# Geico cavemen might get their own tv show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496 "2007-03-04T02:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/21 "2007-03-04T07:44:51Z")
> [@](#): > > What amazes me is that Geico has 3 different ad campaigns running simultaneously They also have a radio campaign about the “regretable incidents” of their rates picking on other companies’ rates. (_“Rest assured, we intend to give our rates a stern talking to.”_) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/22 "2007-03-04T07:59:10Z")
I just want to say, [Erin](http://www.esurance.com/home/ErinsWorld_flash.asp) is way hotter than the cavemen, but Dennis Haysbert is, too. I’d definitely watch a caveman sitcom, though: the righteous indignation is compelling. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/23 "2007-03-04T08:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=Menocchio] The only way to go would be either to have them revisit their “roots”, which would just be a live-action “Flintstones”, or make the whole thing a satire on racism, which could get ugly since it would be implying that non-whites are cavemen. [/QUOTE] Looks like the latter: [QUOTE=OP’s article] The potential series, one of 14 pilots that will be produced by Touchstone Television this spring, features the cavemen as they “struggle with prejudice on a daily basis as they strive to live the lives of normal thirty-somethings in 2007 Atlanta.” [/QUOTE] Yikes. How odd, especially, that they chose Atlanta, not a popular setting for sit-coms since, oh, “Designing Women,” and also the self-proclaimed “Capital of Black America.” What kind of weird buttons is this show gonna be pushing? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/24 "2007-03-04T08:30:37Z")
[QUOTE=jamus\_se] “In a world where both of our cars were totally underwater…” [/QUOTE] Nah, Little Richard’s better. **“MASHED POTATOES! GRAVY!! CRANBERRY SAUCE!!! WHOOOOO-OOOO!!!”** I would watch a caveman sitcom just to see if they run caveman Geico commercials during it. It would be, like, meta. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/25 "2007-03-04T14:56:33Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] There was also a series made from the Crash Test Dummies ad campaign. [/QUOTE] The Crash Dummies had a animated special, but never a steady series. (The special was based on the toy line, which is probably the only toy line based on a series of PSAs.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/26 "2007-03-04T15:26:27Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] “It’s my mother - I’ll put her on speaker” is probably the best line in a commercial of all time… [/QUOTE] Nope – it’s the moment in the first one, when Caveman 1 orders the whatever with mango salsa, and Caveman 2 hands his menu back to the waiter while maintaining eye contact with the Geico guy and says “Nothing for me … I’m not hungry.” Makes me giggle just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/27 "2007-03-04T15:48:34Z")
[QUOTE=Menocchio] The only way to go would be either to have them revisit their “roots”, which would just be a live-action “Flintstones”, or make the whole thing a satire on racism, which could get ugly since it would be **implying that non-whites are cavemen.** [/QUOTE] And what would be wrong with comparing someone to a caveman? [withering glare] -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/28 "2007-03-04T17:43:53Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Nope – it’s the moment in the first one, when Caveman 1 orders the whatever with mango salsa, and Caveman 2 hands his menu back to the waiter while maintaining eye contact with the Geico guy and says “Nothing for me … I’m not hungry.” Makes me giggle just thinking about it. [/QUOTE] “I’ll have the roasht duck, with the mango salsa,” “I don’t have much of an appetite” That is a good one but I like the psychiatrist one better. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/29 "2007-03-04T18:23:02Z")
> [@](#): > > The Crash Dummies had a animated special, but never a steady series. (The special was based on the toy line, which is probably the only toy line based on a series of PSAs.) The special was made in 1993. In 2004, Fox created a series of cartoons based on the characters. I’ll concede it’s a debatable point on whether or not a series of televised cartoon shorts is the same as a TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/30 "2007-03-05T01:55:10Z")
