How surprised are we to hear ABC’s ad-spinoff comedy pilot “Cavemen” described as “astoundingly awful”? That’s the verdict by an Ain’t It Cool News spy who’s seen the thing.
This is one of those brilliant ideas that just isn’t -- adapting the witty GEICO insurance spots into full-fledged, astoundingly obvious social satire. Not only that, they replaced the actors who made the campaign fly.
Their commercials do the job in 15 seconds. Which might be about as long as this show lasts, if it ever hits air at all.