Worst/Best Radio Ads

Basq · 21-09-2007 05:41PM

Oh.. there's a few that have been wrecking my head recently.

- Homestore & More... Homestore & More... Homestore & More... Homestore & More... (we get what the store is called!)

- The ad for the shopping centre in Navan with the jingle... "Find Undiscovered Gems in Navan" (or something like that!)

- GE Money is atrocious too. "Pay a little more each day to lighten up me load... yeeewwww!"

- Clearwire Broadband (if just for the way he says "Broad-baand" and the "have a nice day!")

- "To see your premium fall, just give AA a call on..."

juuge · 21-09-2007 06:30PM

juuge wrote:

Best ad ever has to be the 'Catch-It-If-You-Can' Catch Chocolate Bar - Whatever happened to that ?

yiu'll find it on www.catchbar.com

EdgarAllenPoo · 25-09-2007 06:09PM

If I ever come across the woman from the new Ristorante Pizza ad I may just have to kill her until she dies from it.

mike65 · 25-09-2007 06:14PM

RE mortage RE RE RE RE RE Re-AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Mike.

EdgarAllenPoo · 25-09-2007 06:17PM

The ad for malev hungarian airlines with the woman whispering makes my skin crawl, if someone whispered like that in my ear I'd loaf them.

Basq · 25-09-2007 06:43PM

GDM wrote:

If I ever come across the woman from the new Ristorante Pizza ad I may just have to kill her until she dies from it.

Agreed.. it's the way she puts elongates ready.

"Your pizza from Dr. Oetker is readdddy!"

One ad that has gotten more and more on me tits.. the game-show ad for concrete A-rated homes.

"Concrete built is better built!" - ARRRRGGGHHH!

That_Guy · 25-09-2007 06:54PM

Harvey Norman.... It's the new Power City.

That_Guy · 25-09-2007 06:55PM

Actually another ad is that stupid Supermacs one.

"What do you call a fish with no I's..... A Fsh..."

Ridiculous.

coxy14 · 27-09-2007 12:44PM

Hate the new ads trying to encourage people to move to the west of Ireland.
Having moved to Boyle one women tells us how she has much more time and more pleasant surroundings to surf; in land locked roscommon, i don't think so!

mike65 · 28-09-2007 02:00PM

That Goddamn AA ad for the "cuppa tea/old dear" generation. Its not only annoying - its ubiquitous.

Mike.

Basq · 28-09-2007 03:48PM

The mortgage ad with the "inner child" saying "WAKEY, WAKEY!!!"

Grrrrrrrr! :mad:

28-09-2007 07:35PM

juuge wrote:

Best ad ever has to be the 'Catch-It-If-You-Can' Catch Chocolate Bar - Whatever happened to that ?

I have the original 1970s TV ad.

Green Giant · 01-10-2007 09:37AM

How's this for a new rule concerning radio ads in particular - nobody under 15 whose voice hasn't broken yet.

I am not agist. There are several examples of this, such as:

the WAKEY WAKEY ad for the mortgage
"Da, can we get Irish Broadband?"
two kids on their first day back at school yelling about what they did on their holidays (can't remember what the ad's for, I normally got rid of the volume by that point)
kid pretending to drive a car around the kitchen table
Eircom Broadband

There are probably a few more. Anyway, nobody under 15 should be allowed to do a voice for a radio ad

bohsboy · 01-10-2007 10:21AM

inkjet.ie - What fool sanctioned this ad fit for radio listeners?

The new WEE regulations with the Stephen Hawkings distorted voice, for christ sake. :mad:

juuge · 03-10-2007 11:30AM

Best jingle has to be for the Catch Bar.....www.catchbar.com

EdgarAllenPoo · 03-10-2007 10:29PM

basquille wrote:

The mortgage ad with the "inner child" saying "WAKEY, WAKEY!!!"

Grrrrrrrr! :mad:

Believe it or not this actually woke me up this morning, it was the first thing I heard before I turned off my alarm. It was on right before the news.

If that actually is a kid I want to punch him in the throat.

Stephen · 06-10-2007 11:23PM

Whoever mentioned that concrete built homes ad... oh god i want to kill those bastards.

CONCRETE BUILT IS BETTER BUILT!!1!

ORLY?

Just for that I hope the property market goes right down the toilet you pricks.

