Today is the 81st birthday of Stan Freberg, who has probably had as much of an impact on American advertising as anyone. He won 21 Clio Awards as he created some of the greatest commercials of the late-’50s and early-’60s.

You can run a search for Freberg on YouTube. A lot of his commercials have been pulled for copyright violations, but you’ll still find a few here and there. Meanwhile, here’s a 1989 interview with Freberg, here’s a 1991 interview, here’s a 1999 interview and here’s a classic Butter-Nut Coffee “subliminal advertising” spot, posted on iFilm.

If that’s not enough Freberg for you, trundle on over to Amazon and check out Tip of the Freberg and Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America.

Takeaway for marketers: A little humor goes a long way.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 at 6:00 am and is filed under Marketing Stuff, Marketing Takeaways.