What's Up, Doc?

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Science

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2012

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Mel Blanc was known as "the man of 1,000 voices," but the actual number may have been closer to 1,500. Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, Barney Rubble -- all Mel. His characters made him one of the most beloved men in America. And in 1961, when a car crash left him in a coma, these characters may have saved him.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:01.1	Okay.
0:02.4	All right.
0:03.6	Okay.
0:05.0	All right.
0:06.4	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.4	Radio Lab.
0:10.1	Shorts!
0:11.5	From W. N. Y.
0:13.8	C.
0:14.7	See?
0:15.0	Yes.
0:16.5	And NPR.
0:19.0	Hey, here we are post-Hurricane.
1:11.0	I'm Chad Aboumrod. I'm Robert Crilwich. This is Radio Lab. The podcast. And today? Well, you might call this a character study, I suppose. Yeah. Comes from our producer, Sean Cole. Hello. Hey. So, start us off. Stories about Mel Blank. Be a man of many. You know who that is. No, I don't. You don't know who Mel Blank is? Why? Should I know who he is? No, you do know who he is because of what he did. What did he do? He was the voice of... What's up, Jack? Bugs Bunny. Yeah. Oh. And... You're despicable. Duffy duck. Porky pig. Yeah, lucky me. Yosemite Sam. Show long, rabbit. Pepe Lapewue. You smelled me out, you little sandwich. Stand still. Sylvester. Okay, pretty, tat. Twe, go away, boy, you bother me Bucorn
1:11.7	Ging back my chicken
1:13.1	Your chicken
1:14.5	That was all one guy?
1:16.3	Yeah
1:16.7	Okay, so what's
1:20.9	What's the story?
1:22.3	Dude, I'm nowhere near done with this
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