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03-02-2007, 12:10 PM
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ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
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ABC has turned the series of quirky Geico commercials featuring caveman characters into an actual half-hour comedy project, reports Variety.
"Cavemen" will revolve around three pre-historic men who must battle prejudice as they attempt to live as normal thirtysomethings in modern Atlanta.
The project, from ABC TV Studio, is written by Joe Lawson, an advertising copywriter who was behind the "Caveman" ads -- as well as other Geico commercials like the cockney-speaking Geico gecko.
Daniel Rappaport, Guymon Cassady, Will Speck and Josh Gordon are executive producers. Speck and Gordon, commercial directors who recently helmed the Will Farrell feature Blades of Glory, are on board to also direct.
Jeff Daniel Phillips and Ben Weber play the cavemen in the Geico spots; no word if they'll make the transformation to the TV project.
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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=19152
ABC should do a little research of most SNL skits-to-movies: what's funny in small doses doesn't hold up when stretched to full length. I'll try to keep an open mind this early, and refrain from telling the ABC suit who greenlit this that his momma's so easy, a caveman could do her. |
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03-02-2007, 12:18 PM
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Re: ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
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What's funny about that comment is that wasn't there an SNL skit a few years back where Phil Hartman played a caveman lawyer? |
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03-02-2007, 12:34 PM
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Re: ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
Yep! If Inspector Hammer! shows up in this thread, you'll see it!
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03-02-2007, 01:39 PM
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Re: ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
> What's funny about that comment is that wasn't there an SNL skit a few years back where Phil Hartman played a caveman lawyer?
Yeah, one of the best recurring characters ever: Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer.
But it's hard to say how well it would have worked expanded to a half hour.
I wonder how this new show will explain how the cavemen got to the modern era.
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03-02-2007, 02:06 PM
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Re: ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
This show will be so dumb, a caveman could write it.
The man I loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all. But maybe he's still out there, somewhere. Maybe some day, when Gotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see him again.
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03-02-2007, 02:47 PM
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Re: ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
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I wonder how this new show will explain how the cavemen got to the modern era.
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03-02-2007, 06:26 PM
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Re: ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
So, what's next?
"Unpimp ZeeAuto -- THE MOVIE"?
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03-02-2007, 08:37 PM
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Re: ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
Maybe an idea of what the series could be like:
http://cavemanscrib.com/
"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. "
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03-02-2007, 11:19 PM
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Re: ABC develops Geico Cavemen sitcom
Just when I thought "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" was the worst idea for a TV show ever, this disaster is announced. 
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
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03-02-2007, 11:42 PM
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