Tip Of The Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (4-Disc Set & VHS Video) [Box set]

Stan Freberg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 17, 1999
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
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• Label: Rhino Entertainment Company
• ASIN: B00000JNIO
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,289 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #71 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Classic Comedy

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. John & Marsha

2. I've Got You Under My Skin

3. That's My Boy

4. Try

5. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. St. George and the Dragonet

2. Little Blue Riding Hood

3. Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet), Pts. 1-2

4. Point of Order (Baa, Baa Black Sheep)

5. Person to Pearson

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Green Chri$Tma$

2. Overture

3. Columbus Discovers America [It's a Round, Round World]

4. Pilgrim's Progress (Take an Indian to Lunch)

5. The Thanksgiving Story (Under the Double Turkey)

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Puffed Grass from "Bang Gunleigh, U.S. Marshall Field"

2. Who Listens to Radio?

3. Empire State Building/Who Puts Eight Great Tomatoes in That Little Big

4. Truth in Advertising

5. Hot Dog Hot Dog Hot Dog

See all 55 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps America's greatest sattirist and political observer., September 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tip Of The Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (4-Disc Set & VHS Video) (Audio CD)

For those of us old enough to remember a little puppet show called, "Time for Beanie," broadcast as far as I know, only in the early days of television in Los Angeles, Stan Freberg honed his comedy skills with some most interesting puppet characters he brought to life as Cecil the Seasick Sea-serpant, Dishonest John ("the world's meanest crumb") along with his fellow puppeteer, Bob Clampett who hired Stan for the show. Together they also created for the show, the lion with false teeth, Mouth-Full-Teeth Keith, Beanie and his uncle, Captain Horatio K. Huffenpuff as the little intrepid group sailed aboard the captains boat, The Leakin' Lena. That said, Freberg supplied this world with such albums as "A Child's Garden of Freberg" and more. His genious took him to the world of advertising and he was a genious there, as well. This set of CDs is, indeed, "The Tip of the Freberg." Long live Freberg.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Freberg's Amazing Mind, November 15, 2007

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Bennet Pomerantz "Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD" (College Park, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tip Of The Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (4-Disc Set & VHS Video) (Audio CD)

Most people know Stan Freburg from either the Christmas Classic St George and the Christmas Drag-net or the evil toy exec from the Monkees TV show.

This four disk CD collection is more than a best of. It is a well rounded collection of Freberg thru the years. From radio bits of his short lived radio show to his 1990's syndicated show, the short bits of parodies will make you laugh and think. Comedians, humorists and TV skit writers owe a great deal and a large debt from his imagination and satire. I remember reading once that even Stephen King remembered a comedy parody bit about filling the Grand Canyon with hot chocolate, whipped cream and a 2000 ton cherry.

There is a VHS tape of some of his television ads. I could wish for a DVD release for this collection. Everything from Chun King egg rolls to Encyclopedias, the humor is funny. The parodies barely date themselves. These ads could run today on TV

The comedy of some of these pieces are timeless. The wit will make you laugh even today. For those of you who don't know Freburg, get this and laugh it up!


Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Genius of Stan Freberg is Now Available!, October 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tip Of The Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (4-Disc Set & VHS Video) (Audio CD)

Tip Of The Freberg is as advertised -- the definite collection of a true genius of comedy and satire, Stan Freberg.

From his song parodies to his satires to his radio and TV commercials, this collection has it all and it is so much fun.

The next American Humor award should go to Stan Freberg.