Why Are There So Many Insurance Company Mascots?

[@fusetunes]

fun fact, i used to have a fear of the geico gecko as a kid. i have no idea why but i was always scared he was gonna show up in my room late at night lol

[@Zamn_daniel]

He’s coming for you “Prepare for battle”

[@eventide7443]

Bruh same 😭 some sort of uncanny valley effect or smth

[@thecryingsoul]

This gives me a strong Childhood fear of Danny Devito vibe lol

[@bootybuttcheeks]

*Geico gecko slowly creeping up the foot of your bed* *Whispers* "you can save 15% or more with Geico"

[@Spongyboi897]

​​@@bootybuttcheeks "AAAAAAAAAAAA!!! MOMMY!!!!"

[@kylespevak6781]

I would love a crossover fighting game with insurance mascots

[@AutumnRivers]

15 minutes can save you 15% or more on car insurance, but it cAN'T SAVE YOU FROM THIS DOWN NEUTRAL!

[@daydreamies]

@@AutumnRivers LMAOOOOOOOOO

[@Jsslade]

And the losing fighter is forced to buy the winner's insurance

[@gracekim25]

Like the meerkats

[@radicalonion4979]

Aflac duck solos everyone

[@kaibird542]

11:18 My uncle has actually met the guy who plays Mayhem, said he’s a really nice dude. He’s had half his thumb on one hand amputated and tries not to get shots that linger on that hand for too long.

[@alphaqueer]

I can't believe you left out the progressive insurance pink haired spy cartoon that only had a couple of ads made... Potentially due to all the nsfw art that immediately started being made

[@kiyote437]

It wasn't Progressive, it was Esurance. The character was called Erin Esurance.

[@gracekim25]

Wait she’s from an add?😅

[@dopecactus8513]

I would love a video about fast food restaurant mascots! Especially in ads. I mean look at the Jack-in-a-box mascot ads craze.

[@KysEcstacy]

I always had this weird dislike of the jack in the box guy, he just feels off to me. Not nearly as bad as the creepy ass plastic king creature in the burger king ads. Its suprising that out of all the fast food spawn, the least creepy is the clown

[@EdnaK728]

To say nothing of the Burger King and Ronald McDonald

[@Rda95]

I just found your channel today and was listening to it in the background, but the line about the 2 am commercials really resonated with me so hard I had to pause for a second. You described it so perfectly I could remember the old chair I used to sit on that was close enough to the tv to be able to hear the shows without waking people up.

[@panqueque445]

Honestly, bringing back the actual Jake was obviously the right play. Him not being an actor is part of the charm. It's always amazing how companies always manage to make the wrong decisions.

[@erinautumns238]

Gieco ad's has stuck with me since u was like 4. It stuck with me so well I used them when I started driving and they saved my ass in an accident

[@Crenga]

another awesome video. i loathe ads and mute them or wear headphones whenever possibly, but the mayhem ads are some of the only ones on television (that aren't related to whatever i was rarely, willingly watching live on discovery channel/animal planet) that didn't make me want to throw myself against the wall. i'm more entertained by your reaction to the general than the general himself lmao

[@Emma_The_H0ppin_H00ligan]

I once listened to a reading of a flo from progressive x jake from state farm fanfic and now whenever i look at these two characters i can't help but think of it

[@sage.81]

While watching this video, I saw a Liberty Mutual commercial playing on the TV.

[@Caterpie56]

Every new upload is a gem, I love all the outro bits they make me smile everytime

[@fantasyfiction101]

I went into a subway for dinner on Halloween and the cashier was named Jake and he was the Jake from State Farm guy😂

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

He had to quit State Farm after the ad because he wasn’t taken seriously

[@klaykid117]

One incredibly weird thing that's never talked about is how they're always advertising how fast you get the insurance. It's a decision that will cost you hundreds of dollars a year thanks. For some reason advertising that it can be done in 15 minutes or less for something you basically do once is so weird

[@Nucleite]

It's my fucking money, and I DEMAND it at this very moment.

