That’s All Folks! Mel Blanc’s curtain call

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Mel Blanc is a legendary voice actor who voiced more than 400 distinct characters. But in 1961, Mel was involved in a potentially fatal car accident. In this episode, we discover the unlikely source that saved him and hear how Mel spent his later years. Plus, we explore what it takes to pass the torch. Featuring interviews with Mel’s son, Noel Blanc, and voice actor Bob Bergen. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Discover Bob’s work at bobbergen.com. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/thatsallfolks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get started, this episode is actually the second episode of a two-part series on the legendary voice actor Mel Blank.
0:06.9	If you haven't heard the first episode, I'd recommend queuing that up and making this a nice double feature.
0:11.8	Here's part two.
0:18.5	It's wabbit season.
0:24.6	Duck season. Wabbit season, duck season, webbit season, duck season. You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:27.6	I say it's duck season and I say fire!
0:36.6	Melblank is widely regarded as the most prolific voice actor of all time.
0:43.0	He was a key figure during both the golden age of radio and the golden age of animation.
0:47.5	He's most famous for voicing nearly every character in the Looney Tunes,
0:51.4	and a bunch more over at Hannah Barbera.
0:54.0	Every voice you're about to hear is from Mel.
0:56.0	Hey, what's up, Jack?
0:58.0	You are a rabbit, and I am going to eat you for supper.
1:02.0	Boy, acres and acres of Tweety Bird, and it's mine, all mine!
1:08.0	I told I taught an easy, beady poody cat.
1:12.2	Buster, it may come as a complete surprise to you
1:15.1	to find that this is an animated cartoon.
1:18.2	What's going, I say, what's going on here?
1:20.5	Beep-meet.
1:21.8	Get out of here, rabbit.
1:23.9	Where's the kaboom?
1:25.5	Captain, K-man! Altogether, Mel Blan, your rabbit? Where's the caboo? Captain King, Man!
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