STUPID/SMART
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Classic · 2004

So Easy a Caveman Could Do It

GEICO · The Martin Agency

From YouTube.

The insight

Nobody watches insurance ads; the throwaway put-down in the brief is more interesting than the ease it's describing.

The idea

Make the caveman real, modern, and wearily offended by the tagline.

The Stupid/Smart of it

Stupid: Anchoring a national insurance brand to sulking cavemen with hurt feelings — and running it for years.

Smart: A dead cliché becomes a character (surprising), and of course a caveman would resent that line (inevitable).

Why it works

Built off GEICO's own tagline — the idea literally can't exist without that line, so no one else can run it. Earned.

A character format you can drop into any scene forever; the line entered everyday speech.

The way in

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