Eight Questions with NASCAR's Favorite Fowl: The Aflac Duck
By on June 10, 2009
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He started out on January 1, 2000, as a brand ambassador for Columbus Georgia-based Aflac, quacking the company’s name, and is now well on his way to becoming an American commercial icon.
Aflac, formally known as the American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, has used him in a starring role in over 30 commercials to date, working alongside such celebrities as Chevy Chase, Yogi Berra, the US Olympic synchronized swim team, and Wayne Newton. He now has his own line of merchandise, including clothing and plush dolls with the proceeds benefiting the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta—considered one of the largest childhood cancer treatment and research centers in the US.
He came to the attention of the NASCAR Nation when Aflac began to provide sponsorship first on an associate basis, and this season as the primary sponsor on the Roush-Fenway Racing Ford Fusion driven by NASCAR star Carl Edwards. Now he spends his days filming ads and many of his weekends at NASCAR tracks across the country.
He is the Aflac duck, and he recently gave me a rare interview…
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