Worst/Best Radio Ads

Col200sx

jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjooooooooooooo's, Jacob's jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjooooooooooooo's

Fcuk off

NIMAN

Apparently they claim its Irelands favourite biscuit, but I'd never heard of them before these adverts, and I like my biscuits!

SEPT 23 1989

Tiv a lee Tea a tur:mad:

Going Forward

There's a new ad by BIM (Bord Iascaigh Mhara) for something, safety I think, but they use they word "Fishers" in it:D

I was wondering was it Fissures when I heard it first.

It's rolls better than fisherpeople for sure.

Grolschevik

"Sometimes business is like a game of sport".

A game of what, you say? That's right, "a game of sport".

AIB, I think it is.

Paulie Gualtieri

NIMAN wrote: »

Apparently they claim its Irelands favourite biscuit, but I'd never heard of them before these adverts, and I like my biscuits!

basically there American Oreos , tasteless ****e .

The_Captain

Dear 30 year old me, forget paying the mortgage and bills, put your money into a pension so I can go golfing.

Sort out your damn priorities, future me! :mad:

Trebor176

The ads for Budapest Dentistry. God, Mary's voice goes through my head. Also, much to my horror, there's another advert (been out a while now) for Growshop.ie. Just when I thought one was bad enough. . .

L1011

"its not cwismas without the Gaiety Panto" - yes, yes it is. But its also not Christmas for months you little bastard.

Green Giant

MYOB wrote: »

"its not cwismas without the Gaiety Panto" - yes, yes it is. But its also not Christmas for months you little bastard.

"It's not just any panto...IT'S THE GAIETY PANTO!"

I shudder every time. Also I've been to local pantomimes that are far more entertaining than what you'd get in the Gaiety and such like

Radio5

Hamleys Toys have their Christmas ad on. Seriously annoying.

paddylonglegs

Road safety ad where the guy is explaining directions to and from the pub.

Such an awful ad and prolonged way of getting the point across. Personality drain on the actors

Lapin

Fifi the dog, the nosey postman and the mother in law's handwriting can all go to hell.

serfboard

Lapin wrote: »

Fifi the dog, the nosey postman and the mother in law's handwriting can all go to hell.

I like that ad!

Two things about it though - one I can't remember what it's for, so I'd question its effectiveness, and two, it's probably been run for a bit too long at this stage.

Judgement Day

serfboard wrote: »

I like that ad!

Two things about it though - one I can't remember what it's for, so I'd question its effectiveness, and two, it's probably been run for a bit too long at this stage.

It's the same story with a great many ads - even the good ones - where the product has got lost in the message.



Simplicity is bliss.

ford fiesta

The ad for City Colleges..

"Are you working in the security industry or in airport security and want to riiiiise through the ranks?
Are you a serving garda wishing to take the sergeants exams?"

....Aimed at thick heads

JonathanAnon

Grolschevik wrote: »

"Sometimes business is like a game of sport".
A game of what, you say? That's right, "a game of sport".

I thought that was an ad for tortured metaphors.

stannis

Lapin wrote: »

Fifi the dog, the nosey postman and the mother in law's handwriting can all go to hell.

What confuses me about that ad is why she orders Fifi to "kill" (the postman, I presume). Don't shoot the messenger, lady.

serfboard

stannis wrote: »

What confuses me about that ad is why she orders Fifi to "kill" (the postman, I presume). Don't shoot the messenger, lady.

Because not only is she being hit with an avalanche of bad news, but the postman is gleefully rubbing it in!

NIMAN

She put the debt on the credit card, up to her to pay it. Its not the Celtic Tiger years any more!

pleb41

"If you play that backwards... it still sounds ****e"

paddylonglegs

serfboard wrote: »

I like that ad!

Two things about it though - one I can't remember what it's for, so I'd question its effectiveness, and two, it's probably been run for a bit too long at this stage.

+1 for fifi the dog and her owner. Is it weird to be a fan of a particular voice over artist?

mjv2ydratu679c

As if making around 500 of their Irish staff redundant a few years ago out of sheer greed and "branding" one of our national stadium wasn't bad enough -

If you likes your metal....

Fook off.

Toto Wolfcastle

Imagine ad with the guy saying the word 'three' without the 'h' in it. Who the hell approves these things?

neris

Luka Polite Monogamy wrote: »

As if making around 500 of their Irish staff redundant a few years ago out of sheer greed and "branding" one of our national stadium wasn't bad enough -

If you likes your metal....

Fook off.

the deperate ramblings and grab any job going attitude of a radio personality whos "star" must be dying

Welsh Megaman

The June Rodgers Christmas show.










*shudder*

LynnGrace

Ad for some dental clinic, where they say some words with letters missing, the only ones I can think of from it are 'eally 'eally annoying...which sums up how I feel about the ad!

Going Forward

Irish Water. All their ads, now and in the future.

MJ23

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

The June Rodgers Christmas show.










*shudder*

Oh god.

