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What is with the GEICO Caveman being all pissed off?

Asked by Bri_L (12219points) November 2nd, 2008

Did I miss the establishing set where GEICO set up the schtick?

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Bluefreedom's avatar

I think the Geico Caveman is pissed off because he is always playing second fiddle to this Geico frontman.

popo7676's avatar

Its because they say “So easy a caveman can do it“and he takes offense to that. When he is alive and well and very intelligent.

augustlan's avatar

You must have…the initial commercials were along the lines of “so easy, even a caveman could do it.”

Bri_L's avatar

Oooooo. So when he sees the name he just gets pissy.

Ok thanks everybody!

Siren's avatar

He is pissed off because he thinks they are insulting ‘cavemen’ in general, as if cavemen were stupid.

AstroChuck's avatar

He’s pissed because his loin cloth keeps riding up him.

RandomMrAdam's avatar

Probably because his TV show “Cavemen” was canceled after just a month.

Sakata's avatar

Guess he could be pissed because he found out that SNL did the “intelligent caveman” bit over 10 years ago with Unfrozen Cave Man Lawyer.

Bri_L's avatar

@Sakata lurve to you for the sweet flashback and link

Sakata's avatar

I do what I can

lol

avalmez's avatar

if caveman existed today that were like the caveman in the commercial, they’d force Geico to take the commercials off the air on the basis they stereotype caveman…that’s why he’s miffed

see the latest about Buger King’s mess in Spain for a current example of the same:

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/04/14/2009-04-14_mexico_protests_europe_burger_king_texican_whopper_advertisments_use_of_mexican_.html

CMaz's avatar

He is pissed because he is a smelly cave man that cant seem to keep a shapr razer.

rabbidlemming's avatar

@RandomMrAdam I wasn’t even aware that show lasted that long.

And yes he’s mad because Geico’s motto in the original commercial (and some after) was “Geico, so easy a caveman can do it” insinuating that cavmen are stupid.

ratboy's avatar

Primitives are prone to irrational anger.

YOUNGx420xBABII's avatar

Geico is saying that Cavemen are stupid, and that switching to Geico is so easy a caveman can do it.

erichw1504's avatar

The Caveman is pissed off because the Gecko stole all the funny lines.

SABOTEUR's avatar

I dunno…

…wappup wit the Burger King acting like Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible?

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