gilbert gottfried voiced the aflac duck prior to march 14, 2011.
gilbert gottfried voiced the aflac duck prior to march 14, 2011.
who voiced the aflac duck prior to march 14, 2011?
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the duck was originally voiced by comedian gilbert gottfried, who also voiced digit on the pbs kids series "cyberchase" and iago in the disney film "aladdin". after 11 years as the voice of the aflac duck, gottfried was dismissed on march 14, 2011, due to jokes on gottfried's twitter account referencing the tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. the company's chief marketing officer stated that "gilbert's recent comments about the crisis in japan were lacking in humor, and certainly do not represent the thoughts and feelings of anyone at aflac."
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on march 23, 2011, aflac announced that the company was taking applications for the new voice of the aflac duck through quackaflac.com until april 1. commercials requesting the submissions, first aired in 2006 but updated, resemble a silent movie. on april 26, 2011, it was announced that daniel mckeague, a television advertising sales manager from hugo, minnesota, would be the new voice of the aflac duck. the first aflac commercial featuring the duck's new voice aired on may 1, 2011.









































in 2018, an aflac ad inserted an animated aflac duck into the opening credits of the "ducktales" reboot.
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