AVC: Does that annoy you? Because your voice is so recognizable...
GG: Oh yeah. At least let me yell "Forget you!" and pay me for a day's work.
AVC: You do a lot of voices for kids' shows. Like the bird in Cyberchase.
GG: Yeah. And the parrot in Aladdin. I'm also the AFLAC duck. I've kind of cornered the market on birds.
AVC: Do you even have to audition for those voice roles anymore?
GG: Most of the time, when they ask for me now, it's without an audition. But when I got the AFLAC job, they called me in and I was standing in front of the mic yelling "AFLAC" a few times.
AVC: Is that all the duck says?
GG: Every now and then, there's an occasional groan. It's a very subtle performance. It looks easy, but... Once, I was going to record a bunch of commercials for Miracle Whip. Then they heard me on The Howard Stern Show and decided it wasn't the kind of image they wanted for their product, or something. They were very offended.
AVC: So you were too offensive to sell mayonnaise?
GG: Yeah. When Stern heard about that, he had someone go out and get a jar of mayonnaise and we all tasted it on the air and talked about how awful it was. [Laughs.]
AVC: What's it like to be a semi-regular on Howard Stern's show?
GG: What's weird is being on stage and having someone yell out "Howard!" It's a kind of heckle there is no answer for. Sometimes when I'm walking down the street, people will yell out "Howard!"
AVC: They make fun of you a lot on that show. Mostly about how you're, um, thrifty.
GG: That's part of the territory there. I love when people say to me, "I really want to go on The Howard Stern Show." Especially when a woman will say, "I really want to go on The Howard Stern Show, only I don't want him to say embarrassing things to me, and I don't want to take my clothes off." I always assure them, "Oh, that's a great offer."
AVC: How do you feel about the way Stern has been censored?
GG: Deep down, I think Howard probably enjoys a lot of the attacks he's getting. Like he's accomplishing something. I heard recently, I don't know if it's true, that they were doing a crackdown on what he does. Like the fart sounds on the air: how long he can fart for, and the consistency of his farts.
AVC: How do you measure that?
GG: There are special machines in Washington. I think a lot of people have too much time on their hands.
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