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Stan Freberg

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Comedian

The Resume

    (August 7, 1926-April 7, 2015)
    Recorded the singles 'John and Marsha' (1950), 'Try' (1952), 'St. George and the Dragonet' (1953), 'Little Blue Riding Hood' (1953), 'Point of Order' (1954), 'Sh-Boom' (1954), The Yellow Rose of Texas' (1955), 'Heartbreak Hotel' (1956), 'Banana Boat (Day-O)' (1957), 'Wun'erful, Wun'erful' (1957) and 'Green Chri$tma$' (1958)
    Recorded the album 'Stan Freberg Presents the United States Volume 1' (1961)
    Wrote and did voices for the TV show 'Time for Beany' (1949-54)
    Hosted 'The Stan Freberg Show' on radio (1957)
    Appeared in 'The Weird Al Show' (1997-98)
    Hosted the anthology 'When Radio Was' (1995-2006)
    Won 21 Clio Awards for excellence in TV and radio advertising

Why he might be annoying:

    Capitol Records refused to release his records 'That's Right Arthur' (a parody of Arthur Godfrey) and 'Most of the Town' (a spoof of Ed Sullivan), feeling they were libelous.
    He was a jazz snob with disdain for other forms of music.
    He denounced commercialization in 'Green Chri$tma$' but made much of his living from advertising.
    He did not give his son Donavan a name for five years, instead calling him 'Baby Boy Freberg.'
    He put his son Donavan in commercials for the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His radio show was short-lived because he refused to accept tobacco and alcohol ads.
    His radio sketch 'Elderly Man River' skewered political correctness decades before the term existed.
    The catchphrase 'Just the facts, ma'am' was introduced in Freberg's 'Dragnet' parody 'St. George and the Dragonet.'
    He is credited with introducing satire and self-aware humor into TV advertising.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 84 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 151 Votes: 43.05% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 56 Votes: 44.64% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 63 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 96 Votes: 51.04% Annoying