MORE RANDOM BY RANDOM Wednesday, December 17, 2014
TOM WELBERS LIKES: "WUN'ERFUL, WUN'ERFUL! Stan Freberg Comedy"
TOM WELBERS LIKES: "WUN'ERFUL, WUN'ERFUL! Stan Freberg Comedy" http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=X0TSDcPW2Kk
"Does anybody remember Stan Freberg? Back in the '50s I grew up listening to his routines. Especially because my mom was annoyingly obsessed with Lawrence Welk and his Champagne Music, Stan's "Wun'erful, Wun'erful" was my favorite childhood way of tormenting her. And then (with present-day help of YouTube), his other great routines flood into my mind: " The Lone Psychiatrist ," " John and Marsha ," " Banana Boat ," " Elderly Man River ," and, my all-time favorite, his commercial on the " Power of Radio ." Oh, and don't forget the perennially meaningful, " Green Chri$tma$." Not to mention " Beanie and Cecil ." And on . . . If you don't know who (or what) I'm talking about, you're probably under 50. Ask your grandfather. Stan Freberg, still very much alive and active at age 88, will be here at Good Shepherd on Sunday evening, December 7, at 7 pm. We are welcoming