# What's your take on Geico's "little piggy" commercial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393 "2010-08-25T13:41:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/21 "2010-08-25T17:03:28Z")
I picked the last option, even though it’s not perfect. I can see why people might like it, but I didn’t find it funny. In fact, here’s a picture of me while watching it… [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/jackson.jpg](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/jackson.jpg) Joe ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/22 "2010-08-25T17:07:13Z")
The commercial reminds me of an old Benny Hill routine. Benny Hill, as drunken dinner guest: “Can I go wee now?” Embarrassed host: “Yes, of course.” Benny Hill: “Wheeee!” ---
**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:** [August 25, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/23 "2010-08-25T17:18:46Z")
I liked it the first couple of times but now it is annoying. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/24 "2010-08-25T18:03:39Z")
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Some of them are gems. I like the Randy Johnson one and the Elmer Fudd one. The Abe Lincoln one is pure genius. Suppose that was the night they were to attend the theater, but canceled because Mary was in a snit… But, we’ll never know about that, will we? I do like the piggy one, and for the same reasons everyone else had. The pig sticking his head out the van window and holding the pinwheels. The pig’s nonchalance at the end. “Oh, cool. Thanks, Mrs. A.” And I do pause on it and watch if I’m fast-forwarding through commercials on the DVR. I voted #2 on the poll. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/25 "2010-08-25T18:23:30Z")
My favorite is the Abe Lincoln one. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/26 "2010-08-25T18:38:42Z")
I’d rate it as roughly above average. I don’t actually laugh, but it makes me smirk a little. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/27 "2010-08-25T18:47:40Z")
Fucking annoying. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/28 "2010-08-25T18:50:02Z")
Hate this commercial. In general I am not a fan of geico commercials. I am a big fan of R. Lee Ermey but I don’t even like his commercial. He doesn’t get to use any of his best lines from Full Metal Jacket ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/29 "2010-08-25T19:03:12Z")
I fucking hate this commercial and am actually _astonished_ that people like it. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/30 "2010-08-25T20:24:50Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Funniest commercial Geico’s put out yet, possibly one of the funniest commercials in a long while. > > I think what makes it so good is that it doesn’t seem to get stale. The first time I saw it, I laughed so hard that I was practically in tears. I figured, ok, well, that’s that. But no-- I laugh every. single. time. And I mean, literally LOL, which I never, ever do to TV shows or commercials. > > I love the pure glee on the Piggy’s face, the pinwheels, the disgust by the others in the car. Then, the way he’s all nonchalant at the end, when he gets out of the car. Epic. I don’t like it THIS much, but Diosa has it pegged what people do like about it. Now, I prefer the R. Lee Ermy commercial. Heck, he made the Texas Chainsaw Masscre reboots worthwhile! I’m mildly amused by the Bird in the Hand one. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/31 "2010-08-25T20:30:57Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Hate this commercial. In general I am not a fan of geico commercials. I am a big fan of R. Lee Ermey but I don’t even like his commercial. He doesn’t get to use any of his best lines from Full Metal Jacket That one has lead me to start seriously abusing the ability to call people a “jackwagon”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/32 "2010-08-25T20:34:56Z")
I don’t want to like it, but it makes me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/33 "2010-08-25T23:18:36Z")
I’m so glad someone started a thread on this commercial. I too will stop fast forwarding to watch it. I will also then rewind, wait for my boyfriend to come in from a smoke and then watch it again with him. The only current commercial that comes close to holding a candle to this one, in my opinion, is M&M’s. “You get in the bowl.” But in a deathmatch, the piggy has it. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/34 "2010-08-25T23:46:26Z")
> [@malkavia](#): > > I’m so glad someone started a thread on this commercial. I too will stop fast forwarding to watch it. I will also then rewind, wait for my boyfriend to come in from a smoke and then watch it again with him. > > The only current commercial that comes close to holding a candle to this one, in my opinion, is M&M’s. > > “You get in the bowl.” > > But in a deathmatch, the piggy has it. Your boyfriend _smokes_? And chooses it over watching TV with you? And you’re _OK_ with that? And what did he say when you’ve said “Look, it’s the pig or the cig.” You have said that, right? [/sanctimonius ex-smoker who likes the pig] But seriously, he’d rather suck on burning leaves than laugh at that pig? ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/35 "2010-08-25T23:59:32Z")
Dear god almighty. I’m glad I rarely see commercials. That was retarded and the human race deserves to die off entirely because of that commercial. I now hope global warming is not only real, but irreversible and catastrophic. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/36 "2010-08-26T00:14:37Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > Who’s ready for some nice fresh bacon and ham? > > Seriously, that pig would get _one_ ride form me. If he asks again, he’s going into the smoker. It’s a talking pig!! You can’t just kill and eat it. Cut off one ham at a time. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/37 "2010-08-26T10:25:14Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Hate this commercial. In general I am not a fan of geico commercials. I am a big fan of R. Lee Ermey but I don’t even like his commercial. He doesn’t get to use any of his best lines from Full Metal Jacket Looks like somebody needs a tissue because he’s in Mamby Pamby land! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/38 "2010-08-26T14:49:48Z")
I like it, but only find it mildly humorous. Mostly I think it’s appealing because it’s so damn cute… ---
**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:** [August 28, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/39 "2010-08-28T22:48:01Z")
I’m going to semi-hijack this thread. I saw a new commercial with the Boss and the Gecko that I thought was pretty funny. [Important Email](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y85JQEAFGMo) ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/40 "2010-08-28T23:18:29Z")
I voted that it’s fairly humorous, because it is. But it’s not nearly as funny as [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdy3orO6tQA). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393.md?page=3)