Talk:Stan Freberg
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We need a bit on Time for Beany/ Beany and Cecil, since he was quite involved with that show as well. --Weyoun6 18:22, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
The remarks about Lawrence Welk's "Musical mediocrity" and "Abysmal accordion playing" are VERY POV- definitely not neutral.Saxophobia 03:46, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Much of this article is plagiarized from the liner notes to the Tip of the Freberg box set. 23 January 2007.
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[edit] "I've Got You Under My Skin"
I'm suprised that Freberg's parody of "I've Got You Under my Skin" (Cole Porter via the Weaver's "On Top of Old Smokey") was allowed in 1952. I'd read that Cole Porter (d. 1964) hated parodies of his songs and had blocked versions of his songs proposed by Spike Jones and his City Slickers. M Bateman-Graham 203.171.196.113 13:48, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Elderly Man River"
I think this routine must be a varation on a bit that comedian Phil Silvers did. He would portray (solo or with a straight man) composer Jerome Kern teaching singer/collage graduate Paul Robeson how to sing "Old Man River" using dialect over Robeson's objections that it is not proper English. See Phil Silver's "The Laugh's Were On Me". M Bateman-Graham 203.171.196.113 13:48, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
I saw this sketch many years ago on "The Ed Sullivan Show". It's possible it might have been a minor inspiration for "Elderly Man River", but Freberg's sketch is bluntly satiriical -- and much funnier.
WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 11:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] POV problems
This article is another example of why Wikipedia's insistence on POV-neutral writing needs to be reconsidered.
I've been listening to Stan Freberg for more than 50 years, and there's no question he's one of the all-time great satirists. He's the absolute master of the radio sketch. His work is not only hilarious, but is almost as funny the 50th time you hear it as the first.
But the article says nothing about the way he fell into smug self-righteousness (and self-centeredness) as he got older, and more significantly, it neglects to mention that The United States of America volume 2 is perhaps the most-unfunny "comedy" album of all time. (For that matter, it doesn't mention that volume 1 has been voted best comedy recording of all time by Dr. Demento's listeners.)
Wikipedia needs to include a separate section for each article that allows responsible critiques, both positive and negative.
WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 12:58, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
- Just create your own fansite, then. That's not what wikipedia is for. Kouban (talk) 01:23, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Song parody reviews
I think this article has too much emphasis on reviews of individual song parodies. They add little except for bloat to the article. Kouban (talk) 00:37, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
