Stan Freberg
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Biography
[Edit]Hip and irreverent, Stan Freberg was the last network radio comic, a trailblazing satirist whose work greatly expanded the vocabulary of the comedy form. While most postwar comedians used radio and records merely as a springboard for more lucrative film and television gigs, Freberg pushed the envelope in both mediums, creating high-concept musical comedies and sound collages that revolutionized the audio format while setting the stage for the hallucinatory sonic visions of the Firesign Theatre and the National Lampoon troupes.
Born in Pasadena, CA, in 1926, Freberg broke into performing with work in children's puppet shows; while still in his teens, he hopped a bus to Los Angeles and won an audition at the famed Warner Bros. cartoon studios. In short time he was working (albeit uncredited) alongside voice-over genius Mel Blanc on characters like the Goofy Gophers and Pete Puma. Additionally, he contributed to Bob Clampett's puppet series Time for Beany, the precursor to the animated favorite Beany and Cecil.
By the age of 16, Freberg graduated to regular work as a radio, a path he continued for the remainder of the decade. In 1951 he signed to Capitol and released his first novelty single, "John and Marsha," a scathing satire of romantic treacle. After a handful of other releases, in 1953 he issued "St. George and the Dragonet," a painstakingly accurate and lavishly produced parody of the Jack Webb series Dragnet; far more advanced than any similar other record to date, "St. George" became the era's fastest-selling single, eventually topping the charts.
In 1957, Freberg was tapped to take over Jack Benny's CBS radio program while Benny took the summer months off. Although radio comedy was in its death throes, Freberg made every conceivable attempt to resuscitate the form; his show was visionary, taking full advantage of the broadcast medium's capabilities to create elaborate comic pastiches that pushed the boundaries of vocal and sound effects use. The series, which ran for 13 weeks, won critical raves and immediate legendary status; due to the ascendancy of television, it was also the final original network radio comedy show ever broadcast.
After the 1958 single "Green Chri$tma$," a highly controversial swipe at holiday commercialization, Freberg moved to the LP format for 1961's Presents the United States of America, a full-length vaudeville-style musical comedy written especially for the recorded medium. A wildly ambitious satiric history of American life, the album won widespread acclaim, and remains a pivotal landmark in the evolution of recorded comedy. However, after the follow-up, Pay Radio, Freberg flirted with Broadway before shifting the majority of his energies to the lucrative advertising industry, a longtime sideline that became his primary focus as the 1960s wore on. Largely credited with introducing the concept of the "funny" commercial, he continued working in advertising for several decades; perhaps his most famous campaign — and, sadly, his most abysmal — was a series of cloying late-'80s TV spots hawking Encyclopaedia Britannica that featured his rather obnoxious son.
In 1988, Freberg published his autobiography, It Only Hurts When I Laugh. Two years later, he returned to broadcasting with Freberg Here, a long-running series of two-minute daily commentaries produced for National Public Radio. On Thanksgiving 1991, NPR aired The New Stan Freberg Show, a one-hour special that marked his first return to long-form comedy in decades; finally, in 1996 he released Presents the United States of America, Vol. 2: The Middle Years, the long-awaited sequel to his most popular work. A four-disc box set, Tip of the Freberg: Collection 1951-1998, followed three years later.
Collections
Title: 123 Classic Hits from the Early 1950's
Genre: Pop
Title: Kid's Retro Christmas Soundtrack
Genre: Kids
Title: Christmas Cheer! Kid's Holiday Music
Genre: Kids
Title: Kid's Essential Retro Christmas Songs
Genre: Kids
Title: '50s & '60s Lost & Found Records, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 1 Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Pop Songs, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Funny Christmas Songs
Genre: Kids
Title: Jolly Old Christmas
Genre:
Title: Rare & Unusual Christmas Songs
Genre: Kids
Title: Love Potion #9
Genre: Rock
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage Comedy Collection 2
Genre:
Title: The Hot Hits of 1954
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 of the Greatest Comedy Skits
Genre: Humor
Title: Gli anni 50: il meglio (100 HIts)
Genre: Pop
Title: I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Genre: Kids
Title: Classic Comedy Records, Vol. 2
Genre: Humor
Title: Doo Wop Pop Songs, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Fabulous 50's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Vintage American Comedy
Genre: Humor
Title: Heartfelt Memories
Genre:
Title: Classic Kid's Songs
Genre: Kids
Title: Hits Collection - the Year That Was 1956, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Bits Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 14
Genre: Pop
Title: I Hate Christmas
Genre:
Title: Christmas for Grinches
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Vintage American Comedy
Genre:
Title: Two Way Family Favourites, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 23
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best of 1953
Genre: Pop
Title: Fabulous 50's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Original Pop Hits, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas American Blues
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952 Volume 18
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Hits of All Time, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: British & American Comedy Legends
Genre: Humor
Title: Christmas Songs & Carols for Kids
Genre: Kids
Title: Blues for Christmas
Genre: Blues
Title: Sampler # 1
Genre: World Music
Title: Original Pop Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hot Hits of 1951
Genre: Rock
Title: Vintage Comedy Collection 2, Vol. 3
Genre:
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1951
Genre: Rock
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1954
Genre: Rock
Title: The Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol 4
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Comedy And Novelty Songs
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Humor
Title: Wacky Christmas
Genre: New Age, Traditional Pop Music
Title: A Time To Remember - 1956
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 50s Top Hits (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: 50s Top Hits (CD5)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100% Hit Records, Vol. 6
Title: Digest Christmas: Through The Years (CD2)
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Greatest Novelty Songs (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Novelty Songs (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: British Hit Parade: The B Sides 2019 (CD4)
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: Rockin & Rollin With Santa Claus
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Johnny B. Goode (40 Golden Records)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Goldfinger (Magic Oldies)