The GEICO lizard was created in a stroke of advertising genius in 1999 by the Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia. The company was working with GEICO to find a hot new mascot, and the gecko came about ...
ANNOUNCER: Denise Bazic(ph) is a real Geico customer, not a paid celebrity. So to help tell her story, we hired a celebrity. DENISE BASIC: It was Thanksgiving night when I accidentally hit a deer.