Worst/Best Radio Ads

Ol' Donie · 05-07-2016 07:30PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Keep your togs on.

As you probably all know already, I hate most things.

But that line does make me smile. Heh. Togs.

Del.Monte · 05-07-2016 10:13PM

Talking of togs and it's a TV Ad rather than a radio one but this one cracks me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8cgTkIz2A

I even have it added on my insane YouTube channel.

paddylonglegs · 06-07-2016 09:01AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Talking of togs and it's a TV Ad rather than a radio one but this one cracks me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8cgTkIz2A

I even have it added on my insane YouTube channel.

Tropic

jca · 06-07-2016 09:57AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Talking of togs and it's a TV Ad rather than a radio one but this one cracks me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8cgTkIz2A

I even have it added on my insane YouTube channel.

Love it. The little fella in the cowboy outfit just watching the whole thing makes me laugh too.

ArthurG · 06-07-2016 10:19AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Talking of togs and it's a TV Ad rather than a radio one but this one cracks me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8cgTkIz2A

I even have it added on my insane YouTube channel.

Off on me holliers. Love it.

Ol' Donie · 06-07-2016 10:38AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Talking of togs and it's a TV Ad rather than a radio one but this one cracks me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8cgTkIz2A

I even have it added on my insane YouTube channel.

Hehehe

Love that one too.

Down dere for dancin'

:D

HeidiHeidi · 06-07-2016 04:44PM

jca wrote: »

Love it. The little fella in the cowboy outfit just watching the whole thing makes me laugh too.

For all the many many times I've seen that ad (and loved it, btw - "gonna be tropic"

) - I never, EVER noticed the kid sitting on the countertop :eek::eek::eek:

jca · 06-07-2016 05:39PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

For all the many many times I've seen that ad (and loved it, btw - "gonna be tropic" ) - I never, EVER noticed the kid sitting on the countertop :eek::eek::eek:

There ya go, just goes to show what different people see. I love the ad too.

flazio · 06-07-2016 08:11PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Another rare good one - the "take the train" ad for IE makes me laugh every time!

"not my new handbag" :D

The bit where the Public Service announcer says not to overload the car. Ironic for anyone who's been on the 16:00 service to Galway.

Del.Monte · 06-07-2016 10:25PM

flazio wrote: »

The bit where the Public Service announcer says not to overload the car. Ironic for anyone who's been on the 16:00 service to Galway.

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That take the train Ad is quite atrocious. Why not go the full hog and have the car crash and little Johnny go out through the windscreen. Some IE buffoon signed off on paying an Ad company for that rubbish. :rolleyes:

Mc Love · 08-07-2016 01:14PM

The new right price tiles ad with the shaft background music

wnolan1992 · 08-07-2016 01:18PM

Mc Love wrote: »

The new right price tiles ad with the shaft background music

I'd file this in the "Could have been good..." category.

But they decided to go down the route of "Oh-ho, let's do a stereotypical culchie accent as a juxtaposition to the song we're using's origins!".

Bellerstring · 08-07-2016 02:21PM

There's an awful ad (there's a surpise) for the Mater Private (of course),where this ubiquitous posh oul wan addresses her husband.

" Are you alright, Dear"
"Ah, I'm fine, just a little tightening of the chest and a few palpitations, that's all, nothing to worry about"
"You should get yourself checked"
"Ah shure I'm grand"

Hope he left it at that so we won't havta hear this ad anymore.

Trebor176 · 08-07-2016 06:02PM

Bellerstring wrote: »

There's an awful ad (there's a surpise) for the Mater Private (of course),where this ubiquitous posh oul wan addresses her husband.

" Are you alright, Dear"
"Ah, I'm fine, just a little tightening of the chest and a few palpitations, that's all, nothing to worry about"
"You should get yourself checked"
"Ah shure I'm grand"

Hope he left it at that so we won't havta hear this ad anymore.

I heard that today. He sounds quite relaxed for someone with chest pain!

DubTony · 08-07-2016 07:50PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Talking of togs and it's a TV Ad rather than a radio one but this one cracks me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8cgTkIz2A

I even have it added on my insane YouTube channel.

jca wrote: »

Love it. The little fella in the cowboy outfit just watching the whole thing makes me laugh too.

Excellent ad. But I can't believe I never noticed the kid sitting on the counter before.

:D:D

Birneybau · 09-07-2016 12:30AM

Huhuhuhuh, it's Friday! (Cue Rocky music) Play the Lotto.

