I kinda feel bad for the actress tbh. The first few commercials, it was kind of amusing I guess, but as the commercials grew in number her character has started to get reaaaaally fucking annoying. Who knows, maybe she loves the way the character has developed, but for some reason I think that she hates the character, she knows she's ruining the rest of her career because she'll always be the the high-strung "quirky" Progressive girl, but the money is good, it would be foolish to throw away easy money that takes less than a weekend's work per commercial. She's completely empty, she knows the commercials can't last forever but doesn't know where to go next. Who knows.
― party time! (Z S), Monday, May 3, 2010 1:05 AM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark
i tend to feel oppositely tbh -- like she takes pride in this character
― la senora (surm), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
it's weird how many 'actual' comedians got caught up in the abc cavemen show
― J0rdan S., Monday, 3 May 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
my buddy worked on that show--i should find out what the deal is
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 May 2010 00:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Ties to both Progressive and the Geico cavemen... she's playing both sides against the middle.
― Chris L, Monday, 3 May 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
No, I know exactly what you mean, and I thought that at one point too. But then a new commercial came out, and I thought "she looks like she takes pride in this character, and maybe she's even fooled herself into believing she does, because to not take pride would be like admitting that her whole life is a game. But somewhere buried deep, she hates this character more than I do, even."
― party time! (Z S), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
her life is very complicated
I like Flo but like I have this feeling like that she's hiding something, like maybe she has some weird fetish having to do with toenails and/or oxen....
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
what are you hiding, Progressive Girl!?
― party time! (Z S), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
bodies
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i like her, i bet she gives crazy BJs
― con-ni (rahni), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
countdown to thread being moved to ILTMI in 5....4....3....2...
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
if her progressive career doesn't work she'll always have a place in an indie garage rock revival band
― going non-native (dyao), Monday, 3 May 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.getrealdenver.com/wp-content/photos/silversun.jpg
― going non-native (dyao), Monday, 3 May 2010 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link
and play Progressive rock
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Monday, 3 May 2010 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link
aw, i like her. she's plucky and has moxie. and she went to my undergrad college (before i went there).
― bette ghent (get bent), Monday, 3 May 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Her regular appearance doesn't offer any of the palpable frisson of Flo:
http://celeb-news.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/stephanie_courtney-3718.jpg
― nori dusted (Sanpaku), Monday, 3 May 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Along with her voice & general annoying demeanor, I kind of hate her eyemakeup for some reason. Also: sooooooooooo annoying.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 3 May 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
hey she's kind of cute!
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 3 May 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Speaking of which, there's an astounding amount of Rule 34 imagery of Erin Essurance.
― nori dusted (Sanpaku), Monday, 3 May 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Some involving Flo.
― nori dusted (Sanpaku), Monday, 3 May 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
want to touch the heiney
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Monday, 3 May 2010 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe it's just the frackles, but she looks a little like Evangeline Lilly.
The Flo character is creepy as hell.
― Nom Nom Nom Chomsky (WmC), Monday, 3 May 2010 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
VdGG or gtfo
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 02:18 (thirteen years ago) link
http://media.compete.com/site_media/upl/img/AP-Progressive3.gif
Somewhat surprised that Flo's demo is 40 yo middle-class women.
― nori dusted (Sanpaku), Monday, 3 May 2010 03:16 (thirteen years ago) link
ahhhhahahahahahahaha
― la senora (surm), Monday, 3 May 2010 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a flo chart!
...
i think i've reached my corny portion of my evening
― la senora (surm), Monday, 3 May 2010 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i loled
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 May 2010 03:27 (thirteen years ago) link
does flo wear a bumpit y/n
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 May 2010 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
n, she is totally snookieproof'd
― Francis Scott Key 7th Path (Stevie D), Monday, 3 May 2010 05:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Lauren Graham - sex = Flo.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 3 May 2010 06:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Flo, and I covet her hairstyle. I'm totally in her demographic.
― wasting time and money trying to change the weather (Laurel), Monday, 3 May 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
and [she'll] play Progressive rock
This has been a productive thread.
