Worst/Best Radio Ads rerun edition!

Cole · 07-09-2020 8:51pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Your one prattling on about a mother's voice and child in the womb rubbish?
The way she whispers/hisses annoys me, especially the word "voice".

That'ssssssssss the one. Oh her voice...ssssssssssssssssssss

08-09-2020 11:10am

whisky_galore wrote: »

Similar godawful one with a record breaking sausage maker of all things, crowbarring in a mention of Virgins (allegedly) high speed internet at the end.

The sausage and piano player ads are my two most despised ads on at the moment. Ironically enough, with the theme being speed, both ads feel really long.

delaad · 08-09-2020 8:55pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

I don't hear this ad anymore.
It has been replaced by chirpy happy Cork/Tipperary hybrid male voice.

When that's played on Sky, they run subtitles under it!

Dickie10 · 08-09-2020 10:26pm

delaad wrote: »

When that's played on Sky, they run subtitles under it!

i completely lose him when he says "...and download the covid tracker app to be one in more than a million..." is this what he says? it sounds like a lotto ad, IT COULD BE U. straing trying to hear him but jsust can tget to

09-09-2020 9:29am

Dickie10 wrote: »

i completely lose him when he says "...and download the covid tracker app to be one in more than a million..." is this what he says? it sounds like a lotto ad, IT COULD BE U. straing trying to hear him but jsust can tget to

I don't understand that reference either.

According to the apps stats, 100% of its users are healthy. Maybe the 1 in a million is the first person to actually get tracked and traced.

RadioRetro · 09-09-2020 9:57am

I think the line means that by downloading the app you're one of a million who have done so. Could be worded better.

Test For Echo · 09-09-2020 11:29am

Macdarack wrote: »

Virgin media advert about the champion sausage maker. Jesus christ.

Truly dreadful ad. I thought the piano one was odd but this is unbelievably bad.

neris · 09-09-2020 12:54pm

Barna77 wrote: »

Just heard some ad. The voice over did sound like the bloody Bothar goat :eek: I was too shocked to register what they were advertising
Shudders....

Christmas is coming

chalkitdown1 · 10-09-2020 1:20pm

Speaking of christmas, due to Covid are we going to be spared the Gaeity Panto ad this year? :eek:

fricatus · 10-09-2020 1:49pm

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Speaking of christmas, due to Covid are we going to be spared the Gaeity Panto ad this year? :eek:

Oh no you’re not!

whisky_galore · 10-09-2020 6:58pm

New multi voiceover artist CV19 one.
One of the female voiceovers sounds quite pissed off, as if she's angry with us.

corcaigh07 · 11-09-2020 12:16pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

New multi voiceover artist CV19 one.
One of the female voiceovers sounds quite pissed off, as if she's angry with us.

Numbers are going up... AGAIN!

ford fiesta · 11-09-2020 2:00pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

New multi voiceover artist CV19 one.
One of the female voiceovers sounds quite pissed off, as if she's angry with us.

Yes I noticed the 2 hander Call-Response Male / Female Covid 19 ad.
Female voice is bad cop in this ad.

Are they both meant to be replacing the Male happy, chirpy "Tissue" Cork / Tipperary Voiceover?
Niamh from Fair City V/O is history at this stage...

Del.Monte · 11-09-2020 5:03pm

The latest two voice Covid Ads are so patronising and utterly useless. Then they are followed by a slew of Ads trying to sell crap air conditioning ****e;, PPE and that useless feckin hairdresser....don't get me started.

EmmetSpiceland · 11-09-2020 6:58pm

fricatus wrote: »

Oh no you’re not!

Just an ordinary one so?

chosen1 · 13-09-2020 3:51pm

There's a one for a wine sale on at the moment with a lad from "eh-spain". Could be possibly Centra.

His Spanish accent is so bad it make Kransel guy and the one from Air France seem like they were natives in comparison.

Can't see how it's that hard to find native speakers for adverts that require them.

ford fiesta · 13-09-2020 9:03pm

"Dont you forget about me"
Ad for music industry ireland Covid 19...any time I hear the start of the ad... I think its the current Heineken Covid 19 ad or an ad for an upcoming Simple Minds concert.

Maybe a different track could have been used?

