Worst/Best Radio Ads

Akabusi · 02-10-2019 10:36am

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Good lad, glad I could shake you up and bring you round to reality.

Topper.

Thank you, I have nothing more to add.

check_six · 02-10-2019 10:57am

whisky_galore wrote: »

Newstalk have a new sports one, a golf panel show or sumat, but with an irritating tuneless postman's whistling going on in the background.

Is that whistling not the theme from Disney's Robin Hood with the anthropomorphic animals (Robin's a fox, etc.)? I quite like that tune to be honest.

Ol' Donie · 03-10-2019 10:21am

check_six wrote: »

Is that whistling not the theme from Disney's Robin Hood with the anthropomorphic animals (Robin's a fox, etc.)? I quite like that tune to be honest.

It is exactly that.

The tune is comfortably the best thing about golf weekly.

03-10-2019 10:39am

"we're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, swishy swashy swishy swashy swishy swashy " FFS - Do I want to hear this at 7.15am when I'm rushing out in the rain to get my train to work??? No EASONS I don't!

Put it on during the Parenting Slot or something ! Sorry for the rant :-)

Mr E · 03-10-2019 11:25am

Ah it's kinda cute. I like it.

anewme · 03-10-2019 12:54pm

Dog Poo is Back!!!!!

Heard the first three notes and went FFS! It can't be, but it was, its back!

Dog Poo, Dog Poo, Dog Poo.

whisky_galore · 03-10-2019 12:59pm

check_six wrote: »

Is that whistling not the theme from Disney's Robin Hood with the anthropomorphic animals (Robin's a fox, etc.)? I quite like that tune to be honest.

Which has what to do with golf?

03-10-2019 5:42pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

"we're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, swishy swashy swishy swashy swishy swashy " FFS - Do I want to hear this at 7.15am when I'm rushing out in the rain to get my train to work??? No EASONS I don't!

Put it on during the Parenting Slot or something ! Sorry for the rant :-)

I love that ad. I want to download it to my Spotify. It's so soothing and fun, it's EXACTLY what I want to hear when I'm going to work in the rain, seriously!

"Oh no we've got to go through it!
Swishy swashy. Swishy swashy"

Love it! Have you heard the Grruffalo one (A Gruffalo?!)?

A1.

rubadub · 05-10-2019 6:48pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

There has been a few different Phoenix voiceovers on their ad's in the past 20 or so years...

new ad out is toned down a lot, still an odd inflection on 1 or 2 words, but nothing like the last one.

anewme · 05-10-2019 7:26pm

Heard one today about road rage. Started off with a bloke ranting away about people hogging the work toaster.

I laughed a lot, as I complain about the toaster being hogged.

SirChenjin · 08-10-2019 2:47pm

Right Price Tiles, awful ad!

plodder · 09-10-2019 7:12am

The Electric Oyrlund guy is back.

Del.Monte · 09-10-2019 8:01am

Synergy, Synergy.....and the sound of a record stuck in a groove. Ad is for Grant Thornton. A strong candidate for the most annoying Ad ever?

paddylonglegs · 09-10-2019 9:28am

Ze German man talking about ze German power washer, ja? Ze accent is so over-ze-top it must come wit ze free liederhosen ja?

whisky_galore · 09-10-2019 10:50am

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Ze German man talking about ze German power washer, ja? Ze accent is so over-ze-top it must come wit ze free liederhosen ja?

I vill haff you shot for ziz.

Grolschevik · 09-10-2019 12:26pm

"I take your point. Or, rather, points!"

**** off you pedantic prick.

NufcNavan · 09-10-2019 11:32pm

What about the one with two lads talking about parts for a van, or van repair etc. and they are both clearly putting on northside Dub accents. They both end up sounding like a bad Conor McGregor impression. It's absolutely cringe.

rubadub · 10-10-2019 1:16pm

NufcNavan wrote: »

What about the one with two lads talking about parts for a van, or van repair etc. and they are both clearly putting on northside Dub accents. They both end up sounding like a bad Conor McGregor impression. It's absolutely cringe.

I think I know that one, or similar,
"she asked me to put on a harness"
"for wha?!"

There was a newer one for tires, "me Da knows all the best places, best chipper, best pub, best place to get tyres" and a lad comes on who sounds the same age as the first guy and pretends to sound old like he was his father.

