Biographie

Was the first person, besides Mel Blanc, to get a voice credit on a Looney Tunes cartoon, "The Three Little Bops". Before that, all Looney Tunes cartoons ended with the credit, "Voice Characterizations by Mel Blanc", even though other voice actors often were used in addition to Blanc. However, in this particular case, Freberg did all the voices in the "Bops" cartoon and successfully argued that it was ridiculous for Blanc to take credit for work he had no part in.

He's the one who popularized the phrase "We just want to get the facts, ma'am." on his parody album of Dragnet (1951), "St. George and the Dragonet".

Founded advertising agency "Freberg, Ltd. (but not very)" in 1957. The company motto is "Ars gratia pecuniae" (Latin for "art for money's sake"). The seal for the company was designed by Saul Bass and pictures a real seal, wearing sunglasses.

Got the idea for his classic, controversial satire on holiday commercialism, "Green Chri$tma$" (Capitol: 1958), from seeing an advertisement around Christmastime, 1957, of a family gathered around the tree, ecstatic at the sight of...four brand new snow tires. For Freberg, a Baptist minister's son, it was all too much, and he wrote the outline for the sketch that very afternoon.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6145 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.