Aflac cans Gilbert Gottfried for Japan jokes

After more than a decade as the grating voice behind Aflac’s web-footed mascot, comedian Gilbert Gottfried has been fired for making jokes on Twitter about the devastating Japanese tsunami. On Saturday, Gottfried reportedly posted a series of about a dozen tweets making light of the natural disaster. They include such zingers as: “Japan is really advanced. They don’t go to the beach. The beach comes to them.” (All his posts have since been deleted.) “Gilbert’s recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor and certainly do not represent the thoughts and feelings of anyone at Aflac,” Chief Marketing Officer Michael Zuna said. “Aflac