leaving but by my reckoning the initials for that come out at BERC so how the **** is it BER (bear)? Apart from that, the infantile nature of the ad beggars belief . How do people really get paid to come up with that rubbish?

Because "looking for the berk" has an entirely different meaning to what they'd intend, I think.

Dreadful ad anyway.

Bellerstring

Is that Bothar Goat yer man Neil Delamare...???
(Not the Trocaire Goat!)