# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/41 "2010-08-28T23:30:04Z")
I love it. He’s just so damned cute! And I love the R. Lee Ermey commercials. “Jackwagon” – I am sooo using that one. The Gecko rocks too – when are they going to come out with a plush Gecko? (I hate those stupid cavemen. Especially now that they’re shilling for the Washington Capitals. WTF? It’s not like they need any more neandrethals – they’ve already got Ovechkin.) ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/42 "2010-08-29T04:18:27Z")
Eh. It’s cute, but not hilarious. It does make me smile if I’ve had a few. But it can get annoying real fast. I totally loved the R. Lee Ermy one. “Crybaby” and chucking the tissues. Nice. I dislike all the cavemen ones. And ease up with those remarks on Ovechkin. Sure, I know he doesn’t sound all that bright on air, but there’s a language barrier. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/43 "2010-08-29T05:13:33Z")
I like most of the Geico commercials, but the caveman ones are my all gone raves. I eagerly look forward to each new outrage. ---
**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 29, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/44 "2010-08-29T07:04:20Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > I like most of the Geico commercials, but the caveman ones are my all gone raves. I eagerly look forward to each new outrage. Did you like the tv series? ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/45 "2010-08-29T10:38:38Z")
On first viewing, it’s a pretty funny commercial (although without the pinwheels it would be approximately 32% less funny), but I’m glad I don’t have to see it on TV all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/46 "2010-08-29T19:33:57Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > I dislike all the cavemen ones. And ease up with those remarks on Ovechkin. Sure, I know he doesn’t sound all that bright on air, but there’s a language barrier. It’s not the accent – it’s because he looks like [he just walked out of the Russian version of _Deliverance_](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/Hockey/ovechkin1.jpg). I think his theme song should be “Dueling Balalaikas”. (I think he speaks English quite well, actually. Around here, everyone always jokes about Evgeni Malkin’s accent – and I love Geno.) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/47 "2010-08-29T20:02:29Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > > [@acsenray](#): > > > > I like most of the Geico commercials, but the caveman ones are my all gone raves. I eagerly look forward to each new outrage. > > Did you like the tv series? Best sitcom in years. It’s really too bad that the strike killed it. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/48 "2010-08-30T00:50:59Z")
It fills me with meh, but at least it’s better than the “bird in the hand” commercial. That one has a smell of the bottom of the barrel about it. I can only suppose they knew the FCC wouldn’t let them dramatize “Does a bear shit in the woods?” and couldn’t think of any other proverb to use. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/49 "2010-08-30T01:03:01Z")
It made me smile. But only because this is only the second time I’ve seen it. It’s one of those commercials that would get really annoying really fast. Oh the joys of watching TV mostly online… ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/50 "2010-08-30T16:24:07Z")
That pig would be bacon before the trip ended. This would be the time to close all the windows and leave the car parked in the sun during a 95° day (with some applewood chips in the front seat). ---
**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 30, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/51 "2010-08-30T17:32:32Z")
> [@ryobserver](#): > > It fills me with meh, but at least it’s better than the “bird in the hand” commercial. That one has a smell of the bottom of the barrel about it. I can only suppose they knew the FCC wouldn’t let them dramatize “Does a bear shit in the woods?” and couldn’t think of any other proverb to use. Ah, Charmin gets away with it. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vBNcQgkXEWE/hqdefault.jpg "Another Charmin Bears commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBNcQgkXEWE) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/juz-VNd_Ij8/hqdefault.jpg "Charmin Ad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juz-VNd_Ij8) ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xCRyM-Tx9LQ/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/xCRyM-Tx9LQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Poor Mr. Whipple must be rolling over in his grave. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/52 "2010-08-30T19:41:30Z")
I hate it, mainly because I HEARD it a bunch of times before I ever saw it. Several times I’ve been quietly reading in another room while my wife was watching TV, when suddenly I hear this “WHEEEEEE!”, like nails on a chalkboard. I had no idea what it was, except that it sounded awful. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/53 "2010-08-31T04:52:43Z")
The commercial \*should \*annoy me, but it makes me laugh every time! However, the one commercial that I truly enjoy is the M&M’s Pretzel commercial: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMrLz9tUrew) That pretzel cracks me up!! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/54 "2010-09-01T23:42:21Z")
[Another take on the Geico “Piggy” commercial.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54_oePKr1V0) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/55 "2010-09-02T01:43:55Z")
What I don’t like about the commercial has nothing to do with the pig. It’s that the announcer’s voice doesn’t seem to match his looks. I mean, he sounds like a much older, heavier man. Has he been in anything else? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/56 "2010-09-02T02:25:57Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > What I don’t like about the commercial has nothing to do with the pig. It’s that the announcer’s voice doesn’t seem to match his looks. I mean, he sounds like a much older, heavier man. Has he been in anything else? According to [imdb,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569458/bio) Mike McGlone has done some acting and also narrates TV documentaries. He’s appeared on camera in “The Kill Point,” “Law and Order SVU,” and also appears on the Starz TV series, “Crash”. He narrates shows like “Trauma: Life In the E. R.” and the Biography Channel’s “Mobsters”'. He’s also an author and musician, with a few published novels and a couple of albums to his credit. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/57 "2010-09-02T05:06:24Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > > [@panache45](#): > > > > What I don’t like about the commercial has nothing to do with the pig. It’s that the announcer’s voice doesn’t seem to match his looks. I mean, he sounds like a much older, heavier man. Has he been in anything else? > > According to [imdb,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569458/bio) Mike McGlone has done some acting and also narrates TV documentaries. He’s appeared on camera in “The Kill Point,” “Law and Order SVU,” and also appears on the Starz TV series, “Crash”. > > He narrates shows like “Trauma: Life In the E. R.” and the Biography Channel’s “Mobsters”'. He’s also an author and musician, with a few published novels and a couple of albums to his credit. And that’s his actual voice? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/58 "2010-09-02T05:16:30Z")
I don’t know. I just posted what imdb said. I haven’t paid any particular attention, myself. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/59 "2010-09-03T20:01:10Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > > [@panache45](#): > > > > What I don’t like about the commercial has nothing to do with the pig. It’s that the announcer’s voice doesn’t seem to match his looks. I mean, he sounds like a much older, heavier man. Has he been in anything else? > > According to [imdb,](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569458/bio) Mike McGlone has done some acting and also narrates TV documentaries. He’s appeared on camera in “The Kill Point,” “Law and Order SVU,” and also appears on the Starz TV series, “Crash”. > > He narrates shows like “Trauma: Life In the E. R.” and the Biography Channel’s “Mobsters”'. He’s also an author and musician, with a few published novels and a couple of albums to his credit. I recognize Mike McGlone from the movie “Dinner Rush”. He plays one of the two mob guys who get gunned down by John Corbett in the basement of Danny Aiello’s restaurant. It’s definitely not his own voice in the commercials, it’s some very recognizable voice over guy. Or at least, the guy’s voice is recognizable. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/60 "2010-09-12T23:14:01Z")
I like when he’s squealing out the window. I hate when they arrive and he thanks the mom giving him a lift in a voice that makes him sound like some damn slacker teenager. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393.md?page=4)