Stan Freberg
Stan Freberg
Stan Frebergwas an American author, recording artist, animation voice actor, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director, whose career began in 1944. He remained active in the industry into his late 80s, more than 70 years after entering it...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth7 August 1926
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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Say that was a nice number, you kids get a pretty good sound out of them moccasins!
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You have to prove that the Freberg way will sell their product better than if they just did straight advertising. Whenever I give a lecture or seminar, that's what I try to get across to people. I hear very few radio commercials that sound like I could have written them or that they got the idea.
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Most folks call 'em green onions, but they're really scallions!
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I was turning down cigarette campaigns before it became fashionable. I wouldn't let CBS Radio sell 'The Stan Freberg Show' to R.J. Reynolds and American Tobacco, which had sponsored Jack Benny, the man I replaced.
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Will you let me talk? I'll have to learn the language all over again!
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I trained my son to be a puppeteer since he was a little boy.
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The decision as to what's funny and what is not funny shall rest solely with Mr. Freberg.
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A lot of television stuff is mean-spirited, and I think that's how political advertising got so mean-spirited, to where people are throwing things at the television set every time we have an election.
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People are amazed to see that I wrote all the words and music myself to 'Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America.'
When he was a little kid, he was a fat, spoiled kid. I can tell the type.
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I had a scholarship to Stanford because I won three California Speech tournaments. Before I started Stanford, I told my mother I wanted to take a bus into Hollywood and see if I could get an agent.
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If you don't like an ad, why should anybody else?... We're all consumers... That's why I always create commercials for myself first of all. I am the consumer I know best. If I think it's a great commercial, I figure the rest of the people might think so, too. I haven't been wrong so far.
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I believe all of my talents come from the Lord. All of my talents are God-given - that's how I was able to write music without any professional musical training.
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You can make sounds and music out of pretty much anything with a little imagination and putting your mind to it!