geico cavemen to have their own show?

rezin · Post by **rezin** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:07 am

taken from comcast.net...

Geico's Cavemen May Get Own TV Series
By Associated Press
4 hours ago

NEW YORK - Those Geico "cavemen" shouldn't be so upset after all _ they may get their own television series. ABC said Friday it had ordered a pilot for a comedy, tentatively titled "Cavemen," that features the characters used in a series of ads by the insurance company.

In the ads, cavemen appear insulted by a Geico pitchman's claim that the company's Web site is so easy to use that "even a caveman can do it."

The potential series, one of 14 pilots that will be produced by Touchstone Television this spring, features the cavemen as they "struggle with prejudice on a daily basis as they strive to live the lives of normal thirty-somethings in 2007 Atlanta."

It's unusual for characters from an advertising campaign to move into shows of their own, but not unprecedented. The CBS comedy "Baby Bob" featured a talking baby that had been used in several advertisements, according to Daily Variety.

The advertising copywriter who helped create the "cavemen" ads is writing the pilot, the studio said.

A pilot order is no guarantee a show will make it on the air; in fact, the majority of pilots don't make it that far.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:19 am

MynameisJenn · Post by **MynameisJenn** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:18 am

I feel like they've already done something similar...what was that show about dinos? "Not the mama" I feel like that was a commercial first too

angski · Post by **angski** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:31 am

MynameisJenn wrote:...what was that show about dinos?