Irritating radio ad

Yorky

Has anyone heard that radio ad for a car brand with a sales specialist making statements about family life?

"Family life can be challenging, dat's (that's) for shoo-oar (sure)"

It now involves a conversation between the speaker and a child..

Is this type of ad supposed to be taken seriously or is intended to be Father Ted-esque satire?

ThisRegard

I think it's someone putting on, or at least exaggerating, the accent, others think it's a real accent, possible from around Louth.

Alf Stewart.

Barry Sheridan.

Hi.



The ad has blokes discussin it in an internet forum. Some might call it a success.

ThisRegard

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Some might call it a success.

The brand hasn't been mentioned yet, so not really.

Alf Stewart.

ThisRegard wrote: »

I think it's someone putting on, or at least exaggerating, the accent, others think it's a real accent, possible from around Louth.

He's a real person, Cavan I reckon.

here he is hi.

maudgonner

ThisRegard wrote: »

The brand hasn't been mentioned yet, so not really.

Skoda.

So there :pac:

ThisRegard

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

He's a real person, Cavan I reckon.

here he is hi.

I've no doubt he's real, but real from where?

Possibly Cavan, I know a few from around there but haven't come across one like that, maybe the Louth/Monaghan/Cavan border area.

Anyway, I don't think the ad is irritating, it's trying to place that accent that is.

humberklog

I like it because that run of Skoda ads are using people with regional accents.
It's a welcome break from the soft generic middle class accents with a twist of American affectation that pervade Irish ads that usually end with tag lines such as "...it's all good!".

Yorky

ThisRegard wrote: »

I think it's someone putting on, or at least exaggerating, the accent, others think it's a real accent, possible from around Louth.

*Loudh

maudgonner

ThisRegard wrote: »

I've no doubt he's real, but real from where?

Possibly Cavan, I know a few from around there but haven't come across one like that, maybe the Louth/Monaghan/Cavan border area.

Anyway, I don't think the ad is irritating, it's trying to place that accent that is.

Google says he's based in the Cavan dealership, so that's a likely bet.

Yorky

humberklog wrote: »

I like it because that run of Skoda ads are using people with regional accents.
It's a welcome break from the soft generic middle class accents with a twist of American affectation that pervade Irish ads that end with tag lines such as '...it's all good!".

I agree - to an extent - but that pronunciation is pushing the boundaries!

Harry Palmr

I've noticed that agencies are now taking the post-modern approach, everyone knows the typical set-up so they parody it as a way round our contempt.

Duggy747

Radio ads in general are irritating!

Steve: "Hey Paul, where did you get those awesome shoes?"

Paul: "Oh hey Steve, I got these down in O'Brien & Son's Shoes"

Steve: "Where?"

Paul: "O'Brien & Son's Shoes, they're having a sale on RIGHT NOW!"

Steve: "Wow I should get down to O'Brien & Son's Shoes!"

Paul: "That's right, O'Brien & Son's Shoes have a large range of footwear for both men and women!"

Steve: "Excellent news, what was the name of that store again?"

Paul: "That's O'Brien & Son's Shoes!"

Steve: "Great! Off to O'Brien & Son's Shoes for me, then!"

*Soulless laughter*

Announcer: "O'Brien & Son's Shoes, for all your footwear needs. SALE NOW ON!"

Sky King

"Brave Knows...."

"Smart Flies...."


Are these people using the same stupid fking advertising agency? Does Brave get up at 7.30AM and fly somewhere with Smart?

So you're saying there's a sale on in O'Brien & Son's Shoes?

Sky King

Also that goon in the Skoda garage ....

Not that one

Was going to start a thread on this advert too.
Cannot listen to it and instantly change stations regardless to the show i'm listening to.
No other radio ad has rattled me before but grrrrrr.

Summer wind

Haven't heard that ad yet. The one that drives me mental is an ad for low cost holidays on 4fm. The woman on the ad sounds like a teenage boy when his voice is just starting to break. She repeats the same phrase about twenty times with an oh I'm sooo happy tone to her voice. Whoever gave the OK to let this woman record that ad and broadcast it should be shot.

The Backwards Man

And here you all are taking about it

Simply clever

SEPT 23 1989

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Barry Sheridan.

