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Wherefore Art Thou Funny GEICO Ads? |
For a long time, GEICO held a very special place in my heart... Well, their advertising company did.
It was amazing how many tremendous commercial campaigns they were coming out with in such short order:
- The gecko was so so.
- The FIRST set of caveman skits were amazing.
- Tiny house kicked so much butt that I can't find the words.
- The speed racer toon was gut busting (at least, it should be to anyone who went to college in the 90's).
- Hell, even the bear-eats-salmon one was pretty good.
I was laughing to the point of tears almost every month for a while!
But, have we reached the end of GEICO's ad-dominance? Have they've completely stagnated? Their latest attempt
to keep things "fresh" is recasting the seriously unfunny GEICO gecko! He used to have a British accent, but
now he has a cockney accent? WTF?!? This is insulting. It's almost as bad as when Bewitched tried to switch Daren from Dick York
to Dick Sergeant (like no one would notice)... OK, I never really watched Bewitched, but everyone knows about that carp.
GEICO, shape up! In the words of your own caveman, "Not cool!" Your new lizard campaign blows,
and you've totally lost your way. Get back on the ass-kickin'
wagon, and make me bust a gut, or Imma have to switch to All-State. At least they have president Palmer (from 24)
in THEIR ads!
Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:10:01 PDT
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