tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29361741.post4662452344335803769..comments2023-12-30T05:22:27.108-05:00Comments on The New York Crank: The tale of the duck and the dumbbell (Can you figure out which is which?)The New York Crankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29361741.post-79420531578683161092007-02-21T09:46:00.000-05:002007-02-21T09:46:00.000-05:00And this comment was e-mailed to me by Richard Ros...And this comment was e-mailed to me by Richard Rosenthal, a New York advertising copywriter and journalist:<BR/><BR/>"As you speak of the AFLAC duck, I nominate the GEICO ads--god, how many commercials they produce--with an actor (Peter Graves, and that FABULOUS Little Richard) accompanying real people--as wonderful and memorable ads. (The caveman series doesn't do it for me.)"The New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29361741.post-57124639062177477442007-02-20T21:48:00.000-05:002007-02-20T21:48:00.000-05:00Several years ago, the story circulated that some ...Several years ago, the story circulated that some low level guy at Aflac was re-programming their auto attendent after some departments were re-organized. <BR/> <BR/>He had a number in the middle left over, so rather than move everything down, he programmed in 'to hear the duck, press 6'. listeners pressed 6, and heard the quack.<BR/> <BR/>Within weeks, hundreds of thousands of people were calling the toll free number every month. The VP Operations fired the guy who programmed in the duck voice for costing the company thousands in uneccessary phone bills for 'people playing around'.<BR/> <BR/>The CEO hired the guy back. kept the quack, and added a commercial blurb after it to spend even more on the phone call! <BR/> <BR/>Maybe that guy was your dumbell? and he just got promoted to his level of incompetence? <BR/> <BR/>if you think that was dumb... how about a car company that discontinues it's top brand names (Taurus) and tries to re-create it from scratch.Leib Luriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558650681814657218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29361741.post-29584703567580552802007-02-20T13:24:00.000-05:002007-02-20T13:24:00.000-05:00An outraged "Bob from Brooklyn," who evidently has...An outraged "Bob from Brooklyn," who evidently has committed nearly all the AFLAC advertising to memory, e-mailed this angry comment:<BR/><BR/>"Very depressing. I am a huge fan of the Aflac duck. I pride myself in catching the little hidden nuances in many of the commercials such as in the Yogi Berra one when the duck walks into the barber shop and stands under the hair style poster and the duck looks like it has hair. Then there was the Chevy Chase commercial in the supermarket and the duck was posed looking like he was part of the Wheaties box. And of course there is the Black guy who is in most of the commercials and he is the only one who sees the duck and there was the Gilbert Gotfried one where he returned the duck to the pet store because it only said one word “Aflac” and of course Gilbert Gotfried is the voice of the Aflac duck. You have totally ruined my day."<BR/><BR/>Hey Bob, don't blame me. Blame CMO Jeff Herbert-Fudd.The New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.com