Worst/Best Radio Ads rerun edition!

Mr E

Doddle doddle doddle, doddle doddle doddle, doddle doddle doddle, doddle doddle doddle...

On a separate note, I'd say that girl who says "purrrrrrrrfect" on cat ad has regrets. God, that ad has no redeeming features.

whisky_galore

What the jaysus is going on that tax assist ad?

Usual stupid man rooting in bin/clever woman trope, but what's the deal with tax deductible carrier pigeons??

crazy 88

whisky_galore wrote: »

What the jaysus is going on that tax assist ad?

Usual stupid man rooting in bin/clever woman trope, but what's the deal with tax deductible carrier pigeons??

they had another gem with a guy stuck in a crevasse trying to find his accountant. They must put some serious brainstorming into these ads

Hangdogroad

That RTE one about the arts with a bunch of painfully posh sounding kids.

whisky_galore

Those preachy electric car ads with grunting dinosaurs.
Doesn't mention the eye watering price of an electric car even with the "savings" taken into account.

crazy 88

Were there always this many health insurance ads on? Or are they just scaring people into buying insurance because of covid. Even though you don't need it to be treated.

Del.Monte

crazy 88 wrote: »

Were there always this many health insurance ads on? Or are they just scaring people into buying insurance because of covid. Even though you don't need it to be treated.

Medical advertorial porn and advertising have mushroomed in recent years and stations like Newstalk are wall to wall with medical/nursing home//insurance/funeral advertising and stories. Cradle to grave and utterly disgusting in my opinion. :mad:

plodder

Janey Davey on Newstalk

Patrick2010

That ad about mental health featuring Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. I'm sure hes a lovely man but has such a depressing voice

Del.Monte

Patrick2010 wrote: »

That ad about mental health featuring Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. I'm sure hes a lovely man but has such a depressing voice

The one with him an Sonia O'Sullivan is childlike and patronising and MENTALLY damaging in the equal quantities.

dogmatix

Del.Monte wrote: »

Medical advertorial porn and advertising have mushroomed in recent years and stations like Newstalk are wall to wall with medical/nursing home//insurance/funeral advertising and stories. Cradle to grave and utterly disgusting in my opinion. :mad:

I agree. Pharmacutical companies advertising directly to consumers is a huge thing in the US - they do this to influence joe/jane doe to demand certain treatments rather then take their GP's advice. I can see this becoming more prevalent here, and I don’t think this is a good idea (I’m not referring to such things as vitamins or headache pills and such).

plodder

crazy 88 wrote: »

The extremely annoying O'Meara camping ads are back.
"tents for events"
what events are on now and who goes camping in January?

I like those:
"Sir, you did not invent the sleeping bag"
"That's what O'Meara Camping want you to think"

whisky_galore

Patrick2010 wrote: »

That ad about mental health featuring Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. I'm sure hes a lovely man but has such a depressing voice

Himself and Sonia finishing each others sentences is annoying.

That fcuking "Keep Well" (sic.) ad that is on nearly every ad break. Go for a walk, wow, that never ever crossed my mind.

whisky_galore

Every ad break on a loop of;
health insurance company
the "keep well" covid ad
funeral directors

And rrrrright now, more than ever wecansaveyoumoneydotie...

generalgerry

Del.Monte wrote: »

The one with him an Sonia O'Sullivan is childlike and patronising and MENTALLY damaging in the equal quantities.

It's funny the one thought I was left with after hearing that ad was "Sonia, what was the mental pressure like when you were at the Olympics". And I don't mean that in a mocking sense. Sonia was a star.

But the nonsense with the Chinese athletes appearing out of nowhere to take the medals at one Olympics, the changing of the gear in the tunnel before the race (Pat Hickey :mad::mad:), and then losing to Szabo. She must have been under some mental pressure herself during those years. I'd love to know how she coped with all of that under the public spotlight.

depaor01

Ads that have different voiceovers in the same ad. One for each line of script. Why???

Del.Monte

depaor01 wrote: »

Ads that have different voiceovers in the same ad. One for each line of script. Why???

Nanny politically correct State, or just unknowingly patronising ****e which treat the listener like they are either -- 5 years old or senile.

Nuttzz

depaor01 wrote: »

Ads that have different voiceovers in the same ad. One for each line of script. Why???

Especially the covid19 ads, the "young fella" and the preaching grandmother seems to be the latest one

ford fiesta

Trocaire ad - until love conquers fear.
female v/o with a out of breath voice, as if she is getting stuck in to the dirty work in Kenya

ShagNastii

Not radio but I'm truly sick of seeing "No screens at the table" Business McBusiness Mom.

doublejobbing 2

The one with the Nordie/ Donegal man pretending his car isn't making a funny noise.

Who is ashamed to admit their car needs fixing like?

crazy 88

whisky_galore wrote: »

Every ad break on a loop of;
health insurance company
the "keep well" covid ad
funeral directors

And rrrrright now, more than ever wecansaveyoumoneydotie...

has there always been this many health insurance ads on the radio? Or is it covid scaremongering, even though you'll still get treated without health insurance.

The music in the Laya one is especially irritable

Del.Monte

crazy 88 wrote: »

has there always been this many health insurance ads on the radio? Or is it covid scaremongering, even though you'll still get treated without health insurance.

The music in the Laya one is especially irritable

But, but, but Massey's Funeral Directors really care - shure they'd probably bury you for FREE if you couldn't afford it and as for Home Instead and the Mater Private - they make me want to spew. Medical porn. :mad:

crazy 88

Del.Monte wrote: »

But, but, but Massey's Funeral Directors really care - shure they'd probably bury you for FREE if you couldn't afford it and as for Home Instead and the Mater Private - they make me want to spew. Medical porn. :mad:

If you think that's bad, check out the ads they put on during the breaks on fox news!

