I LOVE Progressive Insurance Ads!
I’d be happy if all Super Bowl commercials were just a montage of insurance-fixated Flo; droll Parental-Life Coach, Dr. Rick; the hapless side-kick Jamie; and cynic-supreme Lucy.
Arnold Worldwide is the ad agency behind my favorites of the hilarious and relatable ads: the seminars on how NOT to become your parents. What a goodhearted way to laugh at ourselves. I don't feel there is malice intended here. This is something we’re all going to do no matter what — and whether or not we want to admit it, everybody is going to take a phrase or a habit from their parents, whether we like it or not.
I don't mind. Just today I was in a work meeting looking up and figuring out in the air, with my finger, the route I need to take to the vet's office. My colleague asked me what I was doing and when I told her, she chuckled and asked: Why not use your phone? DUH. I didn't think of that. The phone still isn't my automatic go to...maybe it never will be. I am looking forward to my next hit of Progressive and a good chuckle at myself.
