Who is Mr. Perks, and why is he coming to town?

johnny_ultimate · 14-09-2011 1:04pm #1

A quick search brings up no results, so here goes.

Over the last week, myself and some friends have become increasingly frustrated by unnecessarily ambiguous advertisements around Dublin indicating that Mr. Perks is coming to town. The ad shows an anamorphic top hat waving a wand for **** knows what reason. Here's an example: http://tinypic.com/r/2r5qn8g/7

Perhaps we're simply ignorant of some awesome, super-hip enterprise and are due a good old fashioned social mocking, but we simply cannot figure out what Mr. Perks is. Some sort of x-rated nickname for anatomy? Is it a hat merchant? A magic store? A magic hat store?

Or perhaps its just viral marketing run amuck, and inadvertently am playing along with the marketers devious plan by starting this thread. At the moment, though, it could be Dublin's real-life equivalent of Gabbo.

biko · 14-09-2011 1:06pm

AH -> town

Doodee · 14-09-2011 1:06pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

A quick search brings up no results, so here goes.

Over the last week, myself and some friends have become increasingly frustrated by unnecessarily ambiguous advertisements around Dublin indicating that Mr. Perks is coming to town. The ad shows an anamorphic top hat waving a wand for **** knows what reason. Here's an example: http://tinypic.com/r/2r5qn8g/7

Perhaps we're simply ignorant of some awesome, super-hip enterprise and are due a good old fashioned social mocking, but we simply cannot figure out what Mr. Perks is. Some sort of x-rated nickname for anatomy? Is it a hat merchant? A magic store? A magic hat store?

Or perhaps its just viral marketing run amuck, and inadvertently am playing along with the marketers devious plan by starting this thread. At the moment, though, it could be Dublin's real-life equivalent of Gabbo.

Perks amusements was what used to roll into Galway every summer. Was never very amusing though

johnny_ultimate · 14-09-2011 1:07pm

biko wrote: »

AH -> town

Many thanks, and apologies. Thought it may have been outside the parameters of After Hours alright.

14-09-2011 1:22pm

inadvertently am playing along with the marketers devious plan by starting this thread.

I'd say you got it in one. It reminds me of the Witness marketing. Just question marks power washed into the ground. Speaking of which, is that illegal these days? Haven't seen it done in a while

chin_grin · 14-09-2011 1:26pm

Gabbo is coming!

charlemont · 14-09-2011 1:30pm

Perky Bear from Youghal must be up to his ol' tricks again.

discus · 14-09-2011 2:12pm

charlemont wrote: »

Perky Bear from Youghal must be up to his ol' tricks again.

Hold on, Perky Bear was from youghal? I have a perky bear mug from like 20 years ago, what the hell was he?

charlemont · 14-09-2011 2:19pm

discus wrote: »

Hold on, Perky Bear was from youghal? I have a perky bear mug from like 20 years ago, what the hell was he?

Yogi Bears alcoholic Irish gambling brother...

Seriously Bud, He is the mascot/symbol/logo/ etc for Perks Funfair in Youghal, Basically its just a building with gaming machines..

Twenty10 · 14-09-2011 3:20pm

I've seen the adverts on the sides of buses and assumed it was just another daily deal site??

mikedragon32 · 14-09-2011 3:26pm

Twenty10 wrote: »

I've seen the adverts on the sides of buses and assumed it was just another daily deal site??

That's what I thought too. Yay, more ****ty Deals.

cosmic · 14-09-2011 4:01pm

Twenty10 wrote: »

I've seen the adverts on the sides of buses and assumed it was just another daily deal site??

Ah that would make sense. Bah, what a disappointment!

wixfjord · 14-09-2011 5:40pm

Yeah, that's what I thought as well, as if there aren't enough of them already.

Also, that graffiti powerwashing thing that Witness used is being clamped out. It's not strictly speaking illegal, but will be washed off by a street cleaner if it's spotted. It's been done a few times on Stephens Green lately.

dfx- · 14-09-2011 6:46pm

Presuming it was a National Lottery ad for some new draw or scratchcard

johnny_ultimate · 14-09-2011 6:57pm

If it is a crappy deals site it will be profoundly disappointing

Cheers for the responses, guess we'll wait and see. Be assured I feel deep regret for giving whatever it is the attention it so solely wants, but curiosity was too high to ignore!

DermoMIO · 14-09-2011 8:36pm

a mrperks.ie whois domain search on domainregistry.ie shows that it belongs to Bravo outdoor advertising who iirc correctly do the advertising on dublin bus and most billboards these days

http://www.domainregistry.ie/index.php/mnuresellers/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&whois=mrperks&id=86&Itemid=105&Search.x=38&Search.y=9

[Querying whois.domainregistry.ie]
[whois.domainregistry.ie]

% Rights restricted by copyright; http://iedr.ie/index.php/mnudomregs/mnudnssearch/96
% Do not remove this notice

domain: mrperks.ie
descr: Bravo Outdoor Advertising Limited
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descr: Discretionary Name
admin-c: ANM099-IEDR
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person: Caroline O'Connor
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person: Blacknight.ie Hostmaster
nic-hdl: AAM456-IEDR
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Arciphel · 14-09-2011 8:38pm

I thought by the font & graphic design that it was something to do with UPC, obviously I am totally wide of the mark!

Twenty10 · 14-09-2011 9:37pm

"Big Ed loves Mona" springs to mind

MemEmee · 15-09-2011 9:41am

it's a promotions thing. handing out goody bags to commuters at dart stations. read article recently about it. will try and find it again.

ixoy · 15-09-2011 1:10pm

I had thought it was some sort of loyalty card scheme for shops. You shop, you get some sort of points - or perks. It woud've explained why Mr Perks has shopping bags too.

iguana · 15-09-2011 8:09pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

If it is a crappy deals site it will be profoundly disappointing

Not as disappointing as one I remember from the late 90s. There were huge billboard ads proclaiming that Tuesday was the new Friday. The were up for weeks all over the country and I was definitely a bit curious about them. Turned out RTE was moving TellyBingo from Friday to Tuesday.:(:confused:

Although typing that has reminded me of one from the 80s. There were lots of really short tv ads on RTE with "stars" like Dinny and Teasey from Glenroe and Maxi saying "October 10th." It seemed to go for months but was probably just weeks. Eventually it was announced that all would be revealed on Live at 3 at the start of the month. I was so curious that I voluntarily watched Live at 3, which was the bane of my 9 year old life. And what was October 10th? It was the first issue of the RTE Guide that would print the listings for the British channels as well as RTE 1 and Network 2.:mad::mad:

claytho · 16-09-2011 3:32pm

I know what it is.... i know what is.... i know what it is..... ;-D

Kintarō Hattori · 16-09-2011 3:39pm

So go on and spill the beans.

claytho · 16-09-2011 4:55pm

the rumours are.... Its an idea that it will be connected to Facebook. if you tag yourself in a certain place often enough. that you will begin to get "perks" with the companys that opt in.
exp.. tag yourself in mcdonnells twice .. three times a week. you will get vouchers... money off that sort of thing.... rumours have it anywat.