_It’s about time, it’s about space It’s about people in the strangest place_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/31 "2007-03-05T16:15:24Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] Nah, Little Richard’s better. **“MASHED POTATOES! GRAVY!! CRANBERRY SAUCE!!! WHOOOOO-OOOO!!!”** I would watch a caveman sitcom just to see if they run caveman Geico commercials during it. It would be, like, meta. Or something. [/QUOTE] They could have Geico commercials where everyone **but** the purported “others” **are** cavemen, and have the indignant duo be suit-wearing yuppies. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/32 "2007-03-05T16:43:16Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] If this were to be picked up, it would be the second television show in U.S. history to be based on a commercial: the CBS sitcom _Baby Bob_ was loosely inspired by a character from commercials for the now-defunct [FreeInternet.com](http://FreeInternet.com). [/QUOTE] I just remembered, the California Raisins also had a series. I’d thought they only had one or two specials, but apparently [there was a short-lived series](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284709/) as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/33 "2007-03-05T16:46:46Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Nope – it’s the moment in the first one, when Caveman 1 orders the whatever with mango salsa, and Caveman 2 hands his menu back to the waiter while maintaining eye contact with the Geico guy and says “Nothing for me … I’m not hungry.” Makes me giggle just thinking about it. [/QUOTE] Me too… a caveman having the audacity to sit in a fine restaurant and order nothing. For me, it’s a toss-up between that one and the caveman party: Two cavemen having a guy moment outside on the balcony, talking philosophically about whether using Geico makes one of them any less of a caveman. A third one bursts in and interrupts: “Tina’s here. We’re getting back together.” “Give us a minute!” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/34 "2007-03-05T17:44:39Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] “It’s my mother - I’ll put her on speaker” is probably the best line in a commercial of all time. [/QUOTE] Even better: role playing with the caveman doll: “How do you feel? And he doesn’t answer, **because he’s stuffed**.” /butchered version of a funny two-liner ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/35 "2007-03-05T18:04:41Z")
I love the Geico commercials, however, I giving them their own show would be jumping the megalodon. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/36 "2007-03-05T18:08:18Z")
I like: “Tina’s here, and we’re getting back together!” “Hey! Give us a _minute_!” 🙂 Oh, and by far the best line from the “celebrity series” is Peter Graves’s bizarro “…so I put on some tangerine lip gloss and answered the door.” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/37 "2007-03-05T18:13:30Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Even better: role playing with the caveman doll: “How do you feel? And he doesn’t answer, **because he’s stuffed**.” /butchered version of a funny two-liner [/QUOTE] I haven’t seen that one, is it brand new? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/38 "2007-03-05T18:28:36Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] I like: “Tina’s here, and we’re getting back together!” “Hey! Give us a _minute_!” 🙂 Oh, and by far the best line from the “celebrity series” is Peter Graves’s bizarro “…so I put on some tangerine lip gloss and answered the door.” [/QUOTE] I keep getting scooped in threads today. That Peter Graves line gets funnier ever time I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/39 "2007-03-05T18:31:03Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] Oh, and by far the best line from the “celebrity series” is Peter Graves’s bizarro “…so I put on some tangerine lip gloss and answered the door.” [/QUOTE] This is my second favorite, after the one with Burt Bacarach. “I was struck… in the rear!! Hope I never get struck… in the _rear_… again…” > [@garygnu](#): > > I just want to say, Erin is way hotter than the cavemen I would totally watch an Erin show. I wonder if anyone actually buys the insurance, though? They should cut their losses and concentrate on merchandising! ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496/40 "2007-03-05T18:38:22Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] I just want to say, [Erin](http://www.esurance.com/home/ErinsWorld_flash.asp) is way hotter than the cavemen, but Dennis Haysbert is, too. I’d definitely watch a caveman sitcom, though: the righteous indignation is compelling. [/QUOTE] Actually a neat website! Esurance has the “internet mascot” vibe dialed in. Enter Erin’s secret lair…view the webcam of her…read her diary…fan art and fan fiction…the first corporate website that has ever had me exploring and browsing out of curiosity. A shame it’s all G-rated 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geico-cavemen-might-get-their-own-tv-show/394496.md?page=3)