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Not caving in
By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand
October 3, 2007

Image Go ahead. Ask me if I watched the premiere of the sitcom "Caveman."

...To answer your question, no, I didn't. I refuse to do so. My intelligence has been insulted at the very idea that some marketing execs thought I might like to watch a 30-minute GEICO advertisement. I'm not falling for it. GEICO might not even be mentioned in the entire show, but the GEICO virus has been planted in the viewer's mind. And I will not succumb to such base advertising techniques.

With the drivel being served to us by the major American media outlets, we'll all be cave people before too long. They'll dumb us down until we make Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" a reality--we'll all live our lives based on sponsors. We'll get our food dispensed to us from ATMs. We'll shun books and all other tools of intelligence.

I shudder to think...Which is exactly what corporate American is hoping for.

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  • ToniAnne ToniAnne Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    You should be happy to know "Cavemen" is one of Yahoo's Top 5 Shows To Be Canceled First.
    They are usually dead on - which is sad because "Big Shots" is in their Top 5.
    I REALLY liked watching (salivating over) that show.

    October 10, 2007 at 1:35 a.m.

  • OLDRUSTYBUCKET1 OLDRUSTYBUCKET1 Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    KELLI: SURELY the show CAN'T be as bad as those dumb commercials. Besides, those guys may be a bunch of leftover beatniks or hippies.   You may remember the definition of a hippie  Looks like Tarzan, walks like JANE and SMELLS LIKE CHEETA.

    October 3, 2007 at 7:59 p.m.