Worst/Best Radio Ads

C14N

Going Forward wrote: »

The current dragged out Harvey Norman ad for something, not sure what.

Painful.

It's actually not a Harvey Norman ad, it's an ad for radio advertising telling you to buy some ads so you too can be as loved as Harvey Norman.

CriticofScience

5uspect wrote: »

I find that VW ad where the Dad is reading his daughter's diary incredibly creepy.

Yes, something rather unnerving about that one....

CriticofScience

New stalk.....why, why, WHY must you keep playing those god-damned Fawlty Towers pastiche adverts for some hotel or other. I can actually live with the piss poor Basil impersonation. Its the Sybil one that makes me want to stick my mouldering wireless down my own neck.
All they needed was to include a low rent Manuel saying "eet's a spessial kind of hotel"

Judgement Day

What I fail to understand is the sheer number of times Ads are repeated during the day. There cannot be a regular Irish radio listener who isn't familiar with ALL the Ads at this stage and they just don't need to run them as often. Also the advertorial type Ads for hotels, the speciality of Hook and Matt Cooper, take some beating. I often look up some of those mentioned on Tripadvisor and one that features a lot on Matt Cooper's show, in a hick mid-west town, situated virtually on a roundabout and with the appearance and charm of a hospital, has a 30% dissatisfaction rating. Matt regularly has breaks at the hotel as prizes on his show. :rolleyes:

Typer Monkey

CriticofScience wrote: »

New stalk.....why, why, WHY must you keep playing those god-damned Fawlty Towers pastiche adverts for some hotel or other. I can actually live with the piss poor Basil impersonation. Its the Sybil one that makes me want to stick my mouldering wireless down my own neck.
All they needed was to include a low rent Manuel saying "eet's a spessial kind of hotel"

This melts my head too. While i am a fan of the show, Faulty Towers was first broadcast in 1975..it's (slightly) older than me!! How the hell did some advertising 'creative' get away with suggesting this?

It's similar to the Trainspotting 'choose life' rip offs that were still doing the rounds 15 years after the film came out. Serious lack of imagination

fricatus

Typer Monkey wrote: »

This melts my head too. While i am a fan of the show, Faulty Towers was first broadcast in 1975..it's (slightly) older than me!! How the hell did some advertising 'creative' get away with suggesting this?

It's similar to the Trainspotting 'choose life' rip offs that were still doing the rounds 15 years after the film came out. Serious lack of imagination

One of the worst cases of ads past their sell-by date was those Spar TV ads featuring a CGI Bertie Ahern. They were still playing them well into Cowen's tenure - I reckon they blew the year's advertising budget on the fancy graphics and either couldn't afford to make new ones for ages, or were determined they were going to sweat what they could out of them.

Back to radio, I swear there were still Crocodile Dundee-based ads (in a very bad "Auwstraaaailian" accent) on WLR FM in Waterford up to about 10 years ago! :rolleyes:

CRIIIIINGE!!!

Welsh Megaman

Anyone else feel uneasy listening to RTE's 'there's never anything good on TV during the summer' ads with the man and woman from 'Republic Of Telly'?

''Any chance of a shift?''

''What's that sticking out of your apron?'' ''It's a rolling pin!''



*shudder*

Bellerstring

Ad currently on RTE 1 for the Galway Races with this knob making horse noises. all because he can come out with the stinger line:
"You heard it from the horse's mouth"
My Jaysus

dulpit

There's an ad for aer lingus, or ryanair, or dublin airport (Something to do with planes anyway).

In it, they keep using a ding-dong noise (to remind you of an airport, you know?). Drives me bananas. :mad:

Judgement Day

Medical/Insurance Ads are the new property porn for the media but the latest one on Newstalk at dinnertime for some clinic if you need a colonoscopy etc. etc. delivered in a jaunty way by a barely adolescent youth really takes the biscuit! It makes it sound like a colonoscopy is something everyone should have - just for the hell of it. :mad::mad::mad:

JonathanAnon

I find it hard to believe that RTE are using Mary Wilson's interview with Alan Dukes to promote DriveTime... This has to be without doubt one of her worst, most frustrating interviews.. We learned absolutely nothing from Alan Dukes during this interview, who completely stonewalled her. I would have loved to see what Philip Boucher Hayes would have done with this interview.

