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The Geico gecco called their toll free number to get his job back...no luck. "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Flintstones" and "Chatty Cathy" have taken over. Please find it in your hearts to show some pity on this lizard who wiggled his way into your hearts a few years ago for auto insurance. Gregory the gecco caught a lucky break when his Daddy (voice provided by Kelsey Grammar) jump started the whole thing. Dad was doing commercials non-union and that's when Gregory took things over. Oh yeah, this was a BIG deal for everyone involved until some pencil pusher at Geico decided it would be funny to have some stand-ins put on a caveman costume. As this idea produced several successful commercials, Gregory was left many miles south of the equator in Australia. He's spent all his money on Foster's Lager and testing age old myths such as, does the water REALLY move counter clockwise when you flush the toilet. The cavemen?

The commercials were such a hit that Geico approached all the television networks to possibly make a show revolved around these guys. ABC took the bait and promised it would be a big hit. Unfortunately for Disney/ABC, such nonsense doesn't fit in with the other nonsense they air...""Dancing With The Stars" and "Who Wants To Marry a Millionaire". That caveman better enjoy his Australian lager while sitting in the hot tub. TV Guide has named this the worst show EVER! It's going to vanish quicker than David Copperfield on the run with a search warrant. That poor lizard needs to come back...will the dopes at Geico let him? More than likely, not.

Here's another project that asks Jerry Seinfeld, "What's the deal with taking a decade to create a new project?" Seinfeld said his goodbyes quite some time ago. He's said that retiring from his show means exactly that...He's RETIRED. Meanwhile, Jerry's wallet must be light as a feather. He's put out a few comedy CD's, DVD's, and he's done concerts too. I'd be remiss not to mention Season 9 of Seinfeld arriving on DVD November 7th (This has the famous Festivus episode and wraps up with the series finale). So, he's got the DVD thing going for him and his wife is also making her rounds promoting her new cookbook. Now, Jerry comes back in the spotlight with a new movie from Pixar called "Bee Movie". Being the perfectionist that he is, Jerry says he began writing this story for the movie during the second to last season of his show. In other words, his finishing the story late last year raises the bar on what types of movies are considered "worth paying $12 to see". OK, I'll cut the guy a little slack as he said the film was in honor of his kids BUT, don't expect Elaine, George, or Kramer to make a cameo. I say this "Bee" will make a buzz in theaters however, the buzz will be from the emergency exits as filmgoers storm out of the cineplex.