RTE ads from the 80s...

Rockee · 19-02-2006 6:20pm #1

Hey all! Would any of you guys know where I could get my grubby little mits on some old RTE tv ads from the 80s?? Is there anywhere on the net even?? Theres so many ads from the 80s I can remember, I'd love to see them again for a laugh/bit of nostalgia!!:) Thanks...

Rockee · 19-02-2006 11:25pm

:rolleyes: ???

thejuggler · 22-02-2006 10:32am

Do you mean the public safety adverts like the ones about not climbing electricity pylons or flying kites near overhead lines. They also had ones about kids drowning and about not eating less than an hour before swimming.
Does anyone remember "Where's grandad?" where an unfortunate elderly gentleman falls off his chair into a river and drowns.

And the worst one of all which still haunts me to this day was the fire safety one where the married couple are in bed and the wife asks the husband did you put the cat out? So he goes downstairs to check only to find that the television (which he had left plugged in) was faulty and had started a fire and he manages to put it out in the nick of time. That freaked me out completely and ever since I have always pluged out all electrical apliances before retiring for the night.

So yeah for me "Wheres Grandad?" and "Did you put the cat out?" are two defining rte adverts in the 80's. I think they were made by the national safety council.

Rockee · 22-02-2006 3:28pm

Shít! Youve just reminded me of the 'did you put the cat out?' ad there! I used to run of the sitting room...the camera would then focus on the sofa catching fire. Aw, creepy! Thanx for bringing back bad memories!:D Some other ads wouldve been the Guinness ad with the surfer guy, or The Harp ad where the locals are drinking in a tavern and the vikings invade! Another freaky ad was an ad for Trocáire which showed a burning red candle in a dark room and all that you could hear in the background was swirling wind. Theres loads! Or the Mr.Proper ad...'Harry dont! The floors still wet!' 'No, its dry I washed it hours ago!' 'That shine made me think it was wet' 'Thats the shine you get with Mr.Proper!' Ah, youve got me started now!!!!:D

rubberneck · 06-03-2006 6:48am

.. the ad for pregnant women to be vaccinated against mumps and the shots of the deformed kids, the nun shouting ‘ba..ba’! into the deaf kids ear and the guy with dodgy hearing, listening (with muffled dialogue) to the stand up on stage..this ad absolutely freaked me out!

The ‘wheres grandad’ ad was another..the mum on the phone who looks out the window and sees her kids legs hanging out of the paddling pool..!! the little kid brian who goes missing and then they cut to a barrel of water with a big splash mark on the wall!

I have a few videos at home in Ireland with stuff taped back in ‘86/87 which I throw on now and again for a blast from the past!
Remember the AAA Golden Maverick /Clint Eastwood ad with the whistling intro? Ronny Drew and the ‘ah..that’s bass!”..

I even have the 3D movies from Halloween ‘88 and the glasses still intact..
Inferno, The Mad Magician and a 3 stooges in 3D!
:rolleyes:

Rockee · 26-03-2006 4:11pm

Excellent!!! When you get back to Ireland maybe I could rob a video or two of you?? I love all that Retro stuff...I remember that Golden Maverick ad very well!

brian crackout · 27-03-2006 1:48pm

rubberneck wrote:

.. the ad for pregnant women to be vaccinated against mumps and the shots of the deformed kids, the nun shouting ‘ba..ba’! into the deaf kids ear and the guy with dodgy hearing, listening (with muffled dialogue) to the stand up on stage..this ad absolutely freaked me out!

The ‘wheres grandad’ ad was another..the mum on the phone who looks out the window and sees her kids legs hanging out of the paddling pool..!! the little kid brian who goes missing and then they cut to a barrel of water with a big splash mark on the wall!

I have a few videos at home in Ireland with stuff taped back in ‘86/87 which I throw on now and again for a blast from the past!
Remember the AAA Golden Maverick /Clint Eastwood ad with the whistling intro? Ronny Drew and the ‘ah..that’s bass!”..

I even have the 3D movies from Halloween ‘88 and the glasses still intact..
Inferno, The Mad Magician and a 3 stooges in 3D!
:rolleyes:

I remember that halloween 3D thing that RTE had. god i mustve been only about 6 but I Remember it. wasnt there a cowboy one in the desert? as for those old ads - any chance you could put what ever you have onto one video whenever your back in the country- id pay good money for it... get in touch if your interested...

Rockee · 28-03-2006 12:07am

brian crackout wrote:

I remember that halloween 3D thing that RTE had. god i mustve been only about 6 but I Remember it. wasnt there a cowboy one in the desert? as for those old ads - any chance you could put what ever you have onto one video whenever your back in the country- id pay good money for it... get in touch if your interested...

