Mel Blanc on Letterman, November 15, 1982

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By request. The voice of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, and a thousand other cartoon characters.
Another version of Mel's appearance has been available on You Tube since 2012, but the audio is badly out of sync with the video.
In this new version, the sync is ok, and I think the video is a bit clearer.
From E!'s syndicated broadcast on February 26, 1994.

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@execatty 4 жыл бұрын

52 years old... This man was Saturday morning in my childhood.. God bless him

@abevillanueva1974 8 ай бұрын

52? Mel was 74 here

@MUISHAGGY572 4 жыл бұрын

The greatest voice actor of all time hands down.

@spongebobsquarepants2981 4 жыл бұрын

Please don't bruh

@MUISHAGGY572 4 жыл бұрын

@@spongebobsquarepants2981 shut up Marvel boy.

@andrewphippsphillips1455 5 жыл бұрын

Love this guy. He's the very genesis of voices in animation.... full stop. I know he's been gone 30yrs now, but the legacy he left for us will survive long after we all pass on.

@GODCONVOYPRIME 4 ай бұрын

He never left.

@jameswise3971 4 жыл бұрын

Mel Blanc will forever will be a legend in the cartoon world!

@edwardcoronel4596 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mel Blanc, For making my childhood so Great..

@ijustgottahotdog 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Mel Blanc. The world dearly misses you!

@HereIsRick 4 жыл бұрын

There will never be another, not even close. Mel Blanc is an international treasure.

@DanaTheInsane 4 жыл бұрын

Billy West is sure trying to. He is very much the closest thing we have to Mels talent.

@Chibblechabble 4 жыл бұрын

Such a legend. His work is undisputed. This is such a gem

@yolandayates6554 9 ай бұрын

73 years old..Mel Blanc is gone...but Thank God for the memories of great childhood

@nightisright1873 4 жыл бұрын

Mel Blanc the funniest and best voice actor .

@scottward6974 4 жыл бұрын

What a genius legend Mel Blanc was! He was at least 50% of the reason Looney Tunes was so damn good! I reckon they're the best short cartoon films ever made - to this day!

@nightisright1873 4 жыл бұрын

Scott Ward That and the great animators and directors

@ClonedTyranny Жыл бұрын

I'll give him a solid 25%

@jay-day 9 ай бұрын

They didn't want to hire him at first. The only reason why he eventually got the job was because the producer who kept saying "No" died and the next guy finally asked him to do a few voices and was blown away by his incredible talent.

@LeonardoRodrigues-wy7ds 3 жыл бұрын

Mel was a genius. He is a legend

@turkhimself 4 жыл бұрын

He's a Voice God... Rest in Peace, LEGEND!!!

@elvismcloving2902 4 жыл бұрын

I am here because I was watching the jetsons the movies and it said dedicated to the memory of Mel Blanc at the ending credits.Now I know who he is.

@stephenkehl7158 9 ай бұрын

Mel was in a bad car accident in 1961 that left him in a coma. He was unresponsive when the doctors talked to him, trying to rouse him. One day, a doctor asked, “How are you feeling today, Bugs Bunny?” Mel answered, in Bugs’s voice, “Just fine, doc. How are you?” Mel credited Bugs Bunny with saving his life.

@andyrose5616 5 жыл бұрын

Mel was walking with a cane by this point, but he didn’t like to draw attention to it. That’s why he is already seated when Dave introduces him.

@MrTitaniumDioxide 5 жыл бұрын

Ah, I'd guessed as much...Mel was tough enough to survive a horrible head-on automobile collision in 1961 at a notoriously bad LA intersection...and doubly fortunate that one of his body parts undamaged was his voice box (larynx). He had a triple skull fracture and both legs & pelvis broken -- he was in a coma for days.

@patrickperalta59 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrTitaniumDioxide When he was in his coma I heared they tried different things to wake him up and then the Doctor got the idea to talk to Bugs..... he asked Bugs how he was doing and Mel Blanc replyed in Bug's voice.

@MrGarysugarman Жыл бұрын

@@patrickperalta59 Yep, he said, "What's up, Doc?"

@shanware2 4 жыл бұрын

Sylvester is his real voice who'd of thought. 😂😍👌

@jannco916 4 жыл бұрын

Letterrman was really lame in this interview considering he had the GOAT of voice actors on the show. I would have been excited like a little kid because I grew up with all these voices.

@claudiamontiel26 4 жыл бұрын

Very true! Mr. Mel Blanc was the AMAZING Bugs Bunny and Letterman seemed "oh this guy." Very disappointed by his lack of interest.

@reginajenner1091 4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@kmurta1 3 жыл бұрын

He seems really awkward in this interview.

