Stan Freberg had so many hyphens after his name it’s kind of hard to sort out everything he was.
He was a writer. He was a comedian. He was a radio actor. He was a voice actor for cartoons. He was an advertising executive. He was a recording artist.. Should we go on?
The kid from Pasadena who displayed a sardonic wit from an early age created a creative life for himself the made him a star in several media.
It seemed like every few years Stan Freberg was back in the public Spotlight, often doing something new and creative and fun.
And much of his work lives on to this day.
Freberg published his autobiography — or at least, Part 1 of it – in 1989. He called the book It Only Hurts When I Laugh. He arrived at our interview a bit bedraggled by an exhausting book tour, but his trademark wit was on full display.
So here now, from 1989 Stan Freberg,
Stan Freberg died in 2015. He was 88.