quote: Am I the only person out there that hates those stupid GEICO commercials? Everytime I turn on the the tv they are there (and I don't watch much tv either)! Do these people think they are cute or funny? When I looked for auto insurance a few months ago, I deliberately avoided GEICO because of this. Effective advertising is one thing, but overkill is another.
quote: You are not alone. I think these commercials are aimed directly at the low-life, sub-par I.Q. idiots that drive without insurance or regard for other's safety , simply because they would rather spend their money on drugs than insure the hooptys they drive around in. You know the ones I mean ....the little foreign ****-box with gold plated wheels and the exhaust tip that's as big as a canned ham? I universally loathe these types.
quote: Geico, schmieco. I love/hate Geico commercials because they have dead deer/squirrel. Silverback likes them too, canned ham. How about the one with the dogs whistling?? DAWG, GET YOUR HEAD BACK IN THE CAR!! Bad dog. I want a lizard, to pet. Pretty little lizard, will you be mine? Please insure me, ******* please insure me, oh god that insurance hurts it's so good. Is there anybody out there?
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
On the plus side, if this is what they're complaining about they must have pretty good lives otherwise.
Dagonee
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
How can one have a good life without enjoying Geico commercials? Its essential to life of happiness.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Don't know if I've ever seen these GEICO commercials.
However, I do have GEICO insurance on my autos. I have been happy with them.
FG
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
You've never seen a GEICO commercial??!! Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Well, I don't watch much TV..
I have seen some GEICO commercials in the past, but I don't recall any of the ones talked about in that link (dog whistling, squirrel, etc.) So I guess I haven't seen any recent commercials.
It's summer. I'm too busy mowing.
FG
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
You must have a lot of grass
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Yep -- 15 acres just in the part around the house to mow.
(need sheep, don't I?)
FG
Posted by Altįriėl of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I just remembr the one about the funeral, the one about the Award, and the one about the Soap Opera. They were only kindda funny, not enough for me to call them hilarius, but funny enough to get the messege through.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
And a sheepdog Farmgirl to take care of the sheep for you, then you will have the total low mainenance package...
I like AFLAC commercials far better than the Geico ones. The duck does something for me the lizard doesn't.
AJ
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
The only GEICO commercials I like are the squirrel one (which is relatively old) and the recent one with the family in the mini-van where the gecko breaks out singing, "everbody was kung-fu fighting..."
The gecko is definitely getting old, though. It's probably time to retire him and find a new mascot.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I dislike both Geiko and Aflak commercials.
Posted by Erick the Great (Member # 6527) on :
Gosh people! They are just commercials!
They are funny though.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
quote: The gecko is definitely getting old, though. It's probably time to retire him and find a new mascot.
Gecko's live 10-15 years! He's just an infant now, hopefully we will see MORE of him as time progresses.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
I like the Geico and AFLAC commercials. The commercials that I hated were from Quiznos with the deformed freaky hamsters. They haven't been running those for awhile, thank goodness. I would have to change the channel if my 8-year-old daughter Cayla was in the room because she got freaked out.
When she was little, she hated the Plug-its commercials. When they started singing, "plug it in, plug it in," she would yell at the TV, "No, you plug it in!" She's a funny kid sometimes.
Another commercial series that I like involving animals is the Happy Cows in California. Posted by Alexa (Member # 6285) on :
This thread is just one long Geiko commercial, and all of us posting on it, are inadvertently supporting Geiko.
Posted by BrianM (Member # 5918) on :
What I truly dislike are the Progressive commercials that claim they will give you rates of 4 of their "leading competitors." These leading competitors have turned out all 4 times I have bothered checking my quote with Progressive to be companies I have never heard of and that might not even exist.
Posted by Lara (Member # 132) on :
Oh my gosh Alexa, you're right. How insidious. It's like that movie Castaway.
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
I LOVE the squirrel one. That very situation happens to me everytime I drive in the forest. I thought it was awesome to see adolescent idiocy applied to it.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I also liked the blockbuster commercials with the guinea pig and the rabbit.
AJ
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: I like the Geico and AFLAC commercials.
Me too, although I find the darn duck a bit much sometimes. But I love the gecko -- maybe it's the voice/accent?
quote: I also liked the blockbuster commercials with the guinea pig and the rabbit.
Absolutely!
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Heres the convo when I called Geiko about two years ago.
"We can't insure you"
"You CAN'T?"
