If you don’t live in the US, you may not know about this girl. She is featured in a series of TV ads from which there is no escape.
At first glance, or if you’re deaf, you might be pleased with her retro make up. However, soon enough, the horror of her over-the-top goofiness will obliterate this asthetic appreciation. She exudes a sickening self-satisfied energy that makes me want to kill her.
Here’s the problem. Apparently, you’re supposed to love her!
I found this out when I googled the question, “Is Matt Taibbi gay?” I thought he might be, but I wasn’t sure. I admire everything about him, as do gay men, I soon learned. The gays are disappointed that Matt is straight. But on a conservative blog, someone insisted that his dislike of the Progressive Insurance Girl proves that Taibbi is gay!
Am I gay, too? Matt Taibbi is on record as wanting to strangle this girl. YES, Matt, YES! Why would anyone object to such a healthy and normal reaction?
This world is dangerously out of whack, that’s all I know. If you google her, you’ll see an essay titled “The Strange Allure of the Progressive Insurance Girl.” Evidently, the whole nation has fallen for her “endearing” charm. God. Make it stop.
It’s you and me, Matt. Give me a call.
I’ve run out of broadband for the month so I am unable to see this creature for myself – but I trust you completely that she is a foul fiend come from the pit to torment you.
I don’t know who Matt Taibbi is either, shall google promptly.
I’m so glad that I don’t have a TV, but I have seen those obnoxious adds. I don’t know what the allure is, and I have never gotten the masses, thank god.
On another note, will you write another story for us 🙂 ?
And here I thought I was the only one who hated the Progressive girl. A coworker once said to me, “Wouldn’t the office be more fun if the Progressive girl worked here?”
Just thought I’d stop lurking and say hello.
Where’s a vagina I can lick?
Pretty comfortable being a (non-conservative) straight male AND after about 4 months of these ads I did cancel my policy (on 4 motorcycles) with Progressive. I paid so much money for the insurance that I hoped my cancellation would gut their national ad budget and they’d be forced to stop running the ads. Apparently I overestimated my personal importance in this matter. What IS funny is that I thought I was the only person who found her intolerable!
Thank you, Sister Wolf, for giving us a voice. As with your other readers, I thought I was the only one who hated this woman! My beloved niece (who usually has more sense) ADORES the Progressive chick! I thought she had lost her mind, until I found out that in fact I was the minority in this situation!
And I adore Matt Taibbi myself. He comes across a little arrogant at times in his stories, but when you’re that good of a writer, it’s most certainly permissible. So we have it on good source that he is straight? I was unsure as well.
Oh thank god that I am not the only one who hates the Progressive Insurance Girl. I was beginning to wonder if the entire population had been taken over by aliens.
Oh christ yes. I mute the TV during commercials these days, lest I’m forced to listen to her soul-killing “quirky” voice. The worst thing is, I get the impression that I’m SUPPOSED to like her – she’s weird, I’m weird, she’s a retro-looking brunette, I’m a retro-looking brunette, she’s not skinny, I’m sure as hell not skinny…..and yet she fills me with the deepest flaming annoyance I have felt in a long time. In fact, I feel the same way about her now that I did about Rachael Ray circa 2004, when everyone seemed to be saying, “Oh, she’s obnoxious, but isn’t she lovable?,” and I was like, “KILL IT WITH FIRE.”
Actually, what’s more annoying than the Progressive Chick is the people in those ads who are too meek to buy insurance without her jumping up and down and shouting, “YAY!!” at them. I think she eats them alive after the commercial ends.
I will hold her while you and Matt Taibbi strangle her. I too cancelled my car insurance with Progressive as I refuse to patronize businesses who insult me. I am currently fully insured though Met Life and am content with Snoopy and Woodstock!
Once again, Sister Wolf has come to the aid of those who suffer alone in their living rooms. WTF indeed—The PI girl is a horrid character. Even the Mac ad people are smart enough to not make the PC guy too annoying.
JEAN – THANK YOU for the Rachael Ray comparison! I feel the same way!
My dear Sister, I was away and missed your birthday, sorry.
So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
I wish I could give you this obnoxious PI girl to beat her ass, but I guess we’ll just have to use our imagination.
Happy, happy happiness…
you know, she annoys me, but i am more confused as to why they CHOSE HER. why did they think that after the hundreds of people they had audition for that part why SHE was the one that was going to “win our hearts”? did she come in with that look? or did they style her that way? WHY?
whenever i watch commercials i’m always amazed how many people were put through the audition process so a company could find the perfect person to walk onscreen and say “WOW”. how many people did they go though for this minor commercial part? why on earth was this person’s audition better than all the other people who wanted the part? why did they think this progressive lady would appeal to me?
yes, this is an epic comment, but i work from home now, and have a lot of time to sit and watch commercials instead of actually doing my work. 😉
I guess I’m the only person in America who was unaware of this woman, but I hate her just looking at her!
