gieco.com, www.gyco.com goes Hollywood

www.gyco.com

Or should I say... gieco.com Cavemen slated to become a TV sitcom?

It's true! Those insulted cavemen from the www.gyco.com commercials have a sitcom in development with ABC.

The cavemen ad campaign came about in 2005, with characters created by the Martin Agency, the same people behind the proposed Caveman sitcom. The premise of the gieco.com commercials is simple... and kind of strange. 2 cavemen, played by Ben Weber and Jeff Daniel Phillips are for, whatever reason, alive and well today, and are offended by Geico's claim that geico.com is "so easy, a caveman could do it."

The initial commercial, which was simple and to the "point" spawned at least 3 additional commercials, including my personal favorite (in a love to hate kind of way) that shows the www.gyco.com spokesperson who originally made the claim that geico.com was so easy a caveman could use it apologizing to the cavemen while browsing a menu at a fancy restaurant. Like in every commercial, the caveman is disgusted and that's the big laugh. At least, I think that's what they're going for.

{{component start comparing auto rates}}

Like all things that annoy me to death, I figured the supposed-to-be-long-dead-yet-here-they-are-bugging-the-crap-out-of-me-cavemen's days were limited. Apparently, I was wrong, and evidently, I'm in the minority wanting them to go away.

This year gieco.com launched a website, a highly interactive one at that, taking place in the cavemen's apartment. This website, located at http://www.cavemanscrib.com invites you in and lets you play around with things in the apartment, including changing the music on the iPod, knocking the power out trying to microwave some dip, and even walking into the bathroom while a caveman is taking a shower. It's like I've died and gone to Heaven, let me tell you. I'm sure there's even more to do at the caveman's crib; I couldn't stomach sticking around any longer to find out.

The Internet and commercials, though, do not true annoyance make. Surely, a sitcom based on the caveman characters couldn't be a reality. Couldn't be... but is.

Compare www.gyco.com rates quotes!