― This is four-dimensional art; the 4th dimension is incredibly powerful. (Abbott), Monday, 3 May 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
hate both this chick and the name "progressive"
― brandon softerserve (k3vin k.), Monday, 3 May 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
love that you love her laurel
― la senora (surm), Monday, 3 May 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Ty! I do think they've cornied her up a little bit since the first ads, but I still like her wide-eyed, flatly earnest delivery of every line.
― wasting time and money trying to change the weather (Laurel), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
courtesy Catsupppppppppppppp dude (not entirely safe for work):
http://blog.wizardishungry.com/post/567145036http://blog.wizardishungry.com/post/567097871
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 May 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
1. weirdly cute2. oh my eyes
― This is four-dimensional art; the 4th dimension is incredibly powerful. (Abbott), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Results 1 - 18 of about 59,500 for progressive flo costume
Not a few couples have attended Halloween as Progressive Flo and the Geico Caveman:
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― nori dusted (Sanpaku), Monday, 3 May 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
― mookieproof, Monday, May 3, 2010 5:37 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark
lololol at this btw
― la senora (surm), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean, that has to be a bump-it
― la senora (surm), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
you guys are full of hate
― DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM! (HI DERE), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the way she says "maybe" in the radio ad.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
not me i like her
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 3 May 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
dude, i love this woman! i'm just sayin'
i mean if i could wear a bump-it, i would
― la senora (surm), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
this has completely brightened my day
― DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM! (HI DERE), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
haha you know it's true too
― la senora (surm), Monday, 3 May 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
In the vein of annoying commercials, there's quite a few around right now that simply feature annoying customers yelling "WHAT A DEAL!!" in a real obnoxious way. There's one for an office supply store and there's another for a car rental. There's no funny skit involved, no wacky costumes -- the whole gimmick is 'look how big an asshole this customer is'.
― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 3 May 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
the character is a little too college comedy troupe cheesy to really be funny but i've rarely been ever been actively annoyed by the ads. and she's total WS material out of character (and WS of shame material in charater).
cracked me up how i had no idea this is what this thread was gonna be about w/o caps in the subject line.
― hey lol hipster (some dude), Monday, 3 May 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
http://mqschmidt.com/7af81950.gif
― hobbes, Monday, 3 May 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
remember walter mondale used "where's the beef" as a zing line in the 1984 presidential debates with ronald reagan
i do
of course that zing line went on to carry mondale to overwhelming electoral success in the 1984 presidential election
the other "where's the beef" trivia i can share with you is this bit of electro-funk written by power pop icon tommy marolda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCNsU5U4I1M
in the future, ai will just write songs like "where's the beef" and we'll all be that much poorer for it. i guess?
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:55 (four months ago) link
Reagan was able to carry the day with the more memorable zing line "There you go again."
Well, that, and Mondale's bold strategy of promising to raise everyone's taxes.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 27 November 2023 20:56 (four months ago) link
xp i didn't mean to inadvertantly criticize transwomen, kate. i do feel like taibbi's "humor" is an example of a disgusting, misogynistic, bro-ey trope, one that tragically couples sexual attraction with contempt. i can't speak to the trans experience, but this is something i have seen cis men deploy against cis women and it is something i think is gross.
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 21:04 (four months ago) link
i think about someone like bryan cranston... he spent, like, decades doing commercials before his commercial breakthrough. so many ads with him in them, he's so recognizable. he wasn't associated with any one brand, though. maybe he's a one-off.
I always thought brands tried to avoid that - unless it was someone famous, they didn't want to cast an actor who was in another currently running commercial. I do know certain actors appear in a decent amount of ads before making the leap to TV (or not!) - Tony Hale, who plays Buster in Arrested Development, was famously one of them
I didn't know Cranston did ads, but I do know he did a lot of bit parts in various TV shows before Malcolm. probably most well known for Seinfeld but he was in a LOT. actually Progressive Flo was in a lot of stuff too, not many recurring characters but she has a lot of one-offs. she was the Rats Off To Ya! lady from Tom Goes to the Mayor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8Os_32qQY
― frogbs, Monday, 27 November 2023 21:04 (four months ago) link
Dean Winters is another one, aka Mayhem in the Allstate ads. That seems to be his primary gig now, though he was fairly memorable as a lawyer for the Tarasov mob in John Wick.
