I've been listening to Freberg's recordings for about as long as I ran remember but this is the first time I saw a TV version of the skit. As always it's fantastic. It's hard not to enjoy something Stan created.
Never heard of this live TV performance - what a gem! I wonder what else exists by the late, great Stan Greberf.... (That's from The Chun King Chinese Chow Mein Hour).
Freberg was a comic genius and satirist. And of course June Forey went on to famously voice Rocket J. Squirrel of "Rocky and Bullwinkle", and Daws Butler voicing many cartoon characters, most notably Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound , Snagglepuss, Elroy Jetson and others.
Had no idea that Stan and company actually performed this live. Actually seeing them on camera performing this (and St. George and the Dragonet) is a rare treat.
Wow! That was fun! I've heard Little Blue Riding Hood, and St. George and the Dragonet many many many many times, but this is the first time I've ever seen Stan, Daws, and June perform Blue live. What was this sketch part of, on tv? Thanx so much for sharing this little gem! Keep 'em coming, please please pretty please?
Hi!! If you havent seen/ heard another item, I very happily encourage you to look up ( it's just audio I believe) "Interview w the Abominable Snowman". Incredibly inventive & funny as anything you ever heard.
I would like to know too. I've never seen Stan Freberg of this era on TV. Great team of Stan Freberg, Daws Butler and June Foray. A few years later, Stan would be on TV quite a bit in successful commercials.
Neither. Sorry to take so long to get back to you but I just saw your question. It's from an appearance on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town 27 September 1953 www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/ed-sullivan-poses-with-stan-freberg-daws-butler-and-june-news-photo/545135445
For years, in the engineering firm where I worked, my boss and I were of more or less the same age, and had both brown up on the old Stan Freberg parody recordings. One of our favorites was to bellow "WHAT's....A....FOUR....TWELVE?!?!" at the drop of a hat....often in meetings, where everyone else thought we were nuts. It helped that the number 412 came up quite often, as it was a common numerical prefix to certain categories of engineering drawing numbers at our firm, and also the model number of a particular piece of equipment from a vendor we often bought from, and it was also the phone extension for building services. For those that don't know, the exchange: Detective (St. George), "I'm booking you on a 412." Dragon, yelling, "412 ???.... What's a 412 ?!?!?!" Detective, "Overacting." Came from the other Dragnet parody (besides the "Little Blue Riding Hood" parody in this video) called "St. George and the Dragonet". I don't know offhand which one came out first.
