THE STAN FREBERG SHOW "Sponsored by Freberg"

 

Episode 14 aired on the CBS Radio Network on Sunday evening October 13, 1957. The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS Radio Network for fifteen episodes in 1957 from July 14 through October 20. The show, starring comedian Stan Freberg and featuring the vocal talents of Daws Butler, June Foray and Peter Leeds, Peggy Taylor as the resident singer, and the musical direction of Billy May. The show aired in the 7:30 p.m. (ET) time slot following repeats of The Jack Benny Program {"The Best Of Benny"} on Sundays.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Last Broadcast"

 

October 20, 1957 CBS Radio Episode 15 Final Show. The Stan Freberg Show would prove to be enduring and wide-reaching. The program lasted just 15 episodes that reached over six million radio listeners, but was doomed when it failed to attract a sponsor. During this time, there weren’t really blocks of commercials as there are now: you would have one sponsor who would present the entire program. That’s all well and good if you’re super-popular like Jack Benny, but Freberg prided himself on being sardonic and mischievous. In other words, dangerous to attach your brand to.

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STAN FREBERG SHOW "Werewolves"

 

By the thirteenth episode, it was clear that The Stan Freberg Show was suffering from a lack of advertiser interest (perhaps helped by Freberg's werewolf comparisons). According to Freberg's autobiography, It Only Hurts When I Laugh, two different cigarette companies offered to sponsor the program, but Stan turned them down; because no other advertisers were willing to provide primary or alternate sponsorship on Freberg's terms, CBS canceled the series after fifteen episodes. According to author Joe Bevilacqua, it was the last American network radio show to devote itself purely to comedy. October 6, 1957 on CBS Radio. ---WIKIPEDIA

STAN FREBERG "Rocket Sled"

 

Episode 12, September 29, 1957. Features a death defying journey in a rocket sled is in its final stages. Stan is the on site reporter to get the story.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "College Football Report"

 

Episode 11 aired on CBS Radio September 22, 1957. A sports interview, A Hollywood agent with canine clients, Bang Gunley: U. S. Marshall Fields (sponsored by "Puffed Grass" cereal).

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Build It Yourself Piano"

 

Episode 10 aired on CBS Radio September 15, 1957. The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS Radio Network for only fifteen episodes in 1957–58. The show, starring comedian Stan Freberg and featuring the vocal talents of Daws Butler, June Foray, and Peter Leeds and the musical direction of Billy May, ran in the 7 p.m. timeslot previously occupied by The Jack Benny Program. Stan Freberg grew up in Los Angeles, California. From an early age he was a big fan of radio and sound. He was blessed with the double abilities of being an amazing mimic and possessing a razor-sharp satirical mind. In the early 1940s he began to do voice work for Warner Brothers' cartoons.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Abominable Snowman Revisited"

 

Episode 9 aired September 8, 1957 on CBS Radio. Freberg chats with his friend the abominable snowman about another visit in the Himalayas. We learn the real name of the snowman and meet his wife. Stan exposes how he gets the details for his historical skits. Then we hear one on the Revolutionary War. Based on the painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Good Humor Man"

 

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Good Humor Man" Episode 8 aired September 1, 1957 on the CBS Radio network. The show, starring comedian Stan Freberg and featuring the vocal talents of Daws Butler, June Foray, and Peter Leeds and the musical direction of Billy May, ran in the 7 p.m. timeslot previously occupied by The Jack Benny Program. The show was produced by Pete Barnum with sound effects by Bill James and Gene Twombly.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Lone Analyst"

 

August 25, 1957. Episode 7 titled "The Lone Analyst." The driving of the Golden Spike and some music that's just too piercing, man. The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS Radio Network for only fifteen episodes in 1957–58. The show, starring comedian Stan Freberg and featuring the vocal talents of Daws Butler, June Foray, and Peter Leeds and the musical direction of Billy May, ran in the 7 p.m. timeslot previously occupied by The Jack Benny Program.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "CBS Censor"

 

For fifteen weeks during the summer of 1957, Stan Freberg and a talented ensemble performed satirical sketches and comedy routines, filling a void left when Jack Benny moved from radio to television. Episode 6 aired on CBS Radio August 18, 1957 "CBS Censor". Featuring... forced to see an eye specialist, Elderly Man River, Face The Funnies, The Rock Island Line and the Couple Next Door. Freberg was born Stanley Friberg in Pasadena, California, the son of Evelyn Dorothy (née Conner), a housewife, and Victor Richard Friberg (later Freberg), a Baptist minister. Freberg was a Christian and of Swedish and Irish descent. He was drafted in the US Army from 1945 to 1947 where he served in Special Services attached to the Medical Corps at McCornack General Hospital in Pasadena, California. Freberg's work reflected his gentle sensitivity (despite his liberal use of biting satire and parody).

STAN FREBERG "Orville"

 

Freberg with his puppet Orville the Moon Man. Stan Freberg (1926 - 2015) was a satirist, voice actor, puppeteer, and advertising man. Freberg began his career as a voice actor for Warner Bros., playing Baby Bear, Pete Puma, and other characters in Looney Tunes cartoons. August 11, 1957. CBS Radio Network.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Paul Revere"

 

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This Stan Freberg show features Rock Around My Nose. The story behind the ride of Paul Revere. The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran for only fifteen episodes in 1957–58. The show, starring comedian Stan Freberg and featuring the vocal talents of Daws Butler, June Foray, and Peter Leeds and the musical direction of Billy May, ran in the 7 p.m. time period previously occupied by The Jack Benny Program. The show was produced by Pete Barnum with sound effects by Bill James and Gene Twombly. Episode 4 aired on CBS Radio August 4, 1957.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Miss Jupiter"

 

Aliens Speaking English: Would Stan be speaking with Miss Jupiter if she didn't? Amusing Alien: Miss Jupiter. She's only two feet tall. Bizarre Alien Biology: Miss Jupiter has "shapely wheels". Episode 3 on CBS Radio. July 28, 1957.

STAN FREBERG SHOW "Barbara Fritchie"

 

The Stan Freberg Show was an oasis in a medium quickly sinking into a morass of wall-to-wall pop music, but the economics of 1957 radio prevented it continuing beyond a short season, originally airing July-August 1957.

STAN FREBERG SHOW - 01_1957-07-14_ - Musical_Sheep

 

The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS Radio Network for only fifteen episodes in 1957–58. The show, starring comedian Stan Freberg and featuring the vocal talents of Daws Butler, June Foray, and Peter Leeds and the musical direction of Billy May, ran in the 7 p.m. Sunday evening time period.