Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. John & Marsha
2. I've Got You Under My Skin
3. That's My Boy
4. Try
5. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
6. C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)
7. A Dear John & Marsha Letter
8. Sh-Boom
9. The Yellow Rose Of Texas
10. The Great Pretender
11. Heartbreak Hotel
12. Rock Island Line
13. Banana Boat (Day-O)
14. Tele-Vee-Shun
15. Wun'erful, Wun'erful! (Side Uh-One & Side Uh-Two)
16. Ya Got Trouble
17. The Old Payola Roll Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
18. The Worst Of The Town (The Most Of The Town)
19. That's Right, Arthur

Disc 2:

1. St. George And The Dragonet
2. Little Blue Riding Hood
3. Christmas Dragnet (Yulenet) (Parts 1 & 2)
4. Point Of Order
5. Person To Pearson
6. The Honey-Earthers
7. The Lone Psychiatrist
8. Elderly Man River
9. Freberg In Advertisingland
10. Ban Gunleigh, U.S. Marshall Field
11. Incident At Los Voraces

Disc 3:

1. Green Christmas
2. Overture
3. Columbus Discovers America: It's A Round, Round World
4. Pilgrim's Progress: Take An Indian To Lunch
5. The Thanksgiving Story (Under The Double Turkey)
6. Declaration Of Independence: A Man Can't Be Too Careful What He Signs These Days
7. Betsy Ross And The Flag: Everybody Wants To Be An Art Director
8. Stephen Foster, Beloved Songwritier
9. Barbara Frietchie, Martyr Of The Year
10. Shoot If You Must
11. Alexander Graham Bell And The First Phone Call
12. Thomas Edision Invents The Light Bulb! The Phonograph (Part 1)
13. Perserverance
14. Thomas Edision Invents The Light Bulb! The Phonograph (Part 2)
15. Planned Obsolescence
16. Henry Ford Invents Detroit
17. Perserverance (Reprise)
18. Omaha! (Parts 1 & 2): Overture/Whatta They Got In Omaha/Ohmaha Moon/Omaha/I Look In Your Face And...
19. Folk Songs For Our Time: Oh Dat Freeway System
20. Folk Songs For Our Time: Which Is The Girl: Which Is The Boy?
21. Anybody Here Remember Radio?

Disc 4:

1. Puffed Grass From 'Ban Gunleigh, U.S. Marshall Field'
2. Who Listens To Radio?
3. Empire State Building/Who Puts Eight Great Tomatoes In That Little Bitty Can?
4. Truth In Advertising
5. Hot Dog Hot Dog Hot Dog!
6. Stretching The Imagination
7. The Milk And I
8. Gilbert & Sullivan Spoof
9. Beat Poet
10. James Bond Spoof
11. Goldnoodle
12. Can I Have A Bite Of Your Pencil?
13. Floor Show Now Going On
14. Who Put The Handles On The Can?
15. The 1966 Chun King
16. Winding The War Down-McGovern-Hatfield Amendment To End The War
17. Vietnamatic 3-McGovern-Hatfield Amendment To End The War
18. Moby Dick
19. Painting On Radio
20. Today The Pits, Tomorrow The Wrinkles! (Bed Time Story)
21. Funnier Than Cleopatra/It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
22. Drink Big (Freedle Family Singers)
23. Supercharger
24. What's That Bottled Revelation?
25. Clark Smathers Faces Life
26. Sunburn Remedy?
27. The Ineffectual Drumroll
28. A Star Is Born
29. Shluderberg & Kurdle: Song & Dance Men!
30. Toastal Engineering
31. Dr. Zhivago
32. The Irving Bell Story
33. Fantastic Sound System
34. Tom Sweet And His Electric Milky Way Machine
35. The Modern Army Song
36. Jazz On Rubberbands
37. Bad Hair Day
38. Talk Radio
39. North By Northgate
40. Scared Witless
41. The Golf Date
42. Do People Really Listen To Radio Commercials?
43. Omaha!
44. A Dinner For The Common Cold?
45. Taco Bell In China?
46. Name Confusion: Mia? Tia? Lisa?
47. Elton John Could Write A Song For You!
48. A 'Smart' Toilet Seat?
49. A Territory's Great But You Gotta Have A State
50. Oregon, Oregon
51. Show Opening: 'The New Stan Freberg Show'
52. Pop Faithcorn: Trend Predictor
53. Theater Of The Mind
54. The Freberg Zone
55. Father Of The Year
56. Spy Interview
57. The Conspiraski Theory

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89242 in Music
• Released on: 1999-08-06
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Best of

From Amazon.com
Tip of the Freberg presents four CDs and one VHS-format videotape of classic comedy from the legendary master who paved the way for Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon. This is the definitive collection of the sarcastic but sophisticated Freberg magic, including the best of his famous routines and satirical songs plus unreleased goodies new and old. The set also contains the first-ever CD of his hilarious radio ads and the video has award-winning TV commercials that he wrote and directed. The snappy package comes complete with an actual X-ray of Freberg's skull and it is lovingly annotated with details of who played the music (exotica big kahuna Les Baxter wrote some of the band arrangements), what Freberg's writing and working methods were, and who supplied the characters' voices. (Not surprisingly Freberg did many of the vocal parts himself--he's a capable singer and actor.) The older material remains funny stuff, and the liner notes provide the depth of historical context. This is not a box set that will be played once and then put on the shelf. Everything on Tip of the Freberg is good for repeat plays and hours of laughs in the years ahead. --John Sulak