Old ESB ads

taytothief

http://www.agencydublin.com/agency/esb_mail/2010/05/index_en.php?vid=2

I like ad D encouraging us to to use our dryers more often:rolleyes:

Everybody now.... Ooh oh the nightsaver

Duggy747

Ha ha, thank you!! I spent the last 2 weeks looking for this ad, was doing a thing on my blog on old Irish adverts and this is the one I wanted the most.

Ah man, the memories!!

kelle

The one with Cook Electric brought back memories for me, such a catchy tune from my primary school days - If you wanna get your man at the pan, cook electric, so clean so nice....

Run_to_da_hills

This was my favourite, the old CIE Craven Coaches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqSxlUJyxo

-Corkie-

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

This was my favourite, the old CIE Craven Coaches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqSxlUJyxo

It never shows them stopping in the local and daddy getting langers:D

Millicent

Jesus, that Nightsaver ad (F) was a blast from the past! Thanks OP. I'd totally forgotten how catchy that was!

bonerm

Flashback! I remember having innapropriate feelings about the girl at the end of ad (E), tho I'd prob have been to young at the time to know what to do with them anyway. Whoever she is/was she must be 50 now!

Ad (A) features TV3 presenter Alan Hughes. I wonder if Granny in the ad knew that Alan was no longer playing for the local parish and instead was lining out for the other side?

karlog

NOSTALGIA!!!

-Corkie-

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

This was my favourite, the old CIE Craven Coaches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqSxlUJyxo

Sorry for bumping this old thread but that ad is back on again on TV3..

steddyeddy

The ad with dusty springfield singing going back nearly has me teary eyed with nostalgia!

admiralofthefleet

the one with puddle jumper alan hughes really brings me back to the 80's

Cathaoirleach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbujX4hXOg

cjmcork

jaysus, the nightsaver mammy is Orla 'Mistresses' Brady!

cjmcork

flip it lads, don't know how to embed a video!!!

link to a goldie!

W123-80's

bonerm wrote: »

Flashback! I remember having innapropriate feelings about the girl at the end of ad (E), tho I'd prob have been to young at the time to know what to do with them anyway. Whoever she is/was she must be 50 now!

Perfectly understandable...!!As far as I can make out its Irish Actress Orla Brady. Still hot and she must be 50 now. Check her out. EDIT CMJCork beat me to it!

cjmcork

W123-80's wrote: »

Perfectly understandable...!!As far as I can make out its Irish Actress Orla Brady. Still hot and she must be 50 now. Check her out.

when I saw this post I thought you must be nuts, there's no way she's 50, but she is!!! Jesus! fair play to her! she looks flipping brilliant!

orourkeda

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

This was my favourite, the old CIE Craven Coaches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqSxlUJyxo

I saw that ad on TV the other night and thought I was hallucinationg

ilovesleep

Those ads are reminding me of Glenroe, school around the corner, and checkup.

Electric Ireland: David

Hi guys,

Just an FYI. We have re-aired the old ad featuring Dusty Springfield and Alan Hughes, as some of you have spotted already. We're running it again for Christmas, and have the new version up on Youtube as of this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJPT0hxl3s

You'll find all the other oldies on the Electric Ireland Youtube Channel too.

All the best,

David.

Cardinal Richelieu

Electric Ireland: David wrote: »

Hi guys,

Just an FYI. We have re-aired the old ad featuring Dusty Springfield and Alan Hughes, as some of you have spotted already. We're running it again for Christmas, and have the new version up on Youtube as of this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJPT0hxl3s

You'll find all the other oldies on the Electric Ireland Youtube Channel too.

All the best,

David.

Thats Rush/Lusk train station at the start of the advert, the pedestarian bridge in the background has been replaced in the last year with a wheelchair accesible one. The station also doubled as Dun Laoghaire train station in the movie Michael Collins.

Should I put my anorak back on and leave now.........

some random drunk

Just out of curiousity, why did the ESB bother advertising at all in the 1980's? I mean its not like there was any competition or no one had heard of electricity.

EDIT: Just to add, I actually like the "Coming Home" ad, I just find it all a bit odd. Its kinda like a county council advertising the water that comes out your kitchen tap.

charlietheminxx

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

Thats Rush/Lusk train station at the start of the advert, the pedestarian bridge in the background has been replaced in the last year with a wheelchair accesible one. The station also doubled as Dun Laoghaire train station in the movie Michael Collins.

Should I put my anorak back on and leave now.........

I grew up really near that station and I remember when they were filming there for Michael Collins! Didn't realise it was in this ad too.....

later12

Electric Ireland: David wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJPT0hxl3s

I just got a serious burst of nostalgia.

Is that Alan Hughes, of TV3 morning weather fame?

Using the term fame liberally.

Run_to_da_hills

orourkeda wrote: »

I saw that ad on TV the other night and thought I was hallucinationg

Members of the ESB advertising team were probably reading this thread.

