Aww look at those low rates!
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An auto insurance company in the Chicago area ran this jaw-dropping commercial for several years in the nineties... It features a creepy plastic-headed mascot named Eagle Man, who can lay eggs (and does so, graphically, on camera) despite his eponymous maleness. My sister still leaps at every possible conversational opening to quote from this commercial.

-- BoingBoing reader Chris Packham.
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I lived on the north side of Chicago when that was played ad nauseum (pun intended).

The version on YouTube contains bits that were not in the original that was played so often, namely the part about "the lowest price on SR-22" and the dazzling special effect of the egg being laid.

Before that, the actor in the suit merely squatted upward from an huge, fake egg that he was already sitting on.


written by theo47  | 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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I sent the anecdote above to BoingBoing, and they added it to the post:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/20/supremely_bad_tv_ads.html


written by theo47  | 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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I too remember this ad...as I recall, after a while, they switched to calling the mascot "Eagle Woman," since I guess somebody pointed out that a male eagle wouldn't be able to lay eggs. The same male actor did the voice, but delivered his line in a high-pitched Julia Child-like tone.


written by Spiff  | 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Please change embed to the superior original, pretty please... I don't want to post such a similar video out of pure fear of being banned.
It is available on youtube with title "Eagleman (The Original)"

-Karl


written by swedishfriend  | 11 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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