Then there's every eircom broadband ad with that cheesy god-awful music and the usual smarmy bollix doing the voice over. Die in a fire please.

And last but not least... Fitzpatrick furniture with their very own oh-so-sexy jingle. What kind of crazy sh1t were they smoking when they approved that?

Green Giant · 08-10-2007 09:31AM

yeah, if only life was easy as winning a house for answering two questions about why concrete is so great :mad:

That_Guy · 08-10-2007 10:35AM

Those Permanent TSB ads drive me up the wall.
Everybody please just switch your account so they'll have nothing to advertise.

Few more I despise are as mentioned before, those Fitzpatrick ads. "Hi, I'm Neville Knot"

The Harvey Norman ads.

Those DID electrical ads.

And finally..........

That Supermacs ad.

Tropheus · 08-10-2007 10:44AM

The add for the Police concert running over the past few weeks drove me nuts.

What is it about Irish advertising and American accents? I just don't get. Advertising agencies seem to think that using an American accent adds more credibility or coolness.

Why an Irish radio advert for an English band needed to be advertised by a low pitched American accent (a.k.a. those "in a world" movie trailers) baffles me.

juuge · 10-10-2007 06:23PM

Karsini wrote:

I have the original 1970s TV ad.

Really ?
Can you upload it to youtube?

11-10-2007 08:55PM

juuge wrote: »

Really ?
Can you upload it to youtube?

Done. My first upload though, don't think it came out as well as I'd hoped. But it came from a ghosted Mullaghanish VHF broadcast so the source isn't 100% anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0iMw0F7cU

juuge · 11-10-2007 09:09PM

Karsini wrote: »

Done. My first upload though, don't think it came out as well as I'd hoped. But it came from a ghosted Mullaghanish VHF broadcast so the source isn't 100% anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0iMw0F7cU

Well done thanks for that - You're a genius!

swingking · 29-10-2007 06:36PM

Oh my god, I am sick to death of those stupid ads with the

"regulated by the financial regulator" bit at the end

:mad:

I have to change the station everytime I hear this, only to turn to another ad with the same thing.

And why the fúk does the person have to speak so fast during this bit

tSubh Dearg · 29-10-2007 06:50PM

Moved into the worst/best thread.

From what I learnt in sound engineering the person isn't usually speaking that fast but has had some sort of time bend put over it to speed it up.

Unfortunately annoying as it is all financial institutions have to have this bit at the end to cover themselves legally.

mike65 · 29-10-2007 06:58PM

One campaign thats particuarly bad is that smug one for Centra, where various metro-types are falling out of bed and into thier local corner shop be feast on guilt-free produce. "that sounds like a plan". Bah, just have 2 weetabix like the rest of us.

Mike.

Wertz · 29-10-2007 07:15PM

OMG that bloody inner child one from whatever bunch of bastards are trying to sell me a mortgage. Wakey wakey. If I ever actually meet that child I won't be responsible for my actions...

Sizzler · 29-10-2007 08:32PM

11890 Ads to the tune of kung fu fighting....grrrrrrrrrrr!

The ads are that bad I would rather go out of my way and find a poxy phone book than phone that shower :rolleyes:

Mr E · 29-10-2007 11:29PM

The ad for the food safety authority. Woman tries to sell her car to man, man says "its a bit past it, isn't it?". She says "It may be past its best before date, but its not past its use by date". Guy goes "What?"

The rest of the country goes "What?"

Ridiculous (especially in the context of selling a car).

jor el · 31-10-2007 12:49PM

REply for a REmorgtage or REfinance REal soon or REally be REal sorry about not REplying to a REal stupid REtard on a RE RE RE RE RE.... ugh, over-pronounce RE once more and I'll shove an oversized rubber fist up your REctum you stupid fucktard. I can't even remember the company, one of those shower of debt consolidation companies with stupid names like Perfect Mortgages or Freedom Finance.

Also, I don't think I'll listen to my inner child. I'd rather shake him to death while shouting wakey wakey over and over, ala Louise Woodward.

Those timber framed homes. Chopping down forests is now environmentally friendly it seems. And what does the fact the the trees used to absorb CO2 (but not any more since you killed them) have to do with making your home more energy efficient? They're crap houses anyway. There's no sound-proofing between rooms, and if it's semi-detached then pray you don't have noisy neighbours.

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