Stan as the voice of the rabbit - with Daws Butler, doing the rest. June Foray plays the woman - and the music is arranged by Billy May. And like that...
Oddly, Stan came to mind out of no where in the past week, for no apparent reason. As has happened to me before, regarding other famous people. Imagine my shock when I searched for Stan and his Dragonet spoof which I remembered from my childhood. Only to find out that he had just recently died! Thanks Stan for the many laughs you gave us through the years!
This never gets old. I LOVE IT! I love this cartoon. "I hear you were almost buried by the Ma'am, is that right dragon?" It cracks me up! And "You were right, I was right? Yeah it was a gun."
According to official legend, when Freberg went to Jack Web for permission to use the Dragnet music in the record, Jack gave him both permission and the orchestra. Not being accustomed to working with Freberg and Daws, the orchestra had to record several takes when the trombone section kept missing their cues because they were laughing too hard.
I want to throw an extra bone to whomever worked the visual pun into the opening sequence, as younger viewers would not be familiar with record needles, so it became embroidering a document record. Well done.
Wow, you made my day, no my year. Never saw this before. Thank the music gods for Mr. Freberg every day. When was made? Any more like this. Love the computer graphics. Thank you so much.
Now THIS is entertainment!!! I first came across this sparkling gem of squeaky-clean humor while taking a flight from Halifax to my dad's home stomping ground of Alberta, around 1968. This was of course long before the daze of movies and TV channels or even screens for each passenger: instead we had a choice of music and comedy which was just fine and dandy, thank you. First time i heard it i nearly fell out of my seat laughing - good thing i was next to a window or i would have been literally rolling in the isles :-+}. Stan was a comedic genius on the order of Mel what's-his-name who did all the Bug's Bunny cartoon voices, and that patented dead-pan delivery made it all the more hilarious!! Goodness..... the memories.
... I've heard this routine tons of times, but didn't know there was animation to go with it. (As other people have commented, the dragon looks nothing like the knave described him, but I wonder if that's on purpose - In "Knights and Knaves" puzzles, knaves always lie. But that's *definitely* a mistake at the end, where the frog-announcer should be speaking the last part, not the knight)
June Foray was the voice of the Maiden but Daws did all the other voices except the lead character. Who put this together?? It's impeccable. I've got this recording on Freberg's box set, "Tip of the Freberg".
P'raps this INSPIRED Nick! I know they made stop-motion cartoons of a NUMBER of Stan & co's pieces ("Banana Boat Song" is a good 'un) and they were made contemporaneously (that's a good word) or at least, shortly after the releases. But how much involvement Mr Freberg had I cannot say. Stan is still working, at 87. His wife died, after over 40 years of marriage (and two kids) when he was 73. So he remarried and THAT union is still going strong. The man is unstoppable!
I've often wondered who animated these films. This was linked to my video of Home Now Remembukh the RAF aka The Banana Boat Song backwards. When this is played backwards the dragon sounds like Hitler.
The dragon doesn't match the knave's description. IMO, the animation distracts from the humor. Why are they all animals? It would have been funnier to stick to the parody and have St. George look like Jack Webb, and closely emulate the Dragnet show as much as possible.
Boy, this is TERRIBLE. If, as you say, this was done when the record came out, to accompany the record, I'm surprised and horrified Freberg was have let it pass muster. He'd worked with some of the greatest animation studios in the world and the track itself is so perfectly timed, so brilliantly performed, this clunky animation-- and all those awful takes to camera that the characters do --- is grossly out-of-step with the story of work Freberg expected of his collaborators. Then again, it could simply point up how even in those days record companies were cheap sh*t operations no matter who the artist was.
+MisterKleenhead ...such is the way the relation between artist and record company has always been. I recall the Banana Boat movie as being better than this, but then it HAS been a while. I'll have to look that one up too,albeit on am empty stomach.
“WHAT’S A FOUR TWELVE? overacting” ………. Immortal!
Oddly, Stan came to mind out of no where in the past week, for no apparent reason. As has happened to me before, regarding other famous people. Imagine my shock when I searched for Stan and his Dragonet spoof which I remembered from my childhood. Only to find out that he had just recently died! Thanks Stan for the many laughs you gave us through the years!
My dad had this 45. We LITERALLY wore it out.❤
This never gets old. I LOVE IT! I love this cartoon. "I hear you were almost buried by the Ma'am, is that right dragon?" It cracks me up! And "You were right, I was right? Yeah it was a gun."
My dad had this routine on an LP on his collection; I loved it then and I love it now! Freberg was Fifties GENIUS!
Man, that knave should go to the clink for obstructing justice. That dragon looked *nothing* like how he described him
Tyler Shelton plot twist: He was working with the dragon
I remember seeing this in the 80's on a program that showed old cartoons. Definitely from the 50's.
According to official legend, when Freberg went to Jack Web for permission to use the Dragnet music in the record, Jack gave him both permission and the orchestra.
Not being accustomed to working with Freberg and Daws, the orchestra had to record several takes when the trombone section kept missing their cues because they were laughing too hard.
Ah, it's so GOOD to hear these again. I grew up listening to the audio tapes. LOVED this sketch. Thank you. :)
I want to throw an extra bone to whomever worked the visual pun into the opening sequence, as younger viewers would not be familiar with record needles, so it became embroidering a document record. Well done.
