What’s Up, Doc? Mel Blanc and the magic of Looney Tunes

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Bugs Bunny, Barney Rubble, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and many more were all voiced by one man, Mel Blanc. Discover the incredible life and talent that helped to elevate the animation industry into big business. Featuring interviews with Mel’s son, Noel Blanc, and voice actors Debi Derryberry and 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. Check out more of Debi’s work at debiderryberry.com. Discover Bob’s work at bobbergen.com. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/whatsupdoc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.1	Zocdoc.com slash Hertz.
0:31.5	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:38.4	Eh, what's up, Doc?
0:41.5	You're pretty good, Fred.
0:43.1	You're despicable.
0:45.2	Jetson, I thought I fired you.
0:47.7	I thought I tore a pooty cat.
0:49.8	Say you pray!
0:51.0	That's all, though.
0:58.0	All All of the voices you just heard. All of the voices you just heard came from the same person.
1:02.0	It's a pleasure to welcome Mr. Mel Blank.
1:06.0	What's up, David?
1:08.0	Mel Blank is a voice acting legend. I worked in 5,000 different cartoons.
1:13.6	And actually I do about 400 different voices.
1:17.6	Mel Blank was the greatest voice artist that ever lived.
1:21.6	His range was full eight octaves.
1:25.6	His ear was unbelievable. His ability to hear a dialect was uncanny. And he was the kindest, gentlest man you'd ever know.
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