So Long, Frank

Stan Freberg here. We recently lost the greatest entertainer in the world. Frank Sinatra was in my life, one way or another, all my professional career. [:60 SPOT BREAK] Freberg here. My friend Frank Sinatra and I both recorded for Capitol, and when he did his own TV show on ABC, I guested on it a few times, which is how I met my wife Donna. She was the assistant to the director of "The Frank Sinatra Show." I also appeared with Frank on two tours in Australia, playing to 140,000 people a day. And later, while creating an ad campaign for one of his movies, I mentioned that I was doing a TV special, and Frank offered to play the small part of a Western Union boy. I told him we were shooting in two weeks, and he promised to be there. I thought, "Yeah, he'll probably forget," but on the appointed day, the whole crew looked up. There in the doorway stood Frank Sinatra, raincoat over his shoulder. He'd come straight from the airport. A man of his word. Thanks for everything you gave us, Frank. With love, Stan Freberg here. Copyright (C)1998, Stan Freberg/Freberg, Ltd. (but not very) Distributed by Dick Brescia Associates and Radio Spirits, Inc.