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Aflac fires Gilbert Gottfried as voice of duck over tweets about Japan

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Mar 14, 2011 6:20 PM
Including this gem:
I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, 'They'll be another one floating by any minute now
http://www.news4jax.com/entertainment/27193109/detail.html
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Aflac has fired Gilbert Gottfried, the comedian who is the voice of the insurer's quacking duck in the U.S.

Gottfried, who has voiced the duck in numerous commercials since 2000, posted a string of mocking jokes about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on Twitter over the weekend.

"I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, 'They'll be another one floating by any minute now," he tweeted Saturday.

Aflac Inc., which does 75 percent of its business in Japan, says the jokes do not represent the feelings of the company. Chief Marketing Officer Michael Zuna said "there is no place for anything but compassion and concern during these difficult times."

The insurer says it will start a casting search for a replacement.

Gottfried is not the voice of the duck in Japan.
Quack that Gilbert!!
Mar 14, 2011 6:20pm
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I Wear Pants

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Mar 14, 2011 6:22 PM
Usually I'm all for jokes and such. But when you're a spokesperson for a company you have to use your damn head.
Mar 14, 2011 6:22pm
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Mar 14, 2011 6:23 PM
There goes the Duck nobody can do the Duck like Gilbert.
Mar 14, 2011 6:23pm
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Mar 14, 2011 6:25 PM
Get the duck out of here?
Mar 14, 2011 6:25pm
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Mar 14, 2011 7:29 PM
Over half of the company's revenue comes from Japan, probably not the smartest idea by Gilbert.
Mar 14, 2011 7:29pm
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Tobias Fünke

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Mar 14, 2011 7:51 PM
I smiled, but he still deserved to be fired. This is nothing but idiotic on his part.
Mar 14, 2011 7:51pm
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Mar 14, 2011 8:15 PM
I dare you to search Gilbert Gottfried "normal voice." it's quite shocking...
Mar 14, 2011 8:15pm
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Laley23

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Mar 14, 2011 9:24 PM
No. Not the evil Parrot Iago!!!

Gotta love Aladdin.

But for real, what an idiot. I love a good joke as much as the next guy, and thats a good joke. But you cant say that stuff as a spokesman.
Mar 14, 2011 9:24pm
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Mar 14, 2011 9:55 PM
I'm not surprised by this in the least.

This is the same guy who during the Hugh Hefner Roast just after 9/11 (like a week or so after the attacks), Gottfried opened his set by saying something like, "I almost didn't make it today, I had a connecting flight at the World Trade Center."
Mar 14, 2011 9:55pm
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Mar 14, 2011 11:07 PM
sherm03;712456 wrote:I'm not surprised by this in the least.

This is the same guy who during the Hugh Hefner Roast just after 9/11 (like a week or so after the attacks), Gottfried opened his set by saying something like, "I almost didn't make it today, I had a connecting flight at the World Trade Center."

He did follow that up/bail himself out by going into the most insane telling of "The Aristocrats" ever.
Mar 14, 2011 11:07pm
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Mar 14, 2011 11:10 PM
ts1227;712557 wrote:He did follow that up/bail himself out by going into the most insane telling of "The Aristocrats" ever.

Very true. That made him a roast legend, and basically revitalized his comedy career.
Mar 14, 2011 11:10pm
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Mar 15, 2011 11:10 AM
I follow him on Twitter. They are off color, but some of them are kind of funny.

He deleted his tweets...but my favorite was:
Japan is so advanced that they don't go to the beach, the beach comes to them.
Mar 15, 2011 11:10am
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Mar 15, 2011 11:18 AM
he's living proof that you don't have to be funny to get rich being a "comedian"
Mar 15, 2011 11:18am
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Mar 15, 2011 11:23 AM
j_crazy;712892 wrote:he's living proof that you don't have to be funny to get rich being a "comedian"

That's good news for sherm.

/Society'd
Mar 15, 2011 11:23am
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Mar 15, 2011 11:24 AM
justincredible;712896 wrote:That's good news for sherm.

/Society'd

you dirty bastard.
Mar 15, 2011 11:24am
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Mar 15, 2011 11:52 AM
justincredible;712896 wrote:That's good news for sherm.

/Society'd

Well played! I lol'd.
Mar 15, 2011 11:52am
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Mar 15, 2011 2:04 PM
j_crazy;712892 wrote:he's living proof that you don't have to be funny to get rich being a "comedian"

If you listen to his uncensored routines, or on Howard Stern, the dude is hilarious. One of the funniest comedians out there. The PG stuff he does is not funny, I'll agree with that.
Mar 15, 2011 2:04pm
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Mar 15, 2011 2:09 PM
Frothy Walrus;713033 wrote:If you listen to his uncensored routines, or on Howard Stern, the dude is hilarious. One of the funniest comedians out there. The PG stuff he does is not funny, I'll agree with that.

Great screen name, chap.
Mar 15, 2011 2:09pm
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Mar 15, 2011 2:45 PM
justincredible;713039 wrote:Great screen name, chap.

Thx, great webz message boardz, chum.
Mar 15, 2011 2:45pm
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Mar 15, 2011 2:49 PM
justincredible;712896 wrote:/Society'd
"K."
"I concur."
"I agree."
"Winning."

There. Got that out of the way. ;)
Mar 15, 2011 2:49pm
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Mar 15, 2011 3:04 PM
thug
Mar 15, 2011 3:04pm
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Mar 15, 2011 3:28 PM
...Like him or not, right or wrong---that is Gilberts style of humor and today it cost him a lot of $$$$$$
Mar 15, 2011 3:28pm
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Mar 15, 2011 5:38 PM
What a moron.

I love his humor though
Mar 15, 2011 5:38pm
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Mar 16, 2011 11:40 AM
I lol'd
Mar 16, 2011 11:40am