9/26/2023 0 Comments Tag team hip hop geicoNot exactly parent of the year material.īecause the entirety of the cast has no lines, they must all face act. I mean, rather than run, she starts doing her mom moves and really getting into it. ![]() And allowing two strange men to touch said food. A woman who is apparently making dessert before school in the morning. Just like Tasha ( Nicci Carr, who looks to have been in an episode of the Atlanta!) in this commercial. Tales probably not appropriate for a teen and tween, but I’m not much of a parent. My tales of splashing around on beer-soaked linoleum between spinning hip-hop CDs at open frat parties. roll their eyes all the way back in their heads. Because who doesn’t love a sweaty white boy doing his best trendy hip-hop dance? Those were lonely times.īut despite my groovy moves not working, I have fond memories. Granted, I was often times drunk, so perhaps it worked less than I thought it did. Otherwise I was totally doing The Running Man with the single, and sometimes the double, hand wave. Of course that was only when I had a partner with whom to bump feet and lock ankles. And, let me tell you, that shit worked like a charm at proms and frat parties. To add to the musical nostalgia, the creators of the commercial also bring in my total senior-year-of-high-school-freshman-year-of-college dance move, the Kid ‘n Play. Which, oddly, seems to be a thing that happens more than you’d think. And random celebs showing up our kitchens. ![]() ![]() All of which plays out in this fun little slice-of-life view into your typical family situation. Because they consider our nostalgia corny shit. And as a generation who both need home and auto insurance and have children who are just now hitting driving age, GEICO is, with this commercial, appealing to both our nostalgia and our childrens’ embarrassment over our nostalgia. What we Gen Xers secretly crave in life is catchy party rap from the 90s. An audience that doesn’t care about Australian amphibians. So why not try something different and aim straight for the Gen X sweet spot with the big-dancing nostalgia of Tag Team’s 1993 smash cross-over hit, “Whoomp! (There It Is).” Not to be confused with 95 South’s similarly titled, but way more Southern, “Whoot, There It Is.” GEICO apparently knows its audience. We’ve been watching GEICO limp along with that stupid Gecko for what feels like a million years at this point.
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