What is the name of the song played during the Geico commercial where our caveman friend is on the moving walkway at the airport?
“Remind Me” by Royksopp
I love that song and the whole series of commercials. My favorite is when he is being interviewed and the woman says “someone got up on the wrong side of the rock”. The look and his body language is priceless.
“First of all, I’m not exactly 100% in love with your tone right now…”
LOVE the caveman!
Me too! Anybody know what the actor’s name is? He’s not only a very good actor, he looks like he’s probably pretty cute when the Neanderthal makeup is off.
I saw him interviewed the other day while channel flipping but he was in character.
Wonder what happened to his brother?
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Thag say this belong in Cafe Society. Mods must not disappoint Great Og.
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You know, it’s just this kind of attitude and stereotyping that leads to things like the Geico ad. I expected better of you, Rico
Maybe he needs to hire Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer.
Or Link from Encino Man.
Except that he would keep weezin the ju-uice.
Oh right, we invented fire, and the wheel, sorry we couldn’t get done faster for you.
So the rest of the titles off the album (I’m assuming it’s Melody A.M., are they any good? Is it worth buying?
I don’t understand this one - the moving walkway one.
I love the one with the talking heads, and the earlier ones, but this one I just don’t get. Can someone explain it to me?
The very model of a modern Neanderthal - smartly dressed, well-groomed - is on a moving walkway to catch his fight. He passes a GEICO ad showing a stereotypical caveman - savage, brutish, dressed in skins. “It’s so easy even a caveman can do it!” the ads says. Clearly, our metrosexual protagonist can do it. He resents the implication that cavemen are mentally deficient.
The elevator music is icing on the cake. “Everywhere I go, there is always something to remind me.”
I can’t decide which series of Geico commercials I detest the most:
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[li]The cavemen–obviously they don’t live in caves. These guys have nice houses, lots of electronic gadgets, large vocabulary, etc. Why are they cavemen? Just because they have lots of facial hair?[/li][li]The celebrity spokespersons–hiring actors to re-interpret what the “real customers” have to say.[/li][li]The talking Gecko – with the almost unintelligible Australian accent.[/li][/ul] I think Geico should immediately fire their ad agency.
That the guy in one of them passes on the wonderful the chance to slam Verne Troyer onto the grill and slam the lid shut saddens me.
Die rapping dwarf, die.
That commercial makes me sad and I’d contemplated opening a thread on it. I know it’s all in jest and there aren’t really cavemen, but stick a racial minority in his space. The look on his face (he really is an excellent actor) when he sees the poster makes me think of how African Americans must have felt in the sixties when they saw “Sambo” and “Mammy” type illustrations.
Is it Australian? I thought it was Irish/Scottish or something…but ya, I couldn’t agree more.
That’s why it’s great…you can get something interesting out of it without having to give a rat’s ass about what they’re selling you. What is it anyway…insurance or something? 
I laughed at the Roast Duck with Mango Salsa one every time I saw it (so that would be approximately nine thousand times). I agree with Dan Blather–that actor really has his part nailed.
Well, there were two cavemen in the restaurant ad. One had the duck, the other didn’t “have much of an appetite, thank you.” Which one was featured in the airport ad, or neither, or does it really matter?