FGR

Why did you edit out the Electric Blanket being switched on in the re-aired ad? I know they weren't all that safe back in the day but they're that bit safer now..!

DEFTLEFTHAND

The Coming Home one makes me feel sad.:(

iregk

It makes me feel sad too. The amount of petrol the poor father uses driving twice around the Wicklow mountains via the most ridiculous route ever devised. The poor chap could easily have gone straight there...

TheZohanS

Electric Ireland: David wrote: »

Hi guys,

Just an FYI. We have re-aired the old ad featuring Dusty Springfield and Alan Hughes, as some of you have spotted already. We're running it again for Christmas, and have the new version up on Youtube as of this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJPT0hxl3s

You'll find all the other oldies on the Electric Ireland Youtube Channel too.

All the best,

David.

What about that poor woman that your company had slung in jail?

Dotrel

Electric Ireland: David wrote: »

Hi guys,

Just an FYI. We have re-aired the old ad featuring Dusty Springfield and Alan Hughes, as some of you have spotted already. We're running it again for Christmas, and have the new version up on Youtube as of this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJPT0hxl3s

You'll find all the other oldies on the Electric Ireland Youtube Channel too.

All the best,

David.

I wonder did the mother find any 'interesting' reading material when she was cleaning up Alan's room?

imitation

"Coming home" and "only you" are a real blast from the past for me. I think they must have aired mostly after 6-7, probably seemed sorrful for me when I was 5 because I was being packed off to bed while it was on the ads after glenroe was over !

Gen.Zhukov

Dotrel wrote: »

I wonder did the mother find any 'interesting' reading material when she was cleaning up Alan's room?

LOL

Bet she's a bit more frugal with the juice these days. Two counties dimmed when she came home ffs.

Robdude

Can anyone tell me how much it costs to dry a load of clothes with a 'tumble dryer'?

Where I used to live; it was about a dollar each week (assuming to loads of laundry per week). Say $60 per year. That'd be like....45 euro. And I'd save all the time required to hang up my clothes and the time required to take them down. Say - 10 minutes per load, 20 minutes per week, 17 hours per year.

Paying 2.6 euro to avoid an hour of dealing with the laundry seems like a good deal to me. And I felt like my clothes were softer/less wrinkled too. Are the numbers drastically different here? I'm poor now and don't have a dryer to use even if I wanted to; but I was surprised at how uncommon they seem to be.

JohnMearsheimer

Christ, I remember all those. I had vague memories of the Night Saver one but couldn't remember what exactly it was for. I remember watching the one with Alan Hughes as I child, it's weird to think I've come home from abroad a few Christmases myself now.

Dudess

TheZohan wrote: »

What about that poor woman that your company had slung in jail?

Like he can answer.

And eh... it didn't sling her in jail. Despite the media spin that it was a poor little frail old lady (aged 65 - not that old) who lovingly planted those trees (which she was selling on), that's not the full story. She defied a court order - don't believe the Indymedia muppetry.

Chuck Stone

Electric Ireland: David wrote: »

Hi guys,

Just an FYI. We have re-aired the old ad featuring Dusty Springfield and Alan Hughes, as some of you have spotted already. We're running it again for Christmas, and have the new version up on Youtube as of this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJPT0hxl3s

I got a shock from a socket when I was a youngfella. It was your electricity so I would like an apology please. :pac:

cml387

Of course it's Dusty Springfield who makes the ad so good, kudos to the agency who thought of it back then before she (RIP) got a career boost from Pulp Fiction.

It is said that when Carole King (no mean songwriter herself) first heard "Going Back" it moved her to tears.

Mr Benevolent

Arrrghhh... nostalgia overload... must... turn... off!

TheZohanS

Dudess wrote: »

Like he can answer.

And eh... it didn't sling her in jail. Despite the media spin that it was a poor little frail old lady (aged 65 - not that old) who lovingly planted those trees (which she was selling on), that's not the full story. She defied a court order - don't believe the Indymedia muppetry.

He shouldn't expect to be able to spam AH with his retarded ESB advert and not be asked questions about that poor old lady that ended up in court because of the ESB is the point Dudess.

msg11

Electric Ireland: David wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJPT0hxl3s

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As a guy from the 90's and never seen that Ad before, I was actually expecting there to be some type of car crash in it. Really though it was something to do with the RSA.

Also , biggest waste of money changing the name of the ESB to Electric Ireland, no point in it. It's like when 98FM changed there name to 98 and engaged in some terrible branding, just ended up back with 98FM.

hmmm

God, that Dusty Springfield ad was Christmas for me and it still looks as good today. Maybe it's true all those stories about advertising. It's making me all sad now remembering some people.

sarah88

I was actually expecting there to be some type of car crash in it. Really though it was something to do with the RSA.

I thought exactly the same thing!