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Bord Gais Advert

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  • 08-11-2014 8:19pm
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    Chunners
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 424 ✭✭


    So Bord Gais has a new advert with a canary singing in the fashion of The Dubliners which is fair enough if it appeals but the last line of it is "or you might just wake up dead", now previous to this I only seen it after 9pm (the watershed) but I'm watching Shrek here on RTE1 and they just showed it during the break so is it just me or does anyone else think this ad is inappropriate to show during a kids movie? I mean kids will see a singing canary and think "Wow cool" but the last line would frighten the ****e out of them especially the way the canary starts to look like some kind of psycho when he says it. Here's the ad for anyone who hasn't seen it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSGXRRldj5U


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    Uncle Ruckus
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭Uncle Ruckus


    Yeah...that was pretty much the most ****ed up thing I've seen on RTE.Freaky ****.


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    DarkJager
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    How exactly do you "wake up" dead?


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    Kevin McCloud
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    DarkJager wrote: »
    How exactly do you "wake up" dead?

    On the other side.


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    Chunners
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    DarkJager wrote: »
    How exactly do you "wake up" dead?

    We are not talking metaphysics here we are talking about the affect this advert could have on kids but if you want to be pedantic I'm sure most 7 year olds think that it is quite possible to wake up dead especially if a freaky canary tells them it is possible


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    eviltwin
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    My five year old thinks it's funny. It's just an ad OP, I'm sure your kid isn't analysing the lyrics.


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    strobe
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    I really don't think the vast majority of children are that pansy assed, no.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    They should go back to using the cute robots.


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    5starpool
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    You've little enough to be worrying about it seems, OP.


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    Mountainlad
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    Scary Canary kind of reminds me of Mrs Doyle trying to guess the priest's name

    "Father Spodo Komodo"


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    DarkJager
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    Chunners wrote: »
    We are not talking metaphysics here we are talking about the affect this advert could have on kids but if you want to be pedantic I'm sure most 7 year olds think that it is quite possible to wake up dead especially if a freaky canary tells them it is possible

    There were much more unsettling, even downright disturbing safety adverts in my youth (particularly some of the fire safety ones). This is tame in comparison but I do agree that line is a very sudden shift in tone compared to the rest of the advert. I'm not sure many 7 year olds would fully understand it enough to be scared though.


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    wendell borton
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kSvN1dQjxc


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    Sheep Lover
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    DarkJager wrote: »
    How exactly do you "wake up" dead?

    It's like when you turn up missing.


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    amdublin
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    I think things like that goes over kids heads.

    Apparently Toy Story 3 was very scary from an adult perspective, but not for kids


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    amdublin
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    Sheep Lover wrote: »
    It's like when you turn up missing.

    And a bit like when you die a death.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    Chunners
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    eviltwin wrote: »
    My five year old thinks it's funny. It's just an ad OP, I'm sure your kid isn't analysing the lyrics.

    I don't have kids but I still don't think the end of the advert is appropriate for kids to see


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    eviltwin
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    Chunners wrote: »
    I don't have kids but I still don't think the end of the advert is appropriate for kids to see

    Don't be worrying about it so, most seven yr olds have seen a whole lot worse than that.


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    Chunners
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    5starpool wrote: »
    You've little enough to be worrying about it seems, OP.

    I'm not worried about it I was asking peoples (hopefully parents) opinions thats all since I would be under the assumption that the advert isn't appropriate to be showing during a kids movie


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    Sheep Lover
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    amdublin wrote: »
    And a bit like when you die a death.

    Or dying of a Tuesday.


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    Ghost Buster
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    Chunners wrote: »
    So Bord Gais has a new advert with a canary singing in the fashion of The Dubliners which is fair enough if it appeals but the last line of it is "or you might just wake up dead", now previous to this I only seen it after 9pm (the watershed) but I'm watching Shrek here on RTE1 and they just showed it during the break so is it just me or does anyone else think this ad is inappropriate to show during a kids movie? I mean kids will see a singing canary and think "Wow cool" but the last line would frighten the ****e out of them especially the way the canary starts to look like some kind of psycho when he says it. Here's the ad for anyone who hasn't seen it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSGXRRldj5U

    Bah. I have a 3 and a 9er and they dont bad an eye about this ad.


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    Uncle Ruckus
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    So are we meant to follow the exquisite adventures of Cyril the alcoholic squirrel or RTE's official's pisshead as a form of inebriated guidance?



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    the evasion_kid
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    amdublin wrote: »
    And a bit like when you die a death.

    Or being killed by death


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    One eyed Jack
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    Chunners wrote: »
    I don't have kids but I still don't think the end of the advert is appropriate for kids to see


    I'm sure you know plenty of neighbours, friends and family though that have children? Would they honestly be frightened by the scary canary during Shrek?

    Shrek is a great big moody ogre, lives in a swamp, Princess Fiona is an ogre with self-image issues, Lord Farquad is a midget tyrant, and donkey, well donkey is just a pain in the face!

    Oh, X Factor is on now! :D


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    Mr. Incognito
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    Read a roald dahl book sometime.

    Pc brigade get lost. Kids need stimulation


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    Ralf and Florian
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    You think thats creepy?Look what they used to show on kids tv in the 70s.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87NHueHBHwY


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    wendell borton
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    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    Read a roald dahl book sometime.

    Pc brigade get lost. Kids need stimulation

    The witches scared the crap out of me as a kid, the topic of death and aging was also major theme running through it, although probably didn't have that level of understanding at the time.
    While scary it tackled topics we all have to deal with eventually, its a bit like an emotional immune system that has to build up to deal with lifes ****.


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    darkdubh
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    Chunners wrote: »
    I don't have kids but I still don't think the end of the advert is appropriate for kids to see


    Are you serious?Would you prefer kids didn't know the danger of carbon monoxide?


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    Dartz
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6IDO6M4Occ


    This was better


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    Chunners
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Are you serious?Would you prefer kids didn't know the danger of carbon monoxide?

    most kids can't even pronounce carbon monoxide


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    mrsdewinter
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    Ralf and Florian wrote: »
    You think thats creepy?Look what they used to show on kids tv in the 70s.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87NHueHBHwY

    What the what??? I had to Google that programme because I was certain you had to be taking the pi$$ - I can't believe that messed-up tripe was allowed to air.


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