# Quick! Who's the voice of the duck in the AFLAC commericals? Don't Google-cheat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401 "2006-01-24T16:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/1 "2006-01-24T16:08:12Z")
Don’t cheat! I never knew! And yes he sounds a bit like that in real life. Think! Who sounds like that duck? [The answer!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Gottfried) ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/2 "2006-01-24T16:09:08Z")
It’s gotta be Gilbert Gottfried. I’d be shocked if it was anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/3 "2006-01-24T16:18:10Z")
It is. I heard him say that in an interview not too long ago. :: checks link now just to make sure :: ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/4 "2006-01-24T16:34:28Z")
I saw a picture of Gilbert Gottfried with the head honchos of AFLAC when I went to a job interview with them last year! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/5 "2006-01-24T17:36:00Z")
One of the most bizarre moments of my adult life was when I suddenly realized I liked Gilbert Gottfried. I think he’s really funny. Yeah, it still strikes me as weird, too. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/6 "2006-01-24T17:42:39Z")
I’m not sure how anyone can NOT realize that it’s Gilbert Gottfried. No one else sounds like that… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/7 "2006-01-24T18:02:13Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’m not sure how anyone can NOT realize that it’s Gilbert Gottfried. No one else sounds like that… Huh. And I was going to guess Harvey Fierstein. Or Phyllis Diller. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/8 "2006-01-24T18:51:07Z")
“Why am I not surprised? I’m gonna have a heart attack and die from not surprised.” -Iago the Parrot ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/9 "2006-01-24T18:59:28Z")
Okay, since we figured that one out…who does the voice-over for Lowe’s Hardware Stores? (I was surprised when I found out. Never did picture him doing commercials) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/10 "2006-01-24T19:01:25Z")
hijack… Gilbert Gottfried… generally I dismiss him out of hand, but I caught him on TV one day blathering on, and then I hear him say “Here’s Jerry Seinfeld:” then he raises his eyebrows as high as they’ll go, puts on a kind of nasal-resonant voice, and said “Why do people wear… socks?” Laughed til I cried. Guess you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/11 "2006-01-24T19:01:37Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Okay, since we figured that one out…who does the voice-over for Lowe’s Hardware Stores? > > (I was surprised when I found out. Never did picture him doing commercials) Gene Hackman, no? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/12 "2006-01-24T19:05:21Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > Gene Hackman, no? Man, I keep coming into this thread just a minute or two too late. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/13 "2006-01-24T19:05:45Z")
> [@Brain Wreck](#): > > hijack… > > Gilbert Gottfried… generally I dismiss him out of hand, but I caught him on TV one day blathering on, and then I hear him say “Here’s Jerry Seinfeld:” then he raises his eyebrows as high as they’ll go, puts on a kind of nasal-resonant voice, and said “Why do people wear… socks?” Laughed til I cried. Guess you had to be there. Nah – once you get past how totally obnoxious the schtick is, there’s a very funny guy there. I used to watch _Hollywood Squares_ basically just to watch him. He’s no Paul Lynde, of course… ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/14 "2006-01-24T19:08:52Z")
I read somewhere that Gottfried does not do the duck in Japan. Japan is a very polite place, and they felt Gilbert’s duck was too rude for them. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/15 "2006-01-24T19:09:20Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > Gene Hackman, no? You guys are quick! **twickster** , there is a blooper reel of Gottfried on Hollywood Squares…he was the final square to win, and the contestents went back and forth something like NINE times before one of them answered correctly. It was hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/16 "2006-01-24T19:18:50Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > You guys are quick! > > **twickster** , there is a blooper reel of Gottfried on Hollywood Squares…he was the final square to win, and the contestents went back and forth something like NINE times before one of them answered correctly. It was hysterical. Yeah, I saw that – on one of those "Funniest Game Show Moments"shows, I think. (And yet I maintain with a straight face that I watch hardly any TV any more.) Funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/17 "2006-01-24T19:19:50Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > **twickster** , there is a blooper reel of Gottfried on Hollywood Squares…he was the final square to win, and the contestents went back and forth something like NINE times before one of them answered correctly. It was hysterical. [Gilbert Gottfried] You fool! [/GG] (I’ve seen that, and have mentioned it in other threads.) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/18 "2006-01-24T19:25:44Z")
Here’s one for you: who does the voice of that little lizard in the geico commercials? “noice weatha. cuppa tea? that’d be noice. 'ows ya mum?” It almost sounds like Bob Hoskins in that movie where he kind of kindnaps girls, but I don’t think it is. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/19 "2006-01-24T19:29:50Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Here’s one for you: > > who does the voice of that little lizard in the geico commercials? > > “noice weatha. cuppa tea? that’d be noice. 'ows ya mum?” > > It almost sounds like Bob Hoskins in that movie where he kind of kindnaps girls, but I don’t think it is. I don’t know who does it now, but I’d swear that when the geico commercials first started, Kelsey Grammer did the voice. Whenever I see or hear the ads now, I can’t help but think that the voice isn’t right. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401/20 "2006-01-24T19:32:50Z")
My guess would have been Andy Serkis. He probably animates the duck, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whos-the-voice-of-the-duck-in-the-aflac-commericals-dont-google-cheat/341401.md?page=2)