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Title: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: Cheebs on March 02, 2007, 05:56:03 PM: The commercials with those cavemen are getting turned into a tv series! I dont think I have ever heard of a commercial turning into a series before.

WEIRD.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960384.html?categoryid=1300&cs=1&p=0
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: DJ_Tet on March 02, 2007, 05:57:46 PM: Ernest was originally a commercial pitchman for hire, and he parlayed that into a movie franchise.

Not sure about commercials to tv shows though.

edit: The article mentions that horrible baby, Bob and his stupid ass tv show.
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: VALIS on March 02, 2007, 06:07:56 PM: Those commercials are honestly some of most clever comedy I've seen on network TV since AD. If the people who write the commercials write the show and they keep the same nuances and subtleties that make the commercials work, it could be great. But seeing as it'll be on network TV, who's sitcoms are prone to corporate interference and buttinskys, I wouldn't bet money on that.
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: G The Resurrected on March 02, 2007, 06:13:58 PM: networks need to realize that the 30 min 60 min structure doesnt always work 15 min is just perfect for some ideas
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: Yeti on March 02, 2007, 06:18:05 PM: :lol

I might actually watch this. flamboyant cavemen are funny.
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: Himu on March 02, 2007, 06:19:12 PM: I've never seen these commercials
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: Cheebs on March 02, 2007, 06:21:45 PM: Quote from: Himuro on March 02, 2007, 06:19:12 PM
I've never seen these commercials
you must not watch tv
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: Yeti on March 02, 2007, 06:52:12 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5JV0Fs_GE8

all the geico cavemen commercials
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: VALIS on March 02, 2007, 07:12:33 PM: Thanks to shitty youtube video quality it's hard to see the body language and facial expressions on the actors, which really make these commercials funnier than just the jokes.

The little touches are so great.

The one caveman wearing a breezy, salmon colored jacket with an open collar to dinner.

The way the caveman at the therapist's office kinda scrunches his body together in a defensive, protective posture.

"I'll have the roast duck, with mango salsa"

The tennis racket bag on the caveman in the airport.

Great stuff.

That compilation also misses the most recent commercial which has one of the cavemen role playing with a caveman doll at the therapist's office. :rofl
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: max_cool on March 02, 2007, 07:22:12 PM: yay, a 30 minute Geico comercial
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: Himu on March 02, 2007, 08:43:28 PM: Quote from: Cheebs on March 02, 2007, 06:21:45 PM
Quote from: Himuro on March 02, 2007, 06:19:12 PM
I've never seen these commercials
you must not watch tv

well, I think I've seen them. I don't know. But it's true. I don't watch much tv.
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: omg_lemurs on March 02, 2007, 09:48:16 PM: "My mothers calling, I'll put it on speaker."

I don't know why but that cracks me up.
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: Disposable White Guy on March 02, 2007, 09:53:45 PM: They are so clever.
Title: Re: The Geico Caveman is getting turned into a sitcom for ABC. What the fuck?
Post by: xnikki118x on March 03, 2007, 04:54:44 AM: Quote from: omg_lemurs on March 02, 2007, 09:48:16 PM
"My mothers calling, I'll put it on speaker."

I don't know why but that cracks me up.

That part always made me laugh, too.