Even more adverts you despise

Rock off, Rock off.....

'Would m'lady care to dance?'

Why is the Butler inviting someone to dance with him?

The Centra add where the old pair meat over a ready meal.

They just stare into each others eyes , then the old girl wanders off followed by the auld lad.

Who comes up with this sh*te?

thanks , I didn't want lunch today anyway.

Note he lends them Ladder no. 32. That's after the other 31 were never brought back.

The AIB ad with man in the car with I presume his daughter in the back seat. Is he at a viewing for a house? He brings the poor child out in the rain with no umbrella and a little jacket on her. When they get back to the car, they’re both bone dry. He says “what do you think?” The child just looks at him, no response……. Is it for a mortgage?

There is one where this woman jumps out the window wearing her pjs then runs through neighbours gardens jumping fences as she goes, down the street to boots. What is the big emergency that caused her to do this? she wants to buy perfume!

Not sure Woodies would like it if an entire community shared just one ladder. They should really be highlighting how cnutish some neighbours can be, and encouraging everyone to buy their own stuff.

Eek, got that ad all wrong when I saw it first - thought it was all about sustainability, ie share instead of buying more and couldn't see how Woodies would benefit 😴😴

Baz and his “reveal” party ….for a BER….please just go away…on at every break too🫣😩

Thats the worst lately.

Maybe we like our artists to be above materialism, but, they gotta feed the kids. Baz probably could well afford to stay true, but, a gift horse and all that. Maybe he got burned producing his last dramatic effort, I only watched one episode, never felt compelled to revisit.

I often wondered how Brian Kerr never voiced ads, for something traditional like sausages or the like. I'll bet he had offers, but maybe knows better to protect his media identity.

A good few years ago there was controversy and resentment in acting circles over the use of 'real' people's voices for voice-over, such as popular DJs, presenters, instead of actors creating a character voice for the ad. The era of the influencer was being created. I think Bill Golding (Rory in Wanderly Wagon from the 70s), who voiced the 'Old Mr Brennan' ads, was one of the complainants. Here's a treat of a version of the Ad which was never meant for Broadcast. Now that's a proper ad!

I remember the actor Barry McGovern making that point. Acting has to be one of the least secure professions around.

And that reminds me, there are a few ads (maybe on radio) at the moment that sound to me like they are done by the Irish Siri voice, or maybe just by the woman who provided the template (or whatever they call the input to create it). Which then made me wonder, is it far off that voice-overs will be artificially created, cutting humans out of the gig completely?

Another one of those awful haribo ads where adults sound like preschool kids. Who thought they were a good idea?