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July 21, 2026 – John Lehr is the star/creator/writer for “10 Items or Less” (TBS), “JailBait” (Sony/Crackle) and “Quickdraw” (Hulu). He created/produced pilots for Fox (“Team McPhearson”), TBS (“John Lehr’s Movie Club”) and Comedy Central (“Let it Ride”). Script/development deals include “Retreat” (NBC), “The Loop” (HBO), Troubadour (MTV), “Life on Mars” (Sony/BBC), “King of Beers” (EUE), “Tommy Chong’s Pipe Dreams” (TBS). Lehr is one of the original Geico Cavemen from the wildly successful commercial campaign. He appeared in dozens of spots, including the first commercial as a caveman boom operator, the caveman in therapy with Talia Shire, the tennis spot with Billy Jean King, Superbowl spots with Phil Simms and many more.
Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?
A. Alcohol was my core drug, but I was a garbage pail drug user. Anything from huffing to heroin, as long as it took me out of me. Sober date 4/3/96.
Q. Is there anything special in your sobriety toolkit that helps keep you sober?
A. This isn’t anything you haven’t heard before but my sponsees save my butt every single day.
Q. Do you think addiction is an illness, disease, a choice, or a wicked twist of fate?
A. The good news for me is that I don’t have to know. If I had to guess illness and disease (combined with some sort of genetic component) seem right. It’s as much of a choice as someone choosing to be gay so I would probably toss that one. I love not knowing what a twist of fate is.
