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RTE's Simpson Ad

Stench Blossoms · 2004-11-04 18:47:12

Has anyone seen this? Its the one where they have lisa (who doesnt sound at all like lisa) is talking to her Irish penpal about her family. I nearly broke down in tears laughing. Its so stupid. Do RTE think it sounds like Lisa? What where they thinkin?

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04-11-2004 7:47pm

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Stench Blossoms

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Has anyone seen this? Its the one where they have lisa (who doesnt sound at all like lisa) is talking to her Irish penpal about her family.

I nearly broke down in tears laughing. Its so stupid.

Do RTE think it sounds like Lisa? What where they thinkin?

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#2 04-11-2004 7:52pm
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Holy Sh!t I Fuking Hate that ad with a Passion! It's so Fuking stupid, what do they take us for?

And then at the end of the ad Lisa says: "Look mom, dads on RTE 2" Does NOT sound remotely like Lisa!

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#3 04-11-2004 8:46pm
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It sounds more like "Look mum, Dad's on RD2" :mad: :mad:

It's a really annoying ad alright!!

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#4 04-11-2004 8:51pm
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Its stupid but she is speaking with an Irish accent in it.. maybe in some twisted logic they are trying to make it sound like she is putting on an Irish acccent for her Irish penpal... oh umm RTE logical? Maybe not...

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#5 04-11-2004 8:51pm
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i hate all the ****in smarties ads that sponsor the simpsons on rte even more than this.

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#6 04-11-2004 9:29pm
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It's awful. it's almost as if someone (is Kevo still in air tee eee?) came in and said "yeah, my sister does a good Lisa Simpson" and they just threw it into the advert. It's a reasonable impression for four seconds in the pub. it's pretty darned awful as something broadcast repeatedly. Awful.

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#7 04-11-2004 9:39pm
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sceptre wrote:

It's awful. it's almost as if someone (is Kevo still in air tee eee?) came in and said "yeah, my sister does a good Lisa Simpson" and they just threw it into the advert. It's a reasonable impression for four seconds in the pub. it's pretty darned awful as something broadcast repeatedly. Awful.

What he said

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#8 04-11-2004 9:59pm
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Havnt seen it yet but thats because i dont watch RTE anymore. Its ****e like that that has put me off watching RTE. Its almost as bad as that terrible UTV Ulster Television channel, I'd prefer to watch cows eating silage. :eek:

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#9 04-11-2004 11:56pm
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They couldn't get the original Lisa Simpson so they got the non-union Mexican equivalent - remember this?

Burns: Get me Steven Spielberg!
Smithers: He's unavailable.
Burns: Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!
[later] Listen, Senor Spielbergo, I want you to do for me
what Spielberg did for Oskar Schindler.
Spielbergo: Er, Schindler es bueno, Senor Burns es el diablo.
Burns: Listen, Spielbergo, Schindler and I are like peas in a pod:
we're both factory owners, we both made shells for the
Nazis, but mine worked, dammit! Now go out there and win me
that festival!

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#10 05-11-2004 9:47am
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pork99 wrote:

They couldn't get the original Lisa Simpson so they got the non-union Mexican equivalent - remember this?

Excellent Quote

That ad drives me cuckoo , btw whatever happend to good old kevo.

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#11 05-11-2004 10:13am
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Japseye wrote:

....I'd prefer to watch cows eating silage. :eek:

enough said.

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#12 05-11-2004 10:18am
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its just a terrible attempt by RTE to actually make a good ad but as usual they arsed it up!

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#13 05-11-2004 12:37pm
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pork99 wrote:

They couldn't get the original Lisa Simpson so they got the non-union Mexican equivalent - remember this?

Funny. I must be the only person to think it's OK then. I never watch The Simpsons on RTE, so I'm kind of willing to let them have this promo department person have their dues.

The voice seems to start off pretty well, but becomes worse as it goes on. (Previous poster's "Dad's on RD2" is spot on). Still, though, it could be a lot worse, and the selection of shots to match the voice isn't terrible.

What is awful, though, is RTE's scheduling of the promo *everywhere*, even among programmes which wouldn't remotely be watched by the audience of The Simpsons. It's almost like they're trying to show off the promo...!

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#14 05-11-2004 12:56pm
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I have to say this is the worst add ever.

But in fairness to RTE I don't think they generally do bad promos.

But RTE TWO curently looks crap.

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#15 05-11-2004 12:59pm
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Its hilarious.. And i know what ye mean about the RD2 thing!

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#16 05-11-2004 1:43pm
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Why is Bart her "soulmate" as well? Bit creepy IMHO :eek:

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#17 05-11-2004 1:47pm
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Yeah, that ad was placed at No.2 in my Top 3 annoying ads countdown. See here!

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#18 05-11-2004 2:35pm
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D&#233 wrote: »

Why is Bart her "soulmate" as well? Bit creepy IMHO :eek:

Funny. I wondered about this too. She probably means he's the person who most understands her, but definitely bad scripting!

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#19 05-11-2004 2:38pm
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This ad bugs the hell out of me.

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#20 05-11-2004 2:49pm
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I just emailed RTE to tell them how bad the promo is.
I sent it to info@rte.ie but maybe I should have mailed complaints@rte.ie.

The wording of the promo makes it sound like it was done by Americans with a dated view of Irish (i.e. sounds "orish").

http://www.rte.ie/about/contact/index.html

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#21 05-11-2004 4:50pm
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Japseye wrote:

Havnt seen it yet but thats because i dont watch RTE anymore. Its ****e like that that has put me off watching RTE. Its almost as bad as that terrible UTV Ulster Television channel, I'd prefer to watch cows eating silage. :eek:

I'd watch that too, sounds great, if anybody has a video of cows eating silage let me know ... did they get sick after? ...

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#22 05-11-2004 5:21pm
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oooh the 'cow's eating silage' video, I've seen that. Don't confuse it however with the café scenes in Fair City.. that's a different kind of silage altogether :rolleyes:

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#23 05-11-2004 5:59pm
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irlirishkev wrote:

oooh the 'cow's eating silage' video, I've seen that. Don't confuse it however with the café scenes in Fair City.. that's a different kind of silage altogether :rolleyes:

.... that thought made me sick

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#24 05-11-2004 9:30pm
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The ad is sole destroying!!

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#25 05-11-2004 9:45pm
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hey mom dads on rte homer how could you stoop so low?

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#26 05-11-2004 9:47pm
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jesus_thats_gre wrote:

The ad is sole destroying!!

fisheries bord will be giving out next.

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#27 05-11-2004 10:03pm
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woosaysdan wrote:

hey mom dads on rte homer how could you stoop so low?

Maybe he donated €10,000 to get them to take Fair City, Tubridy, Stew and (in particular) OFF the air...

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#28 05-11-2004 10:14pm
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with $10,000 we could be millionaires

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#29 06-11-2004 1:28pm
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I just want to enter my name in as someone who hates this ad. Rubbish attempt by RTÉ!

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#30 06-11-2004 1:38pm
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I hate that ad so much.How can they think that the voice actor they got to do Lisa's voice sounds remotely like Lisa.

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#31 06-11-2004 5:15pm
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But honestly, have you ever known someone who can do a very good Lisa Simpson impression? Her voice is quite unique, even the actress who plays Lisa has a really unusual voice.

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