[Dixielandjazz] "Sh-Boom" - Freberg

[David M Richoux]

The "Omaha" bit is well explained in Freberg's autobiography, but this  
interview goes into it a bit:

http://www.cosmik.com/aa-october99/stan_freberg.html

Basically, "Omaha" was a 7+ minute long Broadway Musical parody that  
was actually a commercial for Butternut Coffee. It was done partly as  
a ploy to get longer form comedy pieces played on the radio. It is way  
over the top!

(I played many of Freberg's works on my show - even did a Billy May  
special with a lot of Freberg.)

Dave Richoux

On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Harry Callaghan wrote:

>
>
> "Omaha" doesn't ring a bell with me, but of course I have one 45  
> where he
> was completely serious doing "Ya Got Trouble" and "Gary, Indiana" from
> "Music Man"
>