best commercial on the TV or radio of all time?

Ghandee · 10-11-2011 9:54pm #1

What's the most memorable/catchiest TV or radio commercial you remember?

There's no disputing the marketing guys can come up with some absolute gold at times, some ads may stick in your mind for their sheer annoyance, some because they instantly made you rush out and buy the particular product being advertised.

I used to love this ad......

what person at the right age hasn't danced like your man waiting on his pint to settle lol:pac:

Saila · 10-11-2011 10:00pm

the naughties was the golden age of ads, so much money to play with and lots of great ones as a result.
Hondas ads for starters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gIztqPlJ3w

mackg · 10-11-2011 10:02pm

one of these I can't pick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPRscxQZs8E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy52yueBX_s

Dotrel · 10-11-2011 10:03pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSOo4A9Z2FA

InkSlinger67 · 10-11-2011 10:03pm

**I'M A SCREAMING AUSSIE B*STARD AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT HARVEY NORMAN EVEN THOUGH YOU NEVER ASKED ANYTHING ABOUT THAT HARVEY F*CKIN' NORMAN BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER COS I'M PAID TO SHOUT TO YOU ABOUT THE GUY WHO'S PAYING ME TO SHOUT HARVEY F*CKIN' NORMAN AT YOU 30 TIMES A F*CKIN' DAY MATE!!!!!!!!!!**

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AhSureTisGrand · 10-11-2011 10:05pm

Well it definitely wasn't a radio ad

flutterflye · 10-11-2011 10:07pm

Not my favourite of all time, but my favourite at the moment is for a car - I think it's megane?

It comes up with the generic car ad, then you see a suave gentleman standing at the bottom of a staircase as a beautiful woman runs down it and embraces him.
You think it's a new ad for perfume or something, then the guy turns to the camera and says in a Dub accent something like "whah yer wan say? a Megane for how much?"

My name is URL · 10-11-2011 10:08pm

IKEA ads are always pretty good. Their non-TV/radio advertising is class too - http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/01/12/clever-and-creative-ikea-advertising/

That or the Apache Pizza ad on Newstalk

castletownman · 10-11-2011 10:10pm

Fecking love that Kerrygold ad. Lad emigrating with his family, says goodbye to his elderly mother. Ends with the line: "Born in Germany. But his feet will touch Irish soil first"

Ghandee · 10-11-2011 10:11pm

An Irish (prob) terrorist attempts to blow up his own vw polo...........

Bipolar Joe · 10-11-2011 10:12pm

Jesus Christ, it's gonna be one of those threads, isn't it?

Listen, lads. Here's how you use the youtube tags function.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqIH2YG09J4

see that bit after the =? Delete everything before and after it, highlight it and click the YouTube logo button. It's not hard.

cml387 · 10-11-2011 10:12pm

Greor Fisher Hamlet Ad classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE

EverEvolving · 10-11-2011 10:14pm

I love the Old Spice adverts, just found a new one while searching for the one I know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLTIowBF0kE

Rocky_Dennis · 10-11-2011 10:15pm

Great ad from back in the day

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

Saila · 10-11-2011 10:17pm

Andrewh1984 wrote:

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

yeah that one was class, was lost on most people though

L.Jenkins · 10-11-2011 10:18pm

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

Sky King · 10-11-2011 10:18pm

The Un-pimp ze auto series of ads for the VW Golf GTi, starring Peter Stormare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv157ZIInUk

Rocky_Dennis · 10-11-2011 10:19pm

Saila wrote: »

yeah that one was class, was lost on most people though

Apologies, didn't know how to post the video properly

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2011 10:21pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgXJlo8OeBk

or any of the current Specsavers ones - they're brilliant!

Archeron · 10-11-2011 10:34pm

The gap, gpo arcade, the gap, gpo arcade, the gap, gpo arcade...... I wanted to kill whoever made it but it must have worked, I still remember the fecking ad.

cml387 · 10-11-2011 10:37pm

Nicole and Papa,the finale:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwqEpwO-5PE

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2011 10:39pm

Archeron wrote: »

The gap, gpo arcade, the gap, gpo arcade, the gap, gpo arcade...... I wanted to kill whoever made it but it must have worked, I still remember the fecking ad.

Eh???

Miss Fluff · 10-11-2011 10:40pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB6gUdOoVic

Guinness Big Wave Ad.....timeless

im invisible · 10-11-2011 10:45pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTY5EKN6bzM

NoHornJan · 10-11-2011 10:46pm

Bad girl Snowflake.

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2011 10:46pm

Miss Fluff wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB6gUdOoVic

Guinness Big Wave Ad.....timeless

THAT'S the one I was looking for! Classic. All I could find was the later one with those horses......

