The Lizard of Blog

March 18, 2004 12:40 PM

Blog is dead. (via twodolla.org)
posted by mr_crash_davis (32 comments total)

I've got some good news....
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 12:42 PM on March 18, 2004

Well, that is indeed quite a nail in the coffin there. Nice, if disturbing, find.
posted by moonbird at 12:48 PM on March 18, 2004

I must be missing something, all I see is a post supposedly written by a gecko about his latest ads.

Is there some point to the post?
posted by fenriq at 12:57 PM on March 18, 2004

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posted by xmutex at 1:00 PM on March 18, 2004

It was all downhill after those Mosaic guys figured out how to put pictures on the internet for the masses.

All the cool kids still use Gopher.
posted by bashos_frog at 1:01 PM on March 18, 2004

Cool! It's just as boring and crappy as most regular blogs!
posted by Skot at 1:05 PM on March 18, 2004

I've never been more proud of my resisting the pull of creating a blog than I am today.
posted by Ryvar at 1:09 PM on March 18, 2004

{resumes....
wait
oh this is so NOT funny it delves into comedy GOLD.
insert clav b-day gifts in this thread
posted by clavdivs at 1:16 PM on March 18, 2004

I'm sorry Mr. Crash Davis but I am simply going to refuse to believe your assertion until I see it as a headline on Time magazine...
posted by JollyWanker at 1:20 PM on March 18, 2004

Ho hum. Just another Adlog (Dlog?) in the spirit of Raging Cow and Miles Thirst, although I liked Progressive's fake Instant Voodoo site better. (And how come Verizon did a bunch of commercials referring to fake sites, registered the names and just redirected back to their DSL sales site? I wanted to see if the videos on hockey-checks.com could knock my teeth out.)

Anyway, I'm eagerly awaiting the blog from The Eastwood Insurance Cowboy. (Come to think of it, I wonder if they'd give me discount if I wrote a blog for the Cowboy?)
posted by wendell at 1:26 PM on March 18, 2004

I must be missing something, all I see is a post supposedly written by a gecko about his latest ads.

Is there some point to the post?

I refuse to believe that anyone is so obtuse.
posted by internook at 1:51 PM on March 18, 2004

I'm with fenriq. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I don't watch television.
posted by alms at 1:57 PM on March 18, 2004

That fucking lizard is deeper than I am. He speaks to my heart.

*places shotgun in mouth*
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 2:02 PM on March 18, 2004

If I want to be entertained and/or enlightened by a lizard, I'll go watch a Godzilla movie.

Thanks for playing, little fella. Maybe when Grimace, the San Diego Chicken and that Dancing Lucky Strike pack start their blogs, you can all link to each other.
posted by chicobangs at 2:06 PM on March 18, 2004

I must be missing something, all I see is a post supposedly written by a gecko about his latest ads.

Is there some point to the post?

I refuse to believe that anyone is so obtuse.

Believe it, internook. I also have no idea what this is about.

Is this gecko something on television?
posted by timeistight at 2:43 PM on March 18, 2004

*adds himself to the list of confused people*
posted by dg at 3:10 PM on March 18, 2004

As mascots go, the gecko ain't too bad. Beats the hell outta Spuds McKenzie and the Taco Bell dog.

But I'm REALLY impressed that he knows how to type. Tricky feat, that. My cats still haven't figured out how to do it.
posted by davidmsc at 3:18 PM on March 18, 2004

wendell:

If I were writing the Insurance Cowboy's blog, you could rest assured that it would include gay sex. Lots and lots of gay sex.
posted by kaibutsu at 3:36 PM on March 18, 2004

The Gecko, for anybody w/out television or living outside of the United States, is a television (and now internet) company spokesman for Geico automotive insurance. A friend of mine who owns a television in the United States explained that the Gecko was at one point humorous, but has been overused.
posted by crazy finger at 3:37 PM on March 18, 2004

explained that the Gecko was at one point humorous, but has been overused.
People's gecko tatoo are humorous that they are overused.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:00 PM on March 18, 2004

At least the gecko is less likely to cause a run of really stupid people going out to get geckos as pets like the Taco Bell dog did, and the movie 101 Dalmatians and any other ad or movie where animals are featured prominently.

The gecko is still far, far, far superior to M$'s incredibly gay butterfly guy ad campaign. Just what I want, an idiot in a polyester butterfly suit giving me advice. Heck I can just go outside to get advice from wackos.
posted by fenriq at 4:06 PM on March 18, 2004

Shouldn't be too long before The Times tries to out the gecko as some kind of Brit Lit author. I mean the paragraph "I really enjoyed working with my fellow "canine" actors, cat fans stay on the lookout for another commercial. I don't remember much about the other ad since I fell asleep while they were filming it & all the work really took it out of me. " clearly has similarities with the work of Nick Hornby.
posted by feelinglistless at 4:39 PM on March 18, 2004

At least the gecko is less likely to cause a run of really stupid people going out to get geckos as pets
They did already back in the 90's, add the iguanas were more popular.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:52 PM on March 18, 2004

To hell with the Geico blog, I want the guy at the top. A Berkshire Hathaway blog written by Warren Buffett himself. Now that is something I could get into.
posted by anathema at 7:57 PM on March 18, 2004

BLOG ON WATERSKIS--------BOAT--->~~~ RAMP ~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SHARK~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
posted by Oddly at 10:33 PM on March 18, 2004

Blog is Dead
And No One Cares.

If there is a Hell
I'll see you there.
posted by Dagobert at 4:08 AM on March 19, 2004

Oddly, nice illustration.
posted by dabitch at 4:19 AM on March 19, 2004

The fictional accounts of an imaginary gecko prove more compelling than the real-life accounts of most people. I see that as a sign, personally.
posted by Dark Messiah at 8:47 AM on March 19, 2004

If anyone cares about the "history" of this, the gecko first appeared in ads where he was the annoyed recipient of calls for "Geico", when in fact he's "Gecko".

Since then he's become the spokesmascot. And as such, appears in utterly bizarre merchandising items.
posted by O9scar at 9:14 AM on March 19, 2004

If anyone cares about the "history" of this, the gecko first appeared in ads where he was the annoyed recipient of calls for "Geico", when in fact he's "Gecko".

Did this pre-date the AFLAC duck? It sounds like the same plot.
posted by timeistight at 10:26 AM on March 19, 2004

How do you get a job as a literate gecko and how would you put that down under work experience in your resume?
... Ghostwriter for blog of talking gecko.
posted by murmur at 3:15 PM on March 19, 2004

Blogging is dead?

I guess we'll have to move on to the next big craze: MASS SUICIDES!
posted by Down10 at 3:31 PM on March 19, 2004