![]() And perhaps you’ve heard of Frank Tashlin? He’s one of the top directors. ![]() I said, “NOW you tell me! Who’s in charge of voices?” He said, “I am.” So Treg actually gave me my start in the cartoon business. He didn’t know what in the hell he was doing.” He said, “You shouldn’t have paid attention to him. I told him that I’d been trying for a year and half to get an audition here and he always told me that he had all the voices he needed, didn’t want anyone else. He still wouldn’t see me.įinally this guy died! I went to Treg Brown, he was next in charge. I went back every two weeks for a year and a half. Well, I was a stubborn as he was and I went back in two weeks and said, “Won’t you just listen to me? I do dialects and voices.” He said, “I’m sorry we have all the voices we need.” I was still as stubborn as he was. He said, “I’m sorry, we have all the voices we need.” I said, “Will you listen to me and what I can do?” Even though I did many different dialects and voices when I tried to get in, I went to this one man who was in charge of hiring voices. Here are a few excerpts and gives you a taste of how Blanc told stories:īlanc: I tried to get into Warner Bros. He was interviewed on stage by the talented Will Ryan and I was lucky enough to be in the audience. Perhaps the last public interview with voice artist Mel Blanc took place in January 1989 at the Third Los Angeles International Animation Celebration. His voluminous collection, insured for over $200,000 contained items dating to 1510. Beloved Husband And Father 1908-1989.”īlanc kept busy during his later years with his favorite hobby, collecting antique watches. He asked for, and received, a Ford Edsel.Įpitaph on headstone at his burial site in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood reads, “That’s All Folks! Mel Blanc. Shortly before his death, the executives of Time-Warner (owners of Warner Bros.) asked Blanc if there was anything, literally anything, that they could give him to thank him for his life’s body of work. ![]() LeBlanc, and Cy from Tijuana, who answered most questions with “Si.” The voices he created are still instantly recognizable.īlanc also frequently performed on the radio programs of famous comedians especially Jack Benny where he was responsible for many memorable moments like the train conductor proclaiming, “Anaheim, Azusa and Cuc-a-monga” as well as Benny’s exasperated violin teacher Prof. While perhaps best known for his work on the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, he also originated the voice and laugh for Woody Woodpecker, voiced Barney Rubble for The Flintstones, Heathcliff the cat and so many others over a decades long career. ![]() Certainly he is one of the most prominent voice artists of all time and the first to receive an on-screen credit for his work. Mel Blanc was born and passed away July 10th, 1989. ![]()
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