Geico cavemen might get their own TV show.

[HollywoodLeo]

MSN - News - Geico's Cavemen May Get Own TV Series

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.

[HuskerFan2002]

I highly doubt its going to be successful.

[ATLien]

I highly doubt its going to be successful.

is a blanket statement that can be said true for all pilots.

The ad's are very very funny, so it gives them a shot as good as any other pilot.

[Molina00]

Might be interesting to watch the pilot, if it ever gets that far, but no way something like that will be successful long-term, or even over a full season.

[777rak]

lol wow

[Sound2TheBay]

Might be interesting to watch the pilot, if it ever gets that far, but no way something like that will be successful long-term, or even over a full season.

It wouldn't be so outlandish.

I know I'd like to see it. Mango salsa!

[browntown653]

This looks like it would either be awesome or awful. Probably a better idea than some of the other junk out there. I'd rather watch this than CSI:LA or CSI:Chicago or CSI:Israel or CSI:Iran or CSI:wherever the **** they are now.

[DravenX]

It's just a waste. I won't be watching it.

[ATLien]

It could possibly be very funny for a few episodes, but there isn't really much you can joke about without it getting kinda old quick.

[HollywoodLeo]

It could possibly be very funny for a few episodes, but there isn't really much you can joke about without it getting kinda old quick.

That all depends on the writers.

I'll probably watch it, but I can see it getting corny pretty quick if they don't have good writers.

[grandslam8]

I love the caveman commercials personally. I actually thought of this being a great idea a while back. They never get old to me, they always find some type of "funny" way to put things. Any idea on when this will be coming out? Or when they know the tv series WILL appear?

I actually thought of a good commercial. Feel free to critique. This is how it starts (Atlanta, 500 BC). . . (Shows cavemen running from a big t-rex)

Caveman 1: Don't you wish we had a car?
Caveman 2: Are you kiddin' me? No Way!
Caveman 1: Why not?
Caveman 2: Do you have any idea how much insureance is these days?
*Geico- 15 minues could save you 15% or more on car insureance.*