Stan Freberg, for those who don't know who he is, was one of the funniest satrists of the 50's and 60's. He remains to this day as one of my all time favorites along side Tom Lehrer and many others. If anyone can post the audio of "Elderly Man River," I would greatly appreciate it.
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"...we must be a good influence on... children."
LOL "for the children"
"Freberg: Why, that's a darling little horn there.
Tweedly: Mmm-hmm."
LOL, forgot one Mmm.
‘We wish you a Merry Christmas...and please buy our beer!”
Must listen-Stan Freberg’s history of the USA:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/user/RMphy89#p/u/25/PUCe5OaKldM
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/user/RMphy89#p/u/35/QjNKzsWa5A8
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/user/RMphy89#p/u/34/6ESaZSB3h2k
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/user/RMphy89#p/u/27/_Brp5DmGI_o
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/user/RMphy89#p/u/25/PUCe5OaKldM
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/user/RMphy89#p/u/24/E4Cm5Esh_XQ
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/user/RMphy89#p/u/23/WIbGLWDMHzk
Interestingly (or not), I once read of an earlier case of PC-ness from an unlikely source.
Howard Fast, who was a novelist (probably best known for the novels Spartacus and Citizen Tom Paine) and also a member of the Communist Party, was routinely harangued by the party over his non-PC writings. Fast was once brought up on charges of “White Chauvanism” by the Party for referring to a young black child as a boy in one of his works. Fast’s argument was that since the character was seven years old, he was indeed a boy and it was absurd to connect it in any way with the racist habit of calling black men “boy”.
That was in the late 1930’s. Funny how the kneejerks haven’t changed their tune in 70 years.
Freburg interviewing Bob Crane about “Hogan’s Heros.”
FREBERG: Where does the show take place?
BOB CRANE: In a Nazi prisoner of war camp in Germany.
FREBERG: Always a good situation comedy locale. What are some of the amusing ingredients?
CRANE: Oh, German police dogs... machine guns... the Gestapo...
FREBERG: Just a few of the laugh-provoking elements to be seen this fall on Hogan’s Heroes, Friday nights on CBS. Shall we say, “If you liked World War II, you’ll love Hogan’s Heroes?
CRANE: No, let’s not say that, no.”
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His bit about draining a lake and the giant maraschino cherry was made into a ‘you saw it on the radio’ commercial and is still played in my area.
The voice is instantly recognizable.
His “Face the Funnies” album was a true classic. It had Elderly Man River on it and several other hilarious parodies.