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muad_dibs t1_itaim6w wrote

Reply to comment by fallenlogan in Apple Should Be Giving ‘Acapulco’ the ‘Ted Lasso’ Treatment by rmaloney3

Yeah, it's one of those crazy cases where a show based on a commercial actually works out great. Unlike that GEICO caveman show.

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BernieForWi t1_itamwhv wrote

There’s a GEICO Caveman show??? Also Ted Lasso was based on a commercial?? Man I’m out of the loop and I watch so much television lol

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BigPoppaPuff t1_itaqguu wrote

It was an ad campaign for the premier league on NBC a few years prior. You can probably still find the sketches on YouTube.

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frostedtips99 t1_itedtj2 wrote

The geico caveman show was around 2007 and from the episode I watched, it relied on racist stereotypes but applied them to cavemen. jit sucked butthole

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