St. George and the Dragonet
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St. George and the Dragonet is a short comic radio play by Stan Freberg developed in the 1950s for use on the Stan Freberg Show. It is a spoof of "St. George and the Dragon" and Dragnet.
Freberg asked Daws Butler to help him write comedy skits for his Capitol Records albums. St. George and the Dragon-Net was their first collaboration. It was also the first comedy record to sell over one million copies.
When the play was recorded, Freberg was able to use the original orchestra from the Dragnet radio drama series. The recording had to be restarted several times because the trombone players were laughing so hard at the jokes in the play that they were unable to play their instruments.
"St. George and the Dragonet" was issued as a recording through the same channels as the distribution of popular songs, and for a time in 1953 it was #1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box record charts. The B side was another Dragnet spoof, "Little Blue Riding Hood," based on the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood".
The sendups used the original Dragnet theme, "Dragnet Main Title" (a/k/a "Danger Ahead") by Walter Schumann. Dragnet star and creator, Jack Webb, is said to have enjoyed and given his blessing to the Freberg parodies.
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| Preceded by Vaya con Dios |
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart #1 record October 24, 1953–November 7, 1953 |
Succeeded by Rags to Riches |
