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Lotto "furry men" ads

  • 28-09-2006 8:40pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭


    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...


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    What are they meant to be?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Dunno, but I like them too!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭decob




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭irishcsifan


    DMC wrote:
    Dunno, but I like them too!
    i would love them as teddys


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭superdudeman007


    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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,025 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    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!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Wheels


    The lads go to LA ad is fantastic! Lovin them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    with jeff goldblum no less - wonder how much that cost to make?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,382 ✭✭✭Motley Crue


    I love these ads, brilliant, but it still doesnt make me want to part with my money


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    I can't stand these ads,they are useless. They try to be funny but just aren't.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    The new one starring the "Lotto Lads" is now on the link that decob posted :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    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...


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,352 ✭✭✭plonk


    Ya I thought that too I think they are pretty good though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 388 ✭✭Milktrolley


    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?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    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...


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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:

    guitars.jpg

    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?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Harpy


    damn it forgot to do the lotto!!

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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    bomberman.jpg

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


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    katamari_damacy___son.jpg

    The green lotto lad reminds me of the Prince from the Katamari games.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭decob


    bit of an old story, it did the rounds of creative ireland over a year ago... matt everitt even commented on the thread.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,025 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    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!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 336 ✭✭Wheels


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭EdgarAllenPoo


    javaboy wrote: »
    bomberman.jpg

    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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