A very beloved humorist.
He was also probably one of the first guest stars to work with the Muppets. During the early years of "Sam and Friends", the Muppets used to lip-sync to his records (some of which are on Youtube). When the local Washington DC show started to become popular, word started to spared across the country of this show. When Freberg first heard about the show that was using his records without his permission, he was very angry and threaten to sue, until he saw the show and found it pretty funny. According to Freberg on a podcast, as a joke, Jim had him pop up on screen in one show where he demanded credit for the use of his records on the show and Kermit responds by hitting him on the head with a mallet. Unfortunately, that episode is lost as the show was done live and the practice of studios videotaping hasn't began yet. Plus, Jim didn't do kinescopes for his show unless it was of importance in experimenting.