Insurance Salesman
Maybe one day Andrew Luck won’t look like the missing link, and I hope that day never comes.
Every time I go to watch a game now, I get 3 commercials every commercial break (so 50 times per half).
Russell Wilson being a goober for American Family Insurance (Because of course he would)
Peyton Manning singing about Chicken Parm (And also pizza)
Aaron Rodgers in even more increasingly bizarre ads that no longer resemble anything about his original TD celebration, for State Farm. Seriously what is up with the state farm stuff. It goes from a joke about his championship belt dance, to Bears fans on a plane, to wacko German weirdos in sweats getting him buff for some reason. State Farm has gone off the rails.
Insurance Salesman used to be one of those professions everyone scorned, insurance companies have gotten smart and are using QBs to do the selling now. Savages, the lot of them.
There was also a USAA military insurance commercial with a bunch of football people this season, I think it was RG3, Ron Rivera and some old QB, maybe Bart Starr I can’t remember. It was boring and I forgot it already. Thankfully Geico isn’t running those terrible Brian Orakpo all pro linebacker commercials anymore, but since it’s Geico it’s still awful. Geico deserves a lifetime achievement award for taking every good idea they have and running it into the ground like a meteor. Even the damn pig from the “Wee wee wee all the way home” commercial is now in his own thing, for goodness sakes Geico just stop it. Stop it. I like your new Camel Hump Day commercial, I can’t wait to see you ruin it in the next month. The only good ad campaign this season has been Types of Rob Lowe, Direct TV struck gold with that campaign. I want to see a whole sitcom of different Rob Lowes.
And you thought Flo’s songs were annoying.
The Aaron Rodgers commercials with Bill Swerski’s Superfans (Da Bears), and his commercials with Hans & Franz are both based on popular & recurring “Saturday Night Live” sketches from around 1988-1992. So, at least they are logically related that way. Seems like State Farm is trying to appeal to people who watched SNL in the 1990s – so like today’s middle-aged people. Similar to what Honda is doing by using Skeletor and Gumby – making references that catch the attention of older viewers.
So it’s not random weirdness, that’s interesting. I certainly didn’t watch SNL when I was 5 I had no idea these were established characters
eeeehhhh, he said they were related, which is true, but I wouldn’t quite discount (double check?) the idea of them being random weirdness. They don’t have much to do with the original commercial, and have practically nothing to do with anything State Farm-related.
I think State Farm is taking a page from Old Spice and using the format for their wildly successful non sequitur commercial campaign.
Did you know that Hans and Franz are from an SNL sketch? ITs pretty much second on the short list of things Dana Carvey is famous for.
That and Master of Disguise, a.k.a. the greatest motion picture of our lifetime.
Master of Disguise is amazing in every way.
Ha…I was wondering if anyone would remember that. Plus, they’re Austrian…they were a satire of Schwartznegger during his hey-days of 80s Hercules/Conan movies.
The first being his excellent portrayal of Tony Romo in “Trapped in Paradise”?
That would be Captain America, Roger Staubach. You know, the QB who is famous for losing out of 4 years of NFL playtime to serve in the Navy during the Vietnam War.
Also, I love Manning crushing tiny Russel Wilson. I think a repeat of last year’s Super Bowl would end the same way, but holy crap that’s hilarious.
Seriously, sorry for repeating myself here, but holy crap. I want that Manning crushing Wilson as an avatar. I cannot stop laughing. It’s so messed up.
The repeat of last year’s super bowl already happened, the Broncos lost.
And they just lost, so there won’t be any repeat this season.
Don’t forget, Geico has Ickey Woods doing his shuffle.
THIS com-ic is SO spot onnn.
Personally I really love Allstate’s Mayhem commercials.
Those are the best and I will fight anyone who disagrees.
Seconded, the Mayhem series was genius. Plus, they haven’t managed to abuse it to death yet, which is more than you can say about the dozens of different Geico characters and other concepts that were run into the ground.
Andrew Luck looks like one of those perverted stalkers that easedrop on everything in the building.
Clearly as a caveman he would be more at peace outside.
I love that not only are the couple looking at Peyton’s forehead instead of his face, but Rogers is looking at (presumably) the hole in the roof it just made.
Ha! I didn’t notice that. That make it even funnier!
I don’t know if any character’s appearance has varied as much as Rodgers’. He’s different every time you draw him.
Something about Rodgers is incredibly difficult to get right. I can’t seem to even get close when I draw him.
You mean Aaron Wroggers right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slfd7wM2j2A
Where I live, Nationwide is a bank.
I heard the Seahawks are ready to pay Wilson big. Maybe he can build a money fort to protect himself from the Forehead (Peyton Manning). Should he join the Elite Moneys club? Or is he just not elite enough?
Is that a TARDIS on the bookshelf? Awesome!
