does flo wear a bumpit y/n
― 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
I am embarrassed to say that I find her really attractive. :(
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 3 May 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
A crush of shame for me. She's so.... positive.
― Roomful of Moogs (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 3 May 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I really don't get the hate. The ads are fairly innocuous and occasionally amusing. I also really like the actress when she's on Mad Men.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
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), Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:05 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
from what i understand of the advertising world, spokespeople for big ad campaigns usually get locked into long term contracts (probably as much to keep competitors from hiring them for gotcha ads as anything else), and if you're the star of a series of ads that gets played on every channel all day every day, those contracts can be REALLY lucrative. so she probably made the decision to ride this out for a while, and is making so much cash that it's hard to really regret it.
― hey lol hipster (some dude), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― hey lol hipster (some dude), Monday, May 3, 2010 9:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
^^^
― I have a big tv with blue ray's (latebloomer), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I could be friends with this girl. She may be the only one who understands me in this mysterious, chaotic world.
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread should be titled the progressive woman. Come on people, this isn't the 50s!
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 05:01 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not like we smacked her on the tush and lowered her salary by 35%
― Sherman Helmsley Teabag (Cattle Grind), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 05:08 (thirteen years ago) link
― hey lol hipster (some dude), Monday, May 3, 2010 9:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
otm. 'can u hear me now' verizon dude can never work anywhere else as an actor, nor will he ever 'have to' work as an actor again. we all make choices, basically.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 05:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the verizon guy could come back if he wanted to, in like 10 years. Do a guest spot on Law and Order as a creep. Back in business.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 07:40 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Guy
Ben guest-starred on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and an episode of Law & Order in 2007.
― fit and working again, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember Patricia Richardson, the mom from "Home Improvement," coming on some talk show & talking about her acting past. She had been in some O.B. tampons commercial (iirc as a bike cop) in the early '80s that she said "kept her from getting a job for 10 years." But look, she went on to be in that TV show, and then, judging by appearances, I think she was also the drummer for Sleater-Kinney. So there's hope for the Progressive girl.
― This is four-dimensional art; the 4th dimension is incredibly powerful. (Abbott), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoyBCz30cQM
― Check this, in fact. How exciting. He literally cuts the mustard. (snoball), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
so many major actors have a cheesy commercial in their past that Leno or whoever can dredge up for LOLs that i feel like anyone that blames ads for stifling their career is just scapegoating.
― hey lol hipster (some dude), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
The trick is to have a heavily stylized/made-up commercial persona. Verizon guy can still audition without his glasses. Progressive Flo's career advanced without the bump-it. And depite the fact that Stephanie Courtney's stand-up comedy has, shall I say, a limited audience appeal.
― nori dusted (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
"are we having fun yet?"
― midcentury Modern (Lamp), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
can't find the picture of her doing stand-up in an exorcist t-shirt, I like her just because of that
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
lol lamp i didn't even think of that.
― hey lol hipster (some dude), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm still pretty wowed that this is the same person who did the ogre-ish voice for tom's 400lb wife in tom goes to the mayor
― hobbes, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i51.tinypic.com/x4nbc5.jpg
― 156, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 05:21 (thirteen years ago) link
<3h8 this broad
― flaccid house (The Reverend), Sunday, 19 September 2010 06:43 (thirteen years ago) link
the worst
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 19 September 2010 06:45 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck you jordan sargent but u are right. sb.
― flaccid house (The Reverend), Sunday, 19 September 2010 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://christwire.org/2010/09/progressive-car-insurance-lady-secretly-finances-sex-drugs-and-radical-politics/
― janice (surm), Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
O_O
That screed borders on spiteful fanfic. Just, wow. I mean I can't stand her but I feel grateful that things haven't spiraled out of control so badly for me that I'm imagining what she wears when she gets off work. The only thing this is missing is the phrase "dirty pillows". Jesus christ these fucking nutjobs, seriously.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"One imagines her outside of work prowling after-hours night clubs in inner cities, stomping around in high-heeled black boots that lace up to her ruddy knees, a torn heavy metal t-shirt revealing a milky shoulder blade and eyeliner that makes her look heavily bruised.
lololol
xp isn't "christwire.org" a satire site?? surely?!
― hypnosis is the reason some Jewish people backed him → (will), Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha omg you're right. Lol @ me, what a maroon.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, it's a satire site
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
there was a good article in the NYT recently about how they fooled some actual crazy christian writer into letting them syndicate her column along with their bogus ones
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha that's awesome
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
don't feel like a maroon. i think there has been a fair amount of debate whether or not that was the case.
xxpost
― hypnosis is the reason some Jewish people backed him → (will), Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
aw thanks Will
― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:28 (thirteen years ago) link
no prob. thanks k3vin k. i had not seen the NYT article.
― hypnosis is the reason some Jewish people backed him → (will), Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i wanted to do a t/s thread between flo and the education connection girl but she's already got one
Education Connection vs FreeCreditReport.com commercials
― walk a flock aflame (donna rouge), Sunday, 3 October 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― hypnosis is the reason some Jewish people backed him → (will), Sunday, October 3, 2010 2:31 PM (36 minutes ago)
well it was more a profile piece with what i mentioned as a funny ancdote - here's the article http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/us/04beliefs.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=christ%20wire&st=cse
― k3vin k., Sunday, 3 October 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
She was on House and revealed that she probably doesn't have much of a career beyond those commercials.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
have a crush on this lady tbqf
― aerosmith: live at gunpoint (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Sunday, 3 October 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
did not know she was on mad men.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 3 October 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I totally signed up for Progressive auto insurance just because that guy gave $3 million to the Marijuana Policy Project. That was honestly the only reason I went with them.
― Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Sunday, 3 October 2010 21:15 (thirteen years 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