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Who is your favorite insurance commercial character?

Gecko-Geico
1 (7.7%)
Cavemen-Geico
7 (53.8%)
Erin-Esurance
1 (7.7%)
Conspiracy Theory Guy-Mercury Insurance
0 (0%)
Other
4 (30.8%)

Total Members Voted: 13

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Area 64

  • Cholesterol
« on: April 14, 2007, 08:27:29 PM »
Who is your favorite insurance commercial character? I've always liked the Caveman commercials, but the Mercury commercials are kind of funny, too. I don't know if I'm missing anyone, though...

MaxVance

  • Vance Vance Revolution
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2007, 08:30:20 PM »
Apparently the cavemen are so popular that they're going to have a sitcom on ABC this fall.
Remember that your first Goomba boldly you walk? When Mario touched that mushroom being brought up more largely remember that you are surprised? Miscalculate your jump that pit remember that it falls?

Area 64

  • Cholesterol
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2007, 09:03:41 PM »
Really? Where'd you hear that?

Red Paratroopa

« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2007, 09:59:15 PM »
It's not because they're popular.  The guy who created the characters wanted to originally make a sitcom, but was writing commercials for a living.  So he decided to try out his characters in the ads and the rest is history.
This is a secret coded message.

PaperLuigi

« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2007, 10:46:04 PM »
Caveman are the best, in my opinion.
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Suffix

  • Steamed
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2007, 11:04:08 PM »
The Geico Gecko used to be cool, but then he got a new voice and new model. I don't like him anymore.

Ultima Shadow

« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2007, 11:07:10 PM »
I haven't seen any of these insurance mascots, so other.
If my son could decimate Lego cities with his genitals, I'd be [darn] proud.

Chupperson Weird

  • Not interested.
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2007, 11:17:37 PM »
Yeah the new Gecko isn't nearly as cool as the old one.
The cavemen are great, however.
That was a joke.

Vidgmchtr

« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2007, 11:20:00 PM »
The cavemen are the best.
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."

BP

  • Beside Pacific
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2007, 01:39:02 AM »
Though I despise commercials and how people quote them more often than the shows for which TV was supposedly invented, I'm just gonna go with the cavemen because the gecko isn't cool anymore and I have never heard of the other two. Don't fill me in, please.
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The Chef

  • Super
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2007, 09:01:08 AM »
Those Esurance commercials would make an awesome animated series, provided they lose the whole car insurance aspect.

Vidgmchtr

« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2007, 01:48:31 PM »
I just realized, Geico is spelled wrong in the poll. Twice.
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."

CoconutMikeNIke

« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2007, 02:50:49 AM »
The Cavemen rock.  But I got annoyed when I found out that in the cavemen in the sitcom won't the be the same as the ones in the commercials.
"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special." Stephen Hawking

Toad

« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2007, 08:41:46 PM »
Where the heck is the Aflac duck?
Kinopio is the ultimate video game character! Who else can drive a kart, host parties, play tennis, give good advice and items, and is almost always happy??

Glorb

  • Banned
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2007, 12:31:10 PM »
I think the Caveman commercials are getting old. It was funny at first when it was this sort of non-sequiter meta-joke (where it's a normal Geico commerical at first, then they make the caveman comment, to which a nearby caveman cameraman reacts negatively), but then it got completely self-indulgent. A caveman sitcom would hopefully end up like every other prehistory-themed sitcom: cancelled. Then, in five or ten years, there would be a sort of "retro" chic thing, which would result in a Caveman Show DVD box set, along with wired controllers and cars with wheels.
every

The Chef

  • Super
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2007, 12:45:30 PM »
I like The Flintstones, Glorb. :(

SushieBoy

  • Giddy fangirl
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2007, 12:49:05 PM »
Glorb, Don't all cars have wheels? Well, more modren ones...
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Chupperson Weird

  • Not interested.
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2007, 05:10:56 PM »
Serialized commercials are the best kind, in my opinion.
Aside from Blow'd Up.
That was a joke.

MaxVance

  • Vance Vance Revolution
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2007, 06:32:27 PM »
Remember that your first Goomba boldly you walk? When Mario touched that mushroom being brought up more largely remember that you are surprised? Miscalculate your jump that pit remember that it falls?