MusicalMelody

Nearly all the ads produced in Spin 1038 use the voices of the stations presenters... this drives me nuts get some new voices please!

statto25

The "Hairspray the Musical" ad on Today FM with that little sh1te singing at the end makes my blood boil.

Meangadh

statto25 wrote: »

The "Hairspray the Musical" ad on Today FM with that little sh1te singing at the end makes my blood boil.

I just clicked here to write the exact same thing!! I wouldn't mind only I like musicals but she has single-handedly turned me off going to that particular one. I know she was only an audience member but still. Currently most annoying ad on the radio.

mrsdewinter

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I find it hard to believe that RTE are using Mary Wilson's interview with Alan Dukes to promote DriveTime... This has to be without doubt one of her worst, most frustrating interviews.. We learned absolutely nothing from Alan Dukes during this interview, who completely stonewalled her. I would have loved to see what Philip Boucher Hayes would have done with this interview.

Ooh, you've just reminded me of that similarly cringey ad for Sean Moncrieff where they replay some disaster of a day when they read out the weather bulletin for the wrong day.
Sean handled the situation with great humour and grace - but if I worked on that show, I'd be embarrassed to have a reminder of a fuggup replayed again and again.

artful_codger

Donal is clearly trying to kill his annoying, shrill wife and make it look like an accident. I wonder if some ex-Toytown Productions person pitched that concept to Bord Gais.

neris

Ladbrookes ad where one lad wants birds (of the featherd variety) to **** on him. Just sounds grose and wrong

Ciaran_B

statto25 wrote: »

The "Hairspray the Musical" ad on Today FM with that little sh1te singing at the end makes my blood boil.

This. And there's an add for some Mod Musical that will apparently make me feel 'alllllll riiight'. No, it won't.

thalia_13

Blanchardstown retail park or something. If the streets are a jungle find your raazzburry buret, yur beggy trow-sers or yur die-mund soled shuws. Whats with all the nasally impeded folk being used for voiceovers? Do all these artists have a coke problem or perpetual sinusitis (as well as the phoniest accents)

Had visitors from UK complain about the ridiculousNess of our radio advertisements at wkend while we took a road trip. I said nothing but they quickly identified all the offenders that irk me and many that irk my fellow listeners on this thread!

GastroBoy

The Newstalk Rabodirect business tip ad with some gimp giving a motivational speech that last about 3 minutes is getting on my bloody nerves now :mad:

Bellerstring

All ads that have irritating fockers whispering, on the pretext of letting you in on a secret.
Absolute agony on the ears.:(

CriticofScience

GastroBoy wrote: »

The Newstalk Rabodirect business tip ad with some gimp giving a motivational speech that last about 3 minutes is getting on my bloody nerves now :mad:

Ha, yes. I was only thinking that this morning. The tips are generally diverting and have one nodding sagely in agreement, but to bang them in a middle of an ad break is bordering on creepy. Probably Bobby Kerr's idea.

thalia_13

The gaze/gays film festival radio advert. Just awful.

Green Giant

"I WILL WIN TICKETS TO AN ADVENTURE PARK!"

Fair play to you. Now be quiet, young lad.

paddylonglegs

Green Giant wrote: »

"I WILL WIN TICKETS TO AN ADVENTURE PARK!"

Fair play to you. Now be quiet, young lad.

Anyone who doesnt think that "I'll have a kids meaw, and a fwuit juice" is not cute, deserves to stay in hell you heartless spawns of satan!

L1011

It's not cute. Hell is about the right temperature for Summer....

artful_codger

The new ad for Bartholomew McElhatton estate agents. They have sexed it up with a glowing testimonial from a Beverly Hills estate agent.

So desperate.

Meangadh

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Anyone who doesnt think that "I'll have a kids meaw, and a fwuit juice" is not cute, deserves to stay in hell you heartless spawns of satan!

Well then send me to hell! Although I'm already in it every time that effing ad comes on. Aaaaagh.

Celly Smunt

"Ill have an o'briens triple decker and finish it all by myself!"

I'd happily punch her over enthusiastic face.

