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Mel Blanc

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  • Mel Blanc's Birth

    Mel Blanc's Birth
    Mel Blanc was born in San Francisco, California and is one of the most famous men you've never heard of. He has played over 1000 roles in over 5000 cartoons - coincidentally, his nickname happens to be "The Man With A Thousand Voices" (That's Not All Folks!).

  • The Looney Tunes

    During his time working with Warner Bros on Looney Tunes, Mel Blanc voices several beloved voices such as Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian and many, many more ("Radio: One Man-Crowd").

  • The Mel Blanc Show

    Along with the Jack Benny show and various voice acting jobs with Hanna Barbara and Warner Bros, Mel Blanc ran his own radio show , which further propelled his success (Blanc).

  • The Jack Benny Show

    The Jack Benny ShowBefore Mel Blanc became famous for his ageless characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky the Pig, he was on a radio show called The Jack Benny Show, playing several different characters and helping him get his career started (Benny).

  • The Crash

    One day, when on his way to work for the Looney Tunes show, Mel Blanc got in a horrible car crash, breaking almost every bone in his body, and then slipping into a coma for two weeks. At first, calling Mel's name wouldn't work, but then, the doctor decided to call Mel in another way: through his characters. Sure enough, Mel Blanc responded through his characters Mel stayed in the coma for three weeks before waking up and working in his bed (Rix).

  • Mel's Death

    Mel's Death
    On July 11th at 2:30 am Mel Blanc passed away at age 81 of heart disease. This is Mel Blanc's official obituary, published in the Los Angeles Times. Mel Blanc became famous for his wonderful voice acting skills, which were luckily discovered in the golden age of cartoons (Thompson).

  • Mel Lives on

    Even though Noah Blanc has taken over some o his father's old job, for this situation<a href='http://http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/17/entertainment/la-et-tweety-sylvester-20111117' , they have used Mel's voice for a song by Tweety and Sylvester. In order to create Tweety's voice, they sped up his voice by 20%. Despite Mel being dead, we will hear his voice for years to come (King).