Mark Evanier at News from Me celebrates the birthday of one of his heroes (and mine), Stan Freberg. Read his post and check out the discography.
news from me: "I hope he'll forgive me for mentioning the number but it's not exactly a secret on the Internet. One of my personal heroes, Stan Freberg (seen above with his lovely spouse, Hunter) is eighty years old today. He is, as everyone knows, a fine actor, satirist, writer, voice actor, advertising genius, etc. He's also a very nice man whose friendship I treasure. It's a joy when one of your idols turns out to be as fine a human being as you could ever want him to be."
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Yay for Stan Freberg. I've played on my radio show "Sam Splayed, Detective" and the classic "St. George and the Dragonet" from _The Stan Freberg Show_ of 1957.
That's a great one!
Speaking of radio shows: not the best available copies, probably, but freely audible at www.otr.net are the episodes of Freberg's 1950s summer replacement series for the JACK BENNY SHOW.
I can also recommend Gerald Nachman's SERIOUSLY FUNNY, about Freberg and most of the other major comedians of his generation.
Thanks for the recommendations, Todd. I'll check them out.
I can still remember the great Stan Freberg radio and TV spots from the 60s.
"Fernanda,
Come on out on the veranda,
Let me hug you like a panda..."
You had to be there.
And some of us were: "Today the pits! Tomorrow the wrinkles!"
I can't believe that nobody mentioned Freberg doing Pete Puma. "Coffee! Eeeeee!"
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0045063/quotes
And, of course, "Give me a lotta lumps, a whole lotta lumps."
"Bang Gunley, US Marshall Field"
Okay, for all you Freberg fans: I've posted "St George and the Dragonet" on my Web site:
http://www.elizabethfoxwell/ItsaMystery.html
Scroll down to "Audio Clips"
Thanks, Beth.
Whoops; sorry,that URL isn't quite right for the Freberg clip. It's:
http://www.elizabethfoxwell.com/ItsaMystery.html
jeff:
fernanda, come on out on the veranda, let me hug you like a panda...natural wonder by revlon spot by gray advertising
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