Christmas Adverts

Welruc

Do you hate all those ads that reappear every year for christmas or do you look forward to them?

Which ones do you like or hate?

My favourite is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aI74-YHQGY

but im not a fan of that snowman !

Sunnyisland

I liked the M&S ads from a few years ago :-) & the slow motioned food ones.

punk77

deuceswild wrote: »

Do you hate all those ads that reappear every year for christmas or do you look forward to them?

Which ones do you like or hate?

Hate them all. They should ban the lot of them. Bah Humbug!

emeraldstar

Even at the home of the black stuff, they dream of a white one:

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

and of course:

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

Hated the version they put out a couple of years ago where there were no trucks in it at all :eek:

Also the Coca-Cola polar bear ads were lovely

cosmicfart

the post office add, it think, goes something like "we are walking in the air, we are floating in the moonlit sky, the people far below are sleeping as we flow" always makes me feel like do a snuff film after I see that add

emeraldstar

cosmicfart wrote: »

the post office add, it think, goes something like "we are walking in the air, we are floating in the moonlit sky, the people far below are sleeping as we flyyyy" always makes me feel like do a snuff film after I see that add

Welruc

cosmicfart wrote: »

the post office add, it think, goes something like "we are walking in the air, we are floating in the moonlit sky, the people far below are sleeping as we flow" always makes me feel like do a snuff film after I see that add

That one is a wee bit disturbing alright, i mean the snowman just takes off with the poor child, not very pc

UnawareCaesar

Hate that Littlewoods add

indigo_blue

cosmicfart wrote: »

the post office add, it think, goes something like "we are walking in the air, we are floating in the moonlit sky, the people far below are sleeping as we flow" always makes me feel like do a snuff film after I see that add

When I see that ad, I always feel like stabbing myself in the eye with a fork. At least that way I can spend Christmas wondering how I will look sporting a comical eye patch, and thinking of all the fancy dress opportunities it will open up for me.

I believe that's what people call empowerment.

AudreyHepburn

My favourites are;

The Kellogs Ad
The Guiness Ad
The Coca Cola Ad
Thd An Post Ad

Chuck Stone

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/12/12/129051234609787066.jpg

Na, I like Xmas.

source

Best Christmas ad by far:

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

kerry4sam

This advert always reminds me of Christmas for some reason.

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

starlit

I don't mind Christmas ads at Christmas but too soon before Christmas I don't like them as such but I suppose marketing stuff in advance and getting good bargains before the Christmas shopping rush I suppose is a good thing if bad weather prevails around Christmas time good to get all the Christmas stuff bought in advance you don't have to worry about it then. Christmas be more relaxing without having that added worry just relax and enjoy Christmas then.

jonnyfingers

kerry4sam wrote: »

This advert always reminds me of Christmas for some reason.

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

I was just thinking about this ad the other day. As a recent emigrant, albeit only to the UK, I'll be coming home to Mammy for Christmas this year and I was thinking how I'll be like the lad in that ad!

foxyboxer

jonnyfingers wrote: »

I was just thinking about this ad the other day. As a recent emigrant, albeit only to the UK, I'll be coming home to Mammy for Christmas this year and I was thinking how I'll be like the lad in that ad!

Alan Hughes!
http://www.showbiz.ie/photos/2011-08-alan-hughes.jpg

pragmatic1

Please stop playing this fcuking advert.

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

Its very depressing.

thecornflake

. . . . .. That is shocking !

Jumpy

Jesus, she must have spent her pension cheque on all those appliances being switched on at once.

She even turned on the immersion!

CamperMan

pile of $hite!

CamperMan

Jumpy wrote: »

Jesus, she must have spent her pension cheque on all those appliances being switched on at once.

She even turned on the immersion!

she is probably a retired public sector worker on a big fat pension!

emeraldstar

Howzit depressing? It's lovely.

Chuck Stone

and a stupid fucking song to boot.

Captain_Generic

Is that the gay guy from TV3?

Also thats the woman from father ted episode with "down with this sort of thing"

Niles

emeraldstar wrote: »

Howzit depressing? It's lovely.

Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised that they brought it back. Recall watching it on Youtube a few years ago, very evocative.

MungBean

Jumpy wrote: »

Jesus, she must have spent her pension cheque on all those appliances being switched on at once.

