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Lotto "furry men" ads

stephenoleary · 2006-09-28 19:40:10

Anybody got any ideas about where I might find the irish lotto ads online? I've found the one about the "fish lottery", which appeared as a popup ad on an ~Irish website but I'd love to see them all, especially the one with the washing machine...:D any advice or suggestions would be greatly apreciated...

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28-09-2006 8:40pm

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stephenoleary

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Anybody got any ideas about where I might find the irish lotto ads online?

I've found the one about the "fish lottery", which appeared as a popup ad on an ~Irish website but I'd love to see them all, especially the one with the washing machine...:D

any advice or suggestions would be greatly apreciated...

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#2 28-09-2006 9:18pm
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What are they meant to be?

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#3 28-09-2006 9:24pm
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Dunno, but I like them too!

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#4 28-09-2006 10:26pm
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try http://www.weloveallthisstuff.com/newstuff.htm

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#5 29-09-2006 12:39am
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DMC wrote:

Dunno, but I like them too!

i would love them as teddys

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#6 27-10-2006 9:57pm
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They should have brought back the line "Play Lotto - Or IT COULD BE THEM!". They could have kept the furry yokes. There's nothing great about the ads and most people have already switched to Euromillions anyway.

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#7 27-10-2006 10:56pm
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What i noticed about these ads is they're so similar to the XFM Ricky Gervais ads... which advertised the return of his and Stephen Merchant's radio show over 2 years ago now.

..click here to watch them!..

These are actually funny though!

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#8 28-10-2006 1:36pm
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The lads go to LA ad is fantastic! Lovin them.

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#9 29-10-2006 10:44pm
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with jeff goldblum no less - wonder how much that cost to make?

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#10 29-10-2006 11:06pm
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I love these ads, brilliant, but it still doesnt make me want to part with my money

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#11 29-10-2006 11:44pm
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I can't stand these ads,they are useless. They try to be funny but just aren't.

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#12 02-11-2006 7:55pm
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The new one starring the "Lotto Lads" is now on the link that decob posted

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#13 02-11-2006 8:04pm
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I don't get the appeal of this campaign at all; it's like the bastard child of the Teletubbies and Bachelor's Walk.

The best lotto ad is a semi-decent chance of a win and they did away with that with the addition of 3 balls...

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#14 03-11-2006 12:45am
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Is it just me or does one of them "lads" sound like Neil Delamare the comedian??

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#15 03-11-2006 12:47am
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Ya I thought that too I think they are pretty good though

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#16 03-11-2006 10:25am
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Kojak wrote:

Is it just me or does one of them "lads" sound like Neil Delamare the comedian??

And also RTE News' "young fella" correspondant.

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#17 05-11-2006 2:38am
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I think it is Neil Delamere. The one that was throwing out stuff like "Blink 182" and a load of numbers a few ads ago.

Jeff Goldblum though... well impressed. I wonder did he do those specifically for our Lotto or did they go halves on somebody who was able to make use of the exact same footage?

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#18 05-11-2006 12:51pm
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I'd say not, they are done for our Lotto. I seem to remember other celebrites doing ads for our Lotto.... Eric Cantona in Dubin for the start of the Euromillions comes to mind...

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#19 12-03-2008 10:31pm
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The National Lottery may be in big trouble:

Bears3 are a series of short films created by Matt Everitt and Matt Clark. The animated films use dialogue from Ricky Gervais’s radio show and featured on his website, as well as many industry sites, youtube, google video and our own personal websites. In short they proved very popular.
Well, recently we became aware of a high profile set of television commercials in Ireland for the Irish Lotto:

Hopefully this still says enough, but the animation style, character traits and direction really help, see ours here (date added to youtube: April 05, 2006) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xUD6rTbxoA

And the Lotto here:
http://www.weloveallthisstuff.com/movies/Numbers for Website.mov

Whadya reckon?

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#20 12-03-2008 10:35pm
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damn it forgot to do the lotto!!

think i remember seeing this story before...i quite like those bears hopefullly they'll stay

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#21 13-03-2008 10:14am
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I love the quote on Wikipedia "Cathal Gaffney speaking on behalf of Brown Bag Films, the animation company who worked on the lotto ads, suggest that Bears3 are "obscure" and hadn't been broadcast."

So, is he saying that it is a rip off, but it doesn't matter because it wasn't on tv?

edit: actually, just saw that this was first pointed out on Creative Ireland in 2006. I assume nothign came of it then.

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#22 13-03-2008 10:17am
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Does nobody else expect the lads to whip out a bomb on the lotto ads?

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#23 13-03-2008 10:50am
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The green lotto lad reminds me of the Prince from the Katamari games.

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#24 13-03-2008 10:58am
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bit of an old story, it did the rounds of creative ireland over a year ago... matt everitt even commented on the thread.

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#25 13-03-2008 3:12pm
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I've been saying this for yeeeeearrrs...

EDIT: Well, a year and a half or so (see here!):

Me wrote:

What i noticed about these ads is they're so similar to the XFM Ricky Gervais ads... which advertised the return of his and Stephen Merchant's radio show over 2 years ago now.

..click here to watch them!..

These are actually funny though!

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#26 13-03-2008 7:55pm
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They are called the 'lotto lads' and they are brilliant! Best Lotto campaign ever and it's deffinately the best Irish ad campaign I've seen in a while. Always looking forward to the next ad.

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#27 14-03-2008 12:53pm
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javaboy wrote: »

Does nobody else expect the lads to whip out a bomb on the lotto ads?

I was thinking that. There's (or there was last week) a 20 foot replica of one of them outside a garage near Glasnevin cemetery. I really wanted to just strap it to the roof of the car, bring it home and put it in the front garden. Biggest garden gnome ever.

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