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Most memorable advertisements ever

20-08-2016 07:22AM

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Just being annoyed by the Aer Lingus ad in the tttay thread, and I thought back to the most memorable adverts ever.

Bad:

By far, the series of advertisements for Radion (what?) washing powder in the 1980s and early 90s still reigns supreme. The one with the family talking about how good their clothes are after using Radion, in case anybody who survived this period could forget it. Here are a few of them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eJOkNdxh4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xikqfBww3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9xzt7BrPDM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgoC5QBG-P0

Good:

Joe McKinney dancing to great music in the Guinness ad in 1995:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MpLiYhsXw

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#2 20-08-2016 07:42AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHA4-5N5AzA

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#3 20-08-2016 07:53AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou204dQbKwc

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#4 20-08-2016 07:54AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj6G1C6c0uw

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#5 20-08-2016 07:58AM

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Big Ed loves Mona.

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#6 20-08-2016 08:09AM

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Has to be this for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbPGx02ZWrw

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#7 20-08-2016 08:11AM

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Howya Kate - It's me the guy from the bar.

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#8 20-08-2016 08:19AM

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https://youtu.be/PwYCvTpYMCA

Be still my beating heart!!

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#9 20-08-2016 08:20AM

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Carlsberg Ice cold in Alex

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#10 20-08-2016 08:21AM

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The specs savers advert where the astronauts land in shannon...priceless

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#11 20-08-2016 09:02AM

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Howya Kate - It's me the guy from the bar.

For our younger viewers who have no idea what you're on about...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbujX4hXOg

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#12 20-08-2016 09:09AM

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This is an ad for an East European cheap car.

but it is a brilliant ad!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhfEGKc7PLQ

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#13 20-08-2016 09:15AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9gLSWAtyKs

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#14 20-08-2016 09:25AM

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#15 20-08-2016 09:27AM

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Alf Stewart. wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRSk8zsddSM

No sound on the moon....false advertising.

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#16 20-08-2016 09:29AM

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Op, you should say in living memory instead of ever because there's no one around that long

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#17 20-08-2016 09:47AM

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This one for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqSxlUJyxo

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#18 20-08-2016 10:10AM

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two of my favorites... Bill Whelan of Riverdance fame wrote the music for the Guinness ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB6gUdOoVic

This ad inspired a generation to emigrate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hmFPBf-C8

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#19 20-08-2016 11:24AM

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Levi's did fantastic ads in the 80s, with memorable music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaqcthqw5Tg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56M5OZS1A8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqCkLHwUkV8

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#20 20-08-2016 11:24AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8iioBXEzN0

I don't think I've actually seen that advert on the tv for about 16 years, but the ****ing tune is still in my head.

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#21 20-08-2016 11:28AM

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I always remember the Powercity ads.
There were intense.

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#22 20-08-2016 11:30AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T12sepCTJLU

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#23 20-08-2016 11:41AM

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We did this before but anyway it still is:

I shouldn't have watched it! Brings a tear to the eye: I love Dublin.

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#24 20-08-2016 11:41AM

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Would you like that, would like to ride with batman?

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#25 20-08-2016 11:50AM

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Fleawuss wrote: »

I shouldn't have watched it! Brings a tear to the eye: I love Dublin.

The pub in the ad is in Meath.

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#26 20-08-2016 11:53AM

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You can take a long walk off a short pier with that Guinness písswater.

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#27 20-08-2016 11:54AM

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For Forks Sake wrote: »

The pub in the ad is in Meath.

... and the houses in the "don't forget to turn your lights off" part are in Cork.
Great ad all the same though.

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#28 20-08-2016 11:56AM

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RSA man of the world ad. Very powerful

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#29 20-08-2016 11:59AM

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Peter Kay's adds for John Smiths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpHShPqF-uY

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#30 20-08-2016 12:00PM

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Your Face wrote: »

I always remember the Powercity ads.
There were intense.

They put shouty Harvey Norman man in the ha'penny place.

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#31 20-08-2016 12:00PM

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razorblunt wrote: »

... and the houses in the "don't forget to turn your lights off" part are in Cork.
Great ad all the same though.

And The Claddagh boat is in...wait for it...the Claddagh, in Galway.

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