Same here! I wonder if anyone has the old Guinness ad with the ridiculous wah-wah solo with the dude on a surf board...as celebrated in 'Delirium Tremens' by Christy moore!

An Riabhach · 20-12-2011 5:26pm

Gosh I could go on all day and all night about ads I liked,hated and was terrified of in the 80's.....

"TV spongers beware,the squeeze is on!!"

"....and Sally O'Brien and the way she might look at you,and then a pint of Harp".

"Most people enjoy an occasional gamble.But today,the stakes are too high,because you're gambling with AIDS".

The Coke vs Pepsi challenges.

I really really really wish RTE would release a DVD with all these ads.They can do it with Reelin In The Years,so why can't they make one of old TV commercials?

darkdubh · 20-12-2011 8:46pm

RTE probably don't hold the rights to the ads.I'd love to see those public safety ads again especially "where's grandad?" but I think the HSE has the rights to them.I wouldent hold my breath about the possability of them being released.

jake 74 · 22-12-2011 11:29am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExTRZxDRYPg
harp ad from 80's:)

jake 74 · 22-12-2011 11:32am

this one has to be my fav
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTczq_S4dEM
murphys ad from 1990's

An Riabhach · 23-12-2011 1:19am

jake 74 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExTRZxDRYPg
harp ad from 80's:)

"Well the money is good and the suntan is free.You could fry an egg on the stones here-if you had an egg.
And you could certainly sink the pint of Harp.

If you had the pint of Harp".

darkdubh · 03-01-2012 11:00am

Don't know if anyone remembers this ad that was on in the late 70's ,I'm not sure what it was for but it might have been a bank or building society.It showed people going about their daily business and things belonging to them suddenly disappearing.There was a farmer in a field and one of his wellingtons disappears making him fall into the mud.A bunch of womens clothes disappear leaving them in their underwear and I think as well the wheel disappears from a car.

Degsy · 03-01-2012 2:21pm

thejuggler wrote: »

Do you mean the public safety adverts like the ones about not climbing electricity pylons or flying kites near overhead lines. They also had ones about kids drowning and about not eating less than an hour before swimming.
Does anyone remember "Where's grandad?" where an unfortunate elderly gentleman falls off his chair into a river and drowns.

And the worst one of all which still haunts me to this day was the fire safety one where the married couple are in bed and the wife asks the husband did you put the cat out? So he goes downstairs to check only to find that the television (which he had left plugged in) was faulty and had started a fire and he manages to put it out in the nick of time. That freaked me out completely and ever since I have always pluged out all electrical apliances before retiring for the night.

So yeah for me "Wheres Grandad?" and "Did you put the cat out?" are two defining rte adverts in the 80's. I think they were made by the national safety council.

This wasnt irish but creepy anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg6IVUvVsAs

09-01-2012 12:32pm

when i was a little girl i remember an Advert about keeping dogs under control, it was a animated Ad with a dog who, when his owners let him out met up with otjer dogs and they went and attacked and killed sheep! does anyone remember it?

Also i remember adverts that warned kids about strangers, "say no to strangers" add, i think it was on english television though, scary stuff. they really should still show these adverts I think. I also remember an advert on RTE warning about the dangers of unprotected sex around the start of the AIDS epidemic

An Riabhach · 09-01-2012 12:59pm

Deleted User wrote: »

when i was a little girl i remember an Advert about keeping dogs under control, it was a animated Ad with a dog who, when his owners let him out met up with otjer dogs and they went and attacked and killed sheep! does anyone remember it?

Also i remember adverts that warned kids about strangers, "say no to strangers" add, i think it was on english television though, scary stuff. they really should still show these adverts I think. I also remember an advert on RTE warning about the dangers of unprotected sex around the start of the AIDS epidemic

"Bonzo wants to go out,dear.
OK,come on,good dog..........................
KEEP YOUR DOG UNDER CONTROL-RUNNING FREE HE CAN BE A KILLER!"

"......just one act of intercourse may give you AIDS-and lead to DEATH.Sleeping around is a gamble.
CASUAL SEX SPREADS AIDS!!!!"

I think there were Punch and Judy ads for the say no to strangers campaign also...

