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RTE ads from the 80s...

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    #92
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Was having a sconce through some more of the content on that vid.I remember that series Raic that was half in Irish and half in English.The bit where yer man says "You can have your bomb back,the hens don't want to **** on it anymore" brought it back to me.


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    #93
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    I'm a divil for these ads.....
    What was the beer ad where an Irishman goes into a pub but he can't think of the name of the beer he wants and the barman is trying to guess which one it is,and then the Irishman says ".....you know,the one that sounds like a Russian sneeze?" but the barman still hasn't a clue,and says ".....from Albania,the crest of King Zog".

    Am I ringin any bells?


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    #94
    ferretone
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭ferretone


    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!!!!

    "Kids are divils; but sure, wouldn't you just die if anything happened to them?"


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    #95
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    ferretone wrote: »
    "Kids are divils; but sure, wouldn't you just die if anything happened to them?"

    Spoken by Laurie Morton (wife of David Kelly).

    Always played middle-aged or old crones.


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    #96
    An Riabhach
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    ferretone wrote: »
    "Kids are divils; but sure, wouldn't you just die if anything happened to them?"

    Can this ad be found anywhere?
    Many Irish ads which we thought we'd never see again are re-appearing lately.....


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    #97
    darkdubh
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    Seasan wrote: »
    Can this ad be found anywhere?
    Many Irish ads which we thought we'd never see again are re-appearing lately.....
    Almost all the ads that have reappeared lately were as a result of people recording them directly off the telly to a VHS tape when they were originally shown.I suspect that ad may have been a bit before VHS recorders becoming common but you never know,it and a lot of other ads might be out there in attics on old dusty tapes.


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    #98
    An Riabhach
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    Was listening to the local radio station(Tipp FM) at work this morning and twas the classical,opera and chant slot,and they played 2 songs which immediately made me remember 2 ads-one of them was used in an old Ragu ad,where he comes home and asks his wife in the kitchen "...so what are we having tonight then?" and she bursts into the song and sings....

    "Iiiit's aaa spagheeeettti sauce,it's beauuuutiful for paaasta,
    Siiiit down,it won't be long,it couldn't be much fasterrr.."
    And at the end of the ad,he sings:
    "How about an...early night then..."
    and she sings:
    "Noot in frrrooooont of the kids."

    And the other one was "O Fortuna",the one used for the old ads for Old Spice....the ones with the surfer in the water


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    #99
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    "Does your hair poop at parties?
    Does it fall apart at get-togethers?
    Does it die at the disco?
    At the party...VO5
    At the restaurant...VO5
    At the nightclub...VO5"

    "You can tell a Wella woman by the way she wears her hair,
    You can tell a Wella woman anywhere."

    "St-St-St-Studio Line from Loreal,
    Who's lookin good today,who's lookin good in every way,start your hair..."

    They could nearly make a cd soundtrack of retro hair ads for women!! :-) :-)


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    #100
    branie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭branie


    "Hello Dave.
    I am sorry to disturb you, but I feel we do need to talk."

    The voice of the tv in that ad reminded of HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey


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    #101
    An Riabhach
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    Does anybody remember the Cray or Crea family,who did their own TV ad for Radion washing powder in the late 80s?It was shown a lot on RTÉ television.


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    #102
    Eeden
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    Seasan wrote: »
    Was listening to the local radio station(Tipp FM) at work this morning and twas the classical,opera and chant slot,and they played 2 songs which immediately made me remember 2 ads-one of them was used in an old Ragu ad,where he comes home and asks his wife in the kitchen "...so what are we having tonight then?" and she bursts into the song and sings....

    "Iiiit's aaa spagheeeettti sauce,it's beauuuutiful for paaasta,
    Siiiit down,it won't be long,it couldn't be much fasterrr.."
    And at the end of the ad,he sings:
    "How about an...early night then..."
    and she sings:
    "Noot in frrrooooont of the kids."

    And the other one was "O Fortuna",the one used for the old ads for Old Spice....the ones with the surfer in the water

    I remember the Ragu ad, it pops into my head, annoyingly, from time to time. Unfortunately, whenever I hear the music from it on Lyric or wherever, those stupid words are all I can think of!


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    #103
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Seasan wrote: »
    Does anybody remember the Cray or Crea family,who did their own TV ad for Radion washing powder in the late 80s?It was shown a lot on RTÉ television.

    Creaghs. From Tramore. Think it was first shown around 1984/1985.

    Red-haired children. Appeared to be an irritating bunch.


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    #104
    An Riabhach
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    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Creaghs. From Tramore. Think it was first shown around 1984/1985.

    Red-haired children. Appeared to be an irritating bunch.

    Some of the things I do remember from that ad are when one of the kids comes up to the camera and says something about a brainwave,they are goin trekking or hiking and the kids are singin "Dad doesn't know the wa-ay..."(and of course their clothes get all dirty and smelly),and when the ad is over,one of the older kids bursts out laughing and says "this is a Creagh Family production"....


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    #105
    dolallyoh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 532 ✭✭✭dolallyoh


    Best:

    MeeHall Angelo and his yellow boxes.
    Yer man with the lumbago and changing lanes in the car. If you had the only car in the world ...
    shake and vac
    the army one with a 5th of beethoven

    Worst:

    The aforementoned crone with the salmonella chopping board (usually they liked to play all her ads in one go) Put me right off my bosco.