@BBT609 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t say he was lame. I say he was doing a good job. Sometimes you are speechless in the face of greatness.

@Scott-ly2nk Жыл бұрын

@@claudiamontiel26 alot of times lettermen gets a little jealous of his guests

@purebostonian100proud9 3 жыл бұрын

So amazing I grew up watching all those cartoons it's so surreal.

@archie34734 5 жыл бұрын

Mel Blanc was a genius.

@tomitstube 5 жыл бұрын

mel still going strong at 74. dave looks like he's been up for three days.

@jjwp-ql5rv 5 жыл бұрын

He died in 1989, aged 81.

@BrandonKohout 4 жыл бұрын

Mel Blanc was the first and original voice acting god.

@shmikeyify 5 жыл бұрын

I recognized his normal voice from a lot of cartoons as well.

@robertdavis4192 5 жыл бұрын

Mel Blanc was a master, nice upload Don!(im screaming this)

@steveperkey9883 4 жыл бұрын

Wht a guy! Just dont make um like that anymore. A true icon, legend and genius to the cartoon world..Number 1 in my book.. One of a kind!!! R. I. P. Mel.. 👍👍👍

@jeffreyholicky4303 5 жыл бұрын

Many a Saturday morning growing up in the early 70's listening to Mel's voice. Excellent quality - thanks Don. [Classic line "Turned left at Albuquerque"; OT: "Rabbit Seasoning" is my favorite episode with Elmer, Bugs and Daffy (Mel did the latter two).]

@susanneselnes5274 Жыл бұрын

Love his voice!🤩🤩

@jeanpreston8009 Жыл бұрын

All 1,000 of them!😂❤

@romanbruni Жыл бұрын

love melBlanc ! cheers from Rio what a lovely enterview dave did

@toumistra 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Mel Blanc and Robbin Williams ever hooked up to do a cartoon.

@gsvnj33128 4 жыл бұрын

Best voice over actor ever!

@user-qx2pd2yh7k Ай бұрын

Big star 🌟 you have there Davo ...treat Mel royally 💜💜💜

@GeneBurnett 5 жыл бұрын

In my book, Mel is the king of voices! Mike Judge is a close second. ;~)

@fenwaypark1725 5 жыл бұрын

Gene Burnett and Seth Macfarlane isn’t to bad

@GeneBurnett 5 жыл бұрын

@@fenwaypark1725 Agree!

@a.demifemiflapo5795 4 жыл бұрын

Hank Azaria is a close 3rd

@jamesanderson6373 4 жыл бұрын

@@fenwaypark1725 *too

@willietconley3275 4 жыл бұрын

Not even close. You gotta throw Kevin M. Richardson and Frank Welker behind

@jamesal1001 4 жыл бұрын

Mel blanc would have a special place in the mount rushmore of nostalgia.

@gregoryyoung7551 10 ай бұрын

What a talent!

@frankbridges2171 9 ай бұрын

A legend I spent my childhood listening to him

@DVincentW 5 жыл бұрын

I saw this I waited for this-- saw it in the TV Guide and damn waited that night for it to come on.. here I am .. old and .. what was I sayin'?

@kenlieck7756 5 жыл бұрын

Get, I say get y'act togethuh, boy! Y'gettin' soft in the bean -- addle-pated, that is! (Po' idiot child! He's a nice boy but he's got the attention span of a gravy stain!)

@crogers018 4 жыл бұрын

Do you remember the full episode? Was there another guest before or after Mel?

@littlelil896 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder what ever happened with that teacher who offended him in HS? ...must've eaten their words.. This man was brilliant! I love my Looney tunes!😃

@user-xl1on9kg1j 5 ай бұрын

Look at the BAGS under this man's eyes! He must have been in the studio for SO many hours every day!! WOW!

@elvismcloving2902 4 жыл бұрын

I want that sweater!

@xandergranados7428 4 жыл бұрын

Great talent..genius

@xandergranados7428 4 жыл бұрын

Great talent genius..impresionante ...🇨🇷🇨🇷

@wheelblack35 26 күн бұрын

The man was a legend

@jendel42750 Жыл бұрын

Porky Pig belching after a big meal: 'Buh-bee, buh-bee, BURRRRRP!"

@tinovanderzwanphonocave544 9 ай бұрын

this interview was implemental to me imitating loony tunes characters well, I started to imitate mel blanc's natural voice first and then highing it lowing it, or roughing it. it ain't easy but it's doable.

@TheKitchenerLeslie 4 ай бұрын

His stuff on the Jack Benny tv show is a riot. Jack would drive his character to the brink of suicide.

@user-xl1on9kg1j 5 ай бұрын

Someone on another video mentioned his thick vocal chords, but you can't get the characters that this man had without being exposed to the humans that he was exposed to! Every one of the voices are unique, and believable! He was indeed a national treasure (as someone mentioned on this thread)!

