The gecko is down, but he’s not quite out

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He doesn’t have his own sitcom in development, but Geico’s gecko does have a couple of new commercials out—see them here and here. He avoids directly addressing the fact that he is yesterday’s news, but he does admit to feeling a lot of pressure these days when shooting the ads. Meanwhile, in caveman news, Slate’s Seth Stevenson this week got around to wondering if the caveman sitcom has a chance of succeeding.

—Posted by Tim Nudd

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