I've always hated that guys voice (does every fecking ad) but this new lottery advert drives me to drink.

Dan Jaman · 09-07-2016 10:11AM

Trebor176 wrote: »

I heard that today. He sounds quite relaxed for someone with chest pain!

Last (and only) time I was in a cardiac overnight unit because of chest pain that was nothing more than muscular, I was surprised by the number of middle-aged guys who looked healthy enough, who'd been persuaded or firmly driven into the hospital by wives and /or offspring because they'd had a bit of a twinge during golf or gardening, etc. Almost without exception, they all told me, "Ah sure, I thought it was nothing."
In every case, it was a real cardiac event - I was the only one without a heart condition; although, having said that, I'd like to point out, the pains I had were real enough. That's what comes of lifing a fecking huge iron welder into a van by yourself.

Bellerstring · 11-07-2016 11:21AM

"Siiiiir......you did not invent the Sleeping Bag!!!"
"That's what O'Meara camping WANT you to think"

WTF...?

PeterTheNinth · 11-07-2016 02:20PM

"We started small and now we have 60 employees. How did that happen?"

I hope you come up with better answers than that when the Revenue audit the company after hearing that commercial.

PopePalpatine · 12-07-2016 04:46PM

Unsurprisingly, the Dublin Horse Show ads are snootier than Fionnuala O'Carroll-Kelly. You realise you really don't belong there when you don't understand why the woman says, "It's two-step!" at the end.

Oh, and Expert Hardware...just who the hell thought "to-done" is grammatically correct? :rolleyes:

Dan Jaman · 13-07-2016 02:00AM

"Turn Right, NOW!"
"There isn't a feckin' right!"

Take the train.

I like that one.

Of course, it will be done to death and I'll end up hating it.

wnolan1992 · 13-07-2016 03:22PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

There's an ad at the moment which I can't quite decide whether I like or hate...

Can't remember the product, think it's some car company, and it starts off with a sound technician saying "[Product name] advert, take one!", then a kid reading the script, followed by the technician sighing and saying "Next!".

The more I hear it, the more it irritates me for two reasons:
1) Kids on the radio generally annoy me
2) It's starting to infuriate me that there isn't a "Take 2!" featuring a real upbeat "Wahey! Wazzul Wazzul!" VO artist, similar to those you'd have for ads for Oxegen back in the mid-00's...

If they'd done the thing where they had one ad at the start of an ad break and another at the end this could have been a really funny campaign...

I heard a new one today featuring an older man reading in a hip-hop style voice.

It was still "Take 1."

Could they not have got the VO artist to say a few other numbers while he was at it!?

Ol' Donie · 14-07-2016 12:01PM

F*ckin Cirque Du Soleil b*llocks.

L1011 · 14-07-2016 12:18PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I heard a new one today featuring an older man reading in a hip-hop style voice.

It was still "Take 1."

Could they not have got the VO artist to say a few other numbers while he was at it!?

Each persons first go is always Take 1 for them.

wnolan1992 · 14-07-2016 01:34PM

L1011 wrote: »

Each persons first go is always Take 1 for them.

Fair point! :pac:

Ol' Donie · 14-07-2016 02:59PM

Seriously. Cirque du Soleil.

I've heard it about 1,000 times today, it's louder than everything else and as a show it sounds like absolute hell on earth.

PopePalpatine · 14-07-2016 03:51PM

I am sat at my desk absolutely dumbfounded that someone at DID Electrical approved that abomination of an ad that was just on Newstalk about a minute ago.

PeterTheNinth · 14-07-2016 06:33PM

"This is Harry, Barry and Gary".

ffs, can the not even write an advert with proper grammar any more. Does it have to be both ridiculously f**king stupid and grammatically incorrect?

DubTony · 15-07-2016 12:09AM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I heard a new one today featuring an older man reading in a hip-hop style voice.

It was still "Take 1."

Could they not have got the VO artist to say a few other numbers while he was at it!?

L1011 wrote: »

Each persons first go is always Take 1 for them.

Yeah. It should be "NEXT !!!"

DubTony · 15-07-2016 12:12AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

"This is Harry, Barry and Gary".

ffs, can the not even write an advert with proper grammar any more. Does it have to be both ridiculously f**king stupid and grammatically incorrect?

I don't think I've ever heard anyone be grammatically correct in that situation. The way some things are said incorrectly are just acceptable.

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