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Master satirist and commercial genius Stan Freberg, who first rose to fame with his recording of "St. George And The Dragonet" (a spoof of "Dragnet"), but was also best known his work on "Time For Beany" and for the jingle "We put eight great tomatoes in that itty bitty can" has died. Any favorite records or commercials from this creative and comic genius?
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I fondly recall his ad campaign for Sun Sweet pitted prunes in the early 70's--"They're still rather badly wrinkled, you know!"
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Apr 9, 2015 - 6:29 PM
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CH-CD
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Sorry to hear that. Stan was a big favourite of mine, in particular: the aforementioned “Banana Boat Song” & “St George & the Dragon Net”. Also: “Little Blue Riding Hood”, “John & Marsha” and ... still played in our house, every Christmas, the glorious “Green Christmas”. (“Dashing Through the Snow, In a 15ft Coupe, O’er the Fields We Go, Sell-ing All the Way...”. He also appeared, briefly, as a Deputy Sheriff in “It’s A Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World”. RIP Stan....and Thank-You.
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I respect the guy and he was doubt an innovator and very influemtial but........ like many 'hip' radio comics of his era , Fred Allen come to mind, his stuff just doesn't hold up+ The only truly funny bit from freberg was his parody of GUNSMOKE which consisteed almost entirely of sound effects - spurs, boots , horses, gun clicks etc. Masterful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rip +Bob and Ray on the other hands are timeless
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Apr 17, 2015 - 7:35 PM
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filmusicnow
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Sorry to hear that. Stan was a big favourite of mine, in particular: the aforementioned “Banana Boat Song” & “St George & the Dragon Net”. Also: “Little Blue Riding Hood”, “John & Marsha” and ... still played in our house, every Christmas, the glorious “Green Christmas”. (“Dashing Through the Snow, In a 15ft Coupe, O’er the Fields We Go, Sell-ing All the Way...”. He also appeared, briefly, as a Deputy Sheriff in “It’s A Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World”. RIP Stan....and Thank-You. He also created the commercials that featured the cast for the film, and Freberg was asked by director Stanley Kramer if he wanted to appear in the film.
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