St. George and the Dragonet

[1] Scripted by Freberg and Daws Butler, the spoof combined the tale of "St. George and the Dragon" with the popular 1950s radio-TV series Dragnet.

"[2] The narrator in the introduction states that the legend that the listener is going to hear is true and that "only the needle should be changed to protect the record."

The dragon's fire is "put out", its "maiden-devouring license" is revoked, and it is sentenced to a prison term.

Freberg wanted to use the original Dragnet opening theme music by Walter Schumann.

Capitol Records insisted he get the permission of Dragnet star and creator, Jack Webb.

")[3] The recording had to be restarted several times because the trombone players were laughing so hard at the jokes that they were unable to play their instruments.

"St. George and the Dragonet" was issued through the same channels as the distribution of popular music, and in 1953 it was #1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box record charts.