TG4's ident before thenews last night

Wheety · 20-09-2018 12:11pm #1

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On the news which mentions the woman dying when her caravan fell off a cliff, the ident just before the news had giant creatures kicking caravans into the sea

Roger Hassenforder · 20-09-2018 12:13pm

Well, that's awkward.

Deebles McBeebles · 20-09-2018 12:13pm

Oooh noooo.

verycool · 20-09-2018 12:15pm

Ahh humour... the only coping mechanism I need.

The_Kew_Tour · 20-09-2018 12:15pm

Somebody is getting a P45

GLaDOS · 20-09-2018 12:16pm

All you can do is laugh

Reminds me of this

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verycool · 20-09-2018 12:19pm

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o1s1n · 20-09-2018 12:25pm

Sad story and all, but my god, the levels of coincidence there are almost unbelievable. :eek:

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 20-09-2018 12:32pm

I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.

Harry Palmr · 20-09-2018 12:32pm

The only thing stopping that becoming a twitter hit is the language.

Why on earth would anyone commission a promo featuring a giant kicking a caravan into the Atlantic?

20-09-2018 12:36pm

Wheety wrote: »

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On the news which mentions the woman dying when her caravan fell off a cliff, the ident just before the news had giant creatures kicking caravans into the sea

Yes, they should have ran another ident but id imagine there is a certain level of automation in TV production and i cant imagine this ident was used for the first time yesterday either??

20-09-2018 12:42pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.

Really??

Im sure it wasnt done deliberately. It seems a genuine oversight to make and it would be hard to produce new idents at a seconds notice because of such a horrific unprecedented event.

I mean the woman is from Switzerland so the chances of her family watching TG4 news are fairly slim too so anyone beyond her immediate family and friends that have been triggered by this well perhaps they need to get a life really.

lawred2 · 20-09-2018 12:44pm

that's hilarious

endacl · 20-09-2018 12:48pm

lawred2 wrote: »

that's hilarious

I didn’t want to be the one to say it!

You’re going to hell in my place.

lawred2 · 20-09-2018 12:54pm

endacl wrote: »

I didn’t want to be the one to say it!

You’re going to hell in my place.

I bet even a deity would find that funny

It would want us to laugh

Wheety · 20-09-2018 1:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, they should have ran another ident but id imagine there is a certain level of automation in TV production and i cant imagine this ident was used for the first time yesterday either??

I didn't say it was deliberate. If you watch it on their player, every time you refresh, you get a different one

It's just a funny, if morbid, coincidence.

Skylinehead · 20-09-2018 1:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Really?? Im sure it wasnt done deliberately. It seems a genuine oversight to make and it would be hard to produce new idents at a seconds notice because of such a horrific unprecedented event.

I mean the woman is from Switzerland so the chances of her family watching TG4 news are fairly slim too so anyone beyond her immediate family and friends that have been triggered by this well perhaps they need to get a life really.

It's a Simpsons quote :P

sbsquarepants · 20-09-2018 1:14pm

Pardon my ignorance - but what the hell is an ident?

Wheety · 20-09-2018 1:16pm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance - but what the hell is an ident?

It's the little adverts for the channel itself you see at the start and end of ad breaks. Some time a split second one between ads too.

Like the big number 4 doing stuff in Ch4 ad breaks or the BBC '2'.

verycool · 20-09-2018 1:17pm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance - but what the hell is an ident?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_identification

sbsquarepants · 20-09-2018 1:25pm

Wheety wrote: »

It's the little adverts for the channel itself you see at the start and end of ad breaks. Some time a split second one between ads too.

Like the big number 4 doing stuff in Ch4 ad breaks or the BBC '2'.

Gotcha - just copped that clip in the OP (I've a awful habbit of reading threads from end to start!)

It's a little bit eh, unfortunate shall we say!

AllForIt · 20-09-2018 1:31pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.

don't be ridiculous

Gbear · 20-09-2018 1:34pm

I know there's been a tragedy, but **** me if that isn't one of the most brilliant things I've ever seen.

Del2005 · 20-09-2018 1:35pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Really?? Im sure it wasnt done deliberately. It seems a genuine oversight to make and it would be hard to produce new idents at a seconds notice because of such a horrific unprecedented event.

I mean the woman is from Switzerland so the chances of her family watching TG4 news are fairly slim too so anyone beyond her immediate family and friends that have been triggered by this well perhaps they need to get a life really.

Social media will make sure that they see it. Since the Journal pull loads of stories from here it'll be in the "news" soon.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 20-09-2018 1:36pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Really?? Im sure it wasnt done deliberately. It seems a genuine oversight to make and it would be hard to produce new idents at a seconds notice because of such a horrific unprecedented event.

I mean the woman is from Switzerland so the chances of her family watching TG4 news are fairly slim too so anyone beyond her immediate family and friends that have been triggered by this well perhaps they need to get a life really.

Whoosh. Depressing when people don’t know classic Simpsons quotes.