 We're a small family-based business named after a cartoon character. We provide goods & services related to music, magic, and fun. Our products are frequently used as children's birthday presents, teachers' gifts, music for gymnastics and dance studios, and more. Music CDs, MP3 downloads, coloring books, and t-shirts are available from our store for quick shipping, and we're almost always running some kind of fun special. If you're looking for a live children's entertainment in the Bay Area or beyond, we'd love to help you make that next birthday party, fundraiser or other event super special. Please visit our main website www.PeterApel.com to hear music samples and to find booking information and more. It feels great to be a kid again. Won't you join us? Who is Fred?
Our company was named after Fred. Fred actually is a little cartoon guy our founder, Peter Apel, has been drawing (more like "doodling") since junior high school. Fred's most common appearance through the years has been as a baseball player, though he has made appearances on various personal greeting cards and has shown up in such forms as a drummer, a graduate, and a cowboy. He almost always is seen with his arms straight out to the sides, since our founder doesn't know how to draw him other ways.
There you have the inside scoop. Oh. Fred's last name? Way back when our mascot only had a first name, our founder worked diligently in a summer job building printed circuit boards, where many of the sensitive ICs had to be plugged into various sizes of pre-soldered sockets; 10-pin sockets, 18-pin sockets, etc. "Hey! That sounds like someone's last name!" Poof. Fred Pinsocket was born. Listen below to Fred singing with Peter Apel in this "I Love Bananas"
song clip from the I've Got a Dinosaur on My Head! music CD! (Note: If you love bananas, buy the CD here.) |
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