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Lady Cop Pioneer100© Member BAH HUMBUG
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i don't know if any of our UK friends have seen these guys, but we have an insurance co. over here that features these 'cavemen'. now they are doing a pilot for an ABC sitcom. i was wondering...anyone like them? some activists here have referred to them as 'racist'. (i didn't know we had a problem with racism against neanderthals).![]()
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Just hanging out
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OK, maybe this is a lame response, but dosen't there have to be someone in the "target group" around to take offense in order for it to be racist? OK, I am not a huge fan of the commercials, think they are dumb, and do not plan to watch the sitcom..think it will be dumb. But racist? Give me a break. Last edited on 01:37 am by Marie5656 ![]()
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24HourNut Administrator Body pillows rock!
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Posted: 01:37 am |
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Being a caveman is a race?
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Just hanging out
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GEICO Cavemen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Geico Caveman) Jump to: navigation, search The GEICO Cavemen are popular characters in a series of well-received television advertisements for the auto insurance company GEICO, that aired from 2004 to 2007. The campaign was created by Joe Lawson of The Martin Agency. In 2004, GEICO began an advertising campaign featuring Neanderthal-like cavemen in a modern setting.[1] The premise of the commercials is that GEICO advertises that using their website is "so easy, a caveman could do it"; and that this slogan offends cavemen, who not only still exist in modern society but live as intelligent, urbane yuppies.
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Lady Cop Pioneer100© Member BAH HUMBUG
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Posted: 01:44 am |
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i would have to be held at gunpoint to watch ANY network sitcom. as far as the 'race' issue, it's the usual
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UsedToRide Original500© Member ^^^That is LOVE!!^^^
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i knew several knuckle-dragging neanderthals on other sites. For some reason, the letters BTS come to mind.......
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Lady Cop Pioneer100© Member BAH HUMBUG
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UsedToRide wrote: i knew several knuckle-dragging neanderthals on other sites. it's deja vu all over again
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construct Pioneer100© Member The Boy Next Door
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Posted: 01:51 am |
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I like the cavemen, but I don't think it will work as a sitcom. I think that would be too much of a good thing. Part of what makes me smile about the cavemen is how concisely their stories are told. I liked the gecko, too.
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CARLA Original500© Member Aloha San Diego is Paradise.!!
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For some reason, the letters BTS come to mind.......
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Luvdawgs Pioneer100© Member
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Posted: 05:09 am |
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Geico's caveman website, using iphone! http://www.cavemanscrib.com
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation
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Posted: 08:01 am |
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I agree with Construct on this one. The commercials have about 10 seconds each of funny content. I don't know how you stretch that into a half hour. And judging from the Caveman's Crib website, neither do they...
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Lady Cop Pioneer100© Member BAH HUMBUG
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Posted: 08:04 am |
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the networks discovered years ago that you can never go wrong underestimating the average intelligence of joe six-pack.
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Brian Grand Poobah of Moderation
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Posted: 09:05 am |
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Lady Cop wrote: the networks discovered years ago that you can never go wrong underestimating the average intelligence of joe six-pack. Very true.
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shirohniichan Original500© Member Obscurius per obscurum
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Brian wrote: I agree with Construct on this one. The commercials have about 10 seconds each of funny content. I don't know how you stretch that into a half hour. Painfully-- it's stretched out painfully.
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Amy Original500© Member ...going with the flow...
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I think the cavemen commercials are clever for the most part, they're mildly amusing, but a sitcom? that's pushing it, not something I will bother watching...the racism comments actually stem from the commercials themselves, that's the whole premise it seems, the cavemen characters are upset because we belittle them by stating "so easy a caveman can do it", hence racism/stereotyping...imho
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