# Aflac! Oh, OH, oh! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387 "2013-10-27T19:20:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/1 "2013-10-27T19:20:01Z")
A current Aflac commercial has the Aflac Duck practicing his lines. One of the variations it tries is ‘Aflac! Oh, OH, oh!’ I can’t place where that ‘Oh, OH, oh!’ comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/2 "2013-10-27T22:44:41Z")
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana: “O, o, o, totus floreo.” Cordwainer Smith, “Golden the Ship Was: Oh! Oh! Oh!” Sorry… The boy Harry doth take the mock… never mind. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/3 "2013-10-28T00:19:30Z")
It sounds like yo, yo, yo to me. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/4 "2013-10-28T15:18:56Z")
My read on it was that they really wanted a version to be basically “Aflac, _oh-no-you-di-in’t_”, the stereotypical upset youngish African American female vibe… but toned it down a little bit to avoid any possible dust-up (e.g. ZOMG it’s a white duck doing a black character" sort of stories). I mean, the “Aflac-u” voice is clearly supposed to make us think of an Asian. Honestly I wonder how & why the piece got out. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/5 "2013-10-28T15:47:50Z")
I can’t find the commercial. Is it said the same way as Rerun’s “Hey HEY hey!”? [Clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrgFHeqD3GE). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/6 "2013-10-28T20:28:24Z")
Here’s the commercial. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxTuS8lNIQ) ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/7 "2013-10-28T20:36:55Z")
The first line he does is Yo, Yo, Yo…definitely nothing to do with Carmina Burana, and definitely a take on a common hip-hoppy line. The later he does the uh-uh! typically done before the “no you didn’t” line referenced above. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/8 "2013-10-30T14:11:11Z")
It also seems a bit off given the context of the commercial, which is “Okay, how do we replace the voice of the guy we fired for making an insensitive remark?” ETA I watched again… notice for the oh oh oh the hand/wing is in the air in the _Talk to the hand_ sort of pose. Hilarity ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/9 "2013-10-31T01:58:17Z")
To be clear, it’s the fifth one; before ‘I am so fired.’ It seems like a tagline used by a 1980s comedian. I _know_ I’ve heard it before, but I just can’t place it. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/10 "2013-10-31T13:50:16Z")
Ask this guy: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16716558&postcount=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16716558&postcount=1) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/11 "2013-10-31T15:30:59Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Ask this guy: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16716558&postcount=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16716558&postcount=1) No, not Arnold Horschack. Different delivery and intention. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/12 "2013-10-31T15:32:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > To be clear, it’s the fifth one; before ‘I am so fired.’ > > It seems like a tagline used by a 1980s comedian. I _know_ I’ve heard it before, but I just can’t place it. Sam Kinison? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aflac-oh-oh-oh/672387/13 "2013-10-31T16:09:01Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Sam Kinison? No. Check out the link the Warren Zevon fan posted. It’s the fifth iteration of the line, just before the guy says ‘I am so fired.’ Maybe I should have written it as ‘Aw, AW, aw!’ It’s hard to type an accent. Arnold Horshack did his line with a certain cadence and emphasis that meant ‘Hey, pay attention to me!’ Kinison was more like ‘Oh, the pain! Can you feel it?’ The way the duck says it, and which I remember a comedian saying it, is more like an uncool guy being cool and saying ‘Oh, yes; I’m all that!’