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Worst/Best Radio Ads

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    #2642
    Oracle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭Oracle


    Someone stop that young wan on RTÉ 1 Radio constantly repeating "ESB Electric Ire-Lin-T; Ire-Lin-T has a new energy." She's driving me insane! :mad:


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    #2643
    allanb49
    Registered Users Posts: 6,419 ✭✭✭allanb49


    The 11890 ad with the cork girl it really grates me and one that offers to clear your debts with a song in the background playing #your not alone sung by a chorus, my god it's annoying


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    #2644
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,451 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    allanb49 wrote: »
    The 11890 ad with the cork girl it really grates me

    Yes. As a Corkman I feel I must protest about the terribleness of this ad on each new page of this thread. Why does she have to have such an accent? WHY??? :mad:


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    #2645
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    The 11890 ad with the cork girl it really grates me

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    She's a serial offender.. on fkn everything and she's THE most annoying of all the voice over "artists"...

    "That wiley lad might be the big fella now"... :mad:
    "oh I like the fkn Kia Sporty-wagon, and the seven year fkn warranty is a must for me".. :mad:
    "If only everything moved as well.. ":mad:


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    #2646
    omegaman3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭omegaman3000


    Fleetwood paints anyone? Those ads on the Matt Cooper show for Permanent TSB that were canned after about a month? eg 'money saving tip-don't buy honey just get bees and squeeze accordingly' for f**k's sake


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    #2647
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    Will somebody tell that silly bint from Fair City that it's "Fibre Power BroaDband".. you think these voiceover people would at least pronounce the damned words right..


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    #2648
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,760 ✭✭✭squonk


    allanb49 wrote: »
    The 11890 ad with the cork girl it really grates me and one that offers to clear your debts with a song in the background playing #your not alone sung by a chorus, my god it's annoying

    Oh yeah, and worst of all, "Sure didn't that nice O'Leary girl answer me there the other day!". Will you ever just **** right off! As if you'd actually know the operator on the line and even if you did they're probably giving you a made up name to protect their identity anyway. What a load of unmitigated bollox! Do they think people are complete idiots?


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    #2649
    ofcork
    Registered Users Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭ofcork


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    That idiot in the UPC ad. The way he talks makes me want to break the radio. Folks are getting it neow, dad watches footie mum is chuffed (stupid UK slang words). I would love to kick his arse from one end of Ireland to the other.
    Thats craig doyle,i suppose his time in the uk is affecting him btw i think its an unfair comparison anyway,upc are providing tv/bb/phone and comparing their prices to two other providers ie sky and eircom.


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    #2650
    stannis
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭stannis


    Happy CHEWWWWS-DAY!


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    #2651
    bilko1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 143 ✭✭bilko1234


    "Eircom Support...?"
    "Hi, Jim, I'm reading about this new 8 meg broadband package...OK what have you taken off..??"
    "Nothing"
    "You've taken off the free calls to mobiles haven't you"
    "No"
    "You've taken off the unlimited calls to landlines"
    "Now, why would we do that"
    "You've taken off nothing and just dropped the price??"
    "Yes"
    "Okay, I haven't got all day to talk to you Jim, just sign me up please"
    "Hur, Hur..Okay"

    Aw, bless.:D


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    #2652
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,102 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    There is an ad for a postal company (Can't remember the name) that featues a man saying "Yesh thats my parshell" in a bad Dutch accent, but it makes me laugh so I don't really mind it.


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    #2653
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,046 ✭✭✭✭neris


    theres an ad on a few stations about advertising on radio and it sounds like a couple seriously going at it in the bed then the voice over guy goes on about a soldier and few other things then goes on about the power of radio


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    #2654
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Neil Diamond cannot get here too quickly.


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    #2655
    skylight1987
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭skylight1987


    any add that mentions apps or android apps really annoys me , like nails on a blackboard to me .:mad:


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    #2656
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,504 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Say Your Number wrote: »
    There is an ad for a postal company (Can't remember the name) that featues a man saying "Yesh thats my parshell" in a bad Dutch accent, but it makes me laugh so I don't really mind it.