ButtersSuki · 14-10-2019 10:55am

I didn't think Skoda could do an ad with a more annoying collection of VOs than the father and son from Drogheda hi with the added West Brit D4-head (his name escapes me at the moment but he souned like Jazz Alley's Donald Helme) from a few years ago but lo and behold they're done it with their new ad with a montage of exaggerated accents from I assume North, South, East and West.

It reminded me of this it was so bad:

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

To be fair though, I'm guessing Tom Cruise was out of their budget.

Mr E · 14-10-2019 5:34pm

I'd say it was the same guy doing the 4 accents too, which kind of defeats the purpose.

Really annoying though, you're right.

whisky_galore · 14-10-2019 5:43pm

Eddie Hobbs' latest financial services vehicle. "Loightning flashes about recession."

Fűck off Eddie.

Expunge · 15-10-2019 10:20am

What's the story with the pronunciation of Dacia?

In the Irish radio ads, it's Da-See-Ah and on the UK ones it's Da-Chee-Ah.

It is not very important at all, I know, just 'driving' me crazy!

Expunge · 15-10-2019 10:28am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I didn't think Skoda could do an ad with a more annoying collection of VOs than the father and son from Drogheda hi with the added West Brit D4-head (his name escapes me at the moment but he souned like Jazz Alley's Donald Helme)

Brian de Salvo, caller.

https://vimeo.com/showcase/5884923

chalkitdown1 · 15-10-2019 10:30am

Expunge wrote: »

What's the story with the pronunciation of Dacia?

In the Irish radio ads, it's Da-See-Ah and on the UK ones it's Da-Chee-Ah.

It is not very important at all, I know, just 'driving' me crazy!

Sounds like another Pew-jho/Purr-jho situation. That one drives me nuts. Where's the 'R' sound in that word, Brits?!

fussyonion · 15-10-2019 8:20pm

The fella voicing the Clayton Hotel ad is so annoying. What is his accent?

sweetie · 18-10-2019 3:10pm

No more appliances delivered ads seeing as they've gone into administration...

Del.Monte · 18-10-2019 7:26pm

sweetie wrote: »

No more appliances delivered ads seeing as they've gone into administration...

Buy & Sell morphed into Appliances Delivered and now oblivion - can't say that I'm surprised.Their Ads won't be missed.

18-10-2019 9:52pm

Mr E wrote: »

I'd say it was the same guy doing the 4 accents too, which kind of defeats the purpose.

It definitely is. The LImerick and Northern accents were especially atrocious. For me, it's not even ennoying, I'm embarrassed on behalf of the person responsible for that ad, who said, "That sounds good, I have done my job".

Surely it only riles people, in Limerick and Ulster, to have Darby O'Gill-standard accents purporting to represent how they speak? What a strange ad.

Atlantic Dawn · 18-10-2019 10:47pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Buy & Sell morphed into Appliances Delivered and now oblivion - can't say that I'm surprised.Their Ads won't be missed.

A great day for Ireland.

Dan Jaman · 19-10-2019 12:11am

"What if..."
"What if..."
"What if...

What if your unicorn could fart rainbows?

flazio · 19-10-2019 8:43am

I hope O'Kane is still owed for those ads, and the receiver never pays her.

Pineapple1 · 19-10-2019 12:56pm

"IN GERMANY, VE DONT JUST SIMPLY VOSH OUR CARS, VE KHRANZES ZEM KHLEAN"

Welsh Megaman · 19-10-2019 3:37pm

The ad promoting the Steve Martin/Martin Short gig.

Not the actual ad itself, but the lameness of that joke...

“35 Years later, and you’re still The Jerk.”

The show could be redeemed if they perform ‘My Little Buttercup’ from ‘Three Amigos’

whisky_galore · 20-10-2019 8:05pm

sweetie wrote: »

No more appliances delivered ads seeing as they've gone into administration...

Never have I been happier that a company has gone down the sh1tter. Good riddance to crap advertising.

generalgerry · 20-10-2019 9:14pm

sweetie wrote: »

No more appliances delivered ads seeing as they've gone into administration...

"The company said trading conditions and very challenging market conditions had led to the closure"

They were set up in 2016. Surely the point is that the business model wasn't really feasible from the start. While I don't like to see any business shutting down I am also delighted that Deirdre O'Kane will no longer be on the airwaves. Well at least not on those ads anyway.

endofrainbow · 20-10-2019 9:28pm

Abhaile ads. I know its a serious matter but are you really telling a mum at the school gates that you're behind on your mortgage repayments?

