So. Thursday.

Aug 16, 2007 19:35

I'm feeling so out of it today. I think the sleep thing... um... lack thereof... is finally starting to take a toll other than a mental one. I've got a sore throat, and I feel so lethargic and sore I can hardly function. Plus I'm feeling sort of depressed and just generally yuck. It's one of those days when I sit down to do something, but I can't ( Read more... )

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spiralleds August 17 2007, 05:26:12 UTC
I've always found the Geico Neanderthals off-putting. spikewriter was part of a test audience of the pilot. She said it was horrid - thinly veiled throwback style racial stereotypes used as the "humor".

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theantijoss August 18 2007, 18:06:03 UTC
I kind of figured that's the way they would go. While I confess to a giggle the first few times I saw the joke, when you look beneath the surface, it seems just mean-spirited to me. I mean, put any other group in place of cavemen, and would it be funny or acceptable at all?

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cynamin August 17 2007, 12:22:16 UTC
I'm going to pipe up and join in the "don't like the cavemen - how the *** are they making a sitcom?" group. The joke may have been slightly amusing the first time I saw the first commercial, but after that I just don't find them funny.

Please, please, let the tv show fail.

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theantijoss August 18 2007, 18:07:31 UTC
I don't think you need to worry about that. I've heard that someone on the focus panel said it was terrible, and even people who like the joke don't think it rates a whole sitcom!

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helygen August 17 2007, 20:03:20 UTC
This may amuse ;)

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theantijoss August 18 2007, 18:12:06 UTC
Hee. Wanking cat!

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