[@coyotelong4349]

I still miss the little pile of money with eyes for Geico- The “money you could be saving with Geico” Those commercials always cracked me up 😂

[@jefferyjones8399]

I have had a crush on Flo since that first commercial lol

[@olieschulo]

In my country we have a ice skating hippo

[@C6KSystem]

Radical

[@Maniac4Bricks]

6:50 I love the line, "CAN I GET A HOT TUB?" as much as "Uhh, khakis?"

[@candycorn6666]

The geico gecko does not have a British accent, he has an Australian accent

[@EdnaK728]

He was originally voiced by Kelsey Grammer,who most people agree sounds British

[@HopeIsADrug11037]

I remember I had a small crush on the Geico Gecko when I was younger...which is really fucking funny to think about now LMAO

[@echocardiogram572]

The ad I got before this video was an insurance ad... I never get those on youtube

[@NestlesNutella]

my old highschool has this security guard that is obsessed with hump day. literally every wednesday wears a hump day shirt, and if it was another occasion on that day he’d wear the hump day shirt UNDER the other shirt. he would also give fist bumps. everyone called him mr. t. he also knew everybody’s name and everybody loved him abd genuinely respected him. so when i hear hump day i always think of him :)

[@Grimokan]

The General Insurance ads will always be remember in a Family Guy joke.

[@EdnaK728]

"Get low rates from an army guy,here is a penguin don't know why"

[@Makaponpon]

not insurance related, but education connection and the shirley temple dvd set were absolute bangers

[@hydrailce3404]

It’s weird that older Thai insurance ads were known for being sad and dramatic. Literally made ppl cry. 😅

[@CitiesByDiana]

I always wanted to see the General fight an actual war against Flo or Jake or the Geico Gekko.

[@LydiaTaylorMusic]

Personally, I liked the good neigh-bear era of state farm where they put out coloring books and stuff lol

[@julybeicy]

Thank you for putting the link to the video you mentioned in the description 🫶🏾

[@gayandreckless]

Geico also had the fake Rod Serling guy played who asked things like “Can switching to Geico save you fifteen percent on your car insurance? Does [insert non-sequitur situation]?” And then smash cut to whatever ridiculous situation he said.

[@EdnaK728]

I distinctly remember one in that series that featured Foghorn Leghorn, and I thought it was hilarious

[@vi.vi.vi.vi.vi.d]

My parents use to both work in insurance and one Halloween around this time my mom dressed up as Flo and my dad went as Mayhem lol

[@williamjoyner3759]

The first Flo does not look like the latest Flo.

[@FoxyTattyDrew]

Here in Australia we had a progressive girl too, her name was Kitty but she only lasted for about 3 years. I really enjoyed seeing her but I guess the check out vibe wasn't that popular.

[@PlantKitty]

I used to carpool home from school with a Maxwell

[@-VoDkAsVengeance-]

As a kid who grew up with all of these commercials I hated all of the animal mascots. I like animals just as much as I did back then, so I think it might be that I was smart enough to get the "trying too hard to be attention-grabbing but not confident enough to do anything original" issue and the fact that animal mascots were for grabbing _childrens_ attention, so it wasn't only canned and unrelatable but just seemed straight-up desperate for attention to the point of not making any actual marketing sense. I liked Mayhem the most and I like him even more knowing the actor relates to the character personally due to his health issues such as neuropathy. Flo was comforting to me because she was reminiscent of a 50s housewife with her appearance and was very attentive (which is beacuse she's an employee, but y'know...) and because I had an emotionally absent mother. Jake, in my mind, was a comedic equivalent to "my name Jeff" (I wasn't a kid who ever found that funny in any way more than a nose-exhale upon initially hearing it.)

[@Unicornmazda]

I swear insurance ads are some of the most memorable commercials ever.