Those god awful Geico/Orakpo ads aired nationally? I thought they were just for the DC market. Jason Campbell’s GEICO ad from a few years back was pretty atrocious too.
I wanted to see Tuck, Osi, or Boley or some such do a bunch of All state ads back in 2012.
I’m a NY Giants defender. And if you’re double checking for discounts, you might not see me coming. So switch to All State, and be better protected from mayhem…. LIKE ME
(cue video of Rodgers being sacked)
“Hi, I’m Tom Brady and I don’t need insurance because my supermodel wife is made of money.”
See, I’ve not seen the Russell Wilson commercials out here in NC. Instead, we get Luke Kuechly for a home security company. I might have to dial up some of those commercials.
Did Spilly get immortalized via The Draw Play?
It’s actually his second appearance, he’s in last year’s thanksgiving comic. Me and Spilly are internet bros
With the Broncos season being officially done, I’ll say something I find fascinating that it isn’t discussed more:
For being one of Teh Bestest EVAR!1!1!1! QBs in the NFL…his lack of post-season accomplishments is going to be an awkward subject for future discussion.
John Elway is considered one of the greatest QBs in history, and there’s no “Yeah, but…”
Until his his last two Super-Bowl-winning-years, he had a losing record in the playoffs. Fire John Fox, get a coach who can use Manning’s talents– and actually understand what they are– and maybe– MAYBE– convince Manning to take a freaking pay-cut so the team can be more well rounded, and Manning could finish with a similar legacy. Elway took a pay cut, and a pay restructure, so Denver could build a complete team. He needs to convince Manning to do the same.
Where’s that comic with Dez studying TO’s “That’s my quarterback” video in the film room?
Those Rob Lowe commercials are freaking amazing. I hope they make those forever.
The random weirdness commercials, I blame that on Old Spice. It was glorious back then in the original “I’m on a horse!” commercial, but Old Spice and every other company on the planet has tried to recreate the randomness and humor of that commercial and each time it’s dumber than the last attempt.
I like the subtle dickbutt reference with the D hat and the Butt shirt.
This was amazing. Off to spread the word.
I couldn’t disagree more. Aaron Rodgers interacting with all the SNL characters has been great. Rob Lowe commercials are intolerable. Bring back the peyton manning mastercard commercials. Those were the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSuHQZjzJYY
literal LOL. But why is Wilson tiny?
Also Hans und Franz are my fav SNL sketch ever, surpassing even Angry Caveman Lawyer and those two weird Lovers (Rachel Dratch and Will Ferrell).
The TARDIS on the shelf is amaze-balls. Good job.
DING DONG THE FOX IS DEAD! THE FOX IS DEAD!
This was officially the best loss in Denver history, and quite frankly, this loss was better news for Denver than any win has been since 1999. GOOD RIDDANCE! BRING ON KUBIAK!
Kubiak’s said he’s staying in Baltimore. I’m willing to bet that stroke in Houston has to do with it.
Why are people in Denver so happy about getting rid of John Fox?
I was 100% dead set against hiring him in the first place. He’s unimaginative, he doesn’t understand that linebackers’ stats aren’t the point of defense, he is so conservative and predictable that any team that takes the time to study film can call every play he’s going to call every single time– blown plays and flat-out defensive flubups have been Denver’s biggest plays against quality defenses, and not much else. Fox drafts poorly in most situations. He refuses to adjust game plans, and he gets set on “This guy makes more, he must be #1 in spot” and doesn’t shift people around. He doesn’t prepare his team for who they are playing, and he doesn’t game plan around injuries on his own team– Peyton was playing with a busted Quad, and he didn’t run the ball down Indy’s throat all game, he relied on TONS of deep bombs (in spite horrible inaccuracy on all of them), and bubble screens that were called every damned time. He doesn’t teach his players to play against their opponents– it’s all, “We’re going to play our game,” which means if things don’t go PERFECTLY they tend to go HORRIBLY, and he doesn’t have any training instilled in the players to fall back to. He tries to make all his players fit his scheme– it was the same every single year in Carolina, it’s been the same here in Denver– rather than adjust his schemes to fit the players he has and their unique skillsets. John Fox may legitimately be the worst head coach in the NFL.
As for Kubiak, I think that if Elway calls him up and says come on by, Kubes will change his tune. He played in Denver, he coached in Denver, he has family and friends in Denver. He would be welcome in Denver like a returning hero, and he has the mindset and experience to work with an aging super-star at QB with a dynamic, functional running game. My hope, and honestly expectation, is that Elway called Kubiak, and asked him to wait for a week. Denver with Elway has to be Kubiak’s dream job.
Irony here is peyton is crushing Wilson when in reality it Shuld be the other way around
I love the fact that Rodgers is peering upward into the distance at Manning’s apparently undending forehead. Nicely done.
That godamned pig! I want to punch myself in the teeth everytime I hear that pig
smh geico commercials are the greatest thing to happen to America