TV License Ads...WTF???

Ruu_Old

Anyone else find these ads totally brutal?

neokenzo

I find it totally ridiculous. Doesnt make sense at all.

Sleipnir

They are SO awful.
"Isn't paying huge amounts of money to us just great!"

How dumb do they think we are? They make me want to smash the T.V. every time they're on.

radiospan

I think they're funny, and tounge-in-cheek.

They clearly have a sense of humour.

Mossy Monk

worst adverts ever (after the countless ring tone and insurance/home loan ads)

smoke.me.a.kipper

the radio ones are worse.

munkeehaven

you see ,we are supposed to feel really embarassed about not paying tv.licenses, because its such commoners thing dahling

irishgeo

the latest one with the blonde where she leaves because he hasnt paid his tv licensce.

You swear he up for something serious.

Think they are getting like the road ads but nobody going to take the TV licensce that serious.

Evil_Bilbo

They make me embarrased to be Irish. In fairness. Is that the best we can come up with in this day and age?

They are obviously trying to be "mock-serious" or tongue in cheek. they fail miserably because unfortunately Irish people cant act (no - not even for 10 or 15 seconds)

"There's nothing that you can say that will put me off"

"I just got outta jail for serial rape"

"Oh - thats fine as long as you spent 150 quid on a tv licence"

FúCK YOU!

froggie_1

i think theyre fair funny....i think they kinda know what theyre doin....

me and my mates fall around the place laughin when your man has his dinner taken off him! gas.....the head on that auld wagon....his missus is a bit of a BURD though!

and your man tellin your one he played for his county...gas

now the food poisonin ads...now there a different story...what a loat of horsesh1t

egan007

Originally posted by irishgeo
the latest one with the blonde where she leaves because he hasnt paid his tv licensce.

You swear he up for something serious.

Think they are getting like the road ads but nobody going to take the TV licensce that serious.

And really who whe hell would want to go with some chick that looses it just cause you did not pay the licence!
Dry Sh!te

radiospan

Originally posted by irishgeo
nobody going to take the TV licensce that serious.

I think they realise that, they're almost taking the piss out of themselves really. Fair play.

PBC_1966

I've never seen any of the Irish ads, but we have equally pointless ones here in Britain.

One of the latest ones was the parents of a student supposedly hinting to him all the time about not having a license by managing to work the word "Fine" into every sentence. Then the usual caption about a maximum £1000 fine for not buying their worthless piece of paper.

The previous campaign was all worked around the slogan "TV License evasion -- It's not right, it's not fair, and it's against the law" or something like that.

Considering that the BBC has been flouting broadcasting regulations here for a long time, I thought that campaign was rather hypocritical.

cosgrove80

I suppose if you think about it the ads have done their job. I know this is the first ad in a while that I've told my friends about, just to tell them how bad they are. As others have said I think they're supposed to be terrible.

Whoever made them has either got them spot on or needs some more work experience