Genghis · 20-10-2019 9:31pm

Appliances Delivered was owned in some way by Denis O'Brien. Guess it had not been going well but they decided to throw massive ad volumes (using sister companies) at it, but still failed.

Explains how you heard the ads so much!

Must have been literally not selling anything in the end, not as if we are in recession or property slump.

whisky_galore · 20-10-2019 11:30pm

Genghis wrote: »

Appliances Delivered was owned in some way by Denis O'Brien. Guess it had not been going well but they decided to throw massive ad volumes (using sister companies) at it, but still failed.

Explains how you heard the ads so much!

Must have been literally not selling anything in the end, not as if we are in recession or property slump.

You can polish a turd all you like, but it's still a turd.

chalkitdown1 · 21-10-2019 8:24am

The GoMo ad; just what accent does yer wan have? It's so weird, I can't actually place it. I think it might just be someone from abroad who's lived here for a long time and has a developed a mix of accents.

mimimcmc · 21-10-2019 3:17pm

chalkitdown1 wrote: »

The GoMo ad; just what accent does yer wan have? It's so weird, I can't actually place it. I think it might just be someone from abroad who's lived here for a long time and has a developed a mix of accents.

I think I recognise the accent and i think it's the young black girl from the young offenders

Brendan Bendar · 22-10-2019 10:00am

Who is this “Shaaare” person appearing in the Three Arena in Nov.

Never heeeeeard of the artist.

?

Grolschevik · 23-10-2019 12:17pm

Pretty sure I heard the same actor, doing the same voice, on two separate consecutive ads, with no obvious transition between them. It came across as, 'What? As well as having to put his clothes back on at the optician's, he's now asking them about energy-efficient windows?!'

generalgerry · 23-10-2019 1:32pm

You'd have to wonder about Skoda. First they have an ad telling us about how designed for the Irish market their car is................ voiced in a plummy English accent. Now they have taken to mocking the different accents from around the country.

Brendan Bendar · 23-10-2019 3:22pm

generalgerry wrote: »

You'd have to wonder about Skoda. First they have an ad telling us about how designed for the Irish market their car is................ voiced in a plummy English accent. Now they have taken to mocking the different accents from around the country.

“Mocking”

Wee bit strong there,my friend, don’t you think.

EmmetSpiceland · 23-10-2019 3:24pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

“Mocking”

Wee bit strong there,my friend, don’t you think.

The “Limerick” one does seem to be a bit of a joke but that could just be because of the Rubber Bandits slagging off the Limerick skanger.

generalgerry · 23-10-2019 4:16pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

“Mocking”

Wee bit strong there,my friend, don’t you think.

I certainly don't think that it could be described as complimentary!!

Brendan Bendar · 23-10-2019 5:59pm

generalgerry wrote: »

I certainly don't think that it could be described as complimentary!!

Why not,dude?

It’s an ad, bit of fun to it, cannot understand how buttoned - up folk come out and try to take issue with it.

Does every ad. now have to be “complimentary” can we not have a bit of fun to these ads.

Over.......!

endofrainbow · 23-10-2019 6:02pm

mimimcmc wrote: »

I think I recognise the accent and i think it's the young black girl from the young offenders

I thought it was the girl that does the entertainment news on RTE - she was in Dancing Thingie ?

whisky_galore · 23-10-2019 8:02pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

The “Limerick” one does seem to be a bit of a joke but that could just be because of the Rubber Bandits slagging off the Limerick skanger.

It's stupid, they couldn't find a small selection of people talking in their normal regional accents that could actually be cool, but no just hire a Mario Rosenstock wannabe and turn it into a silly accent joke.

EmmetSpiceland · 23-10-2019 8:50pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

It's stupid, they couldn't find a small selection of people talking in their normal regional accents that could actually be cool, but no just hire a Mario Rosenstock wannabe and turn it into a silly accent joke.

I guess it’s either that or you get Emmet Kirwan, Bernard O’Shea or Kevin McGahern.

Maybe they were trying to “shake” things up.

Nice to hear an “inner city” Dub on the radio who’s not some “sleeveen” type though.

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