Mel Blanc On Voicing Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and More

Mel Blanc On Voicing Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and More | Letterman

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The man of 400 voices talks about how he comes up with each one.
(From "Late Night," air date: 11/15/82)
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@brian-ld4vd Ай бұрын

I watched All these cartoons since I was a young child, I'm 52 soon, Mel Blanc was the forerunner of everything you hear today. A True Legend. RIP

@cheungkwok9144 Ай бұрын

C 😊

@BlunterSales 12 күн бұрын

Dont worry, the young generation stil carries on his legacy, im 23 and grew up on warner bros.

@keithhepworth4934 Ай бұрын

There will never be another Mel Blanc. The voice(s) of my childhood.

@jonnyabomb1 Ай бұрын

One of the most talented people who ever lived.

@Aisha.The.Traveler Ай бұрын

Him and Walt Disney might be tied.

@La_Roo Ай бұрын

A true legend… the voice of my childhood ❤

@batgurrl Ай бұрын

These vintage clips are utterly amazing to revisit. Mel Blanc, the legendary voice that boomers (and others) grew up with and loved ❤🎉

@kaspinet Ай бұрын

Mel Blanc and Chuck Jones taught me everything I needed to know.

@LLYMYNT Ай бұрын

Part of my childhood and so hard to replicate Mel Blanc. Awesome video.😊

@Piggy-Oink-Oink Ай бұрын

Mel Blanc has over 75 years caused every child in America to smile..what price can put on that.

@Tommyr Ай бұрын

He's a true legend! LOVE that man! I LOVE cartoon voice actors!

@benjaminkogut2640 Ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this! About a decade ago I started spending four years of listening my way through The Jack Benny Show during my late evenings and Mel was such a great part of the cast. Nobody will ever be able to do what he did throughout his career

@kstepko Ай бұрын

I had no idea that Mel was the voice of Barney Rubble!

@chrism70kc Ай бұрын

Mel was actually seriously injured in a car wreck and did one season of the Flintstones voicing Barney from his bed because of his injuries

@Kev_Shmev Ай бұрын

He was the voice of just about everyone.

@ryann.9636 Ай бұрын

Trouble

@rocketreindeer Ай бұрын

He did Dino too and it strained the hell out of his throat.

@rhyancoleman6462 Ай бұрын

I thought Daws Butler took over for Mel for part of Season 2 as he was recovering.

@mage189 Ай бұрын

Such a great part of Jack Benny's shows! One of the greats.

@Hisham_HMA Ай бұрын

Wow so many voices and not only that, he's funny too

@douglasmennella4525 Ай бұрын

In addition to being a genius voice artist Mel Blanc was a genuinely funny guy.

@lynnturman8157 Ай бұрын

How is he funnY? Is he there to amuse you? Is he a clown?

@Rocketcow-dx1jd 23 күн бұрын

@@lynnturman8157I am since i voice Krusty the clown for fun and it sounds dead on.

@ronaldhol9175 Ай бұрын

Mel Blanc was a SUPERSTAR of voice characterizations. Others may have created the cartoon characters, but it was MEL BLANC that. gave them their personalities . R.I.P. Mel...We miss you !

@Deadfoot-Dan Ай бұрын

Would have loved to seen the montage, it's obvious his stories are as prolific as the voices he portrayed. Legend.

@stephenholloway6893 17 күн бұрын

Mel's an iconic voice actor and actor in general his l9ng and legendary career will never be forgotten.

@MatchaTheVibeking 10 күн бұрын

Its crazy seeing this video from 1982, and hearing the host say that even back then, most adults grew up with the voice of this man. I grew up with the voice of this man and I was born in '93. Really puts into perspective how many generations he inspired.

@Rob_Kates Ай бұрын

His cartoons still stand the test of time. Some date back to the 1940s.

@arthurmorgan8991 29 күн бұрын

Some even earlier than that!

@KungEMuller Ай бұрын

Dave and The Man Of A Thousand Voices! This is perfect.

@nikkione Ай бұрын

Wow this is bringing back childhood good times.