Barna77 · 14-09-2020 10:50am

chosen1 wrote: »

There's a one for a wine sale on at the moment with a lad from "eh-spain". Could be possibly Centra.

His Spanish accent is so bad it make Kransel guy and the one from Air France seem like they were natives in comparison.

Can't see how it's that hard to find native speakers for adverts that require them.

It makes me cringe. I don't eh-speak like dah!

whisky_galore · 14-09-2020 2:01pm

chosen1 wrote: »

There's a one for a wine sale on at the moment with a lad from "eh-spain". Could be possibly Centra.

His Spanish accent is so bad it make Kransel guy and the one from Air France seem like they were natives in comparison.

Can't see how it's that hard to find native speakers for adverts that require them.

It's even worse than Manuel from Fawlty Towers. Utterly amateur effort.

The repetative Irish Health Stores ad music sounds like it was played on a Fisher Price keyboard.

RINO87 · 14-09-2020 2:14pm

chosen1 wrote: »

There's a one for a wine sale on at the moment with a lad from "eh-spain". Could be possibly Centra.

His Spanish accent is so bad it make Kransel guy and the one from Air France seem like they were natives in comparison.

Can't see how it's that hard to find native speakers for adverts that require them.

I agree that it's absolutely brutal, but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt by saying that it's supposed to be.
It's clearly the guy that does all the other Centra ads so maybe we are supposed to recognise that it's him doing a crappy accent. The ad then kind of retains its "branding" while also attempting to show that they have a (crap) sense of humour.....

Or maybe I'm giving the ad agency too much credit when they are just being plain lazy....

HildaOgdenx · 14-09-2020 2:47pm

Lloyds Pharmacy ad, 'to borrow a famous phrase, Winter is coming' .
Eh?

whisky_galore · 14-09-2020 4:34pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

"Dont you forget about me"
Ad for music industry ireland Covid 19...any time I hear the start of the ad... I think its the current Heineken Covid 19 ad or an ad for an upcoming Simple Minds concert.

Maybe a different track could have been used?

What is the point of this ad? Is it give money to starving musicians or what?

Dan Jaman · 15-09-2020 12:12am

HildaOgdenx wrote: »

Lloyds Pharmacy ad, 'to borrow a famous phrase, Winter is coming' .
Eh?

Painkillers for the Same Ol' Groans.

Aglomerado · 15-09-2020 10:26am

Lidl baby promotion for your "babbies" :mad:

chalkitdown1 · 15-09-2020 1:55pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

Lidl baby promotion for your "babbies" :mad:

Oh god, this one. He says it so many times as well.

In other news, I quite like the return of the Supermac's jingle.

The Mighty Quinn · 15-09-2020 2:53pm

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

In other news, I quite like the return of the Supermac's jingle.

It does have that nostalgic 80s feel!

EmmetSpiceland · 15-09-2020 7:42pm

The Mighty Quinn wrote: »

It does have that nostalgic 80s feel!

If only ‘Homestead‘ would follow suit, even the version as gaelige was class.

paddylonglegs · 16-09-2020 1:15am

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

Oh god, this one. He says it so many times as well.

In other news, I quite like the return of the Supermac's jingle.

And hats off to Pat McD for getting uillean pipes into a radio ad

Del.Monte · 16-09-2020 8:22am

Another Ad that beats me is a rare one, exclusively in Irish, on RTE in which the only recognisable word - to me - is Brexit which appears once near the end. What's that about?

whisky_galore · 16-09-2020 9:08am

The Mighty Quinn wrote: »

It does have that nostalgic 80s feel!

Did Supermacs staff still have to pay for their own uniforms back then too?

ford fiesta · 19-09-2020 4:20pm

Is that craig doyle in the male/female dublin accents, Covid ads?

paddylonglegs · 21-09-2020 11:00am

Tuirleach and the peddle bin on his head? What is going on? Why is that ad not just clear and concise? boggles the mind - its not funny

ford fiesta · 21-09-2020 12:46pm

Covid ad:
Dublin accent:
"In the miiiaaaan time"

Cole · 23-09-2020 2:18pm

Home Instead Senior Care - the most stomach churningly patronising and cynical ads on radio.

"Home Instead Senior Care to us it's personal"...yeah personal profit.

