GEICO's Tiny-Armed Alligator

Written By THE MARTIN AGENCY

Geico's Latest Crazy Talking Animal Is a Shady Alligator With Tiny Arms

Gabriel Betlrone | Adweek | March 31, 2016

It turns out there are advantages to being an alligator, like dodging the check when eating out with friends because your arms are just too short to reach it.

That's the premise of the latest gag in Geico's charmingly ridiculous "It's What You Do" campaign. In the 30-second ad, a talking reptile in human clothing does a poor job of pretending to want to pick up the tab—and inevitably failing—after going for Chinese with some coworkers. (They seem used to it.)

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