[@willywilly7832]

My favorite progressive comercial was the sonic one. I was in shock as a kid

[@OfficialBabygirlEnterprises]

I miss those progressive ads with the talking insurance

[@arson821]

As a european, I am more surprised by the US every day

[@CreoTan]

It’s honestly kind of a perfect representation/satirization of American culture that something mundane, necessary, and money grubbing as insurance is part of the pop culture as goofy silly mascots; the only metaphor more heavy handed is if prescription medicine commercials had silly mascots lol

[@danaj-b9452]

I'm South African so assumed that Progressive is a show lol

[@EdnaK728]

Is that 2D from Gorillaz in your pfp?

[@danaj-b9452]

@@EdnaK728 yup!!

[@EdnaK728]

@@danaj-b9452 cool, I like him

[@theunholyburger9338]

Lemu Emu and Doug was the best, fight me.

[@BugsyFoga]

To gain the attention of youthful audience members to one day be invested enough to get their car insurance in the future.

[@DhaniNMarie]

How DARE you not talk about the bane of my existence aka the nefariously annoying duo of Limu Emu and Doug from Liberty Mutual

[@dreamyjellies]

I’ve definitely seen them around but I don’t have as much experience with them personally! Emus seem cool though

[@Metalmanred]

When I was a kid, I wanted to get car insurance from Progressive so badly because I wanted to see what were in the boxes

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

just empty

[@caryndanae1951]

I am a sinner

[@gracekim25]

@@TrippyTrash1999 don’t you mean Spongebob

[@scottdoesntmatter4409]

wow, you must have been a total goober!

[@macksnotcool]

@@scottdoesntmatter4409 Rule of goober: If you say goober, you are the goober.

[@15cola]

the geico gecko was unironically my favorite character when i was a kid. my granddad used to buy me geico promotional stickers/notepads/etc wherever he could because the gecko made me unreasonably happy

[@mae8646]

The duck one (lol I don't remember it's name) actually sent someone to my elementary school to give us duck themed toys and told us to tell our parents about their insurance. I barely remember the insurance slideshow but I was really happy about the toys. I went home and gave my parents a spiel about the duck guy. Now that I think about it, that feels like it shouldn't be allowed

[@bootybuttcheeks]

@@mae8646 Aflac

[@somerandomidioticnerd9769]

I felt the same way about the gecko lmao. I think it was his big eyes that really appealed to my child brain

[@ryanneclaritas]

The gecko is my grandma and I’s favorite character to this day. We mail each other clip outs wherever we can find him!

[@easysneezy]

GRANDDAD!!!!!

[@wygolvillage2637]

I remember seeing the Progressive commercials as a kid and thinking that you literally DID buy things like car insurance in a box at a store.

[@M33PSTER]

I thought exactly the same thing as a kid 😆

[@MaroonieBean]

YES

[@sammieegoldwand]

SAME-

[@tropezando]

The Mayhem commercials are great. They're easily the most creative, funny, dynamically-shot, and most importantly, anxiety-inducing commercials of the bunch, which I think is probably the best tactic if selling insurance is the goal.

[@lurji]

is the moon freezing? yeah

[@bucket3120]

and hes hot

[@mae8646]

You're right and I've never even realized it. They are the only commercials that actually made me think about getting insurance. All the other ones just annoyed the crap out of me with their annoying mascots, especially Flo

[@kaleenar963]

I’ve never really seen the adds but the premise for Mayhem makes so much more sense then the other companies that just have mascots doing random nonsense before slapping there logo on the end.

[@MaroonieBean]

Mayhem has always been my favorite insurance mascot, I will always watch the commercials he’s in

[@ghostinthecloset]

The actor who plays FakeJake looks real friendly. Agree with the over-corporate shit but I hope he's doing alright despite the backlash

[@pandakatiefominz]

You know... I a little bit wonder if some of the backlash to FakeJake is because he's black. I would not be surprised if there's a whole crowd of people claiming that it's wokeness gone mad

[@chocomelo454]

​@@pandakatiefominz it probably is. even though the original Jake from statefarm ad was a gay joke.

