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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 01:35 AM
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Poll question: What's your favorite Geico add: Cavemen, Gecko or cash with eyeballs?
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 01:36 AM
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1. Caveman with the psychologist (Yo, Adrienne!)
"It's my mom, I'll put it on speaker"

:rofl: :rofl: :bounce:

that's damn clever! :rofl:
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 01:37 AM
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2. Haven't seen it. Latest caveman ad I've seen; They are bowling
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 02:00 AM
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3. Ok, here, now watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iomlEcaeZgQ

Talia Shire is playing the psychologist. She's Adrienne from the Rocky movies and she's also Francis Ford Coppola's brother, Nicolas Cage's aunt and probably a 3rd or 4th cousin of mine. :rofl:
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 09:53 AM
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7. hee hee! That's funny.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 07:31 AM
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37. She's Francis Ford Coppola's brother?
I guess with Talia Shire, there really is more than meets the eye.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 01:01 PM
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45. WTF
I pulled another Creekdog. :banghead:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 02:02 AM
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4. Geico Caveman Therapy Session
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 08:43 AM
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5. Geiko sucks - screw their commercials
EVERYONE I've ever spoken to who had to file a claim with Geiko was flaming mad at the company and switched to a real insurance company immediately after the event.

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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 09:54 AM
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8. I wouldn't use them for insurance, just like the commercials.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 08:59 AM
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6. I like the bowling cavemen.
I want to give them a hug.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 09:55 AM
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9. me too. Main caveman is a good actor.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 12:04 PM
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10. cash with eyeballs doesn't compare
to caveman and gecko. It's not even funny.

I must admit to loving the brazen little British accented gecko with his puffed up ego caught in office space ... But the caveman's good too. Obviously the caveman's a fave here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acCfnwTpdxU&feature=related
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 07:53 PM
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20. As a Gecko-fan, have you noticed that his voice changed ever so slightly?
I'm thinking a new actor is voicing the gecko
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 07:33 AM
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38. There have been a few people voicing it.
The gecko actually had a down-undah accent before the cockney, and before that, Kelsey Grammer.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 09:47 AM
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39. OK that explains it
I have lived in Australia and thought he might have Aussie inflections but then not exactly....more like an Aussie who lives in England working to curb the accent a bit.:)
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 09:58 AM
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41. ahhhh.. thanks for the info
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 09:48 AM
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40. yes I did notice that
but thought I was hearing things....
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 02:39 PM
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11. Didn't they used to run the celebrity narrator commercials?
Little Richard, Joan Rivers, the guy from the Actor's Studio, all of them "helping" ordinary people tell their insurance stories....
I loved them best of all, I think the Gecko is cute, and I appreciate the funny intelligence of the Caveman commercials.... I "get' them, but they creep me out. I guess I ,too, am prejudiced against cavemen.
The eyeball commercials are useless. What, did they fire their agency? They're terrible.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 07:56 PM
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22. Oh! I forgot about the actor commercial. Geico throws everything out there.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 02:44 PM
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12. The Cavemen started out funny
but they beat that joke into the ground. I find the Gecko less annoying after many different variations.
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 04:15 PM
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18. + 1
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 05:27 PM
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19. Good point.
If you're planning a long running campaign, it's good to make it one that you can change just enough to keep it interesting.
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 03:55 PM
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13. None of them ... they're irritating as hell.
n/t
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 12:56 AM
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27. +1.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 03:57 PM
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14. Hate them all, and Geico sucks.
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 12:56 AM
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28. +1.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 04:04 PM
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15. Are any other companies running three simultaneous, long-term ad campaigns?
Makin' money, sounds like to me.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 07:54 PM
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21. nope. Off-topic, what happened with the hamsters bopping in the car ads, they don't run anymore
Edited on Tue Jul-07-09 07:55 PM by Liberal_in_LA
Everyone I know loved those ads.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 04:10 PM
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16. Well, naturally I'm partial to the gecko
local boy made good and all. :-)
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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 04:12 PM
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17. Old Gecko commercials
Newer ones are relatively less entertaining
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 08:00 PM
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23. All of them started out ok, then started to suck
now they all suck.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 08:04 PM
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24. Other - The Squirrels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL1uFjSbvnA


though one tried to get me today and I don't have Geico insurance.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-07-09 08:07 PM
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25. The fake reality show commercial, "Tiny House". This one won some awards
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 12:54 AM
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26. wow... Geico sure puts a lot of energy into their commercials
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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 01:50 AM
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29. HAHA IT'S OFFICIAL! I PUT IT OVER!
GECKO IS THE BEST :D
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 01:57 AM
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30. Wrong.
:)
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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 02:10 AM
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31. NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo
:banghead:
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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 02:11 AM
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32. As far as the cash with eyeballs...
Do you suppose they ran out of money and had to do something cheap?
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 02:44 AM
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33. I voted for the Cavemen.
:)
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 09:59 AM
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42. you are a genius
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 03:08 AM
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34. Gecko
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 03:47 AM
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35. None - I hate Geico, and mute or turn off all their commercials.
I called them once for a rate quote, found them to be hundreds of dollars higher than the insurance I had. The salesman said,"Well, it will be higher at first, but over time it will go down."
I said, no thanks.

Later, I found Geico had reported that they had DENIED me coverage, and I had a harder time finding new insurance because of my "bad" record.

Geico sucks.

mark
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 05:30 AM
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36. Every time a Geico ad plays, a little piece of humanity dies.
I hate all their commercials. But I especially hate the cavemen ads.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 10:04 AM
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43. I'm writing in Flo from the Progressive ads!
:loveya:
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EndersDame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 11:45 AM
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44. The cash with Eybealls Is Down Right Creepy
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 07:42 PM
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46. particularly creepy in the ad where he/she/it is staring thru the kitchen window
Edited on Wed Jul-08-09 07:43 PM by Liberal_in_LA
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Mudoria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 10:58 PM
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47. I've always liked the Caveman on the moving walk at the airport
It's not really all that funny but I like th background song (which escapes me atm)
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hibbing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-08-09 11:04 PM
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48. if you like the cavemen, watch this..
Hi,
Swordfish with mango salsa one I enjoyed. Check this out, I have no idea what it is from, but if you like the cavemen it is funny. One of them golfing with Phil Simms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii8g7XZG1G0

Peace
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