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.”)
I just want to say, Erin is way hotter than the cavemen, but Dennis Haysbert is, too.
I’d definitely watch a caveman sitcom, though: the righteous indignation is compelling.
Looks like the latter:
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?
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.
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.)
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.
And what would be wrong with comparing someone to a caveman? [withering glare]
-FrL-
“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.
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.
It’s about time, it’s about space
It’s about people in the strangest place
They could have Geico commercials where everyone but the purported “others” are cavemen, and have the indignant duo be suit-wearing yuppies.
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 as well.
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!”
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
I love the Geico commercials, however, I giving them their own show would be jumping the megalodon.
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.”
I haven’t seen that one, is it brand new?
I keep getting scooped in threads today.
That Peter Graves line gets funnier ever time I hear it.
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…”
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!
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 