United States History in Satire
Unlike his comedic contemporaries Mort Sahl (b. 1927), Lenny Bruce (1925–1966), and Dick Gregory (b. 1932), who improvised onstage before live audiences, Stan Freberg mastered the aesthetic opportunities of the sound studio for his satires. In Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, Vol. 1, The Early Years, he created a musical revue that lampooned events from 1492 to the Revolution, while satirically commenting on contemporary times. Time called the work “arguably the best comedy album ever made.”
Unlike his comedic contemporaries Mort Sahl (b. 1927), Lenny Bruce (1925–1966), and Dick Gregory (b. 1932), who improvised onstage before live audiences, Stan Freberg mastered the aesthetic opportunities of the sound studio for his satires. In <em>Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America, Vol. 1, The Early Years,</em> he created a musical revue that lampooned events from 1492 to the Revolution, while satirically commenting on contemporary times. <em>Time</em> called the work “arguably the best comedy album ever made.”