# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/61 "2010-09-13T09:58:23Z")
It’s my favorite Geico, but close behind are the [Woodchucks.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjGwusHrOtk) mmm ---
**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:** [September 13, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/62 "2010-09-13T10:56:52Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Ah, Charmin gets away with it. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBNcQgkXEWE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBNcQgkXEWE) God, I was going to mention this (first in your list) if you hadn’t - the one with the young bear having pieces of leftover TP clinging to his ass, and his mom running after him to clean him up. The GEICO piggy commercial both annoys me and makes me chuckle. Checking last night, I seem to chuckle right when the “wee-ing” starts up, but then I want him to shut up immediately and empathize with the humans stuck in the car with him. And yes, the nonchalant, “Oh, thanks” part also amuses me. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/63 "2010-09-13T14:22:19Z")
Put me in the group that says that it totally cracks me up. Abe Lincoln one is up there too. I like the Randy Johnson one OK, but I felt like they must have spent their entire budget on hiring Randy Johnson; because the banged up garage door looks like a big wall size poster hanging on a real garage door. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/64 "2010-09-13T15:02:49Z")
> [@drillrod](#): > > My 13-y/o son and I run around going “Wee Wee Weeeee!” all the time. My poor wife. get some pinwheels and hide them in the car for use at the right moment (not a hazardous situation for driving where she might loose it if driving) ---
**Author:** ![alassnsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@alassnsane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alassnsane)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/65 "2010-09-23T12:05:06Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > > [@drillrod](#): > > > > My 13-y/o son and I run around going “Wee Wee Weeeee!” all the time. My poor wife. > > get some pinwheels and hide them in the car for use at the right moment… You, Sir, are an evil genius! heh By the way, I can’t believe that no one has mentioned the part that makes me laugh to hardest…when the camera takes the full body shot of the piggy and he lets go with a “weeeee!” and those stubby, little, hind legs kick out in unison with the effort it never fails to break me up…it’s the attention to those little details which elevates a work of art into a _sigh_ masterpiece;) ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/66 "2010-09-23T17:15:32Z")
The first time I saw it was the link in this thread, and I was unimpressed. Now, I am ashamed to admit that I will always stop fast-forwarding through the commercials when I see the announcer in hopes that it’s the piggy one. And **alassnsane** , the little kicks kill me, too! ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/67 "2010-09-23T21:37:41Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > 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. Heh, that’s actually what I like about it. You’re expecting this excitable little kid voice…and then it’s not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/68 "2010-09-23T21:39:04Z")
The woodchucks are better. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/69 "2010-09-23T23:20:40Z")
I love it, in part because my mom loves pigs and I can imagine her laughing her ass off. I’m visiting home next month, and am sorely tempted to bring a laptop JUST so I can download that somehow, and show it to her in case she hasn’t seen it. WHEEEE!!! WHHEEEEEEEEEEEE! WHEEEEEEE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/70 "2010-09-24T01:29:53Z")
> [@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. Oh nno! I love the “Bird in the Hand!” It’s the lady’s reaction that gets me. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 24, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/71 "2010-09-24T03:17:56Z")
Ooooh, they DO have a [plush gecko](https://geicostore.wfobrand.com/product.asp?cat=7845&id=35035)!!! ---
**Author:** ![tejasmom1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@tejasmom1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tejasmom1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/72 "2010-10-18T00:34:40Z")
I Was Wondering If They Will Make A Stuffed Toy Pig That Wee Wees All The Way Home My Granddaughter Wants One ---
**Author:** ![LegsAkimbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@LegsAkimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegsAkimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/73 "2010-10-18T01:24:06Z")
Like another poster, we stop the DVR to watch it. But, like virtually every watchable and fun commercial, it does not in even the remotest way make us consider using the product being advertised. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/74 "2010-10-18T03:21:19Z")
I think it’s funny. I think that the offhand, “Thanks Mrs. A” and her look seal the deal for me. I also like the woodchuck one, not because of the CGI woodchucks, but because of the old guy shouting: “Hey, you woodchucks, stop chucking my wood!” The Lincoln one is pretty good, too. Haven’t bought their insurance, though. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/75 "2010-10-18T03:48:30Z")
The woodchuck one doesn’t work. “Can Geico really say you up to 15% on your car insurance? Do woodchucks chuck wood?” No! They don’t. The whole point of the original rhyme was to pose it as a hypothetical question, clearly implying that it doesn’t ever happen. Mares eating oats would have been more logically consistent. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/76 "2010-10-18T03:59:35Z")
I love the pinwheel piggy. Not quite as much as the Snickers “Greensleeves” commercial, but close. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393/77 "2010-10-18T06:39:43Z")
I’m seriously considering making my March to Restore Sanity poster one of the pig with a couple of pinwheels sticking up. I’ll let the sign say Wheeee! though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-geicos-little-piggy-commercial/551393.md?page=3)