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Aflac Boots Gottfried As Duck Voice

Wanted, one duck. When Aflac announced it was giving Gilbert Gottfried the boot for his disrespectful Tweets about the Japanese tsunami, it created an immediate job opening for someone with a distinctive talent. According to reports, Aflac will start a nationwide casting search, and already some frontrunners are being mentioned. Fran Drescher, for one, has a trademark laugh and Gottfried's nasal tone, while Joan Rivers posses a loud, raspy voice/Dahvi Shira, People. More here. (AP file photo)

Question: Who should replace Gilbert Gottfried as voice of the Aflac duck?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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