Even more adverts you despise

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122947600#Comment_122947600

They mustn't watch father Ted 😊

deezell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122947600#Comment_122947600

Well if you do want to boot their butts, you'll probably find them up protesting at the live animal crib. Either there or buying Xmas gifts in the Oxfam shop.

thesandeman

The one for FreeNow taxis. If you miss your flight because the car doesn't turn up on time to bring you to the airport they will give you a €50 voucher as compensation.

Bloody great if your family holiday to Orlando has just been ruined 🙄.

sligeach

I hate the Bon Secours ad on radio, "Why have 1 bad knee... when you can have 2 good knees."

But I keep saying in my mind every single time, "Why have 1 bad knee, when you can have 2 bad knees."

FlicFlak

I find the new Barrys tea ad on the radio extremely annoying. Some lad buying a train set cause he liked it as a kid, the ad just goes on forever, sentimental bullshit, then have a cup of tea at the end.

Say Your Number

There is a similar thread in the radio forum to complain about ads.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058041005/worst-best-radio-ads-rerun-edition

Photobox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122948246#Comment_122948246

That's an old ad, The late Peter Caffrey narrates it. I agree it goes on and on and is way too overly sentimental.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122932698#Comment_122932698

What am I missing?

wazzzledazzle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122947804#Comment_122947804

I only was talking about this advert last night. Who in their right mind thought flagging your taxi not turning up was in anyway supposed to inspire new or existing customers . It's atrocious but, for the reasons it must be damaging their "brand"

Bogey Lowenstein

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122949483#Comment_122949483

All the trees are in full leaf, on Christmas day!

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122947847#Comment_122947847

I always have the same thought!.

It should be "Why have 1 good knee when you could have two good knees".

Or perhaps something even more imaginative that is also correct.

Gen.Zhukov

The Baz and the BoI ads - I cannot get to the remote quick enough - He could be announcing a €2000 gift for every new account and I'd miss it

What were they thinking? - If Baz and his ma were never to be seen again I don't think anybody would miss them, yet he gets show after show, ad after ad (c/o his agent)

Nobody wants Baz, but we keep getting Baz - Welcome to Ireland, where that's the way it works - in the club

deezell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122951106#Comment_122951106

He has a self effacing presentation style which has a certain appeal, doesn't take his subject too seriously, and it works well on a one to one interaction, like travel programs. The programs I can't stand are the big meitheal orgys with dozens of yellow jackets falling over each other to build-a-house-in-a-day. It's so contrived for TV, it's not how things happen in the real world, and of course into this swarm you interject Baz, who will high five and fist pump at every successful door hanging or shelf erection. Gruesome viewing.

deezell

And as a footnote, I don't think he gets an extra fee or a cent even every time an old ad is traipsed out, unless it was in his contract. If that type of clause was he norm, the Amazon janitor would be a millionaire. Ad agencies pay once I would imagine

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122951533#Comment_122951533

These meitheal shows also perpetuate the charitable approach over the rights based approach for vulnerable people.

chosen1

That Opel Grandland one is unintentionally hilarious in an Irish context.

The big ending; "Is it a great car? No, it's GRAND!"

blackvalley

” Pint of Coors please “ echoing through the mountains. And the bartender is wearing a short sleeve shirt. To add insult to injury Coors is tasteless overpriced pyss

lawred2

The f**cking piss liner ads. All of them.

lawred2

Rockshore St Stephen's Day ad. Enough said

ednwireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122947847#Comment_122947847

That reminds me need to get an MRI on my other knee, already have one bad knee.☹️

littlevillage

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122960069#Comment_122960069

In my devious mind, when the lad shouts "Pint of Coors please", I'm secretly hoping that just once it causes an avalanche and buries the smug fücker.

