Worst/Best Radio Ads

LithiumKid1976 · 02-12-2019 4:35pm

"Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same,
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same"

if a car company is using this song, to sell you it new car, and if its successful, and everyone goes out and buys the car, then by the very nature of it, wouldn't every car, look just the same, even though the add is telling you to be different???

forget the make and model of the car in question

plodder · 02-12-2019 7:27pm

LithiumKid1976 wrote: »

"Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same,
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same"

if a car company is using this song, to sell you it new car, and if its successful, and everyone goes out and buys the car, then by the very nature of it, wouldn't every car, look just the same, even though the add is telling you to be different???

forget the make and model of the car in question

The juke box?

whisky_galore · 03-12-2019 2:09am

plodder wrote: »

The juke box?

The Nissan Joke. Possibly one of the uglier SUVs on the market. Noddy car on steroids.

paddylonglegs · 03-12-2019 11:51am

The aer lingus ad backing track is this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AR8lWlIc7s

if anyone was interested. I discovered this song on my grandads 78s vinyls a few years ago

EmmetSpiceland · 03-12-2019 12:24pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Now all I need to hear is "Would m'lady care to dance?" and that's it. Christmas is here.

Was just played there. I do think it finishes stronger than it starts though.

Barna77 · 03-12-2019 12:24pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Now all I need to hear is "Would m'lady care to dance?" and that's it. Christmas is here.

She just accepted the invitation and off they go to dance....

maxwell smart · 03-12-2019 2:40pm

Please move if not in the right forum.

Has anyone heard the advert for the Suzuki Vitara on the radio?

Has to be, without question, the worst thing I've ever heard.

Premise is a guy going for the most important meeting of his life. But realises he has some spare time so says 'Lets play'. I was then expecting an advert for the Lottery or Paddy Power.

But no, the Suzuki Vitara.

Any other adverts that just scream 'should never made it past the storyboard'
??

EmmetSpiceland · 03-12-2019 3:49pm

maxwell smart wrote: »

Please move if not in the right forum.

Has anyone heard the advert for the Suzuki Vitara on the radio?

Has to be, without question, the worst thing I've ever heard.

Premise is a guy going for the most important meeting of his life. But realises he has some spare time so says 'Lets play'. I was then expecting an advert for the Lottery or Paddy Power.

But no, the Suzuki Vitara.

Any other adverts that just scream 'should never made it past the storyboard'
??

This one is covered in the “worst radio ads” thread but, if you see the ad on TV, it is a child doing the voiceover so it makes a little more sense.

The one on radio just sounds weird and unsettling.

Brendan Bendar · 04-12-2019 7:38am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

This one is covered in the “worst radio ads” thread but, if you see the ad on TV, it is a child doing the voiceover so it makes a little more sense.

The one on radio just sounds weird and unsettling.

And the‘ Brendan Keenan’ type accent makes it worse.

The dude should be shot with bullets of oven-baked goat shïte.

dogmatix · 04-12-2019 8:07am

There I was driving into work this am when the "are we there yet..." goat thingy came on. Followed straight away by the unctious and smarmy AIB eco ad when irelands most disreputable financial institute tries to convince us that they are pledging to be more eco friendly "every day". Jesus wept - thank god I have a CD player in my car, a library membership and loads of audiobooks...

stoneill · 04-12-2019 8:21am

Those Wiltshire Farm Foods adds are so bad.

Del.Monte · 04-12-2019 11:56am

stoneill wrote: »

Those Wiltshire Farm Foods adds are so bad.

They must be written by the same people who do a female version for pensioners who can't boil an egg or remember the name of the postman. Personally I enjoy the Wiltshire Farm Foods Ads as I try and imagine what Jimmy/Benny Hill/Pat Mustard are really delivering.

Ol' Donie · 04-12-2019 12:41pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

Just heard it there.

Now all I need to hear is "Would m'lady care to dance?" and that's it. Christmas is here.

I've just heard these two in a row!

whisky_galore · 05-12-2019 4:01pm

Griffith College stupid man / clever female robot setup.

endofrainbow · 05-12-2019 4:03pm

Martin Gear Jewelers ....FIVE MAY RY STREET

Nevin Parsnipp · 05-12-2019 9:58pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Tosser?

