An awful lot of people enjoyed meeting Stan and Hunter Freberg at the Comic-Con in San Diego last July…and why the heck shouldn't they? He's a legendary satirist, maker of hit comedy records and funny commercials and a great cartoon voice actor. She's his spouse/helpmate and an entertainer and broadcaster herself. We like these people a lot.
If you live in Southern California and yearn to be in the same room as a couple of Frebergs, you have two upcoming opportunities. One is this coming weekend when they'll be appearing at the Hollywood Collectors Show out in Burbank. There will be other celebs in attendance whose autograph you may wish to obtain — folks like Julie Newmar and Bill Mumy and Mickey Rooney and Shelley Berman and Debbie Reynolds and even Stan's longtime co-star, June Foray. But it would be worth the trip and admission price just to meet Stan and to also get a copy of June's autobiography.
You also have an even rarer chance to see Stan and Hunter perform. The world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood is hosting a series of cabaret events and the Funny Frebergs are doing two shows — one on November 16, one on November 17, both starting at 8 PM. If you're a member, you can order tix right now on the Castle website. There's also a way for non-members to get tickets but I don't know yet where to send you for those. Details will be posted once I do…but you might want to save one of those dates. I'm sure they'll put on a great show even though Stan will not be sawing Hunter in half. At least, I don't think he will.