# ‘Flo’ (Progressive Insurance) Is A Bad Model **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 23, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789 "2014-04-23T17:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/81 "2014-05-02T20:30:27Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > What really get’s me about the aforementioned Wendy’s girl, is that she’s supposed to be Wendy incarnate, right? Hard to say. Wendy’s [modernized its logo](http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/wendys_wendy_cutest_43-year-old.php) in 2012, and [Ms. Goodwin](http://author-quest.blogspot.com/2012/09/hot-girls-you-dont-know-about-morgan.html) clearly seems styled and made up to look like the logo. But on the other hand, the logo is still a little girl, with pigtails and bows. Whereas Ms. Goodwin is very much grown up. (And hot. Did I mention that she was hot?) Then there’s [the real Wendy](http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/wendy-thomas-net-worth/), who is more grown up still, and doesn’t look all that much like the logo any more. If she ever did. Perhaps Wendy is a trinity of the logo girl, Ms. Goodwin, and Ms. Thomas. Wendyology is a difficult subject. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/82 "2014-05-02T20:50:16Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > But on the other hand, the logo is still a little girl, with pigtails and bows. Whereas Ms. Goodwin is very much grown up. (And hot. Did I mention that she was hot?) Maybe so, but if that is [Archie Goodwin’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Goodwin_%28fictional_detective%29) sister, he is going to kick your ass. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/83 "2014-05-02T21:35:57Z")
Saul Panzer will hold him back. “Cool down, Archie. It isn’t worth it.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/84 "2014-05-02T22:06:21Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Saul Panzer will hold him back. “Cool down, Archie. It isn’t worth it.” Somebody get him a glass of milk, quickly! ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/85 "2014-05-02T23:36:10Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > And because immediately after a scene ends, she goes in the back and begins butchering lambs. I laughed 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/86 "2014-05-04T02:39:03Z")
OMG. I just googled Erin Esurance. My gf and I had to look at them all, but wow, she is unusually naughty for an insurance agent. I wonder if she knows Flo. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/87 "2014-05-04T02:54:08Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > I can’t get past Flo’s appearance to worry about all this society stuff. I think her makeup is hideous. The perfect disguise because in her regular roles she’s unrecognizable. Real conversation: “Is that Flo?” “I’m not sure.” > [@msmith537](#): > > I like the AllState commercials where Dean Winters plays a character “Mayhem” who maliciously or through negligence causes various catastrophic events. Read a quote where he said that he makes more from Mayhem ads than he ever did as an actor. They are so awesome that I will even watch them on YouTube. > [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > The youthful Wendy plays better to the kids. And dads. Rowrrr! ---
**Author:** ![delsina363](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@delsina363](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delsina363)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/88 "2014-05-05T15:19:48Z")
I love Flo. I see no reason to overanalyze lovable Flo. She has a job to do and does it well. I love her over the top make-up and performance. My favorite one is when she comes out of a darkly lit area to speak with the two guys, then tries to step back into the darkness. They reply “we still can see you”, to which she replies “no you don’t”. I laugh every time. Flo is a good character in my book! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789/89 "2014-05-05T20:28:03Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > [J.K. Simmons](http://http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799777/) was an established actor BEFORE he started doing the Farmer’s commercials. He was Emil Skoda on the L&O franchises and Vern Schillinger on HBO’s _ **Oz** _. Hardly the same as a minor comedic actress whose biggest credit was several appearances on _ **Angel.** _ My wife and I go out of our way to see things with J.K. Simmons. He’s like Stephen Root - a “character actor” who is frequently more compelling than the leads. With a couple of scenes in _[Burn After Reading](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/reference)_ he completely stole the film from George Clooney, Brad Pitt and John Malkovich. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-progressive-insurance-is-a-bad-model/686789.md?page=4)