That ad for AXA, "howiya missus Daly"
I dive for the radio when I hear it come on.

Snake Plisken

mairead farrells Loreal hair colour add old moon face on the back of magazines etc is really wrecking my head, couldn't they come up with a better looking irish woman!

Typer Monkey

Snake Plisken wrote: »

mairead farrells Loreal hair colour add old moon face on the back of magazines etc is really wrecking my head, couldn't they come up with a better looking irish woman!

Agreed. The 'Oh Mairead is so gorgeous' rubbish wrecks my head. She's slightly above average and no more. The script for that add is awful too. She comes across as so smug when she says she was 'naturally' asked to try the 'obviously gorgeous' product.

Also hating that add for the soccer mom people carrier featuring the shrill hysterical mother on the school run with 7 kids, a dog and a chello in the boot. While plenty of radio adds annoy me, this one is the first one in a long time to actually make me change the channel to avoid hearing it

Green Giant

Typer Monkey wrote: »

Also hating that add for the soccer mom people carrier featuring the shrill hysterical mother on the school run with 7 kids, a dog and a chello in the boot. While plenty of radio adds annoy me, this one is the first one in a long time to actually make me change the channel to avoid hearing it

That makes two of us

The_Captain

Typer Monkey wrote: »

Agreed. The 'Oh Mairead is so gorgeous' rubbish wrecks my head. She's slightly above average and no more. The script for that add is awful too. She comes across as so smug when she says she was 'naturally' asked to try the 'obviously gorgeous' product.

Also hating that add for the soccer mom people carrier featuring the shrill hysterical mother on the school run with 7 kids, a dog and a chello in the boot. While plenty of radio adds annoy me, this one is the first one in a long time to actually make me change the channel to avoid hearing it

She'd be lucky to be rated that highly

serfboard

Typer Monkey wrote: »

this one is the first one in a long time to actually make me change the channel to avoid hearing it

Mine is "Dear 30-year old me ..."

"Dear 30-year old me ... kill yourself now, and spare the world 40 more years of listening to your bullsh1t."




It's true what Bill Hicks said ... if you work "in advertising or marketing, kill yourself".

Welsh Megaman

Dolly Parton: I heartily endorse this event or product.

mjv2ydratu679c

Dear 30 year old me .....your plan to smuggle a kitten into an art gallery worked.

Who writes this ****?

Zurich you have just lost yourself a customer for life.

NIMAN

Is the guy who does the voice overs for Danske Bank the same guy who sometimes does the Met Eireann weather forecasts on the radio?

fricatus

NIMAN wrote: »

Is the guy who does the voice overs for Danske Bank the same guy who sometimes does the Met Eireann weather forecasts on the radio?

No, the Met Éireann guy is called Harm Luijkx, who's either Dutch or Belgian. The Danske Bank guy has (predictably enough) a Danish accent. I went to college with Danes and Dutch lads, so I've learned to tell the difference.

Radio5

fricatus wrote: »

No, the Met Éireann guy is called Harm Luijkx, who's either Dutch or Belgian. The Danske Bank guy has (predictably enough) a Danish accent. I went to college with Danes and Dutch lads, so I've learned to tell the difference.

I wonder if he'll get the job of doing the ads announcing the closure of Danske and all those redundancies. Not to mention what their existing mortgage holders will have to do from now on to keep in contact with them.

Beef

Don't.....doooooplicate the dude. F*ck off Tony.

Green Giant

The one with some woman shouting at her bills as if she's a sergeant major from Full Metal Jacket is my latest bugbear

dulpit

Any Superquinn ad bugs me. Just go out of business will you!

Judgement Day

I trust my......that old bat really gets my goat and I like old people - sure I'm one myself.

NIMAN

"Thats another thing Ireland and Canada have in common"

Seriously? is taking all our unemployed something to boast of?

6781

That ad that starts off with the alarm on some ones phone. I despise it with passion.

L1011

NIMAN wrote: »

"Thats another thing Ireland and Canada have in common"

Seriously? is taking all our unemployed something to boast of?

Think its more of a reference to the fact that there's probably a higher % of Irish-Canadians than the equivalent in any other country and that has always been the case. Something like 1/4 of the entire population at one point in living history and still over 15% claim Irish ancestry. This was years before the current exodus.

Sam Kade

Not an ad but some fool on the radio at 7 am talking about inclement weather today, he needs to check out the definition of inclement :mad: The same fella seems to thrive talking about bad weather :rolleyes:

fricatus

"And by the way, the password is cheeers!!!"

It's back! :eek:

serfboard

fricatus wrote: »

"And by the way, the password is cheeers!!!"

It's back! :eek:

Ah stop will ya - I love that ad! So bad it's good!





OK, not really.

Judgement Day

serfboard wrote: »

Ah stop will ya - I love that ad! So bad it's good!





OK, not really.

When you think of the hours of work that must have gone into devising that ad and the hundreds of thousands of Euros that it must have cost, there just no pleasing some of you.