A few grew up with these voices...Pepe Le Pew, Yosemite Sam, hundreds of others...

[jtuck004]

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Just for the heck of it...

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Me, too! Thanks for posting!

[MrMickeysMom]

2. Wow! I actually remembered that...

I loved early Letterman. I'll bet that much of what he learned was in fascination of guests like Mel Blanc.

Hey, if we stuck around that episode, he'd be interviewing Hunter S Thompson!

[2naSalit]

3. I sure did!

I even saw that DL show too. Really appreciated that guy, Mel Blanc. And Rich Little is his little brother! They were both so good and I think it was Rich Little who did some of the voices after Mel passed.

They just don't make quality cartoons like they used to. I remember when they started the "limited animation" and I hated it. The music used to be a full orchestra and then, when the limited animation came around the music was whittled down to a harmonica and an accordion, just wasn't worth watching anymore..

Thanks for posting!!!

[rpannier]

4. Mel Blanc

Loved him

[PSPS]

5. Blanc spent many hours entertaining kids in burn units at hospitals

Imagine being a kid, especially a very sick kid, and having this guy with the voices show up. What a treat that would be.



Here's a show about his life:

[roguevalley]

6. loved him madly. His son carries it on. He used to order room service

as bugs or porky. He was a living doll, this one. Voice actors are awesome. Peter Cullen and Frank Welker are my heroes. They entertain and have such integrity, just like Mel did.

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[Goblor]

7. N/T

[jtuck004]

8. I think more people are conscious of the racism in this piece today, don't you?

The ignorant stereotype?

Is this from the presidential campaign of a real estate swindler from new york, or something else?

[mucifer]

12. Good point. We need to be reminded of this reality.

[Kablooie]

9. June Foray-(Rocky the Flying Squirrel) is still with us at 98.

She's still active in the Motion Picture Academy and ASIFA, the animation society.
She also known for Granny in the Tweety cartoons and Witch Hazel among others.

[90-percent]

11. Jay Ward Productions

I have a lot of childhood memories of his cartoons. Loved Rocky and Bullwinkle!

I love HST but my wife and I walked out of one of his lectures in the early 90's. We could not understand him at all through his mumbling!

-90% Jimmy

[Skittles]

10. he was a national treasure