Have the tossers got a mention, plenty of them driving around our town, mostly in Hondas .

“I’m a tosser on my way to the most important meeting of my life..........Fairyhouse... I’ll just tailgate a few Citizens on the way and annoy them”

Tossers.

Honda's .?

Brendan Bendar · 05-12-2019 11:20pm

Yeah.... little runts with big ‘lollipop’ heads on them looking out thru the steering wheel.

Need a good shoeing.

whiterebel · 07-12-2019 11:44am

The An Post ads with the young wan: Dada, communidy, sociedy, fordy. Does someone listen to these and say "yes, dat sounds gread, pud id on air"?

Barna77 · 09-12-2019 4:45pm

Just heard the Barry's train ad

Dan Jaman · 10-12-2019 1:10am

Is there a Gaiety Panto this year? I haven't heard that yet.

HildaOgdenx · 10-12-2019 2:04am

Cabra Cabra, Ongar Ongar... oh **** off! (Nitelink ad...I think)

Nevin Parsnipp · 10-12-2019 10:29am

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Is there a Gaiety Panto this year? I haven't heard that yet.

Oh yes there is ! It;s no ordinary Pantow its de Gayedee Pantow !!!

mimimcmc · 11-12-2019 11:01am

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Is there a Gaiety Panto this year? I haven't heard that yet.

Lucky you

Ol' Donie · 12-12-2019 2:01pm

Barna77 wrote: »

Just heard the Barry's train ad

Just came on to mention this. It's just over, feels like it started 45 mins ago.

Although it does make me laugh that you can hear his missus giving out to him. It's a stressful time, Christmas.

Mr E · 12-12-2019 3:50pm

Ah that Barry's ad is great - one of the better Christmas ads, to be fair.

Other companies trying to mimic it aren't really pulling it off though.

There is a similar style for a voucher for the Europa hotel. My rewritten version:

"The Europa", she gasped, turning the voucher over in her hands. "Jesus, a f**king voucher, seriously. You have no imagination at all."

LithiumKid1976 · 12-12-2019 4:24pm

i really hate the barrys add, and im not alone.

the europa add is brutal as well.

camel and jambo can fupp off as well..

(bah humbug!

)

Del.Monte · 12-12-2019 8:33pm

It's so long ago that I can't remember whether this was a radio Ad too but it's from the same feel-good school as the Barry's Tea Ad. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

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

EmmetSpiceland · 12-12-2019 8:46pm

LithiumKid1976 wrote: »

camel and jambo can fupp off as well..

I’ve heard Neil Delamere doesn’t like people asking him about being the “voice” of the goat.

To be fair, it does sound a lot like him.

generalgerry · 13-12-2019 8:53am

"It's the height of the troubles and some RA lad has come home to find that the worst has happened... somebody has killed his cat"

Yeah, sounds like a load of rubbish to be honest.

whisky_galore · 14-12-2019 10:47am

generalgerry wrote: »

"It's the height of the troubles and some RA lad has come home to find that the worst has happened... somebody has killed his cat"

Yeah, sounds like a load of rubbish to be honest.

That play (surprisingly) got good reviews in the past, I'd go with reviews or word of mouth before believing any ad telling me that it's "hilarious", esp at those ticket prices.

Max Headroom · 14-12-2019 12:39pm

Jammer jammer jammer ..jammer.ie.........:mad::mad:

And she had the harness ready.....ready for whaaaa.....:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Harry Palmr · 15-12-2019 12:48pm

Barna77 wrote: »

Just heard the Barry's train ad

Can anyone remember when this ad first aired? It feels like it's been going for at least 15 years.

flazio · 15-12-2019 1:05pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Can anyone remember when this ad first aired? It feels like it's been going for at least 15 years.

At least double that I reckon.

Mr E · 15-12-2019 1:22pm

1994. 25 years this year.

Long may it continue.

Harry Palmr · 15-12-2019 1:24pm

Yikes! I was going to say 20 years, but thought that sounded too long.

Macdarack · 15-12-2019 11:46pm

There's an ad for Kileen Castle golf classes, the pro golfer featured sounds like he was recorded with a traffic cone over his head, sounds very cheap

Ol' Donie · 21-12-2019 4:59pm

What the flip is a homeless communidy?

