A Very Bad Actor in a Very Good Liberty Mutual Commercial

He's Tanner Novlan, married to a woman; has a daughter

Some of the other Liberty Mutual commercials:

He's too on-the-nose. And not that hot.

Very little acting going on there; you can tell he's really that vapid.

Casting fail.

I think anyone who buys car insurance from a company that spends as much money on advertising as Liberty Mutual, Progressive or Geico should have their heads examined. There is auto insurance from companies that don't advertise at all or very little, your insurance premiums go for the cost of those commercials.

Here's his daughter and wife, Kayla Ewell. An actress, she was on the CW's "Vampire Diaries." Cool pic of him too with infant daughter resting on his chest.

Yeah, they needed someone looser with a hint of craziness. Not a syllable feels remotely improvised. It takes a good actor to play a bad actor.

Those three companies alone amount for a staggering number and percentage of commercials we see each week.

I'm tired of funny auto insurance commercials

He looks better here

R3. I completely disagree with you. I think he's very good on the Liberty Mutual commercial.

As R6 says: "It takes a good actor to play a bad actor."

His name is Tanner Novlan

I think it is funny.

I thought he was so pretty I did some research and watched this 2016 movie - his best friend turns out to be gay. He's got a light comic touch. No reason he shouldn't have a good career.

R9. Great photo. It blow up huge when you double click on it. Beautiful big, suckable lips .

I like the "Key to the City" spot featuring Limu Emu and Doug. The shot of Limu in drag (and the chick looks good!) always cracks me up.

There is a Part II in which Doug is at their press conference and addressing bank of microphones in English and suddenly switches to Spanish. Meanwhile, a mike gets too close to Limu and he pecks it hard as if to say, "Get that shit out of my face." Too funny.

yes, i enjoy this commercial and never tire of watching it! and think he and it's funny. i believe there are 3 versions of this, a short one, the longer one "what if i came out of the water?" and the one that is rarely shown but i like the best when he can't remember the lines, the off camera woman says the lines and his eyes bug out and he says "that's alot of words!" lol!..

[quote]"that's alot of words!"

R15. I love that too. Very funny. He's good.

R15: "That's a lot of words" is hilarious! I hope someone is scripting a cable show based on this tenacious, dim-but-street-smart character.

Good idea, r17, people eat that type up!

"How about if I come out of the water?"

I hate this ad with a passion. Hit the mute button as soon as it comes on.

OP: I love his hand gesture. Try doing it; it's not easy.

R18 - There are only seven basic plots in storytelling; it's all repetitive

I like the director more than I like him.

The Creepy “Mo-tor” commercial for Some other insurance company, maybe progressive, really bothers me. Do repulsive commercials sell insurance, too?

Liberty Mutual is one of the worst companies around for paying their bills. I wonder if any of these people have been paid yet.

R10 = a Tanner Novlan/Tanner Novlan's wife/Tanner Novlin's agent co-production

Insurance commercials are interesting. Health insurance commercials are all about medicare supplements. All other commercials are all skits meant for Saturday Night Live, during a dry year.

I think he's very good in this. It does take a good actor to play a bad actor. Anyone else think he looks a bit like a young Josh Hartnett?

I'm with you R24. That MoTaur commercial is disturbing on more than a few levels.

I love this commercial, he's great in it. I don't like the other Liberty commercials much, I especially hate the one about a car named Brad.

He reminds me a lot of Michael Schoeffling.

Yes, he resembles a young Josh Hartnett.

Saw in gym. Nice guy. HUGE 12X12 sausage.

I want to lick his shitter and throat his huge 12x12.

R33. Yeah, right.

he looks stinky

gross

He does a very good job. Good actor.

Looks a little like that gay boy from Twilight.

Liberty biberty

[quote]The other, new Liberty Mutual commercials are good

Absolutely not.

I think I'm glad I no longer have a television.

Not that my life is free of ads. I am on the internet after all.

[quote]Looks a little like that gay boy from Twilight.

The emu or the actor?

"What if I come out of the water?" He's too cute (and dumb fun.)

he hot as fuk, id have his baby.....him a good actor also....fun guy.

P.S. He has a big thick cock to die for.

So many of you just don't understand the art.

is the above him????

Another vote for never tiring of his commercial. Hate the emu.

Tired of the human in those ads. LOVE the emu.

Line!

Only pay for what you need.

We’ll dub it.

R45. You said he has a big thick cock. Have you seen it? Where were you? Details of the circumstances and the cock, please. Thank you.

I can see the Liberty building from my house!

I sentence OP to watching the LiMu Emu ads for eternity.

The first LiMu Emu ad was good, meaning we’ll be forced to watch stupid attempts to recapture that glory, for maybe, the next 5 years. God help us if by accident they make another good LiMu Emu ad.

I think you need a hobby, OP. May I suggest bowling?

May I be honest and admit that I don’t like Flo? I never have.

