Mel Blanc: “Wanna Buy a Record?” (1951)
Here’s Mel Blanc in a bizarre and entertaining promotional film for Capitol Records.
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Mel Blanc Presents Listening and Learning with Bugs & Friends
Since Thursday is the 111th birthday of “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” let’s look at some of the later Looney Tunes recordings that Mel Blanc made especially for children.
“Puddy Tats here. . . Puddy Tats There!”
Helen Kane and Danny Kaye sing “I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat” – and Mel Blanc sings a sequel tune!
Thufferin’ Thuccotash. . . We’re On The Charts!
When the “suits” at Capitol Records saw the sales of Mel Blanc’s “I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat” in the United Kingdom, they must have thought “it’ll sell like hotcakes here!”. They were right!
I Tawt I Taw A Hit Weckard!
To what must have been the great surprise of all concerned, a Bugs Bunny/Tweety record took off–and not just with the children’s-record audience.
Mel Doesn’t Shoot Blancs
You can’t blame the people at the Walter Lantz studio for hoping that lightning would strike twice. But it didn’t happen with “The Woody Woodpecker Polka”.
Warner Club News (1961) – Part 2
Continuing on in the last few years of the original Warner Bros. Cartoon studio… as seen via these in-house columns in the studio employees magazine, Warner Club News.
Warner Club News (1961) – Part 1
In this weeks in-house columns is the acknowledgment of the serious auto accident involving Mel Blanc. Jones, McKimson, DePatie and Freleng were among his first visitors at the hospital.
Warner Club News (1959) – Part 1
1959 may not have been a banner year for Looney Tunes, but a question emerges: Was “Beep Beep” the studio’s actual ‘character name’ for The Road Runner?
A Birthday Look at Mel Blanc’s Woody Woodpecker Records
Mel Blanc would be 110 on Wednesday, so here’s a “Spin” focusing on a little-discussed member of his “stable” who he performed longer on records than in films.