Brendan Bendar · 21-12-2019 5:46pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

What the flip is a homeless communidy?

A growth industry Donie, aided and abetted by a coterie with 1% support in the Dáil.

Genghis · 22-12-2019 10:41am

Macdarack wrote: »

There's an ad for Kileen Castle golf classes, the pro golfer featured sounds like he was recorded with a traffic cone over his head, sounds very cheap

Literally dialling it in. And putting a bed of classical music under it does nothing to improve it.

generalgerry · 22-12-2019 12:22pm

That Tony Cascarino ad promoting gambling really annoys me, "lets check with VAR, yes it's ten euwo".

Every time you start up Newstalk on iradio the ad is played. Kind of ironic given that Newstalk considers itself the moral conscience of Irish society that they should be getting their money from an industry that does such damage.

Acosta · 22-12-2019 2:51pm

Most radio ads are incredibly annoying. Especially when trying to sell something they insert some silly narrative with a terrible voice actor. Made even worse when it's a child actor.

And the Barry's tea ad makes me want to repeatedly bang my head on the nearest wall. So incredibly lame. Drink Lyons!

whisky_galore · 22-12-2019 8:57pm

Macdarack wrote: »

There's an ad for Kileen Castle golf classes, the pro golfer featured sounds like he was recorded with a traffic cone over his head, sounds very cheap

Awful, especially for classes that are presumably NOT cheap.

plodder · 23-12-2019 12:04am

generalgerry wrote: »

That Tony Cascarino ad promoting gambling really annoys me, "lets check with VAR, yes it's ten euwo".

Every time you start up Newstalk on iradio the ad is played. Kind of ironic given that Newstalk considers itself the moral conscience of Irish society that they should be getting their money from an industry that does such damage.

Is that not just an ad for Sky Sports? I don't see the gambling connection.

fricatus · 23-12-2019 7:27am

generalgerry wrote: »

That Tony Cascarino ad promoting gambling really annoys me, "lets check with VAR, yes it's ten euwo".

Every time you start up Newstalk on iradio the ad is played. Kind of ironic given that Newstalk considers itself the moral conscience of Irish society that they should be getting their money from an industry that does such damage.

plodder wrote: »

Is that not just an ad for Sky Sports? I don't see the gambling connection.

Admittedly I haven't seen the ad, but it sounds like this is the gambling connection:

"Let's check with VAR" = you're watching football

"Yes it's ten euro" = you have won money gambling based on the outcome (as opposed to just being happy because Liverpool or whoever are now 1-0 up)

It's so insidious, we hardly notice it any more. :mad:

Doctor Jimbob · 23-12-2019 10:44am

fricatus wrote: »

Admittedly I haven't seen the ad, but it sounds like this is the gambling connection:

"Let's check with VAR" = you're watching football

"Yes it's ten euro" = you have won money gambling based on the outcome (as opposed to just being happy because Liverpool or whoever are now 1-0 up)

It's so insidious, we hardly notice it any more. :mad:

It's for now TV - day passes cost a tenner.

Still an annoying as feck ad.

Rub a Dub · 23-12-2019 11:10am

Wakey Wakey kids. Rise and shine!

Leopardstown xmas races. Shoot me now.

whisky_galore · 23-12-2019 2:52pm

Rub a Dub wrote: »

Wakey Wakey kids. Rise and shine!

Leopardstown xmas races. Shoot me now.

I do sort of enjoy that, parents getting back at annoying Xmas morning kids.

Acosta · 23-12-2019 6:37pm

Rub a Dub wrote: »

Wakey Wakey kids. Rise and shine!

Leopardstown xmas races. Shoot me now.

Ah it's a Leopardstown ad. I nearly broke the radio at work punching the off button before it got that far. How much of a twat do you have to be to come up with something as horrendous as this ****.

Coillte_Bhoy · 23-12-2019 9:41pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

I do sort of enjoy that, parents getting back at annoying Xmas morning kids.

Took me minute to cop onto it, thought it was quite good myself tbh

Darc19 · 25-12-2019 2:30pm

One for the anoracks.

Bargaintown advert wishing everyone a happy Christmas.

They are getting great value from the production. It was made back in 1987 and voices are Bill "hot hits" Cunningham and Martin Block.

Worst/Best Radio Ads

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