D.C. Douglas, Former Geico Voice Actor, Fires Back At FreedomWorks
D.C. Douglas was the voice-over announcer for Geico Insurance ads. He was fired by Geico because he placed a call to FreedomWorks, the corporate loving parent of the tea party, and laid into them. They saved the recording, sent it to Geico, and they fired him.
From the story:
“D.C. Douglas may have lost his gig as a voice over announcer on Geico commercials, but he's found another use for his time and talent ... making a tongue-in-cheek PSA warning people, ‘don't drunk dial FreedomWorks.’”
“Douglas, also known as Lance Baxter, made headlines when he left a nasty message for the conservative organization which is closely aligned with the Tea Party. The message and a subsequent call from FreedomWorks back to Douglas were leaked, and Geico promptly fired him.”
“’What I did may have been entertaining, but it was also impetuous and not well thought out,’ Douglas said in a statement released on Monday. ‘If I were to make that call today, I would use a more diaphram-supported voice and ask very different questions.’”
Check out the video. Hilarious!
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Monday, May 17th 2010 at 4:00PM
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