Chupperson Weird

  • Not interested.
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2007, 06:33:07 PM »
Yes, your point?
That was a joke.

MaxVance

  • Vance Vance Revolution
« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2007, 06:37:13 PM »
The links are for people who haven't seen it.
Remember that your first Goomba boldly you walk? When Mario touched that mushroom being brought up more largely remember that you are surprised? Miscalculate your jump that pit remember that it falls?

Glorb

  • Banned
« Reply #21 on: April 19, 2007, 10:14:17 AM »
Quote from: SushieBoy on April 18, 2007, 12:49:05 PM
Glorb, Don't all cars have wheels? Well, more modren ones...

Yes, but cars in the future will fly. It's a scientificated fact.
every

Vidgmchtr

« Reply #22 on: April 19, 2007, 01:01:00 PM »
Well they'll probably hover before they can fly.
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."

Suffix

  • Steamed
« Reply #23 on: April 19, 2007, 03:12:49 PM »
Ah, ha ha ha ha.... Vidgmchtr, it depends on what kind of "hovering" you're thinking about. I find it infinitely more likely that (expensive) cars will have flying ability first. But if you're referring to airfoils, those are simply not very effective for ground travel.

Nobody's going to invent a gravity repelling field anytime soon...

The Chef

  • Super
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2007, 05:47:06 PM »
If they do, F-Zero could become a reality at some point in the distant future.

BP

  • Beside Pacific
« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2007, 07:38:09 PM »
I'm fine with F1 through F12, thanks.
All your dreeeeeeams begiiin to shatterrrrrr~
It's YOUR problem!

Luigison

  • Old Person™
« Reply #26 on: April 19, 2007, 07:48:39 PM »
I like the Aflac donkey better than their duck. 
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Area 64

  • Cholesterol
« Reply #27 on: April 19, 2007, 09:44:18 PM »
I think it's quite possible for scientists and engineers to come together to build some kind of cross between a motorcycle and an airplane. It would look like a small airplane with a low control room and a wingspan a third the size of an average-sized stretch of highway, but would still have two wheels under it and could hold two people... and maybe even have a cupholder!

I can't wait 'till we're all riding those.

Toad

« Reply #28 on: April 19, 2007, 09:59:23 PM »
Quote from: Luigison on April 19, 2007, 07:48:39 PM
I like the Aflac donkey better than their duck. 

When did they have a donkey?

Also, I was just thinking.. I like the older version of the duck better than the newer, friendlier version. The older one would just jump in at any time with the companys' name, but the newer one is just around for advertising purposes.
Kinopio is the ultimate video game character! Who else can drive a kart, host parties, play tennis, give good advice and items, and is almost always happy??

Glorb

  • Banned
« Reply #29 on: April 20, 2007, 08:37:48 AM »
Yeah, the old one was more Gilbert Gottfried-like; you'd be eating or whatever, and then he'd jump out of nowhere and go "AFLAC!!" It's really the perfect mascot.
every

The Chef

  • Super
« Reply #30 on: April 20, 2007, 01:46:03 PM »
Yet nobody ever payed attention to him when they were trying to remember the company's name...

Kojinka

  • Bruised
« Reply #31 on: April 22, 2007, 11:19:04 AM »
I liked the old Aflac duck too, and I liked how the old Geico gecko would complain about people calling him.  I also thought the caveman was funny.

Quote from: The Chef on April 15, 2007, 09:01:08 AM
Those Esurance commercials would make an awesome animated series, provided they lose the whole car insurance aspect.
That's exactly what I thought when I first saw one of their commercials.
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Boo Dudley

  • This is not a secret page hint
« Reply #32 on: May 02, 2007, 11:16:59 AM »
When you mean conspiracy guy. Do you mean the deep voiced progressive dude, or the sarcastic guy with the random crap in his box?

Whatever happened to sarcastic box man?

Boo Dudley

  • This is not a secret page hint
« Reply #33 on: May 02, 2007, 12:20:57 PM »
I almost forgot, what about the dog-handpuppet or the "just lost another lone to ditech" moron?

The Chef

  • Super
« Reply #34 on: May 02, 2007, 12:24:59 PM »
Scott Puppet of Petco fame? He ruled!

Boo Dudley

  • This is not a secret page hint
« Reply #35 on: May 02, 2007, 12:37:07 PM »
Not Exactly.
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