1980s ad from RTE with a nun saying 'Bo'

Speedsie

Hi, does anyone remember a public service ad from the 80, i think from Bunny Carr, abouttesting deaf children. There was a nun in it saying 'Bo' repeatedly.
If it's available anywhere like Youtube, that would be great!
Speeds

Lisha

Speedsie wrote: »

Hi, does anyone remember a public service ad from the 80, i think from Bunny Carr, abouttesting deaf children. There was a nun in it saying 'Bo' repeatedly.
If it's available anywhere like Youtube, that would be great!
Speeds

Am not much help but she was saying 'ba ba' as opposed to bo
I do remember it but Gould not find it
Sorry could not be more help

Edit just googling and it for mmr vaccine

mashedbanana

Ya we remember it well. (That ad was used, and re-acted, for years later, when attempting to mock someone)
................ 'Boh'.....................

5starpool

Ya it wasn't Bo, it was similar though, it was like a Dublin person pronouncing Bot (as in no 'o' sound) and clapping near their ear as well I seem to remember. It was around the time of the 'Where's Grandad' farm safety ads I think.

phil1nj

I remember this advert. Wasn't this part of the health information campaign about the dangers of German measles/Rubella? And the effect it could have on unborn children in the womb?

Lisha

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2055157950

Another thread here discusses it

Speedsie

Hi, yes it was 'Ba' or 'Bo' - very pronounced whatever it was - and I think you're right, it was for German Measles..... now just to track down the damm thing!!!

My cousins & I used to reenact the ad & we've just done it for their kids, who don't believe it existed!!!

Hopefuly a record of it somewhere online!

Speedsie

Thanks Lisha- I'll take a look!!!

Chocolate

I remember the "Ba" part of the ad. "Ba" was incorporated into slagging at school for many years afterwards.

Was there another part of the ad with a child watching a merry-go-round?

Doodah7

That's really weird. That ad popped into my head last week. It was clearly 'bah' that the nun shouted repeatedly into the kids ear.

Creezil

Chocolate wrote: »

I remember the "Ba" part of the ad. "Ba" was incorporated into slagging at school for many years afterwards.

Was there another part of the ad with a child watching a merry-go-round?

I vaguely remember the merry-go-round, but there was also a severely disabled child haphazardly slapping down with both arms on a ball, trying to bounce it on a desk. Like many kids, we were cruel, and quick to adopt the image and re-enact it in class at our desks (perhaps the ad wasn't at a desk and this is a false memory caused by my recall of aping the ad). "Spa-ball", we called it

Ralf and Florian

Remember there was another ad on around the same time warning about using ear plugs in factories. This guy goes to a pub with his workmates and the camera slowly closes in on a stand up comedians face till it's zoomed all the up to his mouth. The viewer hears what yer man is hearing which is a high pitched squeaky gibberish.