As we all know by now,
Geico is running an ad campaign with a man who is literally made out of money.
Then the announcer says you’re probably not made of money, so switch to Geico,
yadda yadda. But their main slogan has to do with saving money, so I thought it might be fun to have an ad in this
“made of money” campaign where Geico ‘saves’ money. So here’s how this spot
might work:
The man who is literally
made of money is riding around on his motorcycle when he decides to ride
through a city to see the sights. But once riding through, some ruthless gang
notices that money is flying off this guy, so they hatch a plot to kidnap him
and use him like the goose that laid the golden egg: as their own personal
money tree. And so they drive into his motorcycle with their big ‘70s Cadillac,
or whatever a stereotype Mafia car would be for a TV commercial, and they
abduct him in the guise of helping him.
Well, our heroic gecko
smells a rat, and after hearing of the wrecked motorcycle, which belongs to a
famous Geico customer, the gecko springs into action. And so, with the help of
a crack Seal Team 6 type squad, Geico rushes off to “save money”. And so,
finding the money guy (the gecko can smell money, being a mutant talking gecko,
so he leads the team right to the hiding place), the gecko lured the gangsters
out with the promise of saving them hundreds on their car insurance, while the
crack commando squad bursts in and “saves money”, and just in time to prevent him from being flayed alive (the gang decided it was taking too long for him to shed significant amounts of money, so they were going to harvest him for the cash). And so, here we see a practical
example of Geico saving money. And as they lead the bad guys away, and the man
who is made of money is freed, everyone cheers, as money flies off the money
guy into the air, and people catch it in their hands as they stand their
clapping.
Here’s an example of the
Geico “made of money” ads, for those of you who have been living under a rock (which
is a reference to yet another Geico ad, by the way):
