Endless Toy Manual is a commercial while his dad reads the endless toy manual where the camera zooms out too long revealing toy parts all over the floor. That is just silly.
Aired[]
- Commercial First Aired: September 11, 1993
- Commercial Last Aired: August 19, 2001
Voice Roles[]
- Voice of VO as Andrew Anthony
- Voice of Dad who reads the manual as
Transcript[]
(Scene: Living Room - Dad is reading an endless instruction manual.)
Girl: (offscreen) "Are you a screw, Daddy?"
VO: You can't do much in fifteen minutes,
(The camera zooms out to see a group of toy parts on the floor.)
VO: but one fifteen-minute call to GEICO could save you plenty on car insurance.
(It turns out the zooming-out angle is way too long.)
VO: Call us when you're free.
(Screen a fade In Black)
(Cut to: GEICO/GEICO Direct logo)
(Text: The Sensible Alternative)
(Phone: 1-800-947-AUTO)
(URL: www.GEICO.com)
VO: GEICO, a fifteen-minute call could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.
See Also[]
Links[]
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO_dwnlbkbs [at 11:40 trademark after "Elephants"] (Phone Number: 1 (800) 830-4080)
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQi4v3-MS0 [in 00:29 trademark after "Coffee Mugs"] (Phone Number: 1 (800) 555-9125)
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hu99G3IdSU [at 6:21 trademark after "Elephants"] (Phone Number: 1 (800) 841-3000)
Trivia[]
- The GEICO theme of the tune is played in a light and childlike way, with soft piano, faint wind, and brass at the end.
- This marks the similar background in the Vacuum Cleaner commercial.
Back-to-Back Ads[]
- In this back-to-back ad, the Coffee Mugs ad is playing before it in 1996.
- In another back-to-back ad, the Elephants ad is playing before it in 1995.
- In another back-to-back ad, the Car Generations ad is playing after it in 1995-1996.
- In another back-to-back ad, the Car or Boat ad is playing before it in 1996.
- Another back-to-back ad, the Apples ad after it in 1998-1999.
- Another back-to-back ad, the Middle Man Drop-Off ad after it in 1996-1997.