November 6, 2007
Being part of ABC's Cavemen has meant long hours on the make-up chair for series star Nick Kroll. However, time is not the only thing that the actor-comedian has had to sacrifice in order to look like an actual caveman, as he claims he has also been forced to eating foods of a certain shape while on the set.
“Because of the makeup I'm very limited to what I can actually consume. So I end up eating literally a lot of cylindrical food,” Kroll told Starpulse.com's Ben Kharakh. “Rolled up turkey slices, I've never eaten more taquitos, or spring rolls, or stuffed grape leaves. Seriously that's like all I can consume on set.”
October 23, 2007
On November 6, the prehistoric characters of ABC's Cavemen, a comedy born out of a series of GEICO television advertisements, will encounter an alleged impostor in an episode entitled “The Shaver.”
Cavemen, a series that follows a group of friends -- who happen to be cavemen -- living in modern-day San Diego, stars Sam Huntington, Bill English, Nick Kroll, Julie White, Kaitlin Doubleday and Stephanie Lemelin.
For those who want to know what or who exactly “The Shaver” is, read on for spoilers.
October 16, 2007
Screenvision, a movie-screen ad-programming company, announced last week that Insurance company GEICO, which ran television advertisements that inspired the creation of ABC's new comedy, Cavemen, has bought a two-minute ad spot that shows the prehistoric characters singing about their romantic troubles.
According to USA Today, the ad spot, which features the cavemen crooning the Frank Sinatra song “Everything Happens to Me” to a group of women in a high-rise apartment, is being shown in 4,062 screens in 341 theaters across the country. At the end of the video, moviegoers are urged to visit GEICO website CavemansCrib.com.
October 10, 2007
Cavemen, born of insurance commercials, plummeted in the ratings last night, down about 20 percent from its series debut last week. Cavemen's numbers last week were promising, but I, like many others, were suspicious that the ratings would be inflated for that first episode simply out of curiosity. Everyone I knew was at least a little curious how Cavemen turned out, how ABC turned an ad campaign whose star was make-up into a half-hour comedy/satire on racism. It's a crazy experiment by ABC and, to be fair, the reaction was mixed. No one appeared to love Cavemen, but a significant amount of viewers liked it. I think the most common reaction to Cavemen was that it wasn't a total disaster. This may be reflected in the week to week ratings.
October 9, 2007
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Despite poor critical reception, ABC's new comedy series, Cavemen earned solid numbers with its October 2 series premiere. The show may have only drawn 9.2 million viewers, but it won its 8pm timeslot among men between the ages of 18 to 49, as well as men 18 to 34.
ABC noted that Cavemen attracted the network's largest number of 18 to 34-year-old male viewers in the timeslot in almost two years.
October 2, 2007
Cavemen was going to be a critical target from the get go. It's not often that TV shows are adapted from insurance commercials, and Cavemen did exactly that. The fact that ABC would green light a half hour comedy about Cavemen simply because the characters were involved in mildly popular television commercials is a hugely bizarre decision. Nonetheless, it's only fair to judge Cavemen on its own merits, as if the commercials had never existed. And, frankly, they have nothing to do with ABC's comedy. The actors are different and the show is focused on the silliness of racism. That's right, a show featuring actors in Neanderthal make-up has a social agenda.
September 25, 2007
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Next week, skeptics can finally find out if Cavemen, one of ABC's latest offerings, is a big disappointment as some critics think, or a promising series that stands a chance in the Tuesday 8/7c niche.
Inspired by the Geico commercials, Cavemen is a comedy that explores life through the eyes of three modern cavemen as they struggle to find their place in the world. The show features Joel (Bill English), a sophisticated and intelligent man who has a beautiful girlfriend, a decent job and shares an apartment with his easy-going little brother, Andy (Sam Huntington), and his cynical best friend, Nick (Nick Kroll).
September 19, 2007
Cavemen, a comedy series born out of string of Geico commercials, has received poor reviews from numerous television critics, and the unfortunate thing is, the show has yet to begin airing. Nevertheless, executive producer Will Speck, who was involved with the popular ad spots, still believes the show holds much promise.
“When we were making the commercials, we just felt like there were more stories to tell,” Speck told Contra Costa Times. “And I think it starts in the purest place, which is us feeling like there's love and affection for these characters from us. And I think, if we do our jobs right, people will follow suit.”