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_Published 2011-04-15. TIME's Joel Stein tries his hand at voicing the Aflac insurance company spokesduck_


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## Transcript

Joe Stein, Aflac, Aflac, Aflac. Aflac, alright, think, think of the duck. Become the duck, Aflac. Aflac. Aflac. [ LAUGH ] Alright, so, a little bit more duck. More duck, less human. Too human. Yeah. Too human. And to throw yourself into it a little, Joel. Right. You're quacking, you're moving. Right. It's like, become the duck. [ SOUND ] Yeah, that's good. Start making you, come on. Ducks are embarrassed, ducks. [ SOUND ] Aflac, Aflac. Aflac, Aflac, a Aflac, Aflac, a what, what, huh? Aflac, Aflac Gimme now four duck quacks. Four duck quacks, I got it. Yeah. Quack, huh is that the quack part? i'm not that fluent in duck we want a duck looking at a buffet, how about that?

alright quaaaaack, quack, quack, quack quack? quack quack. ahhp quack. ahppp QUACK. Aflac. More. Aflac. More. Aflac. Yell like your at a baseball game. Aflac, Aflac, Aflac. How was that? Good. It felt, felt freeing. [ NOISE ]

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