Green Christmas
Song · Stan Freberg · 1958 · 6 min · 816 words
The transcript of “Green Christmas”, an episode of Stan Freberg from 1958. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Santa's North Pole Radio plays Stan Freberg free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, Mr. Scrooge. Good morning, Mr. Scrooge. Morning, Mr. Scrooge. Ma! I'm fuck everybody. Good morning, Mr. Scrooge. Well, the meeting will come to order in place. Some are all the advertising people represented here.
Everyone except them have to make it sound all day. Well, if they're not here for the Christmas pitch, I can't help them find new ways of tying their product into Christmas. That's why I'm chairman of this board. Let's hear it for me.
Hear me! Alright, Abba-Crommy, what are your people up to? Oh, same thing as every year. Fifty thousand billboards showing Santa Claus pausing to refresh himself with our product. Mm-hmm. Well, I think the public has come to respect that.
That's right. It's become tradition. Fine, fine. Oh, you there, crass. I suppose your company's running the usual magazine ad showing cartons of your cigarettes peeking out of the top of Santa's sack. Better than that this year we have him smoking one. Yes It got Santa a little more rugged too both sleeves rolled up and the tattoo on each arm one of them says Merry Christmas
But what does the other one say less tars? Great stuff, but mr. Scrooge on who are you Bob Cratch it sir? I've got a little spice company over in East Orange, New Jersey Do I have to time my product into Christmas? What do you mean? Well?
I was just going to send cards out showing the three wise men following the start of Bethlehem. I get it and they're bearing your spices No, that's perfect. No, no, no, no product in it I was just going to say peace on earth good will toward men period Old have cratch it that one out with button shoe you're a businessman Christmas is something to take advantage of a red and green bandwagon
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