[@annalivingtv]

@@pandakatiefominz I’m sure that’s part of it. There’s absolutely stuff to dislike about how corporate Jake became, coming from a genuine everyday local employee, the amount of backlash was definitely more intense than I believe it would have been if the replacement had been white. I doubt people would have even noticed if they’d just gotten a similar looking white guy

[@RustyNips]

@@annalivingtv they shoulda gave him a different name and replaced the husband and wife actors as well Then it wouldn't be a replacement but a part 2 instead I mean why would they call them again with the same conversation lol

[@emilyfoster6487]

I always thought this too. The original guy is a chubby white working class dad type but the new guy a good looking light skinned actor. I think if he was a good looking white actor he still would have gotten hate but him being black probably made right wing dad's even more irked.

[@warriorseamonkey1693]

I had a dream when I was little where Flo from Progressive kidnapped me inside a car dealership and I've hated her ever since

[@STARVAs132]

“u want insurance? Or els I kill u familia” *a familiar green bird stands far behind a tree as flo sweats*

[@idunnobutyay2520]

Honestly Flo is annoying.

[@ami4705]

You always find the weirdest things that I just accepted as normal and never thought about, then when i see your video im like "huh yeah that is actually pretty bizarre"

[@scottdoesntmatter4409]

I feel the same way about anime. WTF man!

[@crypticcorvid]

I love your Tamagotchi pfp. Pizalinatchi is my favorite, lol.

[@sooubic]

This video made me realize that insurance companies were and still are trying way too hard to make us buy something that none of us want to have to deal with.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Considering how bland most advertising is now, I'll take these any day of the week.

[@MZRFaith]

Making tons of profit and making ads all while easing your rates

[@michaezell4607]

Second only to big pharma advertising which is primarily shown on cable news networks as the network's target demographic is seniors.

[@michaezell4607]

@@MZRFaith Actually insurance costs are going UP to cover the costs of producing these annoying advertisments.

[@mehpainter]

I'm all for it, it gives us something actually interesting in terms of ads which is something I'll always be happy about with the current climate of way too over the top or completely bland ads

[@DeltaJim]

"Have you ever met a 12 year old who understands premiums and indemnity?" I'm 32 and I don't even understand them. Every time I need to fill out insurance paperwork I have to go to my mom's house to have her explain what some of that means because she worked in insurance for years... and doesn't even fully understand some of that stuff either.

[@dreamyjellies]

Oh good, I’m glad I’m not the only one then

[@gracekim25]

I don’t have the slightest idea what those words are😂

[@Omnibushido-]

I look up what these things mean and even then I still don’t fully understand, in fact I usually just end up with more questions.

[@pisscvre69]

its supposed to confuse you so you get fucked

[@yamii3281]

im almost certain flo from progressive was some sort of gay awakening for me

[@alliedog6678]

literally same

[@Thriftybits]

Same

[@placeholderdoe]

Neat

[@hearts4uzi]

oh.. that’s.. different 😇

[@QueerAF13]

Same actually, weird lol

[@justagoofyfrog]

My sister absolutely despises Flo. Says she's way too overly cheery and helpful. She swears if she ever met Flo irl she'd deck her just because of how happy she always looks. So whenever I check the mail to find a Progressive ad addressed to my sister, I always hand it off while saying "looks like Flo sent you another letter", just to see her seethe

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

You, sir or madam, are peak troll.

[@CrocodileRay]

Here’s an idea: maybe you could dive into the nostalgia of the DVD interactive menus and how they don’t exist as extremely anymore. Long gone are the days of the Lion King 1 1/2 dvd menu and the games you could play

[@dreamyjellies]

That’s a great idea! Thanks for mentioning it :)

[@gayandreckless]

The Brady bunch style one from the Shrek 2 dvd pops up in my mind all the time. And the 20 minutes of ads before it that could only be fast forwarded, not skipped entirely.

[@gracekim25]

@@gayandreckless yes!🤩

[@ida6950]

The bonus dvd’s for the first 2 Harry Potter movies had such fun games!

