{"id":19939,"date":"2015-04-11T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/?p=19939"},"modified":"2015-04-10T15:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T21:53:10","slug":"in-memory-of-stan-freberg-heres-elderly-man-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/2015\/04\/in-memory-of-stan-freberg-heres-elderly-man-river\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of Stan Freberg, Here’s “Elderly Man River”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

$\"Stan$ I knew Stan Freberg (the \u201cmadcap adman and satirist\u201d<\/a> who passed away on Tuesday<\/a>) mostly as the Beaver<\/a> in Lady and the Tramp<\/a>. Or as various voices<\/a> in various Looney Toons production. Or as The Man We Praise and\/or Blame for Weird Al<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But he also did this hilarious \u201cElderly Man River\u201d radio routine, which is almost\u00a0 Peter Schickele<\/a>-like in its mastery of sarcasm<\/a>, both musical and matter-of-factual. (Here\u2019s the golden-throated Paul Robeson by way of comparison<\/a>. And by way of pure enjoyment.)<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>Attribution(s): <\/strong>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Stan_Freberg_leans_on_chair.jpg#\/media\/File:Stan_Freberg_leans_on_chair.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stan Freberg Leans on Chair<\/a>\u201d is an anonymous publicity photo, licensed under Public Domain via <a href=\"\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew Stan Freberg (the \u201cmadcap adman and satirist\u201d who passed away on Tuesday) mostly as the Beaver in Lady and the Tramp. Or as various voices in various Looney Toons production. Or as The Man We Praise and\/or Blame for Weird Al. But he also did this hilarious \u201cElderly Man River\u201d radio routine, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1286,"featured_media":19985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quodlibets"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>In Memory of Stan Freberg, Here's "Elderly Man River"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I knew Stan Freberg (the "madcap adman and satirist" who passed away on Tuesday) mostly as the Beaver in Lady and the Tramp. 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