Now they have that guy they seem to be preparing to replace her with. Like LiMu Emu, he had one good commercial, his first, and we’ve since been stuck with awful commercials trying to recapture that success. I hate him too.

LiMu Emu is derivative.

I think he seriously needs to do a nude-and-hard modeling shoot. A live jack-off video maybe.

I really, really wish that GEICO would bring back Maxwell the pig. He was my absolute favorite.

omg ide love to suk the hot stud off, he looks like the ultimate street ho from times sq in the seventys…...hot ass hole yea.

Liberty Mutual ruined YouTube for me with their omnipresent advertisements. The worst is a lady with a puppet singing “Liberty, Liberty, Liberty!”. It’s pretty aggressive messaging.

Liberty did me a solid when I was sued years ago. They represented me for free. It was complicated and they could have found an excuse not to cover me.

I still don’t know what company Flo works for. How can that be good for sales? Is it Progressive? I’ll look it up.

R24 Yeah that Moto-r commercial is the creepiest. Don't even know what company it's for --- it's just creepy.

Who the fuck "likes" commercials?

he so sexy, and he smells like a hot stud. check him out if u get the chance.....

I nominate him for stardom as his asshole is so sexy that even the vice president of these here USA invited him to come on over, rover.

I'd suck his dick.

I’d like to help the dear boy learn his lines. Liberty biberty.

he can sit tht young horney ass hole on my face any old day, his manly juice can flow out onto my thirsty mouf

One of the funniest and best ads on the networks- love it.

Here’s a really nice story about Liberty:

I applied for a job at Liberty and soon thereafter, I got a call from their HR. The HR Rep said I’d be getting a letter saying I didn’t get the job because I wasn’t qualified for it; but I was obviously qualified for it. It was just a form letter and I should just ignore that. It’s just that they already filled the position. I thought that was incredibly nice and never had another HR person reach out to me in that way.

Too bad, I could have walked there.

Liberty's headquarters are near Copley Square in Boston. Are you in the South End "I can see them from my house!" guy?

Yes, I am, R74. Gadzooks! I have been exposed!

One thing bugs me about their beautiful new headquarters building. It should have a huge bronze screaming eagle 🦅 on the roof. That’s their corporate symbol. I’d put three up there, one on each of the three corners. Three 30-ft wide or so eagles. Each with a different design. They’d get names and become iconic. Wadda you think?

Former Boston Mayor Menino said about the design of that cylinder building in the Pru area “I don’t care about the top as long as it’s not flat.” I guess he found “flat” to be boring. That’s why the top looks like barbed wire. The could have made it a bubble.

insurance companys are monsters, they run the world along with a few other megalopolies…..shut them alll down, have govt run ins for all that are fair an cheap and equal.

If you were a taxi driver in Manhattan, and Zoltar got in your car with his unicycle after being freed, would you be so jaded that you wouldn’t ask what the deal was with him?

I was in Brooklyn once and hailed a cab. I asked for “ground zero”, and the cab driver didn’t know what it was. We could see it, but pointing at it wasn’t helpful as there were too many buildings near it to be meaningful. He didn’t know 9-11, or World Trade Center. Finally, I showed him a picture of it on my phone. They really ought to be tested for minimum familiarity with the area, and American History, to drive a cab. They do in London. I understand the test is quite rigorous there.

Liberty-biberty

Anyone see him in Modern Family last week? Hope they bring him back.

I like this guy. It's currently my favorite commercial. Keep in mind that he IS trying to be an exaggerated caricature of an actor in this commercial.

R81.. agreed. he does a great job playing the caricature "actor"... self absorbed, self important, clueless, narcissistic, over the top, etc...

funny!..

Love this thread, thanks!

Makes me laugh......but I wish everyone in ALL of their commercials would stop saying and singing:

"LiberDEE..."

Every time I see it, I mute it and tell him, 'Jump! Jump overboard!' Insurance company commercials have gone beneath the bottom of the barrrel.

Love this guy, and said so also in the "Commercials" thread!

The newest Liberty Mutual ad with the woman painter is a LOSER!

R6, It isn't supposed to be "improvised." The gag is that the commercial's actor can't remember his SCRIPTED LINES.

Ok, some of these positives are way over the top for DL. But no body has screamed publicist, so maybe it's just me.

I'm sorry you didn't get the job, poster. it's interesting that they reached out to you so they could let you know you were qualified after the letter that said you weren't. Wonder if they could be exposed somehow, y'know?

I love this commercial. My favorite part is not the hot guy or his hilarious himbo delivery, but the harried voice of the female director off camera. “We’ll dub it!” Stroke of genius making her female; it becomes meta commentary on how unseen women often prop up useless male figureheads. Great advertising.

Tanner is cute and I like Doug (but not the emu). And the actress playing Flo won't have to work another day in her life. Her bank account is $$$$$$$$$$.