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CAVEMEN LEFT IN RUBBLE
By DON KAPLAN
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April 2, 2007 -- TALK about reinventing the wheel. None of the three ac tors who play cavemen in the beloved Geico commercials will get to star in the ABC comedy they've inspired.
John Lehr, Jeff Phillips and Ben Weber, who under layers of Cro-Magnon makeup have inspired a cult following, have been kicked out of the cave as the concept goes Hollywood.
In their place, newcomers Nick Kroll, Bill English and Kaitlin Doubleday have been cast to play the group of hypersensitive Cro-Mags who wrestle with prejudice and feel victimized by modern culture, reports Variety.
Lehr is barred from appearing in the show because he is under contract with TBS for "10 Items or Less," the comedy he created and stars in, but it is unclear why Phillips and Weber were passed over.
Neither could be reached for comment. Joe Lawson, the associate creative director at the Martin Agency who originally came up with the ads, declined to comment.
"Go figure," says Lehr, "I'm blessed. How incredible is it that there was even the most remote possibility that I could've been in two comedies?"
Lehr plays the caveman so conflicted with the way the modern world has treated him, he winds up in therapy. The doctor is played by "Rocky" star, Talia Shire.
In one spot he spars with her about the difference between the mentality of a caveman versus a psychiatrist, until his cell phone rings. "It's my mother" he sighs, "I'll put her on speakerphone."
"It's so funny, I work my ass off in Hollywood for years, I get a show that I create and star in and the thing that I'm much more known for is being a caveman in the Geico ads," says Lehr.
"It's a little bizarre. I'm so thrilled to be a part of this thing, but I never thought these spots were going to become as popular as they have - much less be the jumping off point for a TV comedy."
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