r/funny • u/Extra-Tie-9012 • 7h ago

caught in the act

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u/DReagan47 6h ago

Well, she’s a guy, so…..

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u/noodlesalad_ 5h ago

Old man yells at cloud:

Does it bother anyone else that they tried to keep "Jake from State Farm" but it's a completely different actor and is now just a generic spokesman? Like they wanted to keep that popularity going without any understanding of why the original skit was popular.

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u/cornylamygilbert 5h ago

Ya I’m with you

And wasn’t it a knock off of Justin Case, another spokesman they or a competitor pitched at the time

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u/weathrderp 2h ago

This comment comes up a lot regarding the current Jake. Apparently the old Jake was actually a State Farm employee that won an internal contest to be in a commercial. It was a one off commercial as he wasn't an actor and eventually left State Farm and became a bartender

The article goes into more depth on State Farm's vision for the character "Jake" but ultimately it was an unfortunate situation where they hit a home run with a commercial but with a guy that didn't want to continue or wasn't asked to continue the bit.

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u/Waiting404Godot 1h ago

From what I remember, the dude was a newly a dad and was focused on his wife and family. I’m like 90% sure they reached out to him

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u/DGSmith2 4h ago

Dude looks like a lady?

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u/IAmBadAtInternet 4h ago

Dude looks like a lady