Posted on 04/07/2015 1:33:25 PM PDT by Borges
It is difficult to list the various accomplishments of Stan Freberg. They included music, comedy, writing, advertising, even puppeteering. Mr. Freberg died on April 7, 2015 at the age of 88 according to his son Donavan’s Facebook page and his Twitter account. The news quickly spread on Twitter, with condolences from the many whom Freberg influenced, as well as scores of fans.
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Genius
Th-Th-Th-That’s ALL folks!..............
“You mean on top of everything else, this ship is rigged?”
Stan on Columbus’s trip.
Pretty much the father of modern advertising.
Wasn’t he part of Firesign Theatre?
Beyond funny. We had the 45 RPM back in the day.
No, he predated Firesign by a good decade. Inspired them though.
Wow, he was a genius. He did a Christmas jingle thingie one day that lampooned Christmas and advertizing. I remember the lyrics till today . “We wish you a Merry Christmas, We Wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas and please buy our beer!”
I think maybe 20 years ago he did a Campbells Soup commercial that was like a broadway stage production with giant cans of soups coming out of the stage and Rockette girls dancing and singing.
RIP and condolenses to his family
Freegards
LEX
See Post 8.
Cheers.
:^)
Geez...James Best, now Stan Freberg.
#3?
Yeah,”Green Christmas” Thanks!
Freegards
LEX
Influenced by Freberg, the Robert Hall clothing sales corporation did a radio commercial to the tune of Tannenbaum, which went ...
Oh, Robert Hall,
Oh, Robert Hall,
Oh, how we love your
parking lot ...
... ... sale.
Thanks, we are dating ourselves here. But I do remember him being on the Beany and Cecil show when they were hand puppets. He was one of the greats of the biz for sure.
Freegards
LEX
A great.
Liberal though.
I remember he had a line about the Good Humor mafia dipping their enemies in chocolate and rolling them in nuts.
You don’t want to know about the stick.
No he was not part of Firesign Theater.
What a SPECTACULAR mind! A true genius.
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