― omar little, Monday, 27 November 2023 21:18 (four months ago) link
I'm so tired of breaking bad themed ads at this point.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 27 November 2023 21:22 (four months ago) link
see now the Mayhem ads I like. kind of rare these days for an insurance ad to actually make the case for why you should have insurance.
― frogbs, Monday, 27 November 2023 21:27 (four months ago) link
yeah, but maybe that isn't what advertising is about. don draper, it's toasted, etc
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 21:31 (four months ago) link
the fact that this thread has so much life really indicates, to me, that a lot of people out there find flo "annoying" if you catch my drift.
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 21:32 (four months ago) link
honestly I have no idea why but the "it's not gonna fit" commercials make me laugh a lot
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 November 2023 21:33 (four months ago) link
xp i didn't mean to inadvertantly criticize transwomen, kate. i do feel like taibbi's "humor" is an example of a disgusting, misogynistic, bro-ey trope, one that tragically couples sexual attraction with contempt. i can't speak to the trans experience, but this is something i have seen cis men deploy against cis women and it is something i think is gross.― treeship.
― treeship.
to be clear i'm not accusing you of being transphobic (by the way _always_ put a space between "trans" and "women", "transwomen" as one word is often used to imply that we're categorically different from "women", meaning "cis women").
threatening violence or sexual assault against a person, regardless of their gender, is wrong. i think that's what differentiates taibbi's "humor" from other threats of violence. i would put it in the same general category as frank zappa's "joke" about how all college educated women "need" to be sexually assaulted. gender _isn't_ irrelevant to those considerations. it reflects patriarchal standards, the implicit assumption that cis men as a class have dominion over the bodies of anybody who isn't a cis man. people have made threats of sexual violence against me phrased as "jokes" since my transition. nobody treated me like that before i transitioned. clearly there's a gendered aspect to this behavior.
it might seem like a meaningless distinction to say that these sorts of violent threats are reflective of _patriarchy_ rather than _misogyny_. it's a meaningful distinction to me. though it's _overwhelmingly commonly_ practiced by cis men against cis women, although it's done in accordance with and in furtherance of patriarchal ideology, the gender of the people involved isn't an inherent part of that behavior. whether or not one deems these threats "gross" or "disgusting", such behavior is wrong and ought not be be tolerated. from anybody.
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 27 November 2023 21:34 (four months ago) link
― treeship., Monday, November 27, 2023 3:32 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
oh for sure, though she isn't as "annoying" as the AT&T girl who I think is insanely "annoying" though unfortunately she's gotten a lot of online abuse for how "annoying" she is so it feels wrong to point it out in the first place
― frogbs, Monday, 27 November 2023 21:38 (four months ago) link
xp good tip kate. i will place a space between trans and women from now on.
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 21:39 (four months ago) link
and frogbs -- i think it is horrifying that milana vayntrub is tormented because she is desired. this the exact dynamic i am talking about. it's rooted deeply in western culture, maybe other cultures too. but shakespeare has contempt for the dark lady and not the fair youth, you know.
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 21:42 (four months ago) link
He's successfully continued to play his role on Oz in both narrative media and commercials.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 27 November 2023 21:46 (four months ago) link
he was good in Sarah Connor Chronicles
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 November 2023 21:49 (four months ago) link
i feel like maybe if i gave a specific example it would help. i've been in situations where cis men threatened to "breed" the transmasc (no space here, btw, because the whole thing is an adjective) people (this is the noun) i was with. this was done under the guise of "flirting". characterizing that behavior as "misogynist", to me, that is kind of disrespectful to the genders of the people i was with. not intentionally! but disrespectful nonetheless.
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 27 November 2023 21:49 (four months ago) link
ok, i understand.
