Stan Freberg Passes On

By W. R. Miller on April 7, 2015

Stan Freberg passed away today.

In my younger years I only knew him from the acting he did for Warner Bros., as the voice of Pete Puma in “Rabbit’s Kin,” Junyer Bear, narrating and performing the Three Little Bops, the Gambling Bug, Benny the Cat, Bertie the Mouse, Tosh the Gopher and Chester the Dog.

When I worked on Pinky and the Brain, Batman: The Animated Series writer Paul Dini asked me to illustrate a tribute to Stan which Warner Bros. would give to him for his birthday. Here is the illustration with Stan’s Looney Tunes characters:

freberga

However, Warners management thought the illustration inappropriate and I was never reimbursed for my labor. The original, alas, disappeared. Fortunately I had made a copy. I scanned it and colored it digitally. The next step was to get it to Stan as my own personal gift to him. Fortunately, Mark Evanier brought Stan to the San Diego Comic Con for a panel saluting him. Afterward, Stan availed himself in the Exhibition Hall to sign autographs and to sell copies of his 1988 autobiography, It Only Hurts When I Laugh. I handed him a copy of the illustration, and his face lit up with joy when he saw the characters he voiced. I was thrilled by his response.

Of course, Stan Freberg has done a lot more contributions to pop culture, which you can read about here.

Mark Evanier has written a marvelous tribute to Freberg here.

Posted in News | Tagged Mark Evanier, Paul Dini, Stan Freberg
Previous Entry: A 10-Year-Old Reviews Thunderbirds
Next Entry: How to Make a Fairy Door

Directory not exist:
wp-content/plugins/random-image-gallery-with-pretty-photo-zoom/new_gallery/

RSS Subscribe

  • Today in Star Wars History Now Available!
  • What if Filmation animated modern STAR TREK?
  • Tom Cruise: Why Won’t This Fella Age?
  • The return of JANE AND THE DRAGON
  • The Demand for JANE AND THE DRAGON
  • Guy Fleegman from Galaxy Quest joins the crew of the Enterprise!
  • Downton Abbey Fireside Chats
  • A Fun Tripp!
  • Scrat Finally Eats the Acorn!
  • Bill Maher Explains Jokes to Idiots

RSS Subscribe

  • Today in Star Wars History Now Available!
  • What if Filmation animated modern STAR TREK?
  • Tom Cruise: Why Won’t This Fella Age?
  • The return of JANE AND THE DRAGON
  • The Demand for JANE AND THE DRAGON
  • Guy Fleegman from Galaxy Quest joins the crew of the Enterprise!
  • Downton Abbey Fireside Chats
  • A Fun Tripp!
  • Scrat Finally Eats the Acorn!
  • Bill Maher Explains Jokes to Idiots

Copyright © 2013-2022 W.R. Miller.