Stan Freberg - The United States of America: Vol. 1 LP Part2

[ponygirl498]

Ilistened to this so many times as a kid , I never thought it would be on the internet, now I can share this with my kids like4 my Dad did with my brother and I, Awsome.

[TheSwinePrincess]

My 8th grade history teacher used to play this cd every single goddamn day while we did our assignments! I still love it though and I listen to it at least once a year :)

[TheIchiNeko]

I first discovered this on New Year while litsening to SCU Classical Music station, I find quite amusing, when I saw it was a vinyl record it reminded me of my godparents.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

2:58 HILARIOUS! "Will you get out of here?"

[MaskedMan66]

CHRIS: I claim this land in the name of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain!

CHIEF: How.

CHRIS: Well, first I stick the flag in the sand and then I--

[ElizabethD22]

"You out of luck today...banks closed."

"Oh? Why?"

"Columbus Day."

hahahahaaaaaaaa

[timetime124]

Columbus Discovers America

[RSLindsay]

About 1981, when I was ten years old, I attended a marionette show at the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace in Staunton, VA. (It was held in the Visitor's Center Museum next door to the house where W.W. was born.)

The marionette show used Stan Freberg's "United States" album as its soundtrack. The first segment had marionettes of Columbus, Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Indian. It was done on a marionette stage like the one in "Sound of Music." I laughed at the "Columbus Day" and "French horns" jokes.

[timetime124]

Columbus Discovers America - Stan Freberg

[krauthead4]

One of my all time favorites!

[paperdain]

"Isabella, when are you gonna quit foolin' around all these nuts?" LOL

[LeftCoastD]

The voice of Ferdinand was Jesse White... the first and long-time Maytag repair man.

[BugsII1957]

Rumble, rumble, rumble, mutiny, mutiny, mutiny!

[DamazViccar]

@BugsII1957 Stop that rumbling down there!

[MaskedMan66]

@DamazViccar Rumble.

[BugsII1957]

Rumble, rumble, rumble, mutiny, mutiny, mutiny!

[BugsII1957]

Rumble, rumble, rumble, mutiny, mutiny, mutiny!

[LappndogProductions]

Kyroshruko, Columbus was actually played by Freeberg.

arpeggio1358, I agree that "Take and Indian to Lunch" was a great satire on the why Europeans disregarded the Native Americans. It also exposed the tokenism rampant in American race relations at the time.

He was actually ahead of his time -- Saturday Night Live would take political comedy to new level after satirists like him had blazed the trail.

[msmaggie007t]

What can I say? Stan Freberg was a genius! The satire is incredibly brilliant. I used to listen to this album over and over again. Thank you for posting it!

[arpeggio1358]

I wish "Take an Indian to Lunch" (from this album) was on YouTube. Stan Freeberg was P.C. and had it right regarding the wonderful Native Americans way back in 1961, when this album debuted. It was their country first, and Freeberg showed it with satire and appropriate barbs at the Europeans who came here and showed little regard for the Native Americans. RMphy89, thank you for posting this excerpt. Any chance we'll get more?

[AxelIngleson]

@arpeggio1358

You can find "Take An Indian To Lunch" on Songza. (aws.songza.com)

[arpeggio1358]

@AxelIngleson Thank you!.

[MyLatestEscape]

Brilliant! Just funny, funny stuff.

This is one of my favorite songs on this whole album. Thanks for the upload!

[Kyoshruko]

is Chris played by Jimmy Stewart?

[chrislongski1]

Annnouncer: Paul Frees

Geo. Washington: Johnathan Daly

Also Jesse White

[2Cents]

"...are we going out on that joke?"

"no, we do reprise of song. That help."

classic, classic stuff.

[foggytown2004]

Oh what an ensemble: Freburg, Foray, Butler, White, Leeds!

[MarkLipka]

Whose voice is heard at the very beginning?

[RMphy89]

Paul Frees

[atawhisper]

always one of my favorites...we used to "perform" it for our parents, aunts, uncles and friends...

you mean on top of everything else this ship is rigged...

Well you're overplaying it a little bit your self there...

[Funkywhiteboy63]

rumble rumble rumble

mutiny mutiny mutiny

[ajuggernaut]

We do reprise of song that help ... but not much. Not much, no.

[lindagreeneyes]

I'm so glad to read that others are familiar with Stan-isms and can both use them correctly and recognize them when they are used by others!

[WoodyWoodcasters]

Someone place GAZA STRIP REVUE on here! It's still relevant today!

[badmovebaker]

"You mean on top of everything else this ship is rigged." LOL

I listened to this album countless times as a kid; still love it.

[TMacciusPlautus]

Thanks to our dad we also grew up with Stan. Would anyone like to post that bit with 'Gaza Strip' and the show, 'the Atomic Bomb' -- was that the same one with "being lost at-pool"?

[ancientapparition]

I love this album. This is actually one of my all-time favorite songs. :)

[McKerrellGirl]

"We're all a little hostile at times..."

I really like this!

[art2liv4]

"What's that?"

"French horns."

Ha ha!

[gr82bmurph]

My four brothers, two sisters and I also grew up with "Stan", thanks to our Dad. Like most everyone else here, we interject some of "Stan's American-isms" into conversations with each other, especially at family reunions. Can't stop the laughing with Stan!

[clydesplace]

I Love this. Thanks for posting. I was thinking of posting it if somebody hadn't. Certainly this track is fitting for this weekend.

[radrlv]

America needs to hear this - Humor without profanity and we could laugh at ourselves.

[whitecrj]

I was watching a Devils/Islanders game on TV a couple of years ago and the announcer said something about hostility in the corners, to which the color-commentator chimed in with the entire "we're all a little hostile...other can't adjust" line...I cracked up and people looked at me weird.

[gareof]

Thanks for posting this - Stan is the greatest - - stupid injuns -they didn't discover columbus - they weren't gutsy enough to sail across the sea - progress - good food - great spanish & italian restaurants only possible in America

country property - white man's here, it's time to leave

[jonede]

I first listened to this album over 30 years ago.  It still sends me into hysterics; it simply doesn't get old.

[fansoffloyd]

I have been wondering for ten years what "I did, they bought the price is right" means?

[stevenewman01]

That record looks a little warped... but then, so is Stan Freberg!

[stuckinnebraska]

chef - he says, "give the kid top billing." Obviously, the king is referring to the queen.

[NKchef]

Anyone know what he says at around 6:50? i've listened to this over and over and i've never understood that line.

[gejopari]

Are you talking about the first line after the music at 6:50? That's King Ferdinand saying to Columbus, "Alright, go ahead, give the kid top billing." Meaning that Columbus can name Queen Isabella first when planting the flag: "I claim this land in the name of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain!"

[NKchef]

i used to always put this album on before i went to bed. i could recite "Columbus discovers America" all the time.

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[HawkStudio]

I used to listen to this over and over when I was a kid. They dont make comedy like this anymore. its been ages since I heard it.Thank you so much for posting it.

[LisaFleisher]

THANK YOU

[degdelta]

i know this album like the back of my hand. use lines from it all the time!

rumblings of mutiny? tap dancing on dirt?

clean funny, but definitely not pc.

love you Stan.

could see this made into a stage show, easy

[HARIBALZICH]

... French horns! cracks me up everytime I hear it.

[stargell777]

"You have a dream?

Would you like to... talk about it?"

-Hilarious!

[12Zwolf]

Thank You for posting;

Comedy pulls the life out of the socially acceptable religions like a French knot.

Valkyrie Ziege Mourne

[GenericGene]

Love it great post - anyone have "Who Killed Big Julie" I think that is what it was called.