{"id":114103,"date":"2013-11-04T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T23:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockcontent.com\/?p=114103"},"modified":"2025-09-15T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:39:37","slug":"a-camel-a-cavemen-and-a-gecko-top-5-geico-ad-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingback.com\/en\/resources\/a-camel-a-cavemen-and-a-gecko-top-5-geico-ad-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"A Camel, a Cavemen and a Gecko \u2013 Top 5 Geico Ad Campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A great television ad can provide chuckles and amusement as well as encouraging a customer to purchase a product, subscribe to a service or otherwise take action. Over the past decade or so, some of the funniest and most talked about television ads have been for the insurance company Geico. You may think that insurance is not something to laugh about. However, Geico, with the help of the advertising firm&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinagency.com\/work\/geico\">The Martin Agency<\/a>, has found some creative ways to make saving on insurance seem like a lot of fun. Look back at five of the funniest Geico ads (in no particular order) and get ready for a laugh.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Happier Than a\u2026 (Hump Day!)<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 This is a series of commercials that promises that choosing Geico will make you happier than some certain individual. Examples have included \u201ca witch in a broom factory,\u201d \u201cDracula at a blood drive\u201d and \u201cChristopher Columbus on a speed boat.\u201d However, one of these commercials really went viral\u2014Geico\u2019s \u201chappier than a camel on hump day.\u201d This may become the best-remembered advertisement of 2013. As of October, 2013 the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA\">official Youtube video<\/a>&nbsp;of the ad has received over 17 million hits and an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HumpDayCamel\">unofficial fan site<\/a>&nbsp;for the Hump Day Camel has over 47,000 fans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geico Gecko<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The Geico Gecko, who was originally voiced by Frasier star Kelsey Grammer, was created in 1999 when an actor\u2019s guild strike created the need for ads without human actors. Since that first ad, the gecko has starred in dozens of ads for the company\u2013making him one of the most recognizable mascots in advertising. An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thegeicogecko\">unofficial fan page on Facebook&nbsp;<\/a>for the Gecko has over 300,000 fans.<\/li>\n<p>There\u2019s something a little wild about just how long these characters keep sticking around, too. The gecko in particular has been reimagined with different voices and attitudes as the years tick on, but the basics never really change: slightly bumbling British accent, polite but not above a jab or two, always sliding in the \u201cfifteen minutes could save you\u201d line like it\u2019s an old family recipe. It\u2019s kind of fascinating how people react as if he\u2019s a real celebrity\u2014there are whole comment sections with fans arguing which version of his voice was best, as if we\u2019re talking about Batman actors.<\/p>\n<p>And honestly, the Geico campaigns seem pretty tuned in to the internet culture they swim in. There are memes. There are old Reddit threads, pretty soon buried, with people sharing their own parody lines\u2014some good, some way off the mark. Every so often a Geico mascot makes the rounds on TikTok, stitched into skits or ironic edits, and you get this sense that even a company as relentlessly visible as Geico is somehow in on the joke with the rest of us.<\/p>\n<li><strong>The Cavemen<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The cavemen ads were created to hype how easy it was to get insurance from Geico online\u2014\u201dSo easy a caveman can do it.\u201d These cavemen were insulted by the phrase and spent many commercials proving how sophisticated they could be. These ads became so popular they actually spawned a television series\u2014though it only lasted for six episodes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I\u2019ve Got Good News<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 This series of ads by Geico showed an actor or actors in a humorously bad situation and then ended with the character stating, \u201cI\u2019ve got good news\u2014I saved 15% on my insurance by switching to Geico.\u201d The underscoring message to these ads was that no matter how bad someone had it, they could appreciate the savings that Geico provided.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maxwell the Pig<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 This is the series of Geico ads that everyone loves to hate. Maxwell the pig has created quite a controversy. This pig originally just said Wheeeeeeee! but since he premiered, he went on a date, got pulled over by policemen and has made fun of Alec Baldwin. This series has inspired much controversy, including from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/headlines\/2013\/02\/geico-pig-on-a-date-anger-one-million-moms\/\">conservative women\u2019s group One Million Moms&nbsp;<\/a>which stated the commercial with Maxwell on a date is particularly offensive. But, in the world of marketing, sometimes even bad publicity is good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are just a few of the Geico ads that have inspired smiles and sold insurance over the last few years. The team of advertisers who created these commercials have made a big splash in the world of marketing. If Geico can make insurance commercials funny, there is no reason your next marketing campaign can\u2019t be just as interesting. The best marketing materials make viewers or readers forget they are being sold something. Work with your advertising team,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.writeraccess.com\/search-writers\/?asset=advertisement\">find freelance writers<\/a>&nbsp;with a great sense of humor and make your potential customers chuckle\u2013it could pay off in spades!<\/p>\n<p> }}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great television ad can provide chuckles and amusement as well as encouraging a customer to purchase a product, subscribe to a service or otherwise take action. Over the past decade or so, some of the funniest and most talked about television ads have been for the insurance company Geico. 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