She even turned on the immersion!

No wonder the world is meltin !

pragmatic1

Chuck Stone wrote: »

and a stupid fucking song to boot.

Alan Hughes. Yep.

unfit2006

what part of the country was it filmed in ?

PseudoFamous

Her house is more modern than mine.

Niles

unfit2006 wrote: »

what part of the country was it filmed in ?

The street scene is Rathdrum Co. Wicklow. The train station looks like it could be one of the Northern line stops, maybe?

JONJO THE MISER

Jumpy wrote: »

She even turned on the immersion!

:eek: Not the immersion.

PseudoFamous

Niles wrote: »

The street scene is Rathdrum Co. Wicklow.

That's a serious eye. I thought it'd be somewhere mad like Roscommon, not down the road from me.

Niles

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

:eek: Not the immersion.

'tis a mortal sin!

smallBiscuit

Like the song!

3rdDegree

Maybe those of you who think this is crap are too young to remember the times. Always amused at the way he looks at the dishco as he passes, thinking, "I'll be off my trolly groping some young wan on there later tonight"

the scrote

FOR FCUKS SAKE,WHO LEFT THE FCUKING IMMERSION ON

sorry da i only put it on 5 mins ago,

YA DID IN YER BOLLIX THE FCUCKIN THINGS HOPPING HERE

Niles

Anyone remember an ad from (I think) the same era for butter, had children running through fields, with Paul Brady's "Follow On" for music? Doesn't seem to be on Youtube. (The same song was played over footage of Clinton's visit to Ireland by RTÉ news back in 1998. Yeah I know, I've a tendency to remember fairly random, unimportant things).

The Scientician

It's just lazy 30-something advertisers remembering shít from when they were kids, hence Henry Hippo and all that other crap from 20 odd years ago is recycled. Lazy besterds.

3rdDegree

The Scientician wrote: »

It's just lazy 30-something advertisers remembering shít from when they were kids, hence Henry Hippo and all that other crap from 20 odd years ago is recycled. Lazy besterds.

Harsh. Anyway, most of us are 40-somethings now.

Niles

The Scientician wrote: »

It's just lazy 30-something advertisers remembering shít from when they were kids, hence Henry Hippo and all that other crap from 20 odd years ago is recycled. Lazy besterds.

Nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia in my book... Besides, it could be worse, they could have come up with Jedward turning on the Christmas lights or something.

7Sins

Captain_Generic wrote: »

Is that the gay guy from TV3?

It is, you can imagine the arguments and fighting that christmas when he brought Tarquin around for dinner, so depressing.

7Sins

The Scientician wrote: »

It's just lazy 30-something advertisers remembering shít from when they were kids, hence Henry Hippo and all that other crap from 20 odd years ago is recycled. Lazy besterds.

I thought I was the only one with a prejudice against 30 somethings. I'll be cool when I'm 30...I hope

wandatowell

The auld fella is some prick. He didn't say a word to his son during the entire car journey home, I guess he's still pissed off his son didnt take up the family farm

born2bwild

The da's probably pissed off at the son because of his Tv3 career and 'alternative' lifestyle.
She looks way too old to have spawned in the preceding two decades.
Crappy electric hob in a gaf like that? I don't think so.

The Scientician

Yeah it's really a John McGahern novel in miniature.

born2bwild

Niles wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia in my book... Besides, it could be worse, they could have come up with Jedward turning on the Christmas lights or something.

Or Jedward getting burnt to a crisp from a power surge on a wet cable. Please, oh, please.

gigino

it would suit the ESB better to bring down the price of the F****ng electricity we have to use.

R.D. aka MR.D

Ah i like it. I remember it being on when i was small!!

As others have said it is better than some crap with jedward or some one walking around half naked or something.

Samich

Surely that auld granny is dead now? She was almost dead in that ad.

Jesus Wept

emeraldstar wrote: »

Howzit depressing? It's lovely.

It's depressing when you have no proper home to go to like the ***** in the ad.
The song is a major downer.
Also, when Alan eventually comes out to the old pair, you know they'll make strange with him and things will never quite be the same.

mistermouse

They'd have liked to run it for a few years but couldn't as the Green Party were in Government. Its now alright to turn every appliance on again...