Wow, you made my day, no my year. Never saw this before. Thank the music gods for Mr. Freberg every day. When was made? Any more like this. Love the computer graphics. Thank you so much.
I hope this remains up on YT forever.
Remembered always Stan. RIP
We had a Stan Freburg album when we were kids, we loved it
Beautifully animated
Don't you love the way St George's horse paws the ground?
heard this on doctor demento back in the day cracked me up
Now THIS is entertainment!!! I first came across this sparkling gem of squeaky-clean humor while taking a flight from Halifax to my dad's home stomping ground of Alberta, around 1968. This was of course long before the daze of movies and TV channels or even screens for each passenger: instead we had a choice of music and comedy which was just fine and dandy, thank you. First time i heard it i nearly fell out of my seat laughing - good thing i was next to a window or i would have been literally rolling in the isles :-+}. Stan was a comedic genius on the order of Mel what's-his-name who did all the Bug's Bunny cartoon voices, and that patented dead-pan delivery made it all the more hilarious!! Goodness..... the memories.
{RE: The Looney Tunes voice-man.}
That was Mel Blanc.
Interestingly enough, Stan worked with him at Warner Bros.
😏
Probably his best known 45. Thank you for putting it to animation. Really good!! Must have taken quite a while.
+mrocnroll I DIDN'T DO IT!!! It was done by a company, contemporaneously (and that's a word I don't often use) with the record's original release.
Love the use of the Marx "Noble Knight" armor for the rabbit & horse! :)
A wonderful play from the past...
My favorite Freberg sketch. Thanks for making this!!!!!!
... I've heard this routine tons of times, but didn't know there was animation to go with it.
(As other people have commented, the dragon looks nothing like the knave described him, but I wonder if that's on purpose - In "Knights and Knaves" puzzles, knaves always lie. But that's *definitely* a mistake at the end, where the frog-announcer should be speaking the last part, not the knight)
The original record FIRES one’s imagination. This cartoon burns the house down - .”Alweady”.
Love the animation of a great satirical skit by a great wit.
“A 412? WHAT’S A 412?!?” 😜
Please do more .. I love this!
"He boined me awreddy."
My absolute favourite line🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just brilliant 👏
June Foray was the voice of the Maiden but Daws did all the other voices except the lead character. Who put this together?? It's impeccable. I've got this recording on Freberg's box set, "Tip of the Freberg".
GREAT!
Hey! The dragon has two eyes! That knave lied!
This is historically accurate to the real story
Hy Averback was the "Announcer" (and he wasn't even credited on the record).
Fantastic! I never knew there was a cartoon of it? Is it also Stan & co's work? Wonder if Nick Park (of Wallace & Gromit) fame has seen this.
P'raps this INSPIRED Nick! I know they made stop-motion cartoons of a NUMBER of Stan & co's pieces ("Banana Boat Song" is a good 'un) and they were made contemporaneously (that's a good word) or at least, shortly after the releases. But how much involvement Mr Freberg had I cannot say.
Stan is still working, at 87. His wife died, after over 40 years of marriage (and two kids) when he was 73. So he remarried and THAT union is still going strong. The man is unstoppable!
Was that June Foray voicing that beautiful maiden?
The One & Only .😍😍😍
This is damned fine animation; who did it?
LOVE THIS
Does anyone know who did the animation? This looks like one of the Puppetoon series. I suspect Harryhausen!
I love it!
Old but feels quite modern.
Funny.
Boy, they didn't follow the knave's description at all.
That's the joke
this animation is like the way ray harryhausen animated her creatures and monsters!
Unfortunately, this is the only one I have. They did one for "Banana Boat Song" - but sadly, I don't have it.
One-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater?
The dragon needs a good mouthwash. To cure his fire-breathing.
something my dad played for me way long ago
The dragon looks nothing like how the knave described.
GracieVision George didn’t even trust him
When was this animation done?
I've often wondered who animated these films. This was linked to my video of Home Now Remembukh the RAF aka The Banana Boat Song backwards. When this is played backwards the dragon sounds like Hitler.
"I'm a knave"
“Didn’t I pick you up on a 903 last year for stealing tarts?”
Odd. Why didn't they make the dragon look like the description?
Maybe it was a cross-promotion with Crusader Rabbit? /rimshot
Who animated this sequence?
The dragon doesn't match the knave's description.
IMO, the animation distracts from the humor. Why are they all animals? It would have been funnier to stick to the parody and have St. George look like Jack Webb, and closely emulate the Dragnet show as much as possible.
Good, but I like that Gal from Lewis university's version better.
Не нравится мне этот заяц, честно.
Boy, this is TERRIBLE. If, as you say, this was done when the record came out, to accompany the record, I'm surprised and horrified Freberg was have let it pass muster. He'd worked with some of the greatest animation studios in the world and the track itself is so perfectly timed, so brilliantly performed, this clunky animation-- and all those awful takes to camera that the characters do --- is grossly out-of-step with the story of work Freberg expected of his collaborators. Then again, it could simply point up how even in those days record companies were cheap sh*t operations no matter who the artist was.
+sdovas Maybe Capitol Records authorised it and Stan had no say. I recall a similar animation for the Banana Boat Song...
+MisterKleenhead ...such is the way the relation between artist and record company has always been.
I recall the Banana Boat movie as being better than this, but then it HAS been a while. I'll have to look that one up too,albeit on am empty stomach.