A lot of people said "huh?" when it was announced that ABC had ordered a pilot for a new series based on the Geico commercials featuring cavemen, and now it looks like those people may have been on to something.
Early word on the show is that it's "astoundingly awful," "without a laugh in sight," "jaw-droppingly horrendous," and makes American Dad look sophisticated. But I wonder how these people who saw the pilot really feel. The reviews come from someone at Ain't It Cool News.
The part that upsets me the most? The actors from the commercials aren't even in the show! So...what the hell?
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5-04-2007 @ 8:22PM
Dine said...
I would rather watch a show with the Gecko!!! Those cavemen make me want to punch the tv. yuck
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5-04-2007 @ 8:35PM
Joe Bua said...
I know, what the frick ... you go to series with the cavemen that made the commercials work.
I said the same thing at my blog.
Of course, that was weeks ago.
http://iamatvjunkie.typepad.com/i_am_a_tv_junkie_a_blog_f/2007/03/abc_replacing_g.html
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5-04-2007 @ 9:59PM
David said...
The commericals don't work so now that this failed maybe they can go back to the lizard.
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5-04-2007 @ 10:06PM
David said...
Oh I have to make the joke, time is running out...
Even with the terrible buzz it's still most likely better than Studio 60!
What would we do without you Bob? :)
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5-04-2007 @ 10:08PM
1iPete said...
I think they discovered that it's a whole lot easier to create 30 second commercials than 22 minute episodes. Just ask Lorne Michaels and the SNL gang who have given us awful 90 minute movies based on mediocre 5 minute sketches.
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5-04-2007 @ 10:13PM
Christina Warren said...
You mean you CAN'T make a good TV show off of a commercial gimmick for an insurance company? Shocking. Still, 10 to 1 says it is at least as unfunny as According to Jim, George Lopez and every other comedy ABC has put on the air in the last 5 years.
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5-05-2007 @ 1:38PM
Scott Schrantz said...
You mean that was a real pilot? When I heard about it I thought it was a joke.
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5-05-2007 @ 4:14PM
Cynthia said...
What's next - The Odd Couple starring Jack from Jack-in-the-Box and the Burger King King?
Wait, now THAT I would watch.
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5-05-2007 @ 4:27PM
Me said...
Hmm... astoundingly awful," "without a laugh in sight," "jaw-droppingly horrendous,"... yep pretty much sounds like most of the shows in the top twenty. Definately the top comedy, which is currently Two and a Half Men... (shoots self in the head). ABC should pick this up they'll finally have something to go up against American Idol to compete for the idiot demographic or as I like to call it "mainstream America."
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5-05-2007 @ 5:54PM
Jaymez said...
More proof they should bring back Rodney! Rodney Carrington was awesome!
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5-05-2007 @ 7:13PM
TomB said...
This COULD have been great. If they used the same actors, had no laughtrack, showed their dating experiences, caveman discrimination, showed them at their shrink's office, etc.
Leave it to ABC to totally screw up a good idea.
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5-05-2007 @ 9:24PM
Spud said...
I loved those cavemen from the commercials and I thought they had great potential. But from the sounds of it, they made it into According to Jim with racial undertones and a laugh track. Stupid ABC
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5-15-2007 @ 4:16PM
promotion said...
First off, you're believing AICN? When did they ever get anything right. Second, why all the hate for a show that hasn't even aired yet? Yeah, maybe getting the actors from the ads would be better, but perhaps there was a reason (actors demanded too much money, not interested, etc.) that ABC had no control over. Why oh why does America leap to the worst conclusion first?
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7-23-2007 @ 11:07AM
Carissa said...
When is Geico going to come out with a commercial that actually has information about what they offer in it?
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