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?
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How can one have a good life without enjoying Geico commercials? Its essential to life of happiness.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Posts: 2034 | Registered: Apr 2004
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This thread is just one long Geiko commercial, and all of us posting on it, are inadvertently supporting Geiko.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yes, I had a similar positive experience with a driver and a trumped up back injury claim. Geico took care of everything.
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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.
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What I really hate about Geico commercials is that they often play two of them in a row. One is far more than enough.
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If I could obliterate one type of commercial, it would be Enzyte, natural male enhancement. Those bug the snot out of me!
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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. Posts: 4229 | Registered: Dec 2002
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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.
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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...
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