{"id":60694,"date":"2025-05-23T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=60694"},"modified":"2025-05-23T11:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:31:15","slug":"actor-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=60694","title":{"rendered":"Actor behind\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-570.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-570.png 690w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-570-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While most ads interrupting our favorite shows can be annoying, some become iconic\u2014like Coca-Cola\u2019s festive holiday commercials or GEICO\u2019s famous \u201cCaveman\u201d ad from 2004. Created by The Martin Agency, the \u201cCaveman\u201d ad became a cult hit. GEICO reportedly spent $600 million on advertising in 2006, and this campaign stood out for mixing humor with a simple money-saving message. Creative director Steve Bassett said they expected success, but not the overwhelming popularity it received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-305.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13241\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The caveman was played by actor and producer John Lehr. Though unrecognizable under makeup, Lehr is actually a handsome father of two. Before this role, he worked as a schoolteacher in Chicago and did improv at night\u2014where he was discovered by a FOX scout, launching his Hollywood career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-304-690x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13240\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lehr landed small TV roles, including in&nbsp;<em>Friends<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Jesse<\/em>&nbsp;with Christina Applegate, before being cast as the Caveman. The role became a turning point: \u201cIt paid my bills,\u201d Lehr said. His character became so well-known, he even attended the Oscars in full caveman makeup, attracting attention from celebrities and fans alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-303-685x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13239\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Lehr runs Howler Monkey Productions and continues to work in entertainment. He\u2019s married to Jennifer Lehr and has two children. Do you remember this commercial? If so, share it with friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=60656\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most ads interrupting our favorite shows can be annoying, some become iconic\u2014like Coca-Cola\u2019s festive holiday commercials or GEICO\u2019s famous \u201cCaveman\u201d ad from 2004. Created by The&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60696,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60694\/revisions\/60696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}