# New Geico commercials - anybody watching them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859 "2010-01-14T01:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/41 "2010-07-30T19:34:09Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > > [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > > > [Did the piggy go wee wee wee all the way home?](http://www.youtube.com/user/GEICO#p/c/139A69A037F3A12D/1/8F_G2zp-opg) > > That one is new to me, and very, very funny. I saw that on television for the first time this morning, and I thought it was hilarious – which is pretty surprising, because cute talking animals annoy me to no end. I don’t think I could get tired of that one, which is more than I can say for the others in the series. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/42 "2010-07-30T19:58:26Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Some links: [Can football announcer Andres Cantor make any sport exciting?](http://www.youtube.com/user/GEICO#p/c/139A69A037F3A12D/3/2fXsfAeqimY) [/QUOTE] Actually, I didn’t like this one. “… make any sport exciting?” and my reply was “Uhhh, no. He made that annoying.” (And it looked like the chess player agreed with me.) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/43 "2010-07-30T20:20:32Z")
Though I’m surprised my wife’s favorite hasn’t been mentioned yet: [Does a former drill sergeant make a terrible therapist?](http://www.youtube.com/user/GEICO#p/c/139A69A037F3A12D/6/JhlWddAXSRA) [/QUOTE] Curses, beaten to the punch by **Archive Guy**. I love anything R. Lee Ermy is in. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/44 "2010-07-30T20:27:49Z")
I love the Charlie Daniels, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, little piggy and R. Lee Ermy ones. The rest are meh. My favorite is the Charlie Daniels one especially when he says, “And that’s how you do it son” and then he steals that guys breadstick. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/45 "2010-07-30T22:44:19Z")
No, I do not watch them. I either hit the mute or change the channel whenever that vapid repetitive spam shows up. The radio is infested with it, too. Last week in one 5-minute news slot, on the hour, there were THREE separate 30-second Geico ads. Can you imagine the cost to their customers for all of the saturation ads? The Sally Field Boniva spam gets turned off/over, too. ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/46 "2010-08-01T01:38:42Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > [Can football announcer Andres Cantor make any sport exciting?](http://www.youtube.com/user/GEICO#p/c/139A69A037F3A12D/3/2fXsfAeqimY) Is this the chess one? If so, it’s the one that makes me quickly reach for the remote and mute the TV. I can’t stand it! It always comes on when I’m not paying attention until I hear the guy screaming and it goes on and on and on, and probably, like many commercials, louder than whatever show I was watching. I hope it goes away soon. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/47 "2010-08-01T02:47:18Z")
Fargin’ insurance ads. They all suck, mainly because it’s a product you never want to use, and when you have to, something bad had to happen to you. Then you watch your rates go up, so they can get their money back from you. bastages. With that said, I’d like to shove the Gekko up Flo’s ass. Or better yet, down her throat, and watch both of them take their last breath. I have a lot of anger built up over insurance ads. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![blondie58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@blondie58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondie58)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/48 "2010-09-23T02:03:25Z")
I cannot stand the Geico lizard anymore. What happened to the Drill Sargent commercial? That’s the best one so far. Please bring it back! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/49 "2010-09-23T02:13:47Z")
“Is honest Abe Lincoln too honest?” (Mrs. Lincoln: does this dress make my backside too large?) my favorite ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/50 "2010-09-23T15:22:01Z")
> [@blondie58](#): > > I cannot stand the Geico lizard anymore. What happened to the Drill Sargent commercial? That’s the best one so far. Please bring it back! I miss the original Gecko. I don’t understand why the Internet Police haven’t launched an investigation into his disappearance and takeover by this clear impostor. ---
**Author:** ![Scorpio\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Scorpio\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scorpio_Lady)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/51 "2011-03-18T05:52:31Z")
I am a definite newbie as of 10 minutes ago, but I just had to put my 2 cents in about the best, absolute best Geico commercial just aired and for me anyway, the first time I’ve seen it. The announcer asks, “Do dogs chase cats?” The next thing you see is a cat driving a car like a manic being chased in hot pursuit by a dog driving like a manic also. The cat even looks back to see if the dog is still hot on his trail. I watched it half a dozen times already it was that funny. Better than all the rest of em. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/52 "2011-03-18T07:13:12Z")
I like them. The Rod Serling-like guy especially. The caveman ones I haven’t seen for quite awhile. Gecko, sorta cute still. There aren’t very many commercials I’ll allow to play through, most I fast forward, but Geico ones I’ll still watch if I haven’t seen one before. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/53 "2011-03-18T08:05:49Z")
> [@Scorpio\_Lady](#): > > I am a definite newbie as of 10 minutes ago, but I just had to put my 2 cents in about the best, absolute best Geico commercial just aired and for me anyway, the first time I’ve seen it. The announcer asks, “Do dogs chase cats?” The next thing you see is a cat driving a car like a manic being chased in hot pursuit by a dog driving like a manic also. The cat even looks back to see if the dog is still hot on his trail. I watched it half a dozen times already it was that funny. Better than all the rest of em. Welcome to the Dope, **Scorpio Lady!** Recent thread about this commercial: [New GEICO commercial - Dogs and cats](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=600773) ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/54 "2011-03-18T10:25:49Z")
If you haven’t seen all of them, you must [live under a rock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCFMDLakxaY). I got sideswiped by [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWmMDj8fl_0) because I was watching Deadliest Catch, and thought the program had come back on. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/55 "2011-03-18T16:40:18Z")
Geico is now part of my daily workout routine; the instant I hear the refrain of “Does Geico…” on the TV, I rush over to the remote as fast as I can to hit the mute button. Given that they show these ads 20 times an hour, I’ll be as skinny as a rail by Easter. So, to answer the OP, nope, not watching or listening to them \. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/56 "2011-03-18T18:11:22Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > If you haven’t seen all of them, you must [live under a rock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCFMDLakxaY). I got sideswiped by [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWmMDj8fl_0) because I was watching Deadliest Catch, and thought the program had come back on. They’re rerunning the one whit the caveman and the Time Bandit. I just saw it again last night. Although, I was watching Discovery channel, and they probably have a fondness for that one. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/57 "2011-03-18T18:24:54Z")
Missed the edit window. Here are a couple which are apparently quite new that I just noticed on YouTube, but I haven’t seen on the air yet. [Is the pen mightier than the sword?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcZd-ql7t1I) [Does the buck stop here?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enYZU5IxxIo) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/58 "2011-03-18T18:28:03Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [Does the buck stop here?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enYZU5IxxIo) That is hysterically funny, for all the non-action to it. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859/59 "2011-03-19T17:03:09Z")
I LOVE this one. But I don’t think it’s one of their regulars. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eIaYzD4hZ7E/hqdefault.jpg "GEICO Saddles.mpg") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIaYzD4hZ7E) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-anybody-watching-them/524859.md?page=2)