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Posted by: coreyspring 1 year, 6 months ago

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Winner for most unusual piece of development this pilot season goes to ABC, which has turned a series of quirky Geico commercials into an actual half-hour comedy project."Cavemen" will revolve around three pre-historic men who must battle prejudice as they attempt to live as normal thirtysomethings in modern Atlanta.

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jonmaverick1 year, 6 months ago

If there really aren't any more good ideas for tv shows, they should stop making them. Just show the damn commercials all day and night.
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Nate491 year, 6 months ago

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." - Groucho Marx
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  IcCaRus1 year, 6 months ago
  
  wonder what Groucho would think of The Learning Channel, Discovery!, History Channel, Natl Geographic Channel, et al... todays TV is very different from that of the daya of the "idiot box".
  im sure he'd be a huge fan of Comedy Central... heck, if they would have had Comedy Central in Grouchos day, the Marx Bros would have been its biggest stars
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BrianJJohnson1 year, 6 months ago

not something i'd watch...only so far you can take a commercial...except office linebacker terry tate from reebok.
i'd watch that.
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  jaern1 year, 6 months ago
  
  I love the commercials, they make me laugh. But to take something from 60 secs to 30 minutes I can't imagine it. Its like when SNL takes a humorous skit and turns it into a movie, it can't carry the same humor in the long haul.
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BronxBomber1 year, 6 months ago

I'd bet it be so easy... even a cavemen can do it!
:-S
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  Mavenfel1 year, 6 months ago
  
  lol..
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BronxBomber1 year, 6 months ago

Doesn't that guy look a little like a hairy Val Kilmer???
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  arleen601 year, 6 months ago
  
  No Val Kilmer is HOT ... these guys are just weird.
  LOL I do love the one where he gets a call while he is in his therapist ffice and he puts his Mom on speaker phone.
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    mark-stevens1 year, 6 months ago
    
    I remember Nick Rivers....
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  elll1 year, 6 months ago
  
  OMG he does look like Val Kilmer!!!
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    jaern1 year, 6 months ago
    
    In his role from The Saint?
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      elll1 year, 6 months ago
      
      http://www.absolutenow.com/photos/Kilmer_JS3588406
      Check out Val Kilmer here....looks like the caveman!!!!!!
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        BronxBomber1 year, 6 months ago
        
        See?
        I knew I was right! Thank you..
        elll
        :-D
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tchef1 year, 6 months ago

One more show to go into the trash. I suppose it couldn't be any worse than all the reality TV that's on now.
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BronxBomber1 year, 6 months ago

Yeah, you maybe right tchef,Hey! Maybe they'll bring back Emeril Lagassi....BAM!
j/k
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OldRusty1 year, 6 months ago

Every-one should be watching the RED-Green show PBS, 10pm cst,.now that is real entertainment.oh on friday night.We could all learn a lot with a little duct tape.
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mssofie1 year, 6 months ago

I wonder if they'll drag their girlfriends by the hair!
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  mark-stevens1 year, 6 months ago
  
  You haven't been watching the ads... a mom on speaker... no girl friends.
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    spikecwc1 year, 6 months ago
    
    Actually I remember two of them having a conversation about "breaking up", (or getting back together) with some girl's name. I can't remember exactly.
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      arleen601 year, 6 months ago
      
      Only one of the three had a girlfriend.
      The other two were arguing about the one cave person playing into their (maybe Geico) way of thinking ? LOL
      
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moxxxxxxxxxx1 year, 6 months ago

The caveman commercials bring up some good points. However I'm afraid the religous right may have a problem with us evolving from men who dragged their women around by the hair. Hmmmm then again maybe not.
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weasel162get81 year, 6 months ago

What happen to the Geico Lizard he was the best,the caveman are just so s-l-o-w and stuipd.
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moxxxxxxxxxx1 year, 6 months ago

How much intelligence does it take to invent fire and the wheel?
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oakforest1 year, 6 months ago

I dunno about a series, but I think the commercials are funny
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  somecommonsense1 year, 6 months ago
  
  I think the commercials are hilarious...I knew they would try to do a show or a pilot of somekind...can't see it having legs to be a series though
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capn_caveman1 year, 6 months ago

You people and your anti-caveman propaganda. Shame on you. :)
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SitNlook1 year, 6 months ago

We need something else on t.v. besides this crappy killing,deceit,sex, crime and junk...lets get more happy people, we all need more variety on t.v, more imagination too, these poor writers are running out of things to write about....afterall Everyone loves Raymond wasn't supposed to go the distance and that goes for alot of other shows on too. t.v. and music have hit a brick wall...nothing fresh and new.
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revstan1 year, 6 months ago

It's so easy, a Democrap can do it!
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  spikecwc1 year, 6 months ago
  
  I'll side with the cavemen.
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sniksder1 year, 6 months ago

"Everywhere I go...there's always something to remind me..."
What a hoot! Gonna watch for the fun of it! "BRILLIANT!", uh
maybe the Guiness Guys are next. Or a gecco cameo!
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staar1 year, 6 months ago

They should leave well enough alone!! I love the commercial's however let it be.
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pattif1 year, 6 months ago

After I saw this commercial it had the opposite effect. If I were ever going try GEICO I sure as he-- changed my mind. If it is so simple a caveman could do it, I must be a simpleton to buy it!
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pattif1 year, 6 months ago

However, I do like the slowskys!
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zcaveman1 year, 6 months ago

Finally, I get some recognition
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IcCaRus1 year, 6 months ago

the commercials are somewhat funny.. but too slow... i dont see how they are gonna get 30 minutes of material a week, especially when they are hiring the commercial writers... these are guys whose best work runs 30 seconds, not 30 minutes
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elll1 year, 6 months ago

My favorite is the airport one, when he sees the bulletin board, his reaction cracks me up.
They are gonna over expose it and run it into the ground, like most other things in entertainment.

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Gatsby1 year, 6 months ago

The life of cavemen in Atlanta should be a natural for TV. The place is already full of them.
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BigBadJohnny11 months, 1 week ago

This noble premier is what is sometimes known as a "little stinker". I'm predicting possibly as many as five episodes...
http://www.xomba.com/abc_presents_cavemen#new
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