‘She sounds hideous,’ Mahomet’s Melanie Paxson tells her TV husband in an unforgettable State Farm ad. That's 1996 national coach of the year Angie Lee with none other than John Wooden ...

“Jake from State Farm isn’t just an individual – he is all of us. He represents what every one of the 19,000 State Farm agents and 58,000 employees strive to deliver.” ...

The character of Jake from State Farm first appeared in a 2011 spot called "State of Unrest." The commercial features a man who is discovered by his wife talking on the phone with someone at 3 a.m.