Tip Of The Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 Set & VHS Video

Stan Freberg is one of the great humorists of he 20th century. He does a tap dance on the commercialization of Christmas, for example, that is biting satire at its best. "Omaha", his takeoff on Broadway, skewers the pretensions of the musical theater brilliantly. There is no aspect of life that is safe from his attack. I believe he is without equal and "The Tip of the Freberg" is an outstanding example of his talent. He and it are highly recommended.(A tip of the hat to the guys who sold me this gem.)

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Stan Freberg, Was one of the funniest performers on records from the 1050's & 60's he satirised records mostly hits. His remake of Harry Belafontes' "Banana boat song" alone Is worth the price of the collection. It covers the best of his parody's Up into the 1960;s some later albums as well. In the 1970's he got into advertising, Once again humorous (He made commercials you would stay up late to watch). They took 3 underperforming company's & made them top dogs even today. Also his political parody "The Flackman & Reagan", Is one of the funniest thing I've ever heard.

I am so happy to own this boxed set of Stan Freberg's work. "Who Listens To Radio?" finally has a home. Stan wrote and Della Reese sang. It was my ear worm for 40 years. It is a song you sing to yourself. And why not? Stan Freberg rightfully deserves credit for much of the sound American satire.

Stan is the Man! Some of the earliest are a bit dated (unless you're a fossil like me!) but some of his best works are here.

My dad loved Stan and I grew up listening to the occasional record of his hits. I really enjoyed many of the skits on those LPs (especially the first few ones on the history of the US). This collection has pretty much everything I enjoyed as a kid, but the other stuff is not so good. The tracks I enjoyed are the second half of disk 1 and the first half of disk 3. I'm going to give this to my dad and hopefully he enjoys it more than me.

The set covers Stanley's career very well. I didn't find "Madison Avenue Werewolf" or "Interview with the Abominable Snowman," but a great deal more was present than was omitted, so I'm very happy with the package.

It is wonderful to hear all the classic Stan Freberg recordings. As a long time fan, I was impressed with the quality of the recordings and roared with laughter on almost every selection. Stan Freberg's brillant, creative mind produced some of the most original work ever heard on radio or seen on tv. Aspiring writers need to listen to these CDs to understand how satire, and fun work together to sell products and entertain. The videotape and the packaging are two more reasons to buy Freberg (if you need more reasons) Freburg rules again!

I love Stan's slightly bent but hilarious take on life. This collection is awesome!