Stan Freberg, Comedy Pioneer, Passes Away

[vienna]

Stan Freberg passed away at the age of 88:

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituar...ry.html#page=1

To those of us who are my age or a bit older, Stan Freberg's works were right up there with 50s and 60s comic greats like Jonathan Winters, Tom Lehrer, Bob Newhart and other masters of recorded comedy. He would satirize and lampoon anyone or anything and his comedy was always spot on. Here he gives a brief history of the United States of Amereica:



This link is to a YouTube compilation of some of his most well-known works:



RIP, Stan, and thanks for all the laughs and inspiration you have given to the world of comedy...


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