Endfloat

There's an ad on Nova for Discount DIY which features a bloody annoying song, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what they're actually saying in the song at the start, which actually makes it even more annoying! It sounds like "If you wanna know about froom, for a family to clean and broom..." What!??

Del.Monte

combo775 wrote: »

There's an ad on Nova for Discount DIY which features a bloody annoying song, and for the life of me I cannot figure out what they're actually saying in the song at the start, which actually makes it even more annoying! It sounds like "If you wanna know about froom, for a family to clean and broom..." What!??

What's Nova? Is it the awful radio station from the 1980s?

The Mighty Quinn

It's a rock radio station in Dublin/Dublin area. Only kicked off about 2010 or 2011 sometime.
I used to live up that direction back in the bad old days for a time!

combo775

combo775 wrote: »

"If you wanna know about froom, for a family to clean and broom..." What!??

"If you want a new bathroom,for your family to clean and groom "

RINO87

Feckin John and David with their "Fiadh to Fry-up" (what does that even meán?) are back. That as bugs the hell out of me for some unknown reason....

whisky_galore

crazy 88 wrote: »

has there always been this many health insurance ads on the radio? Or is it covid scaremongering, even though you'll still get treated without health insurance.

The music in the Laya one is especially irritable

Yeah the music is terrible. It sounds like a computer program composed it.

The generic "Jaaaaaaazz" on the Go Loud ad is equally annoying.

I think it boils down to Covid. No advertising slots for non essential products and their now closed outlets, hotels, events etc. leading to lots of repetition.

Dan Jaman

BrownFinger wrote: »

"If you want a new bathroom,for your family to clean and groom "

We'll be a hit if you need to sh1t
Or scrape your face, in your new place


Come on down to Bathroom Town

Del.Monte

Quote Devil with its brain damaging feckin ADS on a feckin loop on every station............:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

ford fiesta

Del.Monte wrote: »

Quote Devil with its brain damaging feckin ADS on a feckin loop on every station............:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

apart from RTE Radio of course

Dub Ste

The Mighty Quinn wrote: »

It's a rock radio station in Dublin/Dublin area. Only kicked off about 2010 or 2011 sometime.
I used to live up that direction back in the bad old days for a time!

Not anymore, nowadays it's just a n other radio bland FM

The Mighty Quinn

Dub Ste wrote: »

Not anymore, nowadays it's just a n other radio bland FM

Well that's disappointing.

SpitfireIV

I don't know why or what it is exactly; irrational? But that scribble/pen sound on the Davy (trading as Janey Davey Wavey Baby) adverts, really annoys me...

SpitfireIV

Oh, the 'safe driver revolution' too, that sounds like a barrel of laughs for those who 'don't risk an orange light'....

fryup

what do you lot think of the latest Irish Mail ad...with the Thick Paddy bit racist?

"wha? Sure i've no friends!"

whisky_galore

Leader dog food with the anaemic stock "woof woof".

Poor mutt sounds as if he's going to keel over.

Del.Monte

'Mark the cat's in the bin........right I'm going to get the hose'....something to do with tax returns?


Mark seems to be a popular name for stupid men in Ads these days - he's frozen in another popular Ad for God knows what and he falls off a mountain in another. Awful, awful Ads that fail utterly in that I can't even remember what product they are promoting.

whisky_galore

Del.Monte wrote: »

'Mark the cat's in the bin........right I'm going to get the hose'....something to do with tax returns?


Mark seems to be a popular name for stupid men in Ads these days

Sounds about right judging by some Marks I know.

Del.Monte

Being something of a pedant, the latest Ad for the Irish Navy (sic) strikes me as an odd one given that it is the Irish Naval Service not the Irish Navy - even their own website states that: https://www.military.ie/en/who-we-are/naval-service/

Endfloat

Pilsen Skoda took the audio from their TV ad, sound effects and all for use on Nova. It sounds bloody stupid with all the sound effects out of context, and I couldn't make sense of it at all until I saw the TV ad and realised what they'd done.

Cole

Oh good God...the perky wan off the Dunnes Stores ad. Like Vogue Williams on helium..."greocery vaicher"

whisky_galore

New covid ad with increasingly angry voiceovers, probably reflecting the fact that some of us out there over a year on still don't get it.

crazy 88

The McCambridge brown bread ad with awful stereotypical Irish background music. Yes, we get you're Irish....
And the even more awful and unnecessary "Is that why it tastes so good?" voiceover thrown in randomly at the end

crazy 88

Cole wrote: »

Oh good God...the perky wan off the Dunnes Stores ad. Like Vogue Williams on helium..."greocery vaicher"

It's infuriating. The voice perks up on random words. I'm pretty sure I've heard the same voice on other ads but the perkiness is toned down. Which means Dunnes are doing this on purpose!

crazy 88

Del.Monte wrote: »

'Mark the cat's in the bin........right I'm going to get the hose'....something to do with tax returns?


Mark seems to be a popular name for stupid men in Ads these days - he's frozen in another popular Ad for God knows what and he falls off a mountain in another. Awful, awful Ads that fail utterly in that I can't even remember what product they are promoting.

The same company churning out the same ads maybe? They are mostly unimaginative so it's no surprise they can't think of a name for a man other than Mark.

whisky_galore

crazy 88 wrote: »

The McCambridge brown bread ad with awful stereotypical Irish background music. Yes, we get you're Irish....
And the even more awful and unnecessary "Is that why it tastes so good?" voiceover thrown in randomly at the end

I must be the only one who hates their bread and the kind of wartime/prison bread that always accompanies soup and chowder in this country.

Aglomerado

That song 'it's so important to make someone happy' that's on some national lottery ad lately. It makes me irritated, not happy. :mad: