# Help me tell the Geico Cavemen apart **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732 "2006-12-11T20:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/1 "2006-12-11T20:38:58Z")
How many Geico Cavemen commercials have there been to date? Here’s a list of the ones I can think of. Tell me if I’m missing one: 1. The first one (“I’ll have the duck with the mango salsa.” “I don’t have much of an appetite.”) 2. The airport one, with the lovely “Another Place in Time” playing in the background. 3. The current events show interview (“Sorry we didn’t get that to you sooner.”) 4. The therapy session (“Well, that wouldn’t make any sense.” “Why? Because therapists are _smart_?”) So anyway, do all the subsequent commercials feature the same two cavemen? For lack of better names, let’s call the cavemen from the first commercial \*\*Mango Salsa \*\*and \*\*Not Hungry. \*\* I think that **Not Hungry** is the angry one from the airport and the interview show, and that **Mango Salsa** is the one getting therapy. Is that correct? ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/2 "2006-12-11T20:53:11Z")
1. The real first one, with the cavemen on the production crew of the GEICO commercial that sets the whole thing off. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/3 "2006-12-11T20:55:06Z")
[Here](http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/27/155838.php) is a small blurb about the actors involved. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/4 "2006-12-11T20:55:15Z")
I also remember 1.5 With the cavemen (3 of them?) in large apartment decorated with modern style furniture reading, playing the piano, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/5 "2006-12-11T21:16:36Z")
[QUOTE=aktep] I also remember 1.5 With the cavemen (3 of them?) in large apartment decorated with modern style furniture reading, playing the piano, etc. [/QUOTE] This one came before “Mango Salsa”, and was simultaneous with the production crew one. I remember that those commercials were usually aired sequentially. First, the production crew (“Dude, that is not cool!”), immediately followed by the apartment (“That is so condescending!”). Indeed, the cavemen in the apartment were watching the very commercial that the caveman on the production crew was a part of. The sequence as I recall it is: 1. production crew 2. apartment 3. restaurant (mango salsa) 4. airport 5. talk show 6. therapy ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/6 "2006-12-11T21:31:53Z")
**Terminus Est** and **aktep,** Thanks for filling in the gaps in my list. I haven’t seen the production crew and the apartment ones. I’d love to see them. Are they viewable online anywhere? Thanks, **Swan** , for the link. That was really interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/7 "2006-12-11T21:50:27Z")
Huh… Jim Rose of Jim Rose Circus Sideshow fame claims he’s the main caveman. He Myspaces about it quite a bit. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/8 "2006-12-11T23:11:24Z")
Any minute now we’ll have a caveman posting to this thread and telling us how insensitive the OP is for implying that all cavemen look alike. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/9 "2006-12-11T23:58:09Z")
Hey did anyone notice that in the “therapy” commercial, the therapist is played by [Talia Shire](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001735/) ? If it’s not her it is her identical twin… ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/10 "2006-12-11T23:58:56Z")
Searching YouTube, I found these: 1 [Production crew](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehEQo8MLGLQ) 2 [Apartment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTB05QyI4aw) 3 [Restaurant](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OihnFQj4ec) 4 [Airport](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZrjr4A-ASQ) 5 [Talk show](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVVSmnnqfvc) 6 [Therapist](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iomlEcaeZgQ) I also found this [followup](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2in0eSxR7Rw) to the airport one that I haven’t seen before. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/11 "2006-12-12T00:59:57Z")
I love those ads but I’m not sure how they’re convincing me that Geico will fulfill my car insurance needs. ---
**Author:** ![constantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/12 "2006-12-12T01:03:49Z")
Not directly responsive to the OP, but I feel compelled to post this [link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j9U0qP7H3g&) to a “movie trailer” featuring the Geico Cavemen. I have no idea who put this together. It looks like a mashup but hard to tell. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/13 "2006-12-12T01:07:03Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] I love those ads but I’m not sure how they’re convincing me that Geico will fulfill my car insurance needs. [/QUOTE] The next time you go looking for insurance the hope is you will remember Geico. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Swan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Swan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Swan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/14 "2006-12-12T01:13:34Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] I love those ads but I’m not sure how they’re convincing me that Geico will fulfill my car insurance needs. [/QUOTE] They aren’t supposed to. They’re supposed to convey the fact that [geico.com](http://geico.com) is extremely easy to use. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/15 "2006-12-12T03:23:47Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat] The next time you go looking for insurance the hope is you will remember Geico. [/QUOTE] Bah. A talking lizard would have accomplished that goal. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/16 "2006-12-12T03:57:07Z")
[QUOTE=The Swan] They aren’t supposed to. They’re supposed to convey the fact that [geico.com](http://geico.com) is extremely easy to use. [/QUOTE] So easy, in fact, a caveman could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/17 "2006-12-12T14:23:43Z")
[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore] 1. The airport one, with the lovely “Another Place in Time” playing in the background. [/QUOTE] The song is _Remind Me_ by Royksopp. [Here’s a link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o) to the music video on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/18 "2006-12-12T14:48:02Z")
The actor [John Lehr](http://www.johnlehr.com/caveman.html) plays one of the cavemen. On his website it looks like he is the one in the production crew and the one with the therapist. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/19 "2006-12-12T14:56:17Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat] The next time you go looking for insurance the hope is you will remember Geico. [/QUOTE] Which can save you hundreds of dollars in car insurance. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732/20 "2006-12-12T15:08:22Z")
Geico consistently has the best commercials. I don’t like the new accent for the Gecko, though. I guess Kelsey got too expensive. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-tell-the-geico-cavemen-apart/383732.md?page=2)