Posts with tag joe lawson
Posted Mar 6th 2007 6:41PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Industry, Programming
This has got to be a joke.
Joe Lawson, the man behind the Geico caveman commercials that have become so popular, says that the show that is in development with ABC is going to be a drama, not a sitcom that had been previously reported by, well, just about everyone:
"The prejudice the cavemen experience in their everyday lives is a metaphor for racism, and I don't see how anyone could find racism remotely funny...well, except when it's supposed to be, like on 'Chapelle's Show' or a Michael Richards stand-up routine.
Continue reading That Geico caveman show is going to be a drama?!
Posted Mar 2nd 2007 2:04PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Programming
As far as Geico pitchmen go, I'm partial to the gecko, but I know people love them some cavemen ads. They love them so much that
ABC is developing a single-camera sitcom based on the characters to be penned by Joe Lawson, the advertising copywriter who created the spots. The show will feature three of our early human ancestors battling prejudice as they try to live ordinary lives in Atlanta. (That means their respective
cribs are only going to get nicer.)
As a former anthropology teacher, I'm curious to hear the origin story of these particular cavemen. Despite the lowered brow, they're clearly bipedal and have mastered the use of simple tools. Could they be Neanderthal descents? Or, maybe I'm barking up the wrong fossilized evidence tree. Do you think they'd be offended if I asked whether or not they know
Cha-Ka?
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