Ted Ward is the vice president of marketing for Geico. Ted Ward may have seen too many episodes of Mad Men. Ted Ward thinks he’s Don Draper. Don Draper with a little Wilhelmina Slater and J-Lo thrown in.

We got these emails from a PA about Ward’s Hollywood behavior:

The Barcalounger was requested by the client, who was “The Martin Agency”. His name was was Ted Ward and “Ted” actually requested the Barcalounger from the Frasier set, if we couldn’t find it we had to have 2 standing by for him to choose from.

We had to clarify: A Barcalounger? Or the Barcalounger from a canceled television show starring Kelsey Grammer? The Barcalounger. The Prop. The two chairs that HAD to be on standby if the original prop was not located – needed an extra giant truck to haul them. Just so this dude could sit and watch other people work. All for just for one veep of marketing…

But it gets worse. We got a follow-up from our source:

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If the other networks were smart, they’d get Ken Levine to counter-program American Idol. Why? Read:

Six months from now it all begins again…Kids who in a few weeks will be asked to perform live for thirty million people can’t remember the words to “Rockefeller Skank” when singing for three.

Levine picks his highlights of the season.

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