Tip Of The Freberg (Includes Video) [BOX SET]

Stan Freberg

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 / Wea
• ASIN: B00000JNIO
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #107,775 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Tip of the Freberg presents four CDs and one VHS-format videotape of classic comedy from the legendary master who paved the way for Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon. This is the definitive collection of the sarcastic but sophisticated Freberg magic, including the best of his famous routines and satirical songs plus unreleased goodies new and old. The set also contains the first-ever CD of his hilarious radio ads and the video has award-winning TV commercials that he wrote and directed. The snappy package comes complete with an actual X-ray of Freberg's skull and it is lovingly annotated with details of who played the music (exotica big kahuna Les Baxter wrote some of the band arrangements), what Freberg's writing and working methods were, and who supplied the characters' voices. (Not surprisingly Freberg did many of the vocal parts himself--he's a capable singer and actor.) The older material remains funny stuff, and the liner notes provide the depth of historical context. This is not a box set that will be played once and then put on the shelf. Everything on Tip of the Freberg is good for repeat plays and hours of laughs in the years ahead. --John Sulak

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps America's greatest sattirist and political observer., September 19, 1999

By A Customer

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.

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

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.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Bennet Pomerantz "Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD" (Seabrook, Maryland) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

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