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 22:02 (four months ago) link
i like flo, especially the one with her dismissive sister. she's cute, and also taught me about bumpits. and as the article that kicked off this revive mentioned, it's really difficult to make someone interested in, let alone loyal to, an insurance company
there was one at&t ad with milana v. and gal gadot and it was appalling how much better an actor the former is
― mookieproof, Monday, 27 November 2023 23:03 (four months ago) link
― omar little, Monday, November 27, 2023 3:18 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
never forget the Beeper King!!!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 November 2023 23:09 (four months ago) link
lol I was going to say, he will always be Dennis Duffy first and foremost to me no matter what he appears in
― intheblanks, Monday, 27 November 2023 23:45 (four months ago) link
He was in Brooklyn Nine Nine too. He’s the same guy in everything.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 00:05 (four months ago) link
he have a very straight dramatic role in Sarah Connor Chronicles. I kept waiting for him to bust into that mode but he never did.
then he got iced by a Terminator.
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 00:29 (four months ago) link
I always just call him "dummy", I can never remember his name.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 00:29 (four months ago) link
"Technology is cyclical, Lemon"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 03:18 (four months ago) link
how quickly we, and our upside-down friends, forget history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvHtKcS1POk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_06ReKtOx8w
oi!
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 03:40 (four months ago) link
I think the Geico ads are still pretty fresh, but whenever I see a Liberty I'm likely to recall Consumer Reports' conclusion, based on customer surveys re many many auto insurance companies, that the ones with the biggest ad campaigns are shit, and have to replace many many customers every year. Unfair to single out Liberty in this regard, but as my girl says, "You can't help what you think."
― dow, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 04:32 (four months ago) link
i have found that NJM is good at paying out claims. it isn't too expensive but maybe will go up next year because of said claims lol.
― treeship., Tuesday, 28 November 2023 13:45 (four months ago) link
i would be their spokesperson if they asked.
i've had a few claims with Geico in my time, never had a problem with them
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 15:12 (four months ago) link
I work in insurance and yeah I think most companies are good with most claims, it's the weird edge cases where things can get a little wacky. That's why I think the Dean Winters Mayhem ads are very good, because we get a lot of strange claims and it's definitely true that just picking the cheapest option isn't going to cover everything.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 15:16 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qinHYwRhYug
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 15:20 (four months ago) link
We had NJM when we lived in NJ and they were very good, always sent us money back at the end of the year. Now that we're in Montana we have Allstate. So far they seem...fine.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 16:50 (four months ago) link
We have Travelers for auto, they are very good and fast about paying claims. Rates are competitive also.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 16:52 (four months ago) link
I have had Progressive long enough that I've almost hit their top loyalty tier. The only perk left to attain? They will not drop you no matter what. It's already incredibly hard to get dropped by them as they're a carrier of last resort, so I have no idea what this means.
You don't need car insurance while in prison so presumably it'd have to be some accident where you're not at fault but manage to destroy an entire building, or something
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 17:56 (four months ago) link
I looked it up online and someone who was a progressive employee posted this commentCrown literally is just adding the renewal guarantee. Believe it or not, some crown progressive policyholder has a firetruck on their personal auto policy, which is a big no-no. Idk who was fool enough to add it in the first place, but we can't do shit about it bc they're crown.
So I guess if I insure something they decide isn't insurable in the future, they're stuck
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 17:59 (four months ago) link
hah yep that is one of the challenges of the insurance industry you have to design a system that's smart enough to kick out all the weird shit because if something slips through and you bind it there's not really a way out of it
― frogbs, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 18:08 (four months ago) link
fwiw I'm emerald tier so when I call in they connect me directly to Flo
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 18:51 (four months ago) link
There's one commercial where she shows up in the rain and it's paced like a romantic comedy.
It didn't make me switch insurance but I did think it was well-done.
(Somehow after years of Progressive I ended up getting Erie. I am not sure they even have ads.)
― Iris Demented (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 19:13 (four months ago) link
Due to my credit only my EMERALD status at Progressive is saving me from paying a fortune for my car insurance. Even then just barely.
Next status up allows me to vandalize people's cars thrice per year
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 November 2023 19:45 (four months ago) link