@raywel6095 4 жыл бұрын

The best ever!

@xandergranados7428 4 жыл бұрын

Good good ..yuo voice...great talent ....impresionante 🇨🇷🇨🇷

@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg 9 ай бұрын

If I read correctly, Mel was allergic to carrots, but he spit the carrot out into a bucket after he chomped on one.

@annermiraval8598 11 ай бұрын

BUGS BUNNY VOICE❤

@kcc628 4 жыл бұрын

Legends

@taylorhardwick6297 10 ай бұрын

just hat must have been an amazing episode, Mel blanc AND Hunter S Thompson, god that would have been an amazing thing to watch live

@165Dash 5 жыл бұрын

I’m absolutely sure that you can trace the the entire semi-deviant “edgy wing” sense of humor of the boomer generation to Looney Tunes. From National Lampoon through Any Kaufmann, Second City and early SNL. It’s all there. Looney Tunes was “the Greatest Generation’s” gift to the hippies!

@JorgeGeog 4 жыл бұрын

Those are huge eye bags like he didn't sleep in decades

@ragnarlothbrok7229 4 жыл бұрын

Great

@Dmiller7239 5 жыл бұрын

An American treasure kids today will never see again

@galimirnund6543 3 жыл бұрын

He was a genuis ... who can match that ..

@15rs 4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@_Tanasis_ Жыл бұрын

if Mel would somehow be a guest in the LS (say in late 90s) Dave would have enjoyed it much more

@EdWeibe 5 жыл бұрын

I thought he had a son who was learning the ropes to carry on the voices back in the day.

@DarkGates8 4 жыл бұрын

He plays Porkie sometimes but he doesn't want to be as famous as his dad was. Too big of shoes to fill.. imo. Read that up somewhere

@BluesImprov 5 жыл бұрын

Dave almost seems disinterested. . .Mel is one of the great members of the "show biz" world, and if I were in Dave's position on this night I know I would be much more excited about meeting and chatting with Mel. Dave asks the questions almost like he's being forced to do an interview he really doesn't want to do. I'm a Letterman fan, but he seems quite unimpressed with Mel, a man who had a very impressive career.

@kenlieck7756 5 жыл бұрын

For comparison's sake, check this epic chat with Mel circa 1980 that I saved from being wiped -- my old partner Dennis is as close to the opposite of Dave as you're likely to come across: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5uVi6aElbfdYo0.html

@0okamino 4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't being a put-upon, going-through-the-motions late night host just kind of Dave's general shtick?

@caseyblack6173 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely agreed I noticed that right away. He just responds with "yeah" or "okay"

@mythnow 4 жыл бұрын

@@kenlieck7756 Thank you for the link!!:D Dave can jump in a lake>:P

@ilikespacedinosaurs 4 жыл бұрын

yeah, that was his thing

@MapleSyrupPoet 9 ай бұрын

Davo was in the company of greatness #MelBlanc 🐇

@frednicolet8991 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't Mel work with Spike Jones back in the day?

@Retiredman. Жыл бұрын

No mention of the voices he did for Hanna Barbera

@turkhimself 4 жыл бұрын

Mel would've been the true godfather of beatbox ahahah!

@spongebobsquarepants2981 4 жыл бұрын

@15rs 4 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@evilangel8194 9 ай бұрын

Dude got serious bags under his eyes

@paullarue2010 3 жыл бұрын

Funny cartoon voices.

@nightisright1873 4 жыл бұрын

Turns out that Yosemite Sam was incredibly hard to voice he couldn’t do his voice with out straining his vocal cords .

@carlodechosa4219 9 ай бұрын

Funny enough when Sam is being timid it sounds like his real one

@wmden1 11 ай бұрын

Letterman could be very stiff with some of his guests. Mel Blanc was one of them, on this program, anyway.

@MSW96 4 жыл бұрын

He sounded young haha (if I'm making any sense)

@Trig242 4 жыл бұрын

Pepe never fails

@BrandonGarbage23Trucks247 4 жыл бұрын

1:25 lol

@paullarue2010 3 жыл бұрын

Foghorn Leghorn? Wisecracking rooster.

@snotsbuttwax 4 жыл бұрын

I bet he'd do an amazing Rodney Dangerfield

@ohh338 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what his parents went through bwuth him growing up 🤣❤️

@paullarue2010 3 жыл бұрын

South Pole?! Ooh, I'm dying?

@scotthullinger4684 19 күн бұрын

Mel Blanc infused more character into his characters than could otherwise be believable.

@abevillanueva1974 8 ай бұрын

Dave looks very disinterested here...