# New Geico commercials with Deadpan Announcer Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496 "2010-07-04T07:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 4, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/1 "2010-07-04T07:03:46Z")
There are some new Geico commercials out with that deadpan announcer answering his own question with another, rhetorical one. [Can _futbol_ announcer Andres Cantor make ANY sport exciting???](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXsfAeqimY) [Is having a snowball fight with pitching great, Randy Johnson, a bad idea?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhEFJtpmRo&feature=channel) [Was Abe Lincoln honest?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6IJ3DIXADM&feature=channel) I like the Honest Abe one. I thought that was pretty funny. In fact, I’d put it second to the Elmer Fudd one. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/2 "2010-07-04T14:11:41Z")
I thought the Honest Abe one was hysterical, especially since they made it look like an old movie. Butt you missed one: [Sarge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlWddAXSRA&feature=channel). I can’t decide if that’s really R. Lee Ermey. If it is, he’s aged a bit since I last saw him. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/3 "2010-07-04T14:31:15Z")
I don’t hate these as much as I did the caveman ones - but they are close. It wasn’t too bad at first, but Geico plays the hell out of all their commercials. Heck, I don’t even catch that much TV and I see these too often. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/4 "2010-07-04T14:38:02Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Butt you missed one: [Sarge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlWddAXSRA&feature=channel). I can’t decide if that’s really R. Lee Ermey. If it is, he’s aged a bit since I last saw him. Yeah, that’s him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/5 "2010-07-04T14:38:45Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I thought the Honest Abe one was hysterical, especially since they made it look like an old movie. > > Butt you missed one: [Sarge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlWddAXSRA&feature=channel). I can’t decide if that’s really R. Lee Ermey. If it is, he’s aged a bit since I last saw him. Yeah, it’s Ermey. I think it is mostly because I have never seen him with out a hat/cap. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/6 "2010-07-04T14:39:48Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I don’t hate these as much as I did the caveman ones - but they are close. It wasn’t too bad at first, but Geico plays the hell out of all their commercials. Heck, I don’t even catch that much TV and I see these too often. I like the cavemen, but I can’t stand the googley eyes. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/7 "2010-07-04T15:04:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Yeah, it’s Ermey. I think it is mostly because I have never seen him with out a hat/cap. I think that’s what had me uncertain, seeing that vast expanse of skin on the top of his head. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/8 "2010-07-04T15:08:51Z")
He does look like he’s put on some weight , he used to look really lean. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/9 "2010-07-04T15:12:57Z")
The R. Lee one is living proof that a broken watch is still right twice a day. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/10 "2010-07-04T15:17:45Z")
The futbol announcer one is hysterical! The youtube is cool too cuz someone translated it. The Honest Abe one was stupid, they could’ve made it a lot funnier ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/11 "2010-07-04T16:16:51Z")
Was honest Abe played by their caveman guy? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/12 "2010-07-04T17:09:42Z")
I liked the Honest Abe one. But Mary must’ve known that Abe was a chubby chaser. All the women he courted were on the meaty side. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/13 "2010-07-04T22:34:06Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I thought the Honest Abe one was hysterical, especially since they made it look like an old movie. > > Butt you missed one: [Sarge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlWddAXSRA&feature=channel). I can’t decide if that’s really R. Lee Ermey. If it is, he’s aged a bit since I last saw him. Definitely the Gunny. Even with the shaved head, I recognized him from the voice, and of course, the eyebrows. He certainly looks different even from his appearance on Lock 'N Load last year. ---
**Author:** ![MsChilePepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MsChilePepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsChilePepper)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/14 "2010-07-05T00:35:15Z")
Ermey cracks me up. Jackwagon! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/15 "2010-07-05T00:37:32Z")
The bald head definitely changes his appearance, which is why even though I was sure it was his voice I wasn’t absolutely positive it was him. The way he first offered the box of tissues, and then threw it should have been a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/16 "2010-07-05T00:47:22Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > He does look like he’s put on some weight , he used to look really lean. Well, he is 66 years old… Full Metal Jacket was out a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/17 "2010-07-05T01:24:27Z")
These are brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/18 "2010-07-05T02:01:59Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > The Honest Abe one was stupid, they could’ve made it a lot funnier “No. Your backside makes your backside look fat. It’s not the dress’s fault at all.” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/19 "2010-07-05T14:40:03Z")
“No. All the ham-hocks make your ass look fat!” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-geico-commercials-with-deadpan-announcer-guy/545496/20 "2010-07-05T20:24:20Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > [Sarge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhlWddAXSRA&feature=channel). I can’t decide if that’s really R. Lee Ermey. If it is, he’s aged a bit since I last saw him. That is instantly the funniest commercial I’ve ever seen.