Stan Freberg - The United States of America: Vol. 1 LP Part5

[endrightwinglunacy]

"That's George, talking up a storm with those wooden teeth" :D

[jme6141994]

This is where I learned American history when I was a kid.

[MaskedMan66]

Brilliant format; showing the turntable and all!

[RSLindsay]

(Cont'd) At the Wilson Museum marionette show, I think I "got it" on maybe half the jokes. (I was too young to get the joke about John Hancock being an "insurance man.") But in the George Washington/Betsy Ross sketch, I did laugh at Washington wanting polka dots on the flag instead of stars.

I think most of the kids there enjoyed the show because it was zany. I don't know who performed the marionettes at the show, but I seem to remember they did a good job of it.

[snicky58]

Thanks -- this is such wonderful stuff!

[abcwatermark]

Actually, it has been put on a CD. Capitol reissued it with additional material that had been cut from the LP due to time limitations, including a skit about Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin and his kite, and extra material excised from "Betsy Ross and the Flag (Everybody Wants To Be An Art Director)"; it was subsequently reissued again a few years later by Rhino when they released Vol. 2, The Later Years.

[timetime124]

Declaration Of Independence [A Man Can't Be Too Careful What He Signs These Days] - Stan Freberg

[timetime124]

Betsy Ross And The Flag - Stan Freberg

[krauthead4]

Someone should put this on a CD. Great stuff.

[mrtimetime123]

A Man Can't Be Too Careful What He Signs These Days (Declaration Of Independence) - Stan Freberg

[SandJosieph]

2:32 "Life, Liberty, and the Purfuit of Happineff?" One of my favorite parts.

XD

[TheBroughs]

Love it! Thanks!!

[ezekieloak]

Hmm. Now when I hear this I can see how it was a contemporary mockery of McCarthyism.

[peacenikkie]

Great stuff. I was there. Well, not THEN, but, in the fifties and sixties. LOL! Thanks for the memories!

[murdkipz]

Thank you for uploading this! :D I recorded it to a cassette tape from the Dr. Demento show years ago, I've been wanting to hear it forever.

[x170063]

I taped it from Dr D also, thanks for posting this. Great stuff

[TommySyzzle]

My favorite of all of the skits. Pure comic genius.