Also he has two friends, why doesn't he shout "Three pints of Coors please"? (I'll answer my own question there, the other two are shamed from his shouting stunt and are not going to the bar with him..... OR.. advertising rules mean they have to show/suggest an alternative to a slow death from cirrhosis of the liver... and they will probably just have some icy cold 'free' tap water. Up yours Molson-Coors ✌️)

Bogey Lowenstein

I saw a silent online ad for 'hoarding specialists'. My first thought was that it must be a company that compulsive hoarders can hire to come and clear out their home, like on that show that used to be on Channel 4. Then it started showing pictures of large signs around Dublin city and the penny dropped.

deezell

All these 'extra cold' beers have to drunk at near freezing point, that way you can't taste them, and discover what watery piss they all are. I really enjoy bottled Guinness served at room temperature. All the taste and flavour is there without frostbite of the palate. I had a slow pint of Murphys draught last night, it tasted better as it warmed up, right to the last drop.

hibble

If we must continually put up with that gobsh#te destroying Bacharach's legacy, how about throwing him outside in a downpour singing "Raindrops keep falling on my head." He can see how waterproof his poxy jacket is then.

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122962791#Comment_122962791

Warm stout, Murphy's or otherwise 🤮🤮that's how it ends with me...

castletownman

Anyone else think that festive style poem recited by Donnacha O'Callaghan on some charity ad kind of belittles the cause?

z80CPU

All ads by Air Cruise BV on YouTube.

Featuring ai imagery of Harris and other Irish personalities.

I block them but it doesn't work and is wack a mole

Pure dog$h|T.

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122967761#Comment_122967761

Absolutely, it's dreadful shyte.

deezell

What's with that fkng Lidl ad about wishing, where a family sits around a very festive table, but with a dad who looks like a homeless destitute? He then wishes a plate of... something into a turkey, earlier the kids have wished a plate of Brussels sprouts into a plate of.. something else, chocolate bikkies I think. Are they trying to set up some kind of poverty meme? At the end, the well dressed and nourished girl sits beside the well stocked Christmas tree and wishes a large parcel to her friend, who opens it and is delighted to find a beanie with a huge lidl label on it. Who on earth would wear that? Closing scene and both the kids are out tobogganing, him with the lidl hat which seems to have lost the poxy lidl badge (good man!), and they're in Switzerland by the looks of it. Another materialistic wish? Its like lidl got consumerism and altruism messages all mixed up, resulting in this mongrel of an ad. At least there's no fkng carrot.

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122900340#Comment_122900340

TBF I don't think Jaguar ads are aimed at anyone posting on boards. just because an ad is aimed at a certain group or demography doesn't stop it from being shite.

squonk

Saw one last night for Tampax I think. Cubicle Confessions with a bubbly wan going on about how to use a tampon. Bloody cringe inducing. I really wouldn’t have been surprised if she gave a full blown visual demonstration. I wish they’d stop with these kinds of ads.

littlevillage

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122974553#Comment_122974553

I have to say the ads for those type of products are particularly cringe inducing

Say Your Number

The one with the sulky brat and smug granny turning on and off lights has to die.

Dickie10

it dawned on me this mornnig that I actually think the ad might actually be maybe the salthill diving platform. the two auld lads are ex pat dubs. None of the little girls about to get into water have dublin accents, Maggie the auld one in the video has a very west of ireland accent and helen herself is giving off very rural accent and country girl vibes.

deezell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122975565#Comment_122975565

It's the fortyfoot alright, and Helen is 'Hannah' in the ad, and that's a very particular old south of Dublin city accent, Irishtown down, and across to Ballsbridge and Beggars Bush. I'd an aunt who lived there, spoke like 'Maggie', her name was Hannah wyb, and in the 60s she sounded just like that. More 'Strumpet city' than 'Fair city'. The accent in North county Dublin has/had more of a rural lilt to it, Rush, Lusk and Donabate say, kind of farmers accent. Probably start a row for saying this, so apologies in advance.