Snake Plisken

Lazy ad making the Skoda ad "Did you bring the Kids sunscreen, oh I forgot the kids" and the exact same punchline for the tourism board of Donegal, they actually played the ads back to back on a newstalk break over the weekend. I think it's Newstalk's ad department who make this radio ad's for the companies.

NIMAN

The new advert for Supermac's, where the guy says 'tomato' like a Yank rather than an Irish person.

You say "te - may - tow"

I say "you tw@t".

Typer Monkey

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Lazy ad making the Skoda ad "Did you bring the Kids sunscreen, oh I forgot the kids" and the exact same punchline for the tourism board of Donegal, they actually played the ads back to back on a newstalk break over the weekend. I think it's Newstalk's ad department who make this radio ad's for the companies.

I was just about to post about these two ads. In both cases too it's the usual lazy characters ie. the naggy 'mammy' type and the hen pecked stupid man featuring. you've left behind the kids too you shrill bint!! So annoying

paddylonglegs

Us men eh? We so silly....

JonathanAnon

"Forged abaad it... you jamook"

Just when you thought you couldnt hate Tony Cascarino any further..

Lapin

Whats with that irritatating loud buzzer sound at the start of the ads for the Shawshank Redemption play?

Very annoying and completely pointless. :mad:

Judgement Day

Anyone think that Ben Dunne's dreadful Gym Ads - the ones that state the offer can change like the weather - contain a subtle warning to potential members and radio stations with whom he is advertising. You heard it here first.

JonathanAnon

Judgement Day wrote: »

Anyone think that Ben Dunne's dreadful Gym Ads - the ones that state the offer can change like the weather - contain a subtle warning to potential members and radio stations with whom he is advertising. You heard it here first.

I thought this was a bizarre thing to put in your own ad. If another party was to say that your offers "can change like the weather", you would sue them for slander... Ben seems to be bringing his hanging from the balcony approach to his business..

Barna77

The ad for some backpacker insurance to go to Australia. I like Oz accent, but the guy trying to be the cool surfer/backpacker dude irritates me... :mad:

RobertKK

RTE's remembering the 1913 Dublin lockout ad slots.

neris

Rachel her tits and wht she feeds her little brat on i really could give a flying ****

CriticofScience

"BARTHOLOMEW McELHATTON"

donegal.

NIMAN wrote: »

The new advert for Supermac's, where the guy says 'tomato' like a Yank rather than an Irish person.

You say "te - may - tow"

I say "you tw@t".

weirdly he trys to do the same with Tangy - "T'hen-gay" with a horrendous whest of Ireland/US / Tom Cruise accent.

Judgement Day

CriticofScience wrote: »

"BARTHOLOMEW McELHATTON"

I think you'll find that it's RARTHOLOMEW - at least it's on some of the Ads. It's kind of sad when people can't even pronounce their own names. I'm used to it though, living in a town where Paul Kehoe FG TD and Govt.Chief Whip lives...he pronounces his name Key Hoe...

Welsh Megaman

Didn't realize the music used for the Eircom ad is fairly new...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtH68PJIQLE

Always assumed they took some stock 80's music from one of their old ads!

CriticofScience

Judgement Day wrote: »

I think you'll find that it's RARTHOLOMEW - at least it's on some of the Ads. It's kind of sad when people can't even pronounce their own names. I'm used to it though, living in a town where Paul Kehoe FG TD and Govt.Chief Whip lives...he pronounces his name Key Hoe...

42 42 42 42 42 42.... etc ad nauseum. No, don't get me wrong, I am sure he is a competent estate agent and decent all round fish, but there is something I find overly clinical and sterile about his ads...

neris

Mario rosenstocks carrer must be on the downward spiral with the latest aviva ads.

ottostreet

DIARRHEA!

Thanks for that...

Radio5

neris wrote: »

Mario rosenstocks carrer must be on the downward spiral with the latest aviva ads.

Yes they are absolutely brutal.

Poochie05

Pharmaton seem to be making cat biscuits for children so they can be ballerinas and rugby players;)

paddylonglegs

Strange that Imelda may is endorsing credit union but the backing music is a dodgey version of one of her songs. Couldn't afford the royalties on it maybe?