[@RustyNips]

@@gayandreckless it's so funny how dvds have blocks for skiping the ads The players (ones I've had anyway) have 4-5 skip buttons, fast forward, skip or nest scene, a 3rd idk what it's called but it's basically the same as 2, home menu and sometimes a second home menu button Every DVD I've tried blocks 2 or 3 but never all the buttons from being pressed sometimes everything but fast forward is blocked or you can't do that but skip or home works It's always amused me how they try to force you but always fall short by forgetting to block that one last option

[@mogchoji]

“ducks, khakis, and shaquille o’neal” *the first sentence hooked me*

[@tomhopper7012]

I love that they gave Flo goons.

[@danielrizzcliffe]

Jake from State Farm will forever be on my mind

[@Luna_tech2]

@@TrippyTrash1999 same lmao

[@PastelOddity]

I’m so interested in Flo’s life. I hope her sister gets her act together, such a brat.

[@alexharrison808]

There was also Erin Esurance from Esurance who was in their commercials back in the mid 2000s. The company decided to retire her due to people on the Internet making inappropriate pictures of her and decreasing popularity.

[@Ghost5O5]

Erin was so cool, she looked more like a character from a Cartoon Network series than an insurance mascot. Sucks that she got kicked

[@manlethamlet]

Busted a lot of nuts to that back in the day.

[@giselletorres4156]

OMG I remeber her!

[@JayTheHelmetGuy]

damn I loved the esurance ads as a kid, shame they got rid of the mascot

[@connorbeith3232]

What's worse is that they didn't even replace her with anything better or as good, they kinda just abandoned mascots altogether and made very bland commercials. I feel like at some point Esurance has to acknowledge how much Erin is sorely missed (I mean Domino's was willing to bring back the Noid for a bit, even after the whole shooting incident), maybe even kind of lean into her sex appeal a little.

[@PantsLizardz]

I cannot explain the fixation I had on the General as a 4th grader. I just wanted my own little guy.

[@erinella]

In the UK, there was this advert for an insurance website called "Go Compare" where they had this opera singer burst into situations belting out "GO COMPARE" over and over. When I say people got SO SICK of him I mean they absolutely hated the guts of him. I remember my Dad swearing and cursing every time they ad came on because of how annoying it was. It was so bad that the company started a run of adverts where people set up elaborate traps to catch him before he could start singing. The Go Compare guy has had a bit of resurgence in the past few years, with admittedly more relaxed ads where you get to see more of the guy beneath the opera costume and less obnoxious singing 🤣 There was also the Money Supermarket advert where they had two separate ad campaigns, one featuring guys in denim booty shorts storming down a street in stupid high heels and another with a builder pole dancing which then culminated in a cross over ad where the guys in heels had a dance off with the pole dancing builders. Adverts are weird, man 🤣

[@livjones2917]

Let's not forget the meerkats of Compare The Market and their whole lore -_-

[@ramona1890]

Hastings direct in the other hand, I loved and still remember the phone number off by heart

[@gracekim25]

@@livjones2917 yeah but that’s adorable

[@gracekim25]

Don’t forget Steven hawking making him get sucked by a black hole 😂

[@The420033]

Oh! That's where horrible histories "God Compare" sketch comes from!

[@gennbenn]

I found your account 2 months ago and omg I’m obsessed! This era will forever hold a special place in heart as well and I’m so happy I found a channel that talks about it! You’re doing great! And I’m sure your going to blow up soon!

[@FurretWok]

I prefer Mayhem over other mascots even though he's not more memorable than others but he's actually about why people get insurance

[@SocialExperiment232]

Rules for marketing in the early 00s: it if looks like a fever dream… you’re getting it right

[@gatewoodanimations9753]

Which is why I miss them

[@evie.clare.]

Babe!! It’s dream jelly!

[@pohatunuva3771]

Mayhem is the only one that ever made me go "oh, so this is why I should buy this insurance!" Good advertising.

[@dragonick2947]

I remember that on a Sonic fansite was a Progressive Insurance advertisement featuring Sonic the Hedgehog himself, and I'd watch the heck out of that. Seeing that stark white superstore reminded me of it.

[@Spongyboi897]

I think it actually featured Sonic 3 music!

