Sixty years ago, Stan Freberg’s satirical record 'Green Christmas' angered advertisers for partaking in an age-old American tradition: criticizing the commercialism of the season.

"Christmas comes but once a year so you better make hay while the snow is falling/That's opportunity calling you!" — Stan Freberg, "Green Christmas" The humorist Stan Freberg has to take the ...

One of his most popular recordings, “Green Christmas,” was all about ad executives scheming to maximum the dollar value of the holiday. Freberg, with his wife, Hunter, in a 2003 photo.

Satirist Stan Freberg, who influenced generations with his witty comedy albums and cartoon voices and memorable advertising campaigns, died Tuesday in Santa Monica. He was 88 and had been ...

LOS ANGELES — Stan Freberg, an influential master of the lampoon who channeled his off-the-wall sensibility into groundbreaking radio shows, comedy albums and hundreds of humorous television ...

Satirist Stan Freberg, who influenced generations with his witty comedy albums and cartoon voices and memorable advertising campaigns, died Tuesday in Santa Monica. He was 88 and had been ...

Stan Freberg, freewheeling comic career in advertising garnered him acclaim and whose satirical entertainments abounded on TV, radio and records, has died at 88.

He also scored such novelty-record hits as “John and Marsha,” “Saint George and the Dragonet” and “Green Christmas.” His 1961 comedy album “Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America” remains ...