Stan Boreson

Born in Everett, Washington on May 5, 1925, as a grandson of Norwegian immigrants, Stanley Edward Boreson grew up steeped in Norwegian American culture. At age 12, his mother enrolled him in guitar lessons, but at the suggestion of his Norwegian instructor, he switched to accordion. His musical talents began to grow as he started publicly performing. While attending Everett High School, Boreson's cousin encouraged him to perform the 1939 hit Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny, Oh! during a pep rally. During the performance, his cousin translated the song into Norwegian to the delight of their classmates. According to Boreson, “I wasn’t nervous singing after that. My mother used to sing a lot. It just kind of came along naturally when I got a little self-confidence.” After graduating in 1944, Boreson tried to enlist in the army, but instead joined the USO where he performed with other artists across Europe. Upon the end of the war, Boreson studied at the University of Washington where he majored in accounting and personnel management all while maintaining his interest in entertainment. ==Early career==

In 1949, with television in the Northwest in its infancy, KING-TV program director, Lee Schulman, visited the university scouting for talent. Schulman hired Boreson as a co-star on the 15-minute show Campus Capers where his Scandahoovian humor and thick Norwegian accent began to develop, His humor was often compared to one of his contemporaries and influences, Yogi Yorgesson, which resulted in a recording with Linden Records. ==KING’s Klubhouse==

After the musical accompaniment left his show in 1955, KING offered Boreson his very own show oriented at children. The show was instantly successful. The show aired 5 days a week and eventually became The Stan Boreson Show. Boreson was accompanied on the show by sidekick Doug Setterberg and companion No-Mo-Shun the Basset Hound. During the success of the show in 1957, Boreson was invited to perform on the Lawrence Welk Show, and in 1959 he won the Children's Entertainer Award “For Outstanding Devotion to Wholesome Entertainment for All Children Everywhere.” ==Later career==

Throughout the run of the show and after, Boreson continued recording musical parodies for several different labels, such as the parody of “Catch a Falling Star” called “Catch a Pickled Herring”. ==Legacy==

Memories of Boreson's show remain with the baby boomers that grew up with him. ==Discography==

• 1957 Yust Try To Sing-A-Long in Swedish • 1959 Sing Cold, Cold Heart and Other Torch Songs • 1960 ''Ay Yust Don't Give A Hoot'' • 1961 Klubhouse Klassics • 1962 Yust Yoking Around • 1965 More Scandihoovian Hits • 1966 Stan Boreson Fractures Christmas • 1969 Honey/Little Green Apples And Other Swedish Smorgasbord • 1970 Stan & Doug Yust Go Nuts at Christmas • 1971 Stan & Doug Yust Go Country & Western • 1972 Those Swedish Meatballs Stan & Doug Are At It Again • 1980 ''Yust Tinkin' of Yogi'' • 1982 The Scandinavian Hot-Shot • 1997 The Stan Boreson Band • 2001 Laughing It Up With Stan Boreson • 2007 ''Just Don't Look Good Naked Anymore'' (single) ==References==