[@Saintnick90]

@@Spongyboi897 Yep, the Sonic 3 invincibility theme. That ad blew my mind the first time I saw it.

[@sooubic]

I have been watching this channel for months now. I have no idea what to call this genre of content, but I’m glad to be watching.

[@Gen_-6012]

W pfp

[@fireflakesss]

Throwback/2000s nostalgia/childhood explained

[@digikaa]

Mini deep dives maybe?

[@getsouped]

i like to call them niche 2000s retrospectives bc this is also one of my fav genres of video :-)

[@fireflakesss]

@@getsouped RETROSPECTIVES, that’s the word I was looking for

[@morganorwhatever]

Fun fact: the State Farm theme song, “Like A Good Neighbour”, was written by Barry Manilow. The only official release of the song is by Weezer who recorded it because State Farm sponsored one of their tours

[@therevoltingslob2564]

I think a part of the general’s popularity issue is that even if it’s not explicit in the ads there are political and social implications from an old military man that limit his potential appeal, especially compared to animals which have a pretty much universal appeal Also from a kid’s perspective it’s just boring but kids don’t buy insurance so I guess they might not care

[@crypticcorvid]

I actually loved The General and his ads as a kid. Idk why though. I think it was purely due to him just being a little guy doing whatever and the banging jingle at the end.

[@Troublethecat]

It's funny that you talk about fandoms for insurance mascots, because I distinctly remember once encountering someone role-playing as the Geico Gekko in a multifandom LiveJournal RP community I was a part of as a teen.

[@twiggyjali]

believe it or not, the ads are subliminal marketing towards kids and teens. the people most likely to be shopping for insurance policies are adults with at least 1 kid, and the kid is going to latch on to the funny animal in the commercial and parrot back whatever catchphrases they say, until the parent(s) are conditioned to phone in and buy.

[@braindeadgoldfish]

Fun fact: Day Geckos, which is what the Geico gecko is styled after, can slough off their skin and drop their tails as defense mechanisms if they are scared or feel threatened. Imagine if they added that to their commercials.

[@kt68866]

*quietly watches the channel runner not bring up the obvious reason people got upset about jake from state farm*

[@tygerinthenight3255]

In highschool there was a kid named Jake and for years, everyone called him Jake from State Farm every time anyone said his name. I imagine state Farm haunts his dreams, today.

[@demonmurphy]

My cousin’s name is Jake, he hates those commercials so much because he says anytime he gives his name to someone he knows at some point someone will make that joke.

[@LonelyKnightess]

My name used to be Jake and the commercial ruined my life

[@Fizzymilkshakee]

That's it- it was Geico, THEY TURNED ME INTO A FURRY

[@cthulha_north]

The liberty mutual commercial jingle is stuck in my head

[@StrikerDeer]

liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty

[@EdnaK728]

She didn't even mention liberty mutual

[@cthulha_north]

@@EdnaK728 yeah my own brain mentioned it.

[@hellofrominside8524]

LIMU EMUUUUUU (and Doug)

[@liamstanks1547]

Can you link the video on the cavemen in the description? I just feel like it'd make it easier for people to find. Great video as always!

[@dreamyjellies]

I forgot to OOPS- it's linked now!

[@mandridhugh9555]

"the money you could be saving by switching to Geico" mascot lasted way longer than it needed to, that stack of cash with googley eyes never made a sound, it just stared. it is also worth noting that the Aflack duck made a cameo in the Series of Unfortunate Events movie.

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

An organization I was a member of in my Boy Scout days used a spoof of that for a promotional patch

[@ricochet0928]

Well that's some ASOUE trivia I never knew-

[@wenoay]

i cant decide whether to be happy or unbelievably depressed that american culture is basically just ad campaigns

[@digikaa]

laugh to hide the pain

[@cthulhucult3230]

It's ok, there's a lot more stuff that's just very successful ad campaigns, like the entire concept of engagement rings.

[@jackiej8615]

My sister and I came up with this headcanon that the general and Shaq are roommates and that makes all the commercials a little extra funny for us. I also thought the penguin sidekick was fever dream that I made up for the longest time.

