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[[Stan Freberg]]'s short-lived (15 episodes) [[Sketch Comedy]] radio series from 1957, featuring the voices of [[Daws Butler]], [[June Foray]] and Peter Leeds. Greatly influenced [[The Firesign Theatre]] in their audio recordings.

Episodes can be (legally) downloaded [http://www.otr.net/?p=freb here].

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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: so many of these, including the "Lawrence Welk" sketch ("Stop with-a the bubbles!"); the "St. George and the Dragonet" parody of ''[[Dragnet]]''; a [[Film Noir]] parody, which has a [[Femme Fatale]] and no plot, just a private eye getting knocked unconscious every two minutes; "Bang Gunley: US Marshall Fields", parody of radio westerns like ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' and ''[[Tales of the Texas Rangers]]''; "The Lone Psychiatrist", a satirical parody of ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'' and the power of psychoanalysis.
* [[Amusing Alien]]: Miss Jupiter. She's only two feet tall.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: the "real-life" spokesperson for the Puffed Grass [[Parody Commercial]], a monotone, robotic-sounding test pilot named Jet Crash:
{{quote|"Believe you me, I couldn't break through the sound barrier every morning if I didn't start off my day with a stomach.... ''(long pause)'' ....full of Puffed Grass"}}
* [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]]: The abominable snowman interviews
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Miss Jupiter has "shapely wheels"
* [[Doom It Yourself]]: The build-it-yourself piano
* [[History Marches On]]: History is [[Deconstruction|deconstructed]] humorously in the "Great Moments in History" sketches with "the real stories" behind those moments, including Washington crossing the Delaware and the ride of Paul Revere.
* [[Mickey Mousing]]: As a tourist attraction, a "lover's spat" between [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and Mike Todd is portrayed with trumpets in one short segment.
* [[No Reprise, Please]]: In the Lawrence Welk sketch, the song "Thank You For All Those Cards and Letters..."
* [[Parody Commercial]]: "Puffed Grass" ("Bang Gunleigh, U.S. Marshal Field"); "Food" ("Gray Flannel Hat Full of Teenage Werewolves"); "Stan Freberg" (the second-to-last episode).
* [[Running Gag]]: In several "Great Moments in History" segments, some historical figure like Barbara Fritchie or Paul Revere would say "First give me the money, ''then'' I'll _____ (get on the horse, stand on the burning deck, etc.)"
** Also the nonsensical soundscapes that began a number of episodes.
** "He's Swiss- that way we don't offend anyone."
* [[Say My Name]]: A [[Soap Within a Show]] parody:
{{quote|"John..."
"Marsha..." }}
* [[Shameless Self Promoter]]: Freberg did an entire episode near the end (when the show itself failed to attract a sponsor) about advertising himself.
* [[Sketch Comedy]]
* [[Soap Within a Show]]: John/Marsha routine; also [[Say My Name]].
* [[Translation: "Yes"]]: Mousier Touler (and his Tuned Sheep) has a couple of "French" phrases, just a few syllables long, that are translated in English as long run-on sentences.

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