Hi.



The ad has blokes discussin it in an internet forum. Some might call it a success.

it will do huge damage to the brand outside Cavan

FGR

Where was that shoe sale on?

Citroen2cv

Yes I have tried googling O Briens shoes with no luck.
Tell us where!

There's a sale on?

For Forks Sake

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

He's a real person, Cavan I reckon.

here he is hi.

I actually dealt with him when I bought a car off that dealership a few years ago, he's a gent but the accent is real.

maudgonner

Citroen2cv wrote: »

Yes I have tried googling O Briens shoes with no luck.
Tell us where!

Apparently Steve and Paul know, so let's all PM Steve & Paul to find out!

Badly Drunk Boy

FGR wrote: »

Where was that shoe sale on?

Brady's Cake Sales, Cavan city centre.

There's a cake sale too?

Discodog

Not that one wrote: »

Was going to start a thread on this advert too.
Cannot listen to it and instantly change stations regardless to the show i'm listening to.
No other radio ad has rattled me before but grrrrrr.

I agree. If he is a Skoda specialist then it would put me off buying one. The kid is obnoxious.

Your Face

Whats a radio?

mansize

Sky King wrote: »

"Brave Knows...."

"Smart Flies...."


Are these people using the same stupid fking advertising agency? Does Brave get up at 7.30AM and fly somewhere with Smart?

I hate those misuse of adjectives

Discodog

Your Face wrote: »

Whats a radio?

Sorry it's a wireless :pac:

mansize

Discodog wrote: »

Sorry it's a wireless :pac:

802.11?

Your Face

mansize wrote: »

802.11?

What channel is that?

Sky King

The Backwards Man wrote: »

And here you all are taking about it

Simply clever

Smart may fly Aer Lingus, but Cheap flies Ryanair.

hairyprincess

Discodog wrote: »

I agree. If he is a Skoda specialist then it would put me off buying one. The kid is obnoxious.

You can't blame the kid, he's only doing what he's told. I'm sure he'll be mortified in years to come.

The ad is seriously irritating though, I run to the radio to turn it off every time I hear it. Would completely put me off buying a skoda too.

anewme

Some people seem to think it's target audience "to corner the market of people with special needs"

In my view that's a discriminatory nasty way of looking at it

mansize

That precocious AIB child though- aaargh

mansize

Your Face wrote: »

What channel is that?

6

SpannerMonkey

that new one about paying your tv licence wrecks my head . starts with an ad about some super comfy office chair ergo4design . wrecks my head becasue i have a bad back and was interested in the chair and then bang you doomed if you dont have a TV licence in your business . first time i heard it i was like " am ok so where can i find out more about this chair :rolleyes::(

Summer wind

When you drop that beat and the crowd go wild
#its time to own it.

Cringe = 1000%.

doireannod

Not that one wrote: »

Was going to start a thread on this advert too.
Cannot listen to it and instantly change stations regardless to the show i'm listening to.
No other radio ad has rattled me before but grrrrrr.

I almost crash the car switching the radio station every time it comes on. I've tweeted Today Fm begging them to stop

spurious

"Just ask for me - MARY!!!!"
in weird helium infused voice - ad to do with getting your choppers seen to somewhere foreign.

893bet

That enterprise train add that went on for the entire add break on news talk did my nut in. I changed channels any time it came on.

I love the appliances direct one at the moment.

The fridge is broken... Oh bollox it's going to cost me a ****ing fortune. Badly beeped out!

Gunnersonny

The ad where this toolbag keeps 'singing' 'Morning has broken'. Always change the channel! ....Has to be the most irritating ever!

Yamanoto

Gunnersonny wrote: »

The ad where this toolbag keeps 'singing' 'Morning has broken'. Always change the channel! ....Has to be the most irritating ever!

I've heard it twice & turned it off twice - couldn't even tell you what it's advertising.

Money well spent.

Gwynplaine

Gunnersonny wrote: »

The ad where this toolbag keeps 'singing' 'Morning has broken'. Always change the channel! ....Has to be the most irritating ever!

I've heard it. He does it 4 times. Awful.

yeppydeppy

This is why I listen to books in the car.