[@ErinEpica]

I miss that penguin 😣

[@NicoleTamia]

Jake from state farm had a Halloween costume, ill never forget when I was getting on the bus this kid in front of me had on the state farm outfit and our bus driver squinted and looked at him and went, "who are you supposed to be??" And he went "I'm Jake...from stare farm" while pointing at his name badge. I was dead

[@allycantspell8111]

Its silly looking back at all of these bc i remember being excited when I saw a new one was playing. But its kinda weird bc ig i remember them selling insurance but I definitely never fully comprehended that until this video

[@Picy64]

Sonic the hedgehog is a canon entity inside the progressive insurance ads cinematic universe

[@kitsykat90]

Now just imagine how much money you could save on your insurance premiums if they stopped pumping so much money into these dumb commercials

[@VinluvAntonHandesbukia]

Insurance is an abstract concept that’s hard for many to easily grasp. So they rely on mascots and slogans to be remembered .

[@IronMadden]

It's interesting that you bring up the fact that many insurance companies try to archive most of their commercials and mascots for fans of the ad campaigns, but then you have eSurance who has seemingly gone on to completely ignore that Erin Esurance ever existed because some people on the Internet decided to make some rather (in a light term) "interesting" art of her. I'm surprised Erin wasn't brought up in this video, but that honestly could be saved for a different discussion video.

[@thanatoast]

Dear lord not the Erin Esurance saga

[@anything4validation]

bank when i was a kid gave away promo aflac ducks with little push-to-talk speakers. my friend's little brother repeated it as "ass-crack" though 😂

[@safebox36]

The Geico one turned up a similar ad campaign in the UK. An insurance comparison site Compare The Market created Compare The Meerkat along with a collection of animated meerkats and merchandise.

[@rainbowpearlvlogsandanimations]

That ad campaign is still running now and appears to have a very strong lore to them, with such things as the two meerkat business partners starting a family and eventually working for the company that compares the market they once competed with to compare meerkats!

[@gracekim25]

@@rainbowpearlvlogsandanimations yeah it’s pretty fun

[@1Thunderfire]

​@@rainbowpearlvlogsandanimations And now the wombat nephew is ruining the crap out of poor Sergei's life!

[@DustyFelidae]

Okay but Flo from Progressive haunted me as a child

[@Jamjamsart]

Mf mjm says they dont have mascots but they have way more mascots than any other company. In fact, in making their entire point "not having mascots", they made it seem like they have absolutely no reason for anyone to want to go with them other than this none issue. What do you do, mjm? What is your thing? What would make you stand out that actually means anything?

[@PeterGriffin11]

Slightly random question who would win in a fight Flo from Progressive or Jake from Statefarm?

[@themidnightmurdershow]

Your mom

[@DollyGutx]

Jake, 100% Jake

[@tomhopper7012]

It depends on if Flo is alone or with The Squad

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@tomhopper7012 she's alone to make it fair.

[@saharahdesert-b3t]

my money’s on flo

[@FelineSamantha]

Please don't EVER forget the remix of "Somebody's Watching Me" that accompanied the Geico money stack mascot. That song had absolutely no business going as HARD as it did

[@Corgipon]

I always thought the geico gecko sounded Australian rather than British. Ngl I remember all of these mascots, even the original Jake. Glad to see a lot of them are still around in today’s commercials.

[@Devnul]

Hey! This is Devnul, thank you so much for the shoutout in this video! A lot of folks from your channel came over to check out the Caveman documentary, I really appreciate it! And awesome content, this video is fantastic

[@pinga858]

The best part about the General is that it's by far the best bang for the buck out of all of them, so from the way I see it, they never needed to be flashy. In a way it kind of reflects the company, simple and effective. Plus the fact that Shaq keeps doing the ads when you know he can't be making that much comparatively is just awesome lol

[@lauralebreton5694]

Even though it wasn’t insurance related but still in the financial realm, the free credit report ads had me singing about debt and credit at the age of 13