@MelBlanc222 Ай бұрын

Mel Blanc was such a phenomenal talent! 👌

@vladpadowicz5946 Ай бұрын

When I was a kid I imitated a lot of people and of course all the cartoons. Only years later I paid attention to the credits and realized that it was one man doing all the voices 😮🤯 Mel Blanc was my inspiration to do voices and after years of working as an audio engineer, I got my chance to audition and then voiced several projects including Arthur, Little Lulu, Ripley's Believe it or Not and whole bunch of random voices in radio and tv ads. Thank you Mel for being my mentor ... Rest in Peace 🙏 💖

@michaelparks6120 Ай бұрын

Today's Looney Toons doesn't hold a candle to the classics

@vladpadowicz5946 Ай бұрын

A lot of the voices are done by Mel's son.

@DocDoccus Ай бұрын

@@vladpadowicz5946 Noel Blanc doesn't do ANY of Mel's voices. Others such as Jeff Bergman, Bob Bergen, Joe Alaskey (RIP) and Eric Bauza are the official voice cast.

@user-wg3dy3mo5y Ай бұрын

He was literally one in a million. I read that during WW2, in addition to all his cartoon work for both Warner and Universal, he starred on 18 radio shows - every week. It's impossible to think anyone would have that kind of work ethic today.

@kylem7341 Ай бұрын

Man I am digging the looney tunes sweater!

@_Tanasis_ Ай бұрын

One day, soon, AI will cover our lives like a bedsheet. This is when people will be able to return here and realize the meaning of human talent and geniusness

@A.I-GAMING Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing in 50 years there will be fake old A I video's pretending to be from the past and people won't know what is real anymore.

@Rocketcow-dx1jd 23 күн бұрын

I can do 38 simpsons voices as well as Dan or Harry can, Marvin the martian, and Buster and Babs bunny and love making people doing Babs, Flanders, Apu, or Mr Burns, I could probably do Gadget mouse if i practiced and cant quite do homer due to a certain nuance to that voice i cant pin down.

@jameswise7719 Ай бұрын

Mel Thank you !

@thefunshow2024 Ай бұрын

GOAT. And I bet his Goat would've been amazing!

@darrenjohnbryant51 Ай бұрын

A genius!

@RonGerstein-tf5tp Ай бұрын

Jack Benny's car, a 1926 Maxwell, was a real car and the Maxwell Motor Company was bought by Walter Chrysler, and he changed the name of the car company to CHRYSLER MOTORS.

@blueabattoir Ай бұрын

@jimmyfaherty8588 Ай бұрын

Man. I miss waking up watching loony toons.

@laurapalka3685 Ай бұрын

Mel Blanc & Jim Henson...who else in the entertainment world really mattered? 😉❤

@nostraa6125 Ай бұрын

THIS IS FANTASTIC!❤

@CatJabZ Ай бұрын

What a joy to see this man. I grew up with these hilarious cartoons even if I didn't get the joke at the time I knew it was funny. ❤ Daffy is my favorite but they are all priceless characters.

@MrStuNYC56 Ай бұрын

That’s all folks!

@RazorsEdge1810 Ай бұрын

That's what's on his tombstone!

@MrStuNYC56 Ай бұрын

I know.

@MrJONES925 20 күн бұрын

He made a lot of kids happy

@ilhuicatlamatini Ай бұрын

LOL! I loooove Foghorn Leghorn 🤣 Also, I apparently hate limited animation, and prefer full animation because I never watched Hanna Barbera stuff, hated its cheap look with those backgrounds etc.

@toddthorpe3669 Ай бұрын

Undisputed King of voices

@OdditiesandRarities Ай бұрын

oh wow nice, this is a very famous clip, awesome that its been reuploaded from the master tape!

@philbyd 2 күн бұрын

Awesome what a talent,just freaking amazing ,thanks for posting

@antonioluisbautista Ай бұрын

RIP Mel Blanc My Idol!!!🙏🙏🙏

@fleurafricaine5740 Ай бұрын

The young Dave was totally outshone by Mel Blanc’s experience, talent and stage smarts. Dave’s too nervous to laugh in this interview.

@outtathyme5679 Ай бұрын

He was great with Jack Benny

@thenostalgicpodblast Ай бұрын

Amazing!!!!