I think people who like her see themselves in her, or something?
She is that one girl in the office/at school who has decided that parading her faults in an exaggerated form is the best way of dealing with them.
Lacking a sense of style? Pile on the crazy accessories anyway! Lacking a sense of makeup know-how? Spackle on the facepaint anyway! Lacking an ability to gauge when people are growing tired of her voice/presence? Chatter and gesticulate away without a sense of shame!
She is the poster girl for those annoying creatures who follow you around and try to be your best friend and don’t take any of your hints that you want them to leave you alone.
And here I thought I was the only one irked by her!
I like her hair =(
And there’s this guy from the Feldco commercials (maybe it’s just an Illinois ad) that never blinks…creepy!
The Progressive Insurance Girl is no Faith, that’s for sure.
wow, people like her? i thought they had her on the commercials to be annoying.
I hate that lady hard. I also hate her stupid bump it hair do. I especially hate the one where she finishes that guy’s sentences and I have noticed that a slew of other commercials have followed this finishing sentences trend.
Not one to stay off the bandwagon, I wanted to say I think the Progressive Girl is the singlemost dumbest woman in America – until I read about Michelle Duggar.
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20090901/UPDATES01/90901012/Duggars+expecting+19th+child
We live in a country that rewards and idolizes perky. Ugh.
Skye – He’s great, she’s horrible. You’ll see.
arline – Oh how nice of you! I’ll try.
Jillian – Whenever you hate someone, Sister Wolf probably does too.
Jill – I am happy to say that your comment didn’t turn me on.
Insomnia – You did your best. And you’re not alone.
Ann – HATE HER. Matt has written about a ‘girlfriend’ so, straight, I guess.
dust -What a lovely birthday wish!!!! Thank you!
Mardel – I think the aliens are winning, but you’re safe here with us.
Jean – God I hear you on the Rachel Ray situation. Hated her from the first moment. She is a horrible irritant in every way.
Winter Bird – You are such a true patriot!
WCGB – I actually assumed we were SUPPOSED to hate her!
Ann – Jean rules.
alittlelux – I do that too. Do you also play the game of, Who did they want to get for that role but had to settle for this loser?
Iheartfashion – You would despise her.
Vee – Good exegesis. Thank you!
WendyB – There is always hate, and you will find it here. xo
Bex – I will look for him.
Mark – Good call.
meredith – Same here!
Kim – Who shall we complain to?? We should stop this trend asap.
JK – Why does that woman still have a uterus??
fashionherald – So true. This brings back visions of the Ex, who was also perky like that.
thank goodness we don’t get the adverts here in jolly old blighty… she certainly does look and sound like a PIG. Have I just been thick in only just noticing the acronym?
Hey Sister Wolf —
Thanks for linking to my blog! I’ve got more traffic there now that I’ve stopped blogging! Heh heh!
I think Matt’s gay. “Girlfriend”… Uh, oh, yeah. What has me almost convinced is something I read in one of his books, a comment about a girl being “pretty.” Dead giveaway. I never hear straight guys describe girls as being “pretty.” But then, maybe he’s neither gay nor straight. Who knows.
She was in the Mr. Show touring cast when I saw that, playing the Sarah Silverman roles. She was in one of the best Tenacious D episodes (The Fan), and all over the Tim And Eric Awesome Show and Tom Goes To The Mayor. I bet she’s really funny and hates her own ” Progressive Insurance Girl” character. Maybe she’s trying to make you hate it because if smart and funny people hate it then it stands to reason that America will love it.
Also, I’d take progressive girl over Free Credit Report guy any day of the week.
The Progressive girl and the Free Credit guy both mesmerise me I sit there in a dumb founded fog watching as if its a car wreck and I am trying to memorize every detail to recount later to the police…. this is not to say I like it… simply that for some reason the commercials are at just enough length that I can’t bear the energy to look for the remote to turn them off because the commercials end before I come out of my stupor….. As for Rachel Ray….. even thought the location of the remote still eludes me….. I will actually walk across the room… to shut her program off.
God, I hate this skank ho. She needs a cunt punt.
all you “people” who want to do the progressive girl in? a bit over the top, maybe? look, if the commercial affects you that much, then doesn’t that say something about yourself? a slight touch of neuosis, maybe?
