# RIP, Stan Freberg **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084 "2015-04-07T23:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/21 "2015-04-08T04:05:12Z")
“Stretching the Imagination” [Stan Freberg - Stretching the Imagination - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppZ57EeX6vE) “Brave New Prune” [Ray Bradbury Prunes Commercial - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5NxG_rr5aU) “Take An Indian To Lunch” ["Take An Indian To Lunch" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ixyp1l1hw) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/22 "2015-04-08T05:28:55Z")
Nobody but me remembers [Elderly Man River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLlTlYfqQV4)? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/23 "2015-04-08T06:22:41Z")
There’s a lot to like in a Freberg; sneakers, glasses, filp-top head. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/24 "2015-04-08T16:36:05Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Nobody but me remembers [Elderly Man River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLlTlYfqQV4)? Are you kidding? That was what I linked to in my Facebook RIP post. But I think my personal favorite is That’s My Boy “I’m mighty thankful for all I’ve got. But I’m sure glad he’s such a lousy shot!” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/25 "2015-04-08T17:42:11Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > For true fans, get the [Tip of the Freberg](http://www.amazon.com/Tip-Freberg-Collection-1951-1998-4-Disc/dp/B00000JNIO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1428454127&sr=1-1&keywords=tip+of+the+freberg) box set. > > A long and great career. Seconded. The copy I have comes with a VCR tape of some of his greatest commercials - including ones with Ray Bradbury. And Conspiraski theory. Wunnerful, wunnerful … ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/26 "2015-04-08T18:13:07Z")
Oh man, I haven’t thought of Stan Freiberg in years. My dad had a couple of his comedy albums, “With The Original Cast” and I forget the other one. That guy was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/27 "2015-04-08T18:16:40Z")
Aw, man. God got him on a 412, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/28 "2015-04-08T18:47:14Z")
\*\* > [@amateur barbarian](#): > > aw, man. God got him on a 412, i guess… **A 412???** **WHAT’S A 412???** damn board won’t let me post in all caps… ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/29 "2015-04-08T19:05:16Z")
Over acting. Let’s go. This is really sad news. I can recite _Green Christmas_, _Stan Freberg Presents: The United States of America_, and most of the rest of his stuff by heart, even after all these years. His absolute pinnacle was an ad for radio advertising, where he drained Lake Erie, filled it with whipped cream, and dropped a fifty thousand pound cherry into it. “Now let’s see them do that on TV.” One of the real geniuses of a generation. He will be missed. Some of us will be able to sublimate - others can’t adjust. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/30 "2015-04-08T19:14:51Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Over acting. Let’s go. > > His absolute pinnacle was an ad for radio advertising, where he drained Lake Erie, filled it with whipped cream, and dropped a fifty thousand pound cherry into it. “Now let’s see them do that on TV.” > > Regards, > Shodan that would be Lake Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/31 "2015-04-08T19:18:14Z")
He ruined the ending, one of the loveliest parts of _opens door_ \ _closes door_ the whole piece. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/32 "2015-04-08T19:53:16Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > that would be Lake Michigan. That doesn’t make any difference. It makes a difference to the sheep. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/33 "2015-04-08T21:28:11Z")
Did he coin the phrase “close enough for jazz”? I recall it from a comedy routine that I associate with Stan Freberg, but can’t recall any details. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/34 "2015-04-08T21:50:03Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > His absolute pinnacle was an ad for radio advertising, where he drained Lake Erie, filled it with whipped cream, and dropped a fifty thousand pound cherry into it. “Now let’s see them do that on TV.” Nitpick: Lake _Michigan_, not Erie. That’s a lot harder. There was whipped cream and chocolate all over my shore for months afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084/35 "2015-04-09T04:13:33Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > His absolute pinnacle was an ad for radio advertising, where he drained Lake Erie, filled it with whipped cream, and dropped a fifty thousand pound cherry into it. “Now let’s see them do that on TV.” Which is why it’s the first link in my previous post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stan-freberg/717084.md?page=1)