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'''Stanley Victor "Stan" Freberg''' born August 7, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Pasadena, California.
'''Stanley Victor "Stan" Freberg''', born August 7, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, was a well-known recording artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer, author, and advertising creative director of the 1950s, primarily famous for his comedy records. His humor was generally satiric but of a relatively gentle and sensitive nature. Typical of his recordings was ''St. George and the Dragonet,'' a broadly burlesque treatment of a hit police-show on television at the time, ''[[Dragnet]]''.
 
His humor is often described as gentle and sensitive combined with satire.  He is a well known author, recording artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director.  
 
His first wife, Donna, died in 2000. He has two children from that marriage, Donna Jean and Donavan. He married Betty Hunter in 2001, and she adopted the personal and family names Hunter Freberg.
 
 
==References==
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==Listen to==
*[http://outlaw16151.com/pages/outlaw16151/old-time-radio.php ''Outlaw's Old Time Radio Corner]
*[http://www.otr.net/?p=freb OTR Network Library: ''The Stan Freberg Show'' (15 episodes)]
*[http://www.bobclaster.com/radioshows/Freberg%201.mp3 Bob Claster's 1989 interview with Stan Freberg pt.1] [http://www.bobclaster.com/radioshows/Freberg%202.mp3 pt.2]  [http://www.bobclaster.com/radioshows/Freberg%203.mp3 pt.3] [http://www.bobclaster.com/radioshows/Freberg%204.mp3.mp3 pt.4] [http://www.bobclaster.com/radioshows/Freberg%205.mp3 pt.5]
*[http://www.bobclaster.com/radioshows/CBS%20Radio%20Workshop%20-%20Freberg.mp3 August 31, 1956 episode of CBS Radio Workshop ''Colloquy #3: An Analysis of Satire'' featuring Stan Freberg]
*[http://www.shellac.org/radio/mp3/oror00.mp3 ''Oregon! Oregon!'' Intro] [http://www.shellac.org/radio/mp3/oror01a.mp3 Overture]  [http://www.shellac.org/radio/mp3/oror01b.mp3 Act I] [http://www.shellac.org/radio/mp3/oror01c.mp3 Interlude] [http://www.shellac.org/radio/mp3/oror01d.mp3 Act II] [http://www.shellac.org/radio/mp3/oror01e.mp3 Act III]
 
==External links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/markthomaspresents/pip/2f6i0/ ''Mark Thomas Presents: Stan Freberg'' (BBC Radio 4, 2005)]
*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825215,00.html ''Time'': "Stan the Man" (July 29, 1957)]
*[http://www.cosmik.com/aa-october99/stan_freberg.html Cosmik]
*[http://www.shellac.org/radio/oregon.html ''Oregon! Oregon!'' (1959)]
*[http://toolooney.blogspot.com/2007/05/little-go-beepfinally.html Little Go Beep]

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Stanley Victor "Stan" Freberg, born August 7, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, was a well-known recording artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer, author, and advertising creative director of the 1950s, primarily famous for his comedy records. His humor was generally satiric but of a relatively gentle and sensitive nature. Typical of his recordings was St. George and the Dragonet, a broadly burlesque treatment of a hit police-show on television at the time, Dragnet.