JOEL IS EMBARRASSED TO TELL NICK AND ANDY THAT HE'S DATING A HOMO SAPIEN
WOMAN, BUT HE ALSO FEARS THAT SHE MAY BE EMBARRASSED TO TELL HER FRIENDS
THAT SHE'S DATING A CAVEMAN, ON THE PREMIERE OF ABC'S "CAVEMEN,"
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2
Jeff Daniel Phillips (from the Geico Commercials) Guest Stars as
Maurice They've been around since the dawn of time, survived the Ice Age
and witnessed the evolution of the Homo sapiens. Keeping mostly to
themselves over the millennia and living in remote communities, a small
number of cavemen - and cavewomen - have been slowly migrating from these
sub-societies and attempting to acclimate themselves to the Homo sapien
world. Needless to say, this has proven difficult.
Meet three cavemen who have successfully made the move to San Diego and
are just trying to fit in. Joel (Bill English) is a sophisticated and
intelligent man who has a beautiful girlfriend, a decent job and shares an
apartment with his younger brother, Andy (Sam Huntington, "Superman
Returns"), and his best friend, Nick (Nick Kroll, VH1's "Best
Week Ever"). Nick is wary of the Homo sapien world and feels like
he's running away from his heritage. Andy, on the other hand, looks at
this new world with his eyes wide open and is willing to take risks in
order to learn and live life to the fullest.
Nick questions Joel on many of his choices, including his girlfriend,
Kate (Kaitlin Doubleday, "The TV Set"), a beautiful Homo sapien
woman. The fact that Kate's eccentric mother, Leslie (Julie White, Tony
Award winner for "The Little Dog Laughed"), owns Joel's
condominium complex makes things even more complicated for the three
roommates. Meanwhile, Kate's best friend, Thorne (Stephanie Lemelin), is
intent on discovering the cavemen's wilder side.
On the premiere episode, "Her Embarrassed of Caveman," Joel
attempts to hide the fact that he's dating a "sape" - aka Homo
sapien woman - from Nick, Andy and friend Maurice, but also feels that she
may be embarrassed to tell her friends that she's dating a caveman.
Meanwhile Andy comes to town to get away from his girlfriend, who cheated
on him. "Cavemen" premieres TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 (8:00-8:30 p.m.,
ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Cavemen" stars Bill English as Joel, Nick Kroll as Nick, Sam
Huntington as Andy, Kaitlin Doubleday as Kate, Stephanie Lemelin as Thorne
and Julie White as Leslie.
Guest starring are Jeff Daniel Phillips as Maurice, Nick Swardson as
Ray, Jelynn Rodriguez as Delta, Seth Morris as sapien, Lauren Rose Lewis
as waitress, Reggie Austin as young man, James Adomian as waiter #1 and
Joe Montes as waiter #2.
"Her Embarrassed of Caveman" was written by Bill Martin &
Mike Schiff and directed by Will Speck & Josh Gordon.
The series is based in part upon characters from the GEICO commercials
by The Martin Agency. "Cavemen" was developed by Josh Gordon
& Will Speck (directors of "Blades of Glory") and Joe
Lawson. Bill Martin & Mike Schiff ("Grounded for Life,"
"3rd Rock from the Sun"), Gordon & Speck, Daniel Rappaport
("Office Space") & Guymon Casady serve as executive
producers. "Cavemen" is from ABC Studios.
"Cavemen" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's
selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish
subtitles via secondary closed captioning.
A TV parental guideline will be posted closer to airdate.
This episode will be available on abc.com the day after airing on the
network for users to watch online.
Source:
ABC Press Release