Timfy

I'm pretty laid-back, I can even tolerate the Amazon ads. But when that toothpaste commercial comes on with its awkward pronunciations of 'Bacteri-err' and 'Superi-err' for bacteria and superior, I feel like grabbing the remote and throwing it through the TV!

Bogey Lowenstein

There is another ad ripping off Ray bloody Purchase! It's for some online casino/gambling site or other.

thereiver

The ad for Vodafone. No I don't want to watch old fat people swimming on tv .is this the most ugly ad on tv ever

thereiver

Unless rte gives everyone gives everyone free broadband we,ll have broadcast tv for another 10 years broadband is not available everywhere in rural areas saorview is available everywhere. Some people cannot afford to get broadband they have soarview or freesat tv with lots of free channels .

Alot of people watch sport on rte tv3 which is on live and there's sports on tv3 almost everyday .

I think sky stream is aimed at people that have broadband but don't want to install a sky dish

People watch some programs live eg strictly come dancing gets 8 million watching live on BBC

Sports on tv gets high ratings theres not much point in streaming a soccer match 2 hours after it's broadcast

I.d be surprised if sky tv stops satellite broadcasting as they lose some subscriptions

thereiver

Broadcast tv is just another option yes alot of people stream tv programs using apps anytime they want to watch tv

Basq

Been meaning to dig up this thread just to bring up that Timothée Chalamet for Chanel cologne, which could be the most annoying as in recent memory.

So many irritating aspects of this ad - in order of least annoying to most annoying:

• That wanky blue-and-black colour tone
• Martin Scorsese directed this piece of ****!
• The brief musical part of the soundtrack
• The unnatural way in which he's shown falling with his feet akimbo
• The vinyl scratching noise THROUGHOUT!

https://youtu.be/4nkq1Oi2M4g

deezell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122982294#Comment_122982294

The legs do look odd, like he's lying back to have his nappy changed. It meets the standard for Christmas perfume ads though. Total 10 out of 10 on the c**t bol*oxs scale. This will cheer you up.

https://youtu.be/JmoG4JY_T58?si=fRsIBCJtuKJDqOWk

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122976036#Comment_122976036

It really annoys me when the girl says "What are you doing??"

Er, it's christmas day, it's suggested in the ad that they do it every year, and the father is in swimming trunks.

What the fuq do you think they are doing??

ottolwinner

I hate every gambling add. They are vultures using every trick in the books to encourage the vulnerable to gamble

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122984307#Comment_122984307

At least they don't interrupt a film aimed at children every Saturday evening with a ten minute promotion. Unlike the "National" Lottery which is exempt from many of the gambling laws.

ottolwinner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122984339#Comment_122984339

true small mercies. I’d include the lotto and cash machine adds in it but Eurosport is particularly bad for them. Makes me watch most things 10 min behind so I can forward through the adds.

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122984340#Comment_122984340

I only have Saorview so I really only see any gambling promotions during racing (which goes hand in hand in fairness) or after the watershed. The lottery, on the other hand, have free reign to do it whenever they like. They are even worse on the radio whereas I don't think I've heard any ads from the gambling companies unless they're mentioned as a race sponsor or something.

littlevillage

If memory serves me the Hospital sweepstakes was the precursor to the National Lottery....but it kind of fell out of favour.

The government seen it was a winner soo introduced a state lottery.... which in effect is a covert tax on the vulnerable in society to pay for.... the government and the state broadcaster

deezell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122984677#Comment_122984677

Sweepstakes was no longer benefitting the Hospitals, but was still a cash cow for the private operators, which is why it changed. The lottery is not part of exchequer spend or RTE budget. Less of the X/ticktock fiction.

squonk

RTE yesterday evening showed an ad warning against drunk driving followed by an ad for Heineken before the 6-1 news. My mum commented on how stupid it was and she’s not wrong. I was kind of surprised actually as I thought beer commercials might have been banned until after the watershed or matter in the evening at any rate. Then should be. You’ve kids watching at that time of day. Anyway Heineken should be banned for being piss.