Rednecks are Good at the Sensitive Stuff...

[280plus]

 

Three Rednecks were working on a cell phone tower:
      Cooter, Pete and K.C.
     
      As they start their descent Cooter slips, falls off the tower and
is killed instantly.  As the ambulance takes the body away, Pete says,
"Well, damn, someone should go and tell his wife."
     
      KC says, "OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do
it."
     
      Two hours later, he comes back carrying a case of Budweiser.  Pete
says, "Where did you get that beer, KC?"  "Cooter's wife gave it to me,"
KC replies.
     
      "That's unbelievable, you told the lady her husband was dead and
she gave you beer?"  Well, not exactly", KC says. "When she answered the
door, I said "you must be Cooter's widow'."
     
      She said, "You must be mistaken, I'm not a widow.".... Then I said,
"I'll  bet you a case of Budweiser you are."

[wmenorr67]

Wasn't a very smart redneck either.  Should've bet her two cases.

[280plus]

I'm thinking I should change it to "caveman" or something before some redneck gets mad at me. But then the cavemen would get all upset again. Anybody else seeing these geico caveman commercials?

[Felonious Monk/Fignozzle]

Anybody else seeing these geico caveman commercials?

Anybody else TIRED OF seeing these geico caveman commercials?

[charby]

Anybody else seeing these geico caveman commercials?

Anybody else TIRED OF seeing these geico caveman commercials?

No, the question should be... is anyone tired of any GEICO commercials?

[Gewehr98]

Not really.  I saw two new GEICO/Caveman commercials today - pretty funny, actually.  I'm sure there's plenty more where those came from.   

[Declaration Day]

I'm a sucker for the Geico commercials.  I love every one of 'em.

Unfortunately for them, they have spent so much on advertising that by the time I called them for a quote, the policy would have been almost double what I am paying now.

[Perd Hapley]

Not really.  I saw two new GEICO/Caveman commercials today - pretty funny, actually.  I'm sure there's plenty more where those came from.   

A whole season's worth, apparently.  Coming soon, the caveman sitcom.   

Well, the link doesn't work, but here's the story from Variety.

ABC developing 'Cavemen'
Comedy pilot based on Geico ads
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
ABC pilot will ape insurance company Geico's caveman characters.
 
Winner for most unusual piece of development this pilot season goes to ABC, which has turned a series of quirky Geico commercials into an actual half-hour comedy project.
"Cavemen" will revolve around three pre-historic men who must battle prejudice as they attempt to live as normal thirtysomethings in modern Atlanta.

Project, from ABC TV Studio, is penned by Joe Lawson, an advertising copywriter who was behind the "Caveman" ads -- as well as other Geico commercials (think the cockney-speaking Geico gecko, and the reality TV spoof "Tiny House").

Daniel Rappaport, Guymon Cassady, Will Speck and Josh Gordon are exec producers. Speck and Gordon, commercial directors who recently helmed the Will Farrell feature "Blades of Glory," are on board to also direct.

The single-camera laffer pilot is based on the Geico ads that promote the insurance company's Web site as so user-friendly that even "a caveman could do it." The spots follow cavemen in modern settings, reacting with offense to the derogatory slogan. In one, a Geico spokesman apologizes and takes the Neanderthals out to dinner.

Other blurbs include the sensitive, modern cavemen peeved at the offending slogan while encountering Geico ads in everyday life, including the airport.

The caveman commercials were created through the Richmond, Va.-based Martin Agency. Jeff Daniel Phillips and Ben Weber play the cavemen in the Geico spots; no word if they'll make the transformation to the TV project.

Few TV shows have come out of the commercial sphere; more frequently, TV characters live on in 30-second spots long after their shows are canceled (think "ALF").

But it's not without precedence: The 2002 CBS comedy "Baby Bob" revolved around a talking baby character that was first seen in a series of dot.com ads. After the Eye canceled "Baby Bob," the character returned to its commercial roots, spending time as a pitchman (pitchbaby?) for Quizno's Subs.

[CAnnoneer]

They had better make certain some of the cavemen are ethnic, women, and gay, or there will be hell to pay! har har