03-05-2007, 08:31 AM | #1 |
Could this be Cannonball??????
NEW YORK (AP) -- 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. |
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03-05-2007, 12:03 PM | #2 |
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Re: Could this be Cannonball??????
I hope they use the song from the airport commercial.
"Remind Me" - Royskopp
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