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Aug 2, 2020 · Learn about the life and legacy of Wilford Brimley, the actor who became famous for his diabetes commercials and his role in Quaker Oats. Watch his classic ads and some hilarious parodies of his iconic pronunciation of "diabeetus".
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Diabeetus is an exploitable soundbite based on a television advertisement for the medical supplies company Liberty Medical. Featuring the American actor Wilford Brimley who repeatedly mispronounces "diabetes" as "dia-beetus," the infomercial inspired numerous remixes and image macros.
In 1987, Liberty Medical signed Wilford Brimley to be the television spokesperson for the company. Between 1987 and Brimley's death in 2020, the actor appeared in numerous commercials for the company, pronouncing the word "diabetes" in his signature southern droll (shown below).
On September 27th, 2005, the direct-to-DVD film Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, an animated movie based on the television series Family Guy, included a parodyof Brimley and his commercials (shown below). The following year, on January 24th, 2006, YouTuberNathan Eldridge posted the earliest available remix of one of Brimley's Liberty Mutual commer...
Diabeetus is a meme based on Wilford Brimley's mispronunciation of "diabetes" in a Liberty Medical commercial. The meme features remix videos, image macros and parodies of the actor and his catchphrase.
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Aug 2, 2020 · Brimley was diagnosed in 1979 with diabetes mellitus, which spurred him to work with the American Diabetes Foundation (ADA) on a series of talks and advertisements about diabetes awareness.
Aug 3, 2020 · The mustachioed star of Cocoon and The Thing passed away on Saturday after a kidney ailment. He was also known for his quirky ads for Liberty Medical and Quaker Oats, which inspired many online jokes about his pronunciation of diabetes.