Worst/Best Radio Ads rerun edition!

squonk

The gaiety panto ad is back. You have been warned!

leath_dub

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121067463#Comment_121067463

In the first week of September FFS!!

Patrick2010

The national lottery ad is back where you can apparently ring up to find out how much you won without giving any info

whiterebel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121073512#Comment_121073512

Ah, yes, the Loddo………

Mr.CoolGuy

"are we there yet, are we there yet, are we there yet"

Kill them. Kill them all

Mr.CoolGuy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121073512#Comment_121073512

Is it the same person who does sports news updates and summaries on Newstalk? I think she's on Off the Ball too

Breaston Plants

Haven't a clue what the ad is for, but yer wan " Longford, WaDDerford, all the fords" . Horrible

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121097954#Comment_121097954

Some mobile network thing, awful.

squonk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121097954#Comment_121097954

Yeah it’s terrible. Really annnoykng and, what’s worse, they seem to be insulting their market demographic. To me it screams that their young demographic are vacuous twats who don’t really get out much. Like that lad going “Dublin… outside a dublin”. I find myself wondering how the agent who came up with this concept want inordinately ushered out of the advertising managers office never to darken the door again. Instead it actually got made.

pjordan

Actually two generalisations that last few posts reminded me of:

1. The 1970's or 80's group resurgent tour act (or maybe even a tribute act or a touring West end stage show) - where the songs played to accompany the current act, probably bear no resemblance whatsoever to what the said act are likely to sound like now 20 or 30 (or even more) years after the original recording (or better still if it is even composed of the same performers), generally gigs promoted by Aiken or MCD
2. The terribly lazy ad's usually for shows in The Gaiety or The Olympia where the gist of the ad comprises interviewing punters coming out of the show and getting their soundbyte verdict. Probably very effective WOM type endorsments from/to a certain target market but awful irritating nonetheless.

squonk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121100674#Comment_121100674

Agreed in both. Much as I love my 80s acts, a lot of them are out their best these days.

I despise those interview punters ads. To me it says “This shîte is so bad we’ve had to find drunk punters coming out to make it sound good”. To be fair I’m wrong sometimes. There were awful punter centric ads on TV around the time of the first Austin Powers movie along with a lad who had seen it too many times and had boss own costume. I just figured at the time it was going to be godswful but I’m happy to say I was way wrong.

whisky_galore

The current thing of making ads in Irish, waste of money, only a tiny proportion of the population will have the level of Irish in order to understand them.

Not "bad" ads in themselves but if people don't have the language they might as well be in Swahili.

QueensGael

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121107580#Comment_121107580

I find the translation on those to be very clunky, just a direct translation from the English version. For example, they say "an todhchaí" for "future", which is technically correct and likely to be used in written text, but in speech you'd be more likely to say "an t-am atá romhainn" (the time that is ahead of us/time yet to come). There's just no blas in those ads, which is a wasted opportunity imho.

Mohat Mogeansai

I would gladly sack a few more radio personalities and put their salaries towards ads in Irish . Balance out the , like , you know , like , we’re sooo American like voices that todally infest the airwaves

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121108478#Comment_121108478

It was cobbled together by an ad agency using Google translate. The notion we are a bilingual nation is a joke, we are codding ourselves.

Mohat Mogeansai

is fhearr liom mo Gaelige briste ( Agus briste go dona) na Bearla cliste

ShamNNspace

The only way to revive the language here would be to ban it outright

leath_dub

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121108601#Comment_121108601

The guy who does the Skoda ads - his voice triggers the hell out of me. "Here's fully charged Fiona...."

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121084402#Comment_121084402

Whats that for? My first instinctive thought was the Bothar goat but thats not coming back again for obvious reasons.

Mr.CoolGuy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121131763#Comment_121131763

I can't remember who it's for but it's kids shouting "are we there yet" a few times. It's grating.

Also, I don't like the aviva ad with the smug mum who corrects her child everytime she mispronounces something.

You don't even know why cottage cheese is called cottage cheese, maybe dial down the patronising tone

whisky_galore

CIN-DA-RELLA!

cml387

The Aviva ad with the kute kid mispronouncing Aviva is just so so unbelievably annoying. I feel like just shouting at the kid IT'S "AVIVA"....GET IT RIGHT!

And then pouring baked beans over the kid. Am I remembering a Goodies sketch?

Mohat Mogeansai

I’ve just heard it this morning , I genuinely cannot fathom a team of people put that thing together and thought “ yes this is great “ , it has to be a case of something being so bad deliberately , to have us talk about it

whisky_galore

The Halloween Aldi ad with demented possibly coked up woman voiceover.

Mohat Mogeansai

the Flowers ad has mutated , like a carnivorous bacteria , it shows no mercy or pity as it destroys your sanity

pjordan

There's an ad for a play about AI called Isla featuring someone from the Lambert puppet theatre family running at the minute. Both yer man who says "Isla, when it is on?" and the AI voice both annoy the hell out of me....

Then there's an ad with Christmas music pretending not to be a Christmas ad (can't actually remember what it's for)

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121196405#Comment_121196405

Skoda, forgetting that modern car keys don't jingle anymore.

pjordan

Just noticed the Aldi and the Aviva ads aired one after the other during Claire Byrne today. Maybe the ad schedulers are monitoring this thread for maximum effectiveness!!!

Aglomerado

Global.

The pair of smug/ jealous voices going on about "new flush frame windows."

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121213257#Comment_121213257

"No one but Global, Mary. No one but Global."

One of these totally contrived conversations that never happen in real life.