An Riabhach · 10-01-2012 12:00am

Deleted User wrote: »

I also remember an advert on RTE warning about the dangers of unprotected sex around the start of the AIDS epidemic

You can actually get that ad on either youtube.com or vuclip.com.I don't have a direct link,but type "Casual sex spreads AIDS,Ireland 1987" or something like that into the search bar,and you should find it.But be warned-tis very chilling and scary!! It used to terrify me when I was younger-the scary music,the scary voice,and the fact that I was too young to understand it all back then,but still knew something terrible was happening(and still is).

You may also find the British "don't die of ignorance" PSAs,which were even scarier again.

Believe it or not-I think these ads should come back,along with many others.

An Riabhach · 11-01-2012 12:51am

That dog ad is embedded in me brain for 2 days,I remember it so well-I used to be really scared of it.So I'm gonna write it down(sorry for boring ye all)

"Bonzo wants to go out,dear". "Good dog,come on..."
Bonzo is let out and sits outside the door scared and lonely,then he runs away and meets up with a pack of other dogs who've also been let out,they all run in a pack and their happy faces change to vicious bloodthirsty ones,in a wolf-like pack they surround sheep in a field,teeth stripped and snarling they attack and kill all the sheep.Bonzo returns home and when he's let back into the house,a voice says "where were you all night,you bold dog" and then the closing line: "Keep your dog under control-running free,he can be a KILLER".As the word "killer" is said,a close up of Bonzo's face turns around to the camera and blood can be seen around his mouth.

I'd love to see this ad again.They should bring it back anyway for the same reasons.

Kerrydude1981 · 11-01-2012 3:32pm

I went searching for that dog ad,no good but came across these clips on YouTube,Good old Maurice Pratt.he was never off the TV in the 80s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CFhTuSgdtI

And here is a few ads from 1984

al28283 · 11-01-2012 3:38pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TibB_VWa9uA

An Riabhach · 11-01-2012 4:50pm

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

I went searching for that dog ad,no good but came across these clips on YouTube,Good old Maurice Pratt.he was never off the TV in the 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CFhTuSgdtI

And here is a few ads from 1984

Me bloody phone still won't play youtube videos...
:-S
Maurice Pratt-was he the fella who advertised for Super-Quinn or Super-Valu??

Can you tell me which 1984 ads you posted,just so that I can try and get them on vuclip later.Thanks.

Kerrydude1981 · 11-01-2012 6:01pm

Seasan wrote: »

Me bloody phone still won't play youtube videos...
:-S
Maurice Pratt-was he the fella who advertised for Super-Quinn or Super-Valu??

Can you tell me which 1984 ads you posted,just so that I can try and get them on vuclip later.Thanks.

I just typed in RTE ads 1980s into Youtube and a good few videos came up

RTE commercial ad break in 1984
RTE ad break February 1984 part 2

An Riabhach · 12-01-2012 1:41am

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

I just typed in RTE ads 1980s into Youtube and a good few videos came up

RTE commercial ad break in 1984
RTE ad break February 1984 part 2

Great stuff,Kerrydude.Plenty of nice,nostalgic surprises in there!

Who remembers these:
"Is Trevor ever getting up?Never in a month of sundays!"

"Stag,Stag,right for enjoyment!"

"We now know who killed Madame Doyle.Mes amis,it was.......Youll never know when the nibbles will strike:-)"

"If theres one great thing that no-one can deny,if theres one great day,if theres one great pint...."

"Start the day the flahavans way,the natural way to start the day,the fibre-fit way that makes the day......"

Kerrydude1981 · 12-01-2012 11:39am

Dont forget this ad for Harp and Sally O Brien and the way she might look at ya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hmFPBf-C8

An Riabhach · 12-01-2012 12:23pm

".....you could fry eggs on the stones here-if you had eggs here.And you could certainly sink a pint of harp.
If you had a pint of harp".

And..........

"Hey....Stupid....leave that phone alone!! (geldof)Phonewreckers are IDIOTS!!!"

Kerrydude1981 · 12-01-2012 1:08pm

Few more ads from the 80s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzl96xULAAU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT6TXD4_yDM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNH6gKbew2o

Voodoo_rasher · 12-01-2012 1:12pm

remembers the Calvita cheese adverts featuring a puppet called Tastie Nastie )) ?

darkdubh · 12-01-2012 3:42pm

Voodoo_rasher wrote: »

remembers the Calvita cheese adverts featuring a puppet called Tastie Nastie )) ?

I posted a thread about that a couple of weeks ago."Pickled icecream".

flanders1979 · 12-01-2012 4:12pm

Do ye get Youtube in Dublin yet.

An Riabhach · 12-01-2012 4:50pm

darkdubh wrote: »

I posted a thread about that a couple of weeks ago."Pickled icecream".