"Thats correct sir"
"Jeez, I didn't even know you COULD just flat out turn someone down"
"Well we can insure you, but you'd need to be making 6 figures to afford it"
"Thanks, I will never use your company for the 50 expected years left in my life expectancy"
That last thing I was mostly thinking though .
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
I know GEICO's phone number. Its 1800 947 AUTO
Thats 1800 947 A-U-T-O
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I have often times wondered *why* they keep making commercials like the stupid ones for Geiko, Aflak, Blockbuster, etc..
I never really considered that there are people out there that *like* them.
Now I know.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
what commercials do you like mr potrato head
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
odd. I don't mind the geico ones, but the Aflak and Blockbuster ones seem insipid. *shrugs* no accounting for taste.
the ones that make my blood boil with aesthetically offensed fury are the Carls' Junior ones.
fallow
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Commercials that I like....
I like those Guiness "Briliant!" commercials. I like those obnoxious Quizno's sub commercials with the singing lemurs.
That's all I can come up with right now.
I have to say that a lot of ads annoy me enough to actually *decrease* the probablity of me being a customer.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
"don't bother me, I'm making a mess of myself."
- (paraphrasing) Carl's Jr.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
They're lemurs?! I'm slightly embarassed to admit that I thought they were some kind of weird singing potato chips. No kidding.
space opera
Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
<so glad she doesn't watch tv, and has missed all the commercials under discussion>
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
OK, when Carl's Jr. started their big new ad campaign (what, 6 years ago?), I liked those commercials. But now I'm tired of them.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Those lemurs actually come from here, where you can see them better.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
who thinks of this stuff..
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
I hear Geico commercials on the radio, does that count?
And I have been satisfied with Geico insurance, just for the record. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Old Navy is a perfect example of the annoying commercials. Mostly because of the commercials, I have never set foot inside one. I figure that whatever they are selling, I am *obviously* not a member of their target audience.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
My parents have had Geico insurance for over 20 years -- and I don't think they have ever had a problem. Moreover, back when I was on their insurance, and was in an accident with an idiot who exaggerated an injury, Geico's lawyer was excellent.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Yes, I had a similar positive experience with a driver and a trumped up back injury claim. Geico took care of everything.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
thank you, mr. ph - I can clearly see that they have feet in that link, which would mean they are definately not potato chips. Yikes, those things are ugly. Now I have to click the link again, b/c my daughter really like them.
space opera
Posted by Destineer (Member # 821) on :
What I really hate about Geico commercials is that they often play two of them in a row. One is far more than enough.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I'd like to hire the retired Taco Bell Dog to hunt down and devour the Geico Gecko.
[ May 20, 2004, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: Dan_raven ]
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
*lick*lick*
Love that little gecko's tongue!
*lick*lick
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
If I could obliterate one type of commercial, it would be Enzyte, natural male enhancement. Those bug the snot out of me!
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Almost every single one of those commercials are stupid, and have no humor in them at all. The only one I think is sort of funny (I mean in a eye-rolling sort of way that doesn't make you smile greater than a smirk) is the one where he's behind the seatbelt with the sunglasses and nodding his head to the music.
But if you think any of these are hilarious, I think there is something mentally wrong with you, or you are far to easily amused. Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
quote:If I could obliterate one type of commercial, it would be Enzyte, natural male enhancement. Those bug the snot out of me!
Now those are hilarious. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Humorous, yes. But still horrible.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Geico commercials are the cross we must bear for Cheap Computer Animation.
For every Shrek their is a Geico gecko. For every Gollum there is a Scooby Do. For every Dobbie there are two squirrels high fiving each other over a car wreck.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
Um, Gollum wasn't exactly cheap animation....
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
suhWeet!
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
He was cheap enough to be worthwhile. Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
Ha, on a related note... The Quizno Hamster things are back with a new commercial. I have no idea what they were singing about (I was in another room and couldn't read the commercial.
And I prefer the Quizno things to anything that Geico has done. Not sure why, the lizard just begs to be pulled by its tail, or have a dog attack it or something...
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
At least they know that Quizno's creatures are ugly and obnoxious. The Geiko people seem to be under the impression that jus by virtue of existing the gecko is either cute or funny.
[ May 22, 2004, 10:54 AM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Did you know that the GEICO gecko has his own Blog?
FG
(By the way, GEICO is always all caps, because it is really an abbreviation for "Government Employees Insurance Company" -- Really!)
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