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In 2004, GEICO began an advertising campaign featuring Neanderthal-like cavemen in a modern setting. [3] The premise of the commercials is that using GEICO's website is "so easy, a caveman could do it"; and that this slogan offends several cavemen, who not only still exist in modern society but live as intelligent, urbane bachelors.
NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo, who has died at age 58, played up his habit of wagging his finger at opponents in a funny commercial for Geico.
Bad Idea Jeans — a commercial featuring scenes of people discussing what can be considered "bad ideas" (for example, "Thought about it and even though it's over, I'm gonna tell my wife about the affair."). After each scene, white text on a black background reads "BAD IDEA". Each scene also zooms in on each person wearing said jeans. [55]
In ads, Mrs. Butterworth's voice has evoked a grandmotherly white woman, and she has been portrayed by white voice actresses. [3] [8] [9] Despite this, some reports had claimed, without citing any sources, that the character was originally modeled on Butterfly McQueen, a black actress who appeared as the maid in Gone with the Wind (1939). [8] [10]
Poppin' Fresh, more widely known as the Pillsbury Doughboy, is an advertising mascot for the Pillsbury Company, appearing in many of their commercials.Many commercials from 1965 until 2005 (together with some for GEICO between 2009 and 2017) ended with a human finger poking the Doughboy's belly.
In the series, cavemen were never really fully supplanted by modern humans, but integrated into Homo sapiens civilization as a separate species sub-group. Cavemen are a small but widespread minority group that have been present in every global civilization since the dawn of recorded history (a montage scene in the opening credits shows Cavemen in Egyptian hieroglyphs, when George Washington ...
In 2010 the group Victorious Secrets won a contest to replace the faux band in a new series of ads. In 2012 the faux band returned in a new series of ads. Wendell the baker: French Toast Crunch cereal: 1995–late 1990s: Frito Bandito: Fritos: 1960s: voiced by Mel Blanc: The Frito Spokesbag: 2012–present: Frito Kid: 1952–1967: used for ...
He played the part of Maurice in the short-lived Cavemen sitcom on ABC. [2] His other credits include Hide (2003), for which he was the director, producer, and co-author in addition to being a cast member; parts in Sneakers and Rob Zombie's Halloween II as Uncle Seymour, [3] The Lords of Salem [4] and 31; [5] and roles in TV series Flaked, Arrest and Trial, Philly, and Profiler.