And "shoe-polish on toast"!! :-)

And then wasn't he sent to the dungeons as punishment,and then he became a nice guy,and won an award?? :-):-)

An Riabhach · 12-01-2012 11:51pm

Can anybody help me with these two ads.....does anybody remember a beer ad when a man walks into a pub,buys a pint,walks out with the pint and walks down the road and then through fields and meets his friend at a wall and gives him the pint?

And also one where 2 farmers were having a heated argument in a field-one of them says "ah mind yer own business" and the other one says "if TB's spreadin on my land,tis my business" and the closing line says: "This is the man who didn't give a damn-know him for what he is".

Can anybody tell me what those ads were about and what were they for.I'd really appreciate it.

darkdubh · 13-01-2012 2:41pm

Seasan wrote: »

Can anybody help me with these two ads.....does anybody remember a beer ad when a man walks into a pub,buys a pint,walks out with the pint and walks down the road and then through fields and meets his friend at a wall and gives him the pint?

And also one where 2 farmers were having a heated argument in a field-one of them says "ah mind yer own business" and the other one says "if TB's spreadin on my land,tis my business" and the closing line says: "This is the man who didn't give a damn-know him for what he is".

Can anybody tell me what those ads were about and what were they for.I'd really appreciate it.

The beer ad was on in the late 80's..It had a bit of a strange opening where yer man orders the pint then the barman sees the fellas reflection changing in the mirror and gets a shock.Can't remember what beer it was advertising.I very vaguely remember the ad with the farmers,think it might have been a good few years before the other one.

An Riabhach · 14-01-2012 12:04am

darkdubh wrote: »

The beer ad was on in the late 80's..It had a bit of a strange opening where yer man orders the pint then the barman sees the fellas reflection changing in the mirror and gets a shock.Can't remember what beer it was advertising.I very vaguely remember the ad with the farmers,think it might have been a good few years before the other one.

Those 2 ads have me pickin at me brains for months just tryin to remember what they were about.Tis a real pity RTÉ can't release a DVD with old ads-twould be a real hit with a lot of people.

And now for a more recent ad.......who remembers an ad about road deaths,one which had a terrifying line with an echoing voice,whispering "the child you hit,is dead...dead...dead...dead"

Smeggy · 02-03-2012 12:18am

I've been trying to think of this ad all week.. I think it was for Fanta or some fizzy drink, load of students leaving school, coming down steps to the sound of Dont Stop me Now by Queen (I think) could be early 90s....

Was I hallucinating??

Cardinal Richelieu · 02-03-2012 12:22am

Anyone remember the Satzenbrau beer advert? Stunning woman walks into bar with friends, I think she wore a cowboy hat and there was a bird of prey in the add. Late 80s I think. Couldn't find it on Youtube.

An Riabhach · 02-03-2012 12:28am

Smeggy wrote: »

I've been trying to think of this ad all week.. I think it was for Fanta or some fizzy drink, load of students leaving school, coming down steps to the sound of Dont Stop me Now by Queen (I think) could be early 90s....

Was I hallucinating??

Yep I remember that one well enough-that was for Club Orange.

darkdubh · 02-03-2012 1:46pm

Anyone remember this ad which had a talking head shot of a female teacher saying about how stressfull her job was and how hard it was to teach "thirty teenagers with everything on their minds from U2 to pacman"?Would have been early to mid 80's.Can't remember what it was for but it might have been for rennies or some kind of pain reliever.

Fuzzy Clam · 05-03-2012 2:12am

Seasan wrote: »

Yep I remember that one well enough-that was for Club Orange.

It was. I think the school was in Terenure. My ex GF told me it was filmed in her school.

darkdubh · 05-03-2012 12:14pm

Seasan wrote: »

Can anybody help me with these two ads.....does anybody remember a beer ad when a man walks into a pub,buys a pint,walks out with the pint and walks down the road and then through fields and meets his friend at a wall and gives him the pint?

And also one where 2 farmers were having a heated argument in a field-one of them says "ah mind yer own business" and the other one says "if TB's spreadin on my land,tis my business" and the closing line says: "This is the man who didn't give a damn-know him for what he is".

Can anybody tell me what those ads were about and what were they for.I'd really appreciate it.

A long buried memory about the ad with the farmers just popped into my head.One of the farmers angrily turns away from the other fella and then theres a freeze frame followed by the "this is the man..." line.There was a spoof of it on Halls pictorial weekly where for the freeze frame the two farmers stand still awkwardly while the voice over is delivered.

