Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Mar 14, 2011 6:20pm
Including this gem:
http://www.news4jax.com/entertainment/27193109/detail.htmlI just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, 'They'll be another one floating by any minute now
Quack that Gilbert!!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.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Mar 14, 2011 6:22pm
Usually I'm all for jokes and such. But when you're a spokesperson for a company you have to use your damn head.
gerb131
Posts: 9,932
Mar 14, 2011 6:23pm
There goes the Duck nobody can do the Duck like Gilbert.
xnds1fan
Posts: 442
Mar 14, 2011 6:25pm
Get the duck out of here?
2kool4skool
Posts: 1,804
Mar 14, 2011 7:29pm
Over half of the company's revenue comes from Japan, probably not the smartest idea by Gilbert.
Tobias Fünke
Posts: 2,387
Mar 14, 2011 7:51pm
I smiled, but he still deserved to be fired. This is nothing but idiotic on his part.
ClayAikenation
Posts: 89
Mar 14, 2011 8:15pm
I dare you to search Gilbert Gottfried "normal voice." it's quite shocking...
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Mar 14, 2011 9:24pm
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.
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.
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Mar 14, 2011 9:55pm
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."
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."
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Mar 14, 2011 11:07pm
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.
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Mar 14, 2011 11:10pm
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.
Frothy Walrus
Posts: 87
Mar 15, 2011 11:10am
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:
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.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Mar 15, 2011 11:18am
he's living proof that you don't have to be funny to get rich being a "comedian"
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 15, 2011 11:23am
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
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Mar 15, 2011 11:24am
justincredible;712896 wrote:That's good news for sherm.
/Society'd
you dirty bastard.
sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Mar 15, 2011 11:52am
justincredible;712896 wrote:That's good news for sherm.
/Society'd
Well played! I lol'd.
Frothy Walrus
Posts: 87
Mar 15, 2011 2:04pm
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.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Mar 15, 2011 2:09pm
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.
Frothy Walrus
Posts: 87
Mar 15, 2011 2:45pm
justincredible;713039 wrote:Great screen name, chap.
Thx, great webz message boardz, chum.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Mar 15, 2011 2:49pm
"K."justincredible;712896 wrote:/Society'd
"I concur."
"I agree."
"Winning."
There. Got that out of the way.
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Mar 15, 2011 3:04pm
thug
4cards
Posts: 2,551
Mar 15, 2011 3:28pm
...Like him or not, right or wrong---that is Gilberts style of humor and today it cost him a lot of $$$$$$
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Mar 15, 2011 5:38pm
What a moron.
I love his humor though
I love his humor though
Hb31187
Posts: 8,534
Mar 16, 2011 11:40am
I lol'd