Thanks to my buddy, Matt, for linking me to The Gunfighter a few months ago. This hilarious short film should have gone up on TTAG then. Nine minutes of quality programming here, and a bit of levity in what feels like a rough couple months of serious news at home and abroad.
Given RF’s recent post about the Burrito Boy, it reminded me of this. Pablo Francisco is a talented comedian/impressionist who does a killer “Don LaFontaine.” The late Mr. Fontaine was better known as the “Movie Trailer Guy.” You know – the ones that went “In a world…” Pablo performs one of his routines here, where […]
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Way back when (in the 1950’s), Stan Freberg rocked the radio world with his comedy recordings. These two cuts are parody of the classic TV show, Dragnet. Listen for June Foray (the voice of Natasha, Rocky, and Witch Hazel) and Daws Butler (the voice of BooBoo Bear). Brilliant comedy. They don’t make ’em like this […]
In 1961, radio comedian/advertising wunderkind Stan Freberg released what would become one of the most enduring comedy classic LPs of all time, Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America. Populated with characters voiced by Freberg, Jesse White (the original Maytag Repairman) and June Foray (Rocky, Natasha, Witch Hazel, and Granny from the classic Jay […]
Ah, the wonders of AlGore’s InterWeb thingy. No, I’m not talking about Mr. Global Warming’s failed attempt at creating a television network “for the rest of us.” No, I’m referring to the fact that the web has allowed just about anybody with a camera, a laptop, a broadband connection and a dream to write/direct/produce their […]
