America’s Next Top Mallard: Aflac Seeks a New Voice for Its Duck

Last week insurance giant AFLAC fired Gilbert Gottfried, the voice of its iconic spokesduck, for his incendiary post-tsunami tweets, and now they are looking for a quacking replacement.

Many, including myself, hoped that the AFLAC duck would go the way of the Geico cavemen and the Dell dude after Gottfried’s dismissal; starting tonight, however, the search for the new voice of the Aflac duck is officially on.

Visitors to QuackAflac.com are asked up front in bold font: “Are you the next voice of the Aflac Duck?” Personally, I don’t believe I am, though those with a dream and a flexible set of pipes are invited to submit 30 second video or audio reels of themselves saying the word “Aflac” with different intonations (sample prompts: “informative, frustrated, happy, surprised, angry”).

There are also in person casting calls in six major U.S. cities (though none, surprisingly, in Oregon, home of the Ducks).

Of note, the page offers a link to donate to the Japanese relief effort, and one of the “Responsibilities” in the job description is “Embody the spirit of caring and ethics that Aflac is known for, both in and out of the recording studio.” Think they are referring to any past spokesduck in particular, there?

Not that I want unemployment to stay low, but I sincerely hope that they do not find anyone for this job.

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