By Kellie J. Lala
Don’t let the title mislead you. I am talking about the new Aflac duck. He’s got a new voice and it just happens to be a radio guy! Hurray for radio! After an extensive month long search that auditioned over 12,500 voices including celebrities, actors, professional voice-over artists and the general public, Aflac announced the new voice for the duck is a radio station sales manager from Hugo, Minnesota. Dan McKeague, 36, is a married father of three and submitted his voice track online. His first ad was called “Pigeon” and you can find it on Aflac’s Facebook page. You might be wondering what happened to the previous duck’s voice. Actor Gilbert Gottfried was fired by the huge insurance company after making offensive comments on Twitter regarding the Japan earthquake. Aflac gets 75% of its revenue from the Japanese market. Opps!
As the saying goes…..be careful what you say and who you say it to. You never know who you might offend or hurt. Social media makes that even more true.
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