    Citypost and their idiotic sounding 'Rutger from Rotterdam, jesh'


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    #2657
    el diablo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭el diablo


    Not sure if it has been mentioned but the ad for Marathon Sports Travel on Newstalk is embarrassingly crap. A lad with a strong Cavan/Louth accent talking about the "Teeter of Dweams" etc.

    Have to turn him off every time. :rolleyes:

    We're all in this psy-op together.🤨



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    #2658
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    el diablo wrote: »
    A lad with a strong Cavan/Louth accent talking about the "Teeter of Dweams" etc.

    The fact that they have same guy is voicing the ads for United/Liverpool/ and some other team, I find a bit stupid.. It's very apparently the same guy so having him voice the ad for the three different teams is stupid.. And the way he says "mara" really irks me as well.


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    #2659
    DarkJager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    Those new Meteor ones about the roaming charges are a bit odd, especially considering the "french" guy ends his by saying "This is merde" - which translates to "this is ****".


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    #2660
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    How much does a 30 second ad slot cost on radio ?

    I'm just wondering if anyone told Neil Diamond.

    At the rate his ads are being aired he won't have much change left over after his gig.


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    #2661
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,760 ✭✭✭squonk


    Lapin wrote: »
    How much does a 30 second ad slot cost on radio ?

    I'm just wondering if anyone told Neil Diamond.

    At the rate his ads are being aired he won't have much change left over after his gig.

    If they put on a decent support act instead of the Tesco checkout girl, they might sell more tickets!


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    #2662
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,451 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    There's an ad for a new Fiat, the dude is trying to give his postcode (Dublin 8) and the automatic voice lady keeps on listing English postcodes instead.

    It's a v.good ad, makes me smile every time I hear it. Although to be fair, today is the first time I realised what the ad is actually far, so how effective an ad it is is up for debate.


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    #2663
    mrsdewinter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭mrsdewinter


    I've only heard it once so far, but it made me smile. The ad begins with quite a bit of heavy breathing and the pretty unmistakable sound of a couple in the throes of passion. However, the voiceover breaks in to ask if the sound reminds the listener of a long-distance runner, a blacksmith, a 19th-century maid working the mangle in the scullery, painting pretty vivid descriptions of alternative scenes. Then the pay-off is something, 'You hear what? That's disgusting...' Very well-written and very, very funny.


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    #2664
    stannis
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭stannis


    Very well-written and very, very funny.

    Cringeworthy is more like it. What an awful ad. No doubt dreamt up by some muppet just out of radio-ad university or wherever these overpaid knobs are gestated.


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    #2665
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    Ben dune gyms

    Jesus that man would bore the arse off ya!

    We have a gym in Dublin, one in London and one in Germany.... STFU!!!


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    #2666
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,046 ✭✭✭✭neris


    the tesco ads which i think are voiced by marty whelan and his moustache are getting really annoying with the stupid puns every week


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    #2667
    el diablo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭el diablo


    neris wrote: »
    the tesco ads which i think are voiced by marty whelan and his moustache are getting really annoying with the stupid puns every week

    Ah leave it out. Marty is a legend. :)

    We're all in this psy-op together.🤨



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    #2668
    Radharc na Sleibhte
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭Radharc na Sleibhte


    dulpit wrote: »
    There's an ad for a new Fiat, the dude is trying to give his postcode (Dublin 8) and the automatic voice lady keeps on listing English postcodes instead.

    It's a v.good ad, makes me smile every time I hear it. Although to be fair, today is the first time I realised what the ad is actually far, so how effective an ad it is is up for debate.

    Did you hear the other one where hes at the tesco express checkout?
    I think its brilliant.


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    #2669
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »
    Did you hear the other one where hes at the tesco express checkout?
    I think its brilliant.

    Thats a great ad :)


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    #2670
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    There's one out now for Irish Life insurance (I think).

    It features a college student reading a letter he wrote to his father.

    Sun cream etc............................ Love, Jim.



    Pure puke.


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    #2671
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    Lapin wrote: »
    There's one out now for Irish Life insurance (I think).
    It features a college student reading a letter he wrote to his father.

    That ad is cynically sickening..


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