fwiw, the Buffett Foundation has been sponsoring a contraception awareness campaign in Iowa and a few other states ("Avoid the Stork"). So some Geico money is going to decent places, too.
― mh, Monday, 4 October 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Shows up on Glitter in the Garbage:
http://www.earwolf.com/episode/episode-4-stephanie-courtney-ron-morehouse-sam-pancake
Did not know she was/is a Groundling.
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Friday, 7 January 2011 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/#!/ochocinco/status/56168984344670208
― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 April 2011 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Retweeted by iLikeDonks and others
― ℯℳℴ ❤\(◕~◕✿ (some dude), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
iDonks would be an odd soulja boy related amalgamation
― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 April 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
there was a time when I told everyone who would listen that she was the blonde doctor from Scrubs, and but I got a closer look and man do I feel stupid
― frogbs, Friday, 8 April 2011 03:36 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Friday, 8 April 2011 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
a couple of months ago my brother was telling me an amusing anecdote about his 7th grade math tutor, and after his story was over he casually says, as just an afterthought, "and a couple months after she left the school I recognize her as the lady in those progressive commercials," at which point I flip out and yell "FLO!?!??! Your teacher was Flo???"
― Cunga, Friday, 8 April 2011 05:33 (thirteen years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 8 April 2011 05:43 (thirteen years ago) link
what made it classic was that, prior to that twist at the end, the story he told couldn't have been any more of a 6/10, things you tell your brother in traffic kind of anecdote
― Cunga, Friday, 8 April 2011 05:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Flo's down with Booger!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHmrHQBYbyg&feature=youtu.be
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 July 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/embed/pEHxtbPyR5g
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
maybe this'll work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pEHxtbPyR5g
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
i guess i no longer know how to embed youtube on ilx...
one last try:
http://youtu.be/pEHxtbPyR5g
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEHxtbPyR5g
I dream about Flo every night. I think about her during the day. I can imagine nailing all her holes. I want to cornhole her so hard that her eyes pop out. I also want Flo to sit on my face so I can work tongue magic on her progressive pussy. God, I hope she is a screamer! I want to make Flo eat the Geico lizzard! A good commercial would be Flo pleasuring herself with the Geico lizzard and talking dirty!
jamaljamal85 1 month ago
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
That is surely the end of the internet right there.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
I think I started at the end and am working my way back to the beginning
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Cartoon Flo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he3cMiZVq0o
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
Buffy's a fan
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 June 2013 20:30 (ten years ago) link
i'm not
― markers, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
You're not Buffy.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
the matt taibbi quote about flo copied in the second or third post on this thread is creepy and gross.
― Treeship, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
If you watch the clip, Buffy makes glaring error calling into question her fandom tho.
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 June 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
Matt Taibbi in gross/creepy shockah.
― Catsuppppppppppppperface (how's life), Friday, 7 June 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
and she's total WS material out of character (and WS of shame material in charater).
otm
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Friday, 7 June 2013 20:48 (ten years ago) link
it's a shame that he manifests everything i hate in a human being because much of his coverage of the financial meltdown/housing crisis was quite good. xp
― Treeship, Friday, 7 June 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
I've a friend who like to tease me about being a Flo fan. He made up a little for this by FB'ing me this fantastic article about Stephanie Courtney and her career up to and including Flo:
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/news/a38633/get-that-life-stephanie-courtney-flo-progressive/
There have been some roles I didn't get that I really wanted. Originally I auditioned for Joan for Mad Men. They said, "You didn't get that, but will you play a switchboard operator instead?" I said, "Sure!" Then I saw Christina Hendricks in that emerald dress, and I went, Oh, I get it now. I also auditioned for Pam for The Office. I didn't get far in that audition, but I was such a fan of the British Office I was just excited to be there. Both of the ladies who got these parts are so perfect. You have to audition for a thousand "no"s so you can get a "yes."
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 April 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
much prefer the AT&T girl
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 10 April 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
Caity Weaver interviews Stephanie Courtney -- Flo herself:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/magazine/progressive-insurance-flo-stephanie-courtney.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BU0.yRwt.o01D-8trpQXq&smid=url-share
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 November 2023 21:00 (four months ago) link
Off-topic, but Good Grief does she have some psycho edgelord incel fanboys.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 26 November 2023 22:07 (four months ago) link
...but you could probably same the same of any TV spokeswomen.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 26 November 2023 22:09 (four months ago) link
Very charming and normal Taibbi quote at the top if this thread
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Sunday, 26 November 2023 22:12 (four months ago) link
a clue to his later turn against progressives
― symsymsym, Sunday, 26 November 2023 23:17 (four months ago) link
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,
funny in retrospect as I do not think she now hates the character and is probably quite happy with this regular paycheck plus the cultural impact she's had. These commercials have gone on for so long that they passed through the 'annoying' era ages ago and now are something I enjoy when I see them (which is admittedly not often as I don't watch much commercial tv). She seems like a nice person.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 27 November 2023 00:21 (four months ago) link
A good commercial would be Flo pleasuring herself with the Geico lizzard and talking dirty!
can't argue with that
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 27 November 2023 00:22 (four months ago) link
weird this thread was bumped today! at about the same time ned revived (and without seeing it until just now), i took this pic
https://i.imgur.com/IhMfc1f.jpg
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Monday, 27 November 2023 00:23 (four months ago) link
just read the article, holy shit at the likely $10 million a year paycheck
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 27 November 2023 00:33 (four months ago) link
Very charming and normal Taibbi quote at the top if this thread― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Sunday, November 26, 2023 5:12 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Sunday, November 26, 2023 5:12 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
just saw this. wtf.
glad flo is getting her money. she is a reassuring presence on the airwaves. has been around for years.
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 01:11 (four months ago) link
i actually don't understand what is supposed to be annoying about her.
in any case, i use njm for car insurance. sorry flo.
A good commercial would be Flo pleasuring herself with the Geico lizzard and talking dirty!can't argue with that― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, November 26, 2023 7:22 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, November 26, 2023 7:22 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is also really not ok.
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 01:13 (four months ago) link
I think it was the ilxor Homosexual II who long ago stated on ilx that in her experience when a man says he finds a woman "annoying" it generally means he would like to fuck her. Ever since I read that I've mentally tested her observation against each instance where it could be applied and I've come to regard it as true more often than not.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 27 November 2023 01:21 (four months ago) link
probably also true for murder fantasies like the one taibbi sketched above.
if i was not a man, i would probably think men are trash.
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 01:38 (four months ago) link
xp It was sunny successor who said that
― jaymc, Monday, 27 November 2023 01:54 (four months ago) link
probably is true of all genders. good deflection from one's true feelings. "omg, you are soooo annoyinggg"
― treeship., Monday, 27 November 2023 01:58 (four months ago) link
It was sunny successor who said that
I see it stuck in your head, too. thx for the correct attribution.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 27 November 2023 02:33 (four months ago) link
for reference: truth bombs
― visiting, Monday, 27 November 2023 02:35 (four months ago) link
was Flo the first time a big company made a recurring character out of a regular employee? seems like a bunch of 'em have done that over the years - Jan from Toyota, the AT&T girl, Liberty Mutual's moustache guy, Jake from State Farm, probably a few others I forgot. that's a pretty good legacy for a TV commercial actor
― frogbs, Monday, 27 November 2023 02:37 (four months ago) link