An Riabhach · 12-03-2012 4:19pm

darkdubh wrote: »

A long buried memory about the ad with the farmers just popped into my head.One of the farmers angrily turns away from the other fella and then theres a freeze frame followed by the "this is the man..." line.There was a spoof of it on Halls pictorial weekly where for the freeze frame the two farmers stand still awkwardly while the voice over is delivered.

Yep,the freeze frame-I remember that part very well!!
As soon as me man says "....well I don't give a damn!!..." he turns to walk away but immediately the picture freezes,and then the V.O. abruptly delivers the closing line something to the effect of ".....the man who doesn't(or 'didn't') give a damn.Known(or 'know him') for what he is."

Jeez I wish I could remember more....

An Riabhach · 19-03-2012 12:32am

darkdubh wrote: »

A long buried memory about the ad with the farmers just popped into my head.One of the farmers angrily turns away from the other fella and then theres a freeze frame followed by the "this is the man..." line.There was a spoof of it on Halls pictorial weekly where for the freeze frame the two farmers stand still awkwardly while the voice over is delivered.

I visited me Ma today for Mothers Day and I asked her about this ad,and she remembers it well because she found it quite funny; with lines like "....it is my business!! TB spreadin on MY land is MY business!!" and "...I don't like reactors...".
According to Ma,it was about a campaign to stop farmers from illegally moving livestock from field to field to land which wasn't their property-hence the spread of TB.

jupiterjack · 29-03-2012 11:53pm

loved the ad of the big pack of rollos being pushed down the hill, cant seem to find it on youtube..

An Riabhach · 19-04-2012 8:39pm

Lads does anyone know what this ad was for-a mother is dropping her little girl off at school-presumably her first day-and they both look sad,and in the background there's a woman singing a song which goes "...take good care of yourself,I worry about you when you're gone...." ??

darkdubh · 20-04-2012 8:04am

Smeggy wrote: »

I've been trying to think of this ad all week.. I think it was for Fanta or some fizzy drink, load of students leaving school, coming down steps to the sound of Dont Stop me Now by Queen (I think) could be early 90s....

Was I hallucinating??

Yes I remember that.Someone wrote into Mailbag complaining about it saying that the image of the schoolkids charging out of their class and the song Don't stop me now was encouraging bolshy behaviour from schoolkids.

clappyhappy · 20-04-2012 8:17am

Do ye remember the ad about fire safety where the little girl is standing in front of the fire in her night dress and it catches fire, the "mum" then says "sure wouldn't you be lost without them" or words to that effect. Used to terrify me wouldn't go near sitting room when I was ready for bed, guess it worked!!!!

darkdubh · 20-04-2012 10:06am

clappyhappy wrote: »

Do ye remember the ad about fire safety where the little girl is standing in front of the fire in her night dress and it catches fire, the "mum" then says "sure wouldn't you be lost without them" or words to that effect. Used to terrify me wouldn't go near sitting room when I was ready for bed, guess it worked!!!!

Yes,that woman was a scary old bint,no kid would dare go near the fireplace after seeing her in action.

Voodoo_rasher · 20-04-2012 11:14am

Seasan wrote: »

Lads does anyone know what this ad was for-a mother is dropping her little girl off at school-presumably her first day-and they both look sad,and in the background there's a woman singing a song which goes "...take good care of yourself,I worry about you when you're gone...." ??

It was to do with milk.

An Riabhach · 20-04-2012 11:24am

Voodoo_rasher wrote: »

It was to do with milk.

Thanks.You're right-first I remembered the song,then I started remembering the ad....yeah now I remember that twas either the National Dairy Council or Premier Dairies.There was no talking or voice-over during the ad.

An Riabhach · 20-04-2012 2:10pm

clappyhappy wrote: »

Do ye remember the ad about fire safety where the little girl is standing in front of the fire in her night dress and it catches fire, the "mum" then says "sure wouldn't you be lost without them" or words to that effect. Used to terrify me wouldn't go near sitting room when I was ready for bed, guess it worked!!!!

I'm probably wrong but is that the same ad where the girl has just brushed her hair and leaves the brush on an unguarded fireplace with her nightgown too close to the fire,and the woman reads out a label number IS148 for fireproof nightgowns??

clappyhappy · 21-04-2012 12:06am

Seasan wrote: »

I'm probably wrong but is that the same ad where the girl has just brushed her hair and leaves the brush on an unguarded fireplace with her nightgown too close to the fire,and the woman reads out a label number IS148 for fireproof nightgowns??

yes thats the one, had forgotten about that bit..

RTE ads from the 80s...

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