Big Jim - has Flo been replaced?

[Alpo 6,193]

I just saw a pretty neat Progressive commercial. It was a cartoon. The voiceover says, "did you ever hear about the time Big Jim took on a tornado?"

 

And there's this giant, dressed in white, standing in the road. There are two story houses on both sides of the road, and the roofs come out about even with his waist. a tornado is coming down the road, and he grabs it and tears it in two and throws the pieces away.

 

Then he bends down towards the front of one of the houses. There's a couple standing on the front stoop, and the man says, "gee thanks Big Jim".

 

Big Jim holds his hand out, palm up, and catches a cow that is falling out of the sky.

 

He sets the cow down next to the couple, says, "got you covered", and walks off down the street.

 

The man looks after Big Jim, looks at the cow, looks after Jim  again and says, "uhhh - uh, what am I supposed to do with this?"

 

I guess it weren't his cow.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 6,836]

Reports are that Flo and Jamie are on contract for half a mil a year.

[Badlands Bob #61228 1,760]

Animated characters are cheaper to produce and can last for decades.

[Utah Bob #35998 15,260]

They’re just mixing it up. They always have two or three different commercials going at the same time.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 6,836]

2 hours ago, Badlands Bob #61228 said:

Animated characters are cheaper to produce and can last for decades.

And don’t get paid residuals.

[Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L 145]

Big Jim is Jamie's alter ego, in cartoon form.

[Alpo 6,193]

Who is Jamie?

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 6,836]

Jamie is the fool who is always doing dumb things.

 

 

Edited September 25, 2020 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984

[Trigger Mike 990]

He also marries a Hot wife, lives in a mansion and sings in Spanish in another commercial.   

[Ramblin Gambler 1,315]

4 hours ago, Trigger Mike said:

He also marries a Hot wife, lives in a mansion and sings in Spanish in another commercial.   

 

And is a practicing lawyer in sweden and fights in the kumite.  But he hasn't earned a name your price tool yet. 

[watab kid 957]

so .........just how much do they pay for these commercials and why not lower their consumers rates a bit rather than spend so much ? just askin ..... yjey are not all that entertaining and im not buying , 

Edited September 26, 2020 by watab kid

[Utah Bob #35998 15,260]

9 minutes ago, watab kid said:

so .........just how much do they pay for these commercials and why not lower their consumers rates a bit rather than spend so much ? just askin ..... yjey are not all that entertaining and im not buying , 

Who knows what their advertising budget is? It Must be huge. But no advertising is a death sentence for businesses. 50% of new businesses fail. I’ve had friends who started a small business thinking it was a great idea. Sometimes it was. But they operated on a shoestring with no advertising budget, figuring word of mouth would do it. It didn’t.

 

[Rye Miles #13621 6,158]

Looks like Progressive has got all you to pay attention! 

 

Guess those commercials are working huh??