@alexissimpson5819 21 күн бұрын

Not going to make some disgusting comment about a white man, are you?

@FridayNiiight Ай бұрын

Talent. Sheer talent.

@mode1charlie170 Ай бұрын

His normal voice reminds me of johnny carson.

@DocDoccus Ай бұрын

I was hoping Mel would bring up that "Si" character from The Jack Benny Program.

@user-ir4pp6qe6n Ай бұрын

Excellent, just a bunch of nutty people🙃🤪

@GnarlsGnarlington 14 күн бұрын

I really didn't get the feels that David was sitting down with an absolute legend.

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 19 күн бұрын

David Michael Letterman (12 de abril de 1947) es un presentador, comediante, escritor y productor de televisión estadounidense. 77 AÑOS.

@Saintnick90 Ай бұрын

Wow, Mel Blanc and Hunter S. Thompson on the same show! That must have been an interesting backstage meeting.

@OGSYLVESTER Ай бұрын

All the life lessons I learned, I learned from Mel and Looney Tunes! My favorite Bugs Bunny quote: Don't take life so serious. You'll never get out of it alive!

@DefinitelyNotBender Ай бұрын

"Sí"

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 25 күн бұрын

Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (San Francisco, 30 de mayo de 1908-Los Ángeles, 10 de julio de 1989) fue un actor de voz estadounidense de varios programas radiofónicos y estudios de animación, principalmente Warner Bros y Hanna-Barbera.

@roknrolbilly Ай бұрын

@willshaw3493 Ай бұрын

The movie is called "1,001 Rabbit Tales."

@johnmakesstuffwow Ай бұрын

2:28 Mel Blanc didn't actually go to a pig farm, and he wasn't the first Porky Pig voice actor. The first Porky Pig voice actor was Joe Dougherty, someone who actually spoke with a stutter. But it took a long time to record dialogue due to his speech impediment, so they replaced them with Mel Blanc, who kept the stutter.

@GuamGrrl Ай бұрын

My heart...🥹🥰

@JosephCecilSmith Ай бұрын

🌎💚♥️💜💙💚💛🧡❤🌍

@andywright3450 12 күн бұрын

The one and only Mel blanc true true genius

@AintPopular 29 күн бұрын

Damn this is the first i heard of him

@keithgrillo8096 Ай бұрын

Hunter Thompson next on the docket.

@mevb 14 күн бұрын

Wallowing in the mud with the pigs to create Porky Pig's voice without taking a shower or bath before entering the recording studio, is a type of method acting that shouldn't be taken that seriously by a voice actor.

@ryann.9636 Ай бұрын

Montage!

@eurofritz4617 Ай бұрын

L E G E N D

@rhyancoleman6462 Ай бұрын

JETSON!

@mikeherrmann494 Ай бұрын

David Letterman wasn’t up to the job in this interview! Mel deserved a better host.

@terryvaughn5066 Ай бұрын

Lol, sounds a lot like johnny carson.

@Cerita_Horror_Nyata. 3 күн бұрын

😂😂

@MM-ku2jt Ай бұрын

David appears to be a total agile. Here we have a living legend and David appears to not recognize it or better than the guests. He seems bored and doesn't recognize that he was interviewing a living legend. The fool. This gave way to the audience being reserved and cautious too. These people seemed out of it.b

@kelvinlee7506 Ай бұрын

8:34 the good old days when saying "ladies and gentlemen" was considered polite.

@chuckgriffith4539 Ай бұрын

Mel was fantastic the true AI before AI...others are Casey Casum and Seth McFarland these days...

@teeveeparty Ай бұрын

It's just a bunch of nutty people, that's all.

@kelsyschoenhaar8717 Ай бұрын

@Mgh-r Ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤ hiiiiii dear dave ❤❤❤❤❤

@stephenclickard9428 Ай бұрын

And please don’t forget about ,Paul frees and June foray and Hauns conread sorry about the spelling .

@johnmc67 Ай бұрын

Almost all of Mr. Blanc’s credits are deeply important to me. However his most impactful was a sound effects voice on a children’s record from 1949, Honkety Hank. I spent hour after hour listening to that song, completely mesmerized. 🫡🫡🫡😊