And by the way, the camel's official name is "Caleb." Souter said of the animal, "We were impressed by his swagger. He has a natural swagger."

Hump day rose to particular prominence in September, 2013 thanks to a popular commercial by the insurance company GEICO. In the commercial, a talking camel named Caleb walks through generic office cubicles asking his coworkers if they know what day it is.

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• Unspeakable Family (2015)
• Crushed Pottery (2018)
• Scheduling Standoff (2022)
• The Gecko Takes a Stroll (2021)
• Rebel Rene (2022)
• Life in a Victorian Home (2022)
• Open Floor Plan Problem (2022)
• The Gecko Makes a Connection (2021)

Ken Griffey Jr. appears in new ads for Geico and Booking.com that Major League Baseball fans are seeing in heavy rotation during broadcasts of MLB postseason games.

chiefly US, informal. : Wednesday regarded as the middle point of the workweek.

nounInformal. Wednesday, the halfway point in a typical work week: If business is slow midweek, try offering half-price drinks on hump day.

And so on to the sailors of old nantucket wednesday the day they looked for humpbacks. Became known as hump day and the name stuck.

The commercial features an excited camel walking through an office building asking his coworkers to guess what day it is. That's because it's Hump Day! GEICO knows only customers who switch to save hundreds are happier than a camel on a Wednesday.

The Gecko was thought up because Geico was often pronounced as gecko. The icon of advertising started selling insurance in 1999 and was inducted to the Madison Avenue Walk of Fame six years later, in 2005. Since then, he has become one of the most well-known advertising icons because of his relatability.

Simplicity: Geico commercials are easy to understand. Their entire message as a company is simplicity. They want you to know that if you work with them, things will be simple. This is reflected in the way they've been marketed.

Geico's famous slogan, "Fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance," said by its gecko mascot, is now a part of American culture.

Jake Dylan Wood (born 12 July 1972) is a British actor, best known in his native United Kingdom for playing Max Branning in long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders and in the United States as the voice of the GEICO gecko.