I think that the progressive insurance girl is in the series “Mad Men”. She is in the secretarial pool & would like to know if anybody else thinks so.
She’s adorable! I thought I was the only one that thought so until I looked her up just to find out her name. Those that don’t appreciate her need to at least give her break. Even though she’s not your cup of tea doesn’t mean she’s a bad person. If they offered you money to play her part would you turn it down? Didn’t think so.
Here’s the actual meeting of how to set up this commercial: “We need to get someone who will be know more as an oddity than normal and will capture the minds and immagination of the country and divert their attention from the fact that we are an insurance company and fully intend on taking all their money from them we legally can and never paying them back a red cent….so….let see if Bob’s duaghter is interested in making a commercial?..What do you mean “Who??? Bob, my gardener…he’s got that whacky broad of a daughter who is always stealing his wallet? What, you didn’t think I knew about that crap? Call her….NOW!”
progressive girl RULES—
if you don’t like her… why are would you even bother spending your time writing something like this? she’s funny, she’s sweet, she’s got an amazing personality – and all of this is apparent if you actually know her.
her commercials are just that – commercials. she is being paid to act the way she does. so again i have to ask… why are you so upset by this???
find something more important to spend your time and energy on (ie: get a life).
Flo is hot and anybody who says different is probably so dull nobody speaks to them. The only way for those folks to feel ok about themselves is to bash someone who does get attention. She is a professional actress doing a job. If the ads didn’t sell insurance her contract would be dropped. I also do not believe anyone who says they changed insurance companies because they didn’t like her. They are lying.
Flo is full of life and would put a smile on all but the coldest hearts. She’s like a sexy clown.
I’m glad I found this little support group of fellow Flo-haters. I was just hit with the “Discount! Discount! DISCOUNT!” commercial, and I’m mad enough to kill a baby seal.
OMG! That NO-good, fiendish, termagant, doxy, grimalkin, nasty crack-whore, nettling, atrocious trollop, cavilous floozy lil strumpet troglodyte is EITHER that thieving brigand, embezzling, swindling, charlatan, senile dinosaur Progressive CEO’s daughter or ONE of his crack-meth harlot nympho booty call! AND any of you dumb, deaf, and blind inane asinine imbecilic pricks who says otherwise has EITHER never met a REAL amazingly pulchritudinous, erudite, educated, dynamic, classy lass, OR you’re just heavy and hot into trailer park, white-trash crack-whore meth junkies!
Guys are a strange lot. It would never have crossed my mind guys were hot for her. But then, I’ve had them take out pics I was going to throw away because I looked so awful in them, only to be told they, too, were hot.
The PI woman is a character. Played by someone who has to sit in a chair for two hours in make up to get that look. She becomes the character Progressive asked for. I think she is supposed to be mildly annoying, but not bad. It’s not like she is playing a bad role, such as someone who belittles people, or a 13 yr old boy who screams or anyone who whines all the time. Just mildly annoying. Like detergent.
I applaud the ones who canceled to stand up for their own beliefs, Although I think that if they were the best insurance for them, it’s a bit odd to waste more money just not to be associated with the character.
I just received an auto insurance quote from several well known insurance companies.
Progressive was more than double the six month cost than other high quality companies and the Liberty Mutual was 50% less for a 12 month period.
I like Flo, but Cash-Flo is my concern these days
i cant stand this woman in glade commercials progressive commercials…but nothing is worse than the cable singing commercials . glad they stopped
optimum triple play comacast etc
Obviously the PI bimbo annoys more people than not. I keep my remote close by and as soon as I see the blue Progressive word pop up I hit mute before she can utter a word. Maybe getting annoying people in commercials is the new way of grabbing your attention. Unfortunately it works if negatively or not. Other ads I instantly mute are:
Credit Report.com jerk
Binder & Binder cowboy wannabe
Slap Chop A-hole
Please meke’m stop!
That skank whore progressive cunt needs to get together with those free credit report retards at the renaissance fair and stick that irritating geico geko up her dirt chute and THEN maybe she won’t be so fukking happy..
WHAT?!?!? so i’m not the only one who cant stand this creepy annoying god forsaken creature? sweeet
It just got worse….. Oprah is also spokesperson
And, uh, how many of you bitches know her personally? Yeah, thought so.
Also, penis is delicious.
ahh yes… PENIS.. sauteed with garlic and olive oil, served up with some fava beans and a nice chianti
the only thing that would make FLO more interesting would be a a gorilla doing her doggie style… i’d sit THAT commercial..
Really? Is this all you have to do??? It’s a fucking commercial and they are all annoying! That is how they get your attention. As far as the Progressive girl, GET OVER IT!