Warren Buffett Plays Axl Rose In Hilarious New Geico Commercial (VIDEO)

Yes, you read that headline correctly.

In a new commercial from Geico that we don't feel at all sheepish in calling both incredibly catchy and kinda majestic, the Oracle Of Omaha dons an Axl Rose costume. (Hat tip to Time.com and Morning Money.)

If that weren't enough, Buffett also sings -- and surprisingly successfully. "We're always true to you," Buffett sings (apparently without the help of Auto-Tune.)

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns Geico, and they may have found their next pitchman. Here's to hoping he replaces that annoying lizard.

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Comments

[sandzw007]

07:41 AM on 03/22/2010

I think Mr. Buffet is trying to get people to like him again. There is alot of disappointment that this man is not sticking up for the people and is siding with the big banks. I don't blame him. He is a business man. Sometimes you have to put aside business for awhile during crisis and do the right thing. In the end, I truly thing he'll do the best he can.

[jonlester]

11:03 PM on 03/21/2010

It isn't news that Buffett likes to sing. He does it every year at the Berkshire-Hathaway shareholders convention.

[stvstreett]

05:31 PM on 03/20/2010

that was the biggest waste of my time...ever. lame.

[nosake]

10:35 PM on 05/07/2010

agree

[AAKAlan]

12:30 AM on 03/20/2010

No two ways about it, that was a great commercial.
And no surprise that Warren Buffet starred - he is that rarest of breeds: a fabulously wealthy man who still has a heart and soul - and is respected worldwide for his integrity.

God bless him!

[TOOO]

06:36 PM on 03/19/2010

Axl WHO?? I thought (okay, hoped) the '80s were over.

But I thought the cowbell was a nice touch. "More cowbell!"

[sharkpit]

06:34 PM on 03/19/2010

Y'all need to get off your high horse. Thats the 3rd richest man in the world "dancing" around. Thats awesome. You couldn't get the 3rd richest man in your home town to do this. Plus if you're worried about the price of car insurance buy his stock too. I made 20 grand on his stock in the last 6 months. I have no idea, nor do i care, what i paid for car insurance.

[Bamagramma]

11:02 AM on 03/20/2010

I think Geico has some very imaginative people in its advertising department. I am really surprised that they got away with the caveman, though, since it's so closely parallel to racial conflict. The Gecko started out as a real gecko in the front of a pickup truck, licking its eye for moisture. He's come a long way too, and I for one find him tres amusing! Especially in the "trust" exercise when the CEO falls backward and he's supposed to catch. Splat!

Kudos to Warren Buffet, too. People take themselves entirely too seriously these days.

[Seattlecabdriver]

04:15 PM on 03/19/2010

Save the Gecko

[cef911f1]

09:37 AM on 03/19/2010

Well, it's better than the cavemen.

[MayorQuimby]

07:50 AM on 03/19/2010

I just cut collision off my GEICO policy and saved a ton of money on my car insurance!

[lakat]

11:34 AM on 03/21/2010

Are you kidding me? You don't post those kinds of things or tell people about it, you are asking for an accident! Don't you know that?

[PaganKMcK]

05:01 AM on 03/19/2010

Axel Rose is a blond. Warren Buffet looks more like Ozzy Osbourne in this video.

[mytigercat]

11:48 PM on 03/20/2010

I agree --my thoughts exactly

[WILLIEMOJORISIN]

09:32 AM on 03/21/2010

OZZY IS A BRUNETTE

[mytigercat]

11:51 PM on 03/20/2010

In fact I really looked hard at him and really thought for sure it was Ozzy !

[themodernleader]

04:40 AM on 03/19/2010

Like everthing else our economic decisions are deriving from personal and chosen group considerations rather than valid knowledge and data of actual conditions and economic trends. Even the insider trading Buffet of unwonted weath is getting in on the act.
There are other growing, developing economic gargantuan organizations with leaders who have respect for rational and empirically based knowledge in their decision making. Our country's decision making knowledge is vitiating in its reliability and validity as the knowledge sources are undermined by hidden agenda and self interests.

[rf dude]

01:50 AM on 03/19/2010

'
Liked him better in his natural state - playing the lizard...

[topkatnc]

04:33 AM on 03/19/2010

Me and you both....they made a mistake not having him in the commercial....if something is not broke then don't fix it....I am still waiting for this commercial to be hilairous...

[Z2a]

01:38 AM on 03/19/2010

toooooo long

[rockymtngma]

05:24 PM on 03/19/2010

Yes, WAY too long and the song is kinda boring.

[FessorFrink]

01:27 AM on 03/19/2010

Axl ain't actually holding up his end of the bargain lately. And I have "Appetite For Destruction" on vinyl.

[Robert G Berke]

01:26 AM on 03/19/2010

Now cousin Jimmy's got NOTHIN' on old Warren. Didn't make me want to buy insurance. Kind of made me hungry for a cheeseburger.