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    #106
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    Seasan wrote: »
    Some of the things I do remember from that ad are when one of the kids comes up to the camera and says something about a brainwave,they are goin trekking or hiking and the kids are singin "Dad doesn't know the wa-ay..."(and of course their clothes get all dirty and smelly),and when the ad is over,one of the older kids bursts out laughing and says "this is a Creagh Family production"....

    That brings it all back. We used say "f*ck off" when we saw their ad appear.


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    #107
    darkdubh
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    Remember the army recruitment ad with the disco take on Beethoven?It's the second one here.


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    #108
    Nerdlingr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,385 ✭✭✭Nerdlingr


    This:

    the lemsip laughing policeman
    catch chocolate bar - first its crispy then its creamy- catch!!!
    cola cadet marching bottles


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    #109
    An Riabhach
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    "Bring me apples,bring me honey,
    Bring me hazelnuts,bring me wheat,
    Bring me lots of good things to eat,
    Bring me Kelloggs Country Store".

    "I WANT MY LIIIGAA!!
    Children these days....so demanding!"

    "God rest ye merry gentlemen,let nothing ye dismay,
    Pick up your phone and call direct-there is no better way
    For family and friends your xmas greetings to display,
    Tis much easier to ring out the old year,and ring in the new,
    Merry xmas from Telecom(Éireann) to you."


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    #110
    darkdubh
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    Seasan wrote: »
    "Bring me apples,bring me honey,
    Bring me hazelnuts,bring me wheat,
    Bring me lots of good things to eat,
    Bring me Kelloggs Country Store".

    "I WANT MY LIIIGAA!!
    Children these days....so demanding!"

    "God rest ye merry gentlemen,let nothing ye dismay,
    Pick up your phone and call direct-there is no better way
    For family and friends your xmas greetings to display,
    Tis much easier to ring out the old year,and ring in the new,
    Merry xmas from Telecom(Éireann) to you."
    I'd totaly forgotten about that animated Liga ad.The mother prattling on about how great it is and the kid getting more and more impatient till he roars out that line.Laughing my head off now.


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    #111
    Eeden
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    I'd totaly forgotten about that animated Liga ad.The mother prattling on about how great it is and the kid getting more and more impatient till he roars out that line.Laughing my head off now.

    Was that Rosaleen Linehan in the Liga Ad?


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    #112
    darkdubh
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    Eeden wrote: »
    Was that Rosaleen Linehan in the Liga Ad?
    Could well have been,it was very much in her dramatic style.


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    #113
    An Riabhach
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    "I now know who killed Madame Doyle-mes amis,it was muhmuhmuhmuhmuh......
    You'll never know,when the nibbles will strike!"
    (ad for KP nuts I think)

    "Justa one Corrrnettooo,geev eet too meee,
    Dee-lee-cious ice crrream frrrom Eee-ta-lee,
    Vaneeella and chocolate crrream,
    Geev mee Corrrnettoo from HB ice crrre-ee-am!!"

    "Níl aon tinteán mar do Homestead fhéin-fiúntas ag teacht abhaile.
    Homestead,fiúntas ag teacht chun tí."


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    #114
    road_high
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    nlgbbbblth wrote: »
    Spoken by Laurie Morton (wife of David Kelly).

    Always played middle-aged or old crones.

    My image of that ad was she slapped the girl for standing too close to the fire. Could be wrong though!


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    #115
    darkdubh
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    road_high wrote: »
    My image of that ad was she slapped the girl for standing too close to the fire. Could be wrong though!
    Don't think she slapped her but she did give her a bollocking,don't do that you'll burn yourself or words to that effect in a very stern voice.She used to scare me especially as she reminded me of a strict aunt of mine.


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    #116
    An Riabhach
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Don't think she slapped her but she did give her a bollocking,don't do that you'll burn yourself or words to that effect in a very stern voice.She used to scare me especially as she reminded me of a strict aunt of mine.

    I think she sounded like she was vexed all through that ad if I remember rightly...
    "....IS-148;now that might sound like a robot,but it could save your child's life-if this number is not on the label,the nightie could go up in flames,and your child along with it-so if this number isn't on it,then DON'T BUY IT!! Here you go love....."


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    An Riabhach
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    Sorry if this ad has already been mentioned,but I heard the local radio station yesterday evening playin the full version of the tune from the Bórd Na Móna bricquettes ad-the one where he is playing the tune on the fiddle,the kids are warming their feet at the fire and there are people dancing to the music.


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    #118
    delw
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    Seasan wrote: »
    Sorry if this ad has already been mentioned,but I heard the local radio station yesterday evening playin the full version of the tune from the Bórd Na Móna bricquettes ad-the one where he is playing the tune on the fiddle,the kids are warming their feet at the fire and there are people dancing to the music.
    This it?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Nz9sBjs3o


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    #119
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    delw wrote: »
    This it?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Nz9sBjs3o

    That's EXACTLY it. :-) ;-)


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    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    delw wrote: »
    This it?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Nz9sBjs3o

    That's EXACTLY it. :-) ;-)


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    An Riabhach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    delw wrote: »
    This it?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Nz9sBjs3o

    That's EXACTLY it. :-) ;-)


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