Zak Flaps · 24-09-2020 1:48am

I hate that quote devil insurance ad. It's the f*cking jingle i hate. The voices mainly.
I don't even know what they're singing.

24-09-2020 8:41am

That Bank of Ireland Mortgages ad is back..................."we'll meet you in a coffee shop or that little slice of Ireland you call home".....but that's the whole point of the meeting - if I need a mortgage its because I don't have a home!!!

Apparently Bank of Ireland will apparently meet you "Annie where, Annie time" ???? Who's she?

Del.Monte · 24-09-2020 8:58am

And you can just imagine ringing up the bank - assuming the branch has somebody to answer the phone and that you're not put through to a call centre - and suggesting that they send somebody down to O'Reilly's bar to discuss a mortgage with you. :rolleyes:

Del.Monte · 24-09-2020 1:51pm

There's another homemade, steam powered, Ad running at the moment for de facto shaving oil https://www.defactoshave.com/ The Ad is very worthy - the product name off the wall and then the poor fool (owner?) spells out de facto in case the great unwashed can't understand such a catchy name.

The Mighty Quinn · 24-09-2020 1:53pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

There's another homemade, steam powered, Ad running at the moment for de facto shaving oil https://www.defactoshave.com/ The Ad is very worthy - the product name off the wall and then the poor fool (owner?) spells out de facto in case the great unwashed can't understand such a catchy name.

Wordy?

Barna77 · 24-09-2020 3:14pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

And you can just imagine ringing up the bank - assuming the branch has somebody to answer the phone and that you're not put through to a call centre - and suggesting that they send somebody down to O'Reilly's bar to discuss a mortgage with you. :rolleyes:

The banker would probably order the priciest thing in the bar and make you pay for it, to top up their new fees policy

whisky_galore · 24-09-2020 4:39pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

That Bank of Ireland Mortgages ad is back..................."we'll meet you in a coffee shop or that little slice of Ireland you call home".....but that's the whole point of the meeting - if I need a mortgage its because I don't have a home!!!

Apparently Bank of Ireland will apparently meet you "Annie where, Annie time" ???? Who's she?

The saccharine sweetness and repeated use of Bank of ARR-land grates.

Dickie10 · 24-09-2020 9:38pm

its that awful, awful creature "comedian" Maeve Higgins. shes very annoying. one of theses 40 year olds that acts and as if shes still 24 in college or something, all daft and giggly and throwing in the word "random" every few mins.

whisky_galore · 24-09-2020 10:27pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

............"we'll meet you in a coffee shop or that little slice of Ireland you call home".....but that's the whole point of the meeting - if I need a mortgage its because I don't have a home!!!

Doesn't make any sense unless a BOI manager will come out to meet you in your parents' house or some small time landlord's mouldy shoebox.

01-10-2020 7:32am

The idiot in his “crevasse” trying to find his Tax accountant as his Tax returns are due. FFS...what an eejit !
(What advertising company creates these stupid ads? They’re not funny or smart...its a tired formula)

Aglomerado · 01-10-2020 7:39am

The red cow hotel and their 'you can social distance comfortably' line.

lolie · 01-10-2020 2:28pm

The one for the OTB sport app is really grating on me now.
I like Kevin kilbane but there's only some many times i can hear him say he's gonna slap Cesc Fabregras.
Also the Now tv ads with Robert Webb as the tv are really annoying.

StaticNoise · 02-10-2020 10:00am

EZ Living furniture are using an audio track that is very similar to the old Sean O'Rourke theme/'Black Magic' by Little Mix.
Not to mention the overused stock audio of children laughing.

NO.

L1011 · 02-10-2020 2:48pm

Smyths UK copy ads.

Most UK companies wouldn't use such a dissonant clanging UK VO in Ireland; but an Irish firm seems to think its fine!

chalkitdown1 · 02-10-2020 3:21pm

Hate those KFC ads with the Dublin girl. Is "stop the lights" a thing people say in Dublin? I've never heard it in my life.

Barna77 · 02-10-2020 3:28pm

L1011 wrote: »

Smyths UK copy ads.

Most UK companies wouldn't use such a dissonant clanging UK VO in Ireland; but an Irish firm seems to think its fine!

A thousand times yes. Hate those ads made in / for the UK and aired here. Top of my list is Now Tv :mad:

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