I still have a heatsealed print ad from that campaign that I managed to blag from the Guinness marketing department many years ago. Brilliant.

Biedronka · 10-11-2011 10:47pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP5J4W5GQ3w

NapoleonInRags · 10-11-2011 10:53pm

cml387 wrote: »

Greor Fisher Hamlet Ad classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlYMID5qCdE

That's the one - fantastic ad and great performance from Gregor Fisher.

Paparazzo · 10-11-2011 11:01pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6yCgtehwUE

Where To · 10-11-2011 11:01pm

Can't find it on youtube but does anybody remember the harp ad from the late 80s (?) with the flying pig and talking camel

"hey lawrence what about ye? give us two pints of harp and a packet of dates? "

Best. ad. ever.

com1 · 10-11-2011 11:03pm

For me it has to be the Panda Kit Kat ad from 1989 still makes me laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=t_Thpz4OEvk

K-9 · 10-11-2011 11:06pm

where do i go from here wrote: »

Can't find it on youtube but does anybody remember the harp ad from the late 80s (?) with the flying pig and talking camel

"hey lawrence what about ye? give us two pints of harp and a packet of dates? "

Best. ad. ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou204dQbKwc

The one about the dog promoting dog rescue last year was pretty good.

com1 · 10-11-2011 11:07pm

where do i go from here wrote: »

Can't find it on youtube but does anybody remember the harp ad from the late 80s (?) with the flying pig and talking camel

"hey lawrence what about ye? give us two pints of harp and a packet of dates? "

Best. ad. ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou204dQbKwc

Oh_Noes · 10-11-2011 11:09pm

K-9 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou204dQbKwc

The one about the dog promoting dog rescue last year was pretty good.

I only just noticed that the barman in that is the guy from the shop in Father Ted. I was almost expecting Mary to come along and start baitin' the head off of him there.

HeidiHeidi · 10-11-2011 11:10pm

This KitKat one wins for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTA0-UEgzBU

WonderWoman! · 10-11-2011 11:10pm

worst ad ever has to be either that barnados ad where "she dont have a quilt" or that one direct ad

Cee-Jay-Cee · 10-11-2011 11:11pm

castletownman wrote: »

Fecking love that Kerrygold ad. Lad emigrating with his family, says goodbye to his elderly mother. Ends with the line: "Born in Germany. But his feet will touch Irish soil first"

And i always finish that ad with my own line 'You'll never get that box of muck past customs!'

Skid · 10-11-2011 11:16pm

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

This one.

Close your eyes and dream, it just might happen

...

Ruu_Old · 10-11-2011 11:19pm

Ah flip, now I've been looking up old telly ads!

I want to murder the entire family! :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nagdcULlAk

One of my favourites below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwXuHWsj-X0

rainbowdrop · 10-11-2011 11:20pm

Anyone remember this Coca-Cola ad from the 80s? Used to love the song for it......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHisShmm46E

Or this Coca-Cola ad? Christmas starts for me every year when I see this for the first time......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogetBqMgau0

Hoots man! There's juice loose aboot this hoose............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EVD6O2HoaQ

lorebringer · 10-11-2011 11:29pm

Brilliant atmosphere

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

Jaysus, Sally O'Brien...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hmFPBf-C8

ESB really had it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNH6gKbew2o

More recent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox5xmhuCBxo

bb1234567 · 10-11-2011 11:41pm

the cadburys ad, you know the one with two kids with the funny eyyebrows:p

WonderWoman! · 10-11-2011 11:44pm

That ad was epic

10-11-2011 11:52pm

Dotrel wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSOo4A9Z2FA

better golf gti ad

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

10-11-2011 11:55pm

Esat text ad - "Hello Kate, it's me the guy from the bar - no really it is!"

classic ad!

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

bodhrandude · 11-11-2011 12:01am

Another one for Guinness and my fav.

John Doe1 · 11-11-2011 12:10am

Well it obviously the Donegal catch ad, end the thread please

theneed2rock · 11-11-2011 12:13am

This one took alot of takes i reckon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOYTQKoJ1N8

JaneLane · 11-11-2011 12:18am

Another Guinness one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoPM4RwOCW8

I get a shiver up my back every time I see it. The shot of him just before he takes the free where he's standing in the rain and the crack of the hurl at the end... Brilliant!

kraggy · 11-11-2011 12:23am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOgmqWUAE8I

/thread

drdeadlift · 11-11-2011 12:28am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_i3iX6ozvI

best commercial on the TV or radio of all time?

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