Mel Blanc's Funniest TV Appearance 

It's mostly forgotten now, but in January 1961, Blanc was in a near fatal car accident, and was in a coma for weeks. The doctors didn't think he was going to make it. I''ll turn the story over to the pros now: As a result of what happened, 15,000 letters and cards flooded Blanc’s mailbox as he fought for his life. People from all walks of life and all ages wanted to wish Bugs Bunny well and prayed for his recovery. Well, those prayers worked. While Blanc was in critical condition and was in a coma for 21 days responding to zero treatment, his doctor, Dr. Louis Conway, had an interesting idea that he thought might help. “How are you feeling today, Bugs Bunny?” Dr. Conway asked Blanc. This earned him an immediate response. “Eh, just fine, doc. How’re you?” It was an absolute miracle. Without a doubt, Blanc was dying, and out of nowhere, he slips out of his coma in true Bugs Bunny fashion. “Mel was dying, and it seemed as though Bugs Bunny was trying to save his life,” Dr. Conway recalls years later. After that moment, Blanc was on the road to recovery and he did fully recover. He wouldn’t actually pass away until 1989 from complications of both emphysema and advanced coronary artery disease. Blanc will always be that Looney Legend we know and love. doyouremember.com/141804/bugs-bunny-saved-mel-blanc-coma

And totally beloved❣

@@pennyrobinson9772 Haven’t you ever heard the phrase of "Gone, but never forgotten?" Well, Mel Blanc may be gone, but he’s with us in our hearts.

You’re RIGHT!!! He sounds like “Porky Pig” without the stuttering!

Mel Blanc was Jim Carey before Jim Carey

Iain Schofield ...Mels voices will always be the top. there may be others to do voices, but Mels have been around for way too long for anyone else to top them. I sure do miss him.

I don't know if that was his own voice he used or not, b ut Mel sure sounds funny h ere. Reminds me of Joseph Kearns trying to persuade t- he Three Stooges to buy a p ressure cooker off him in Je rks Of All Trades (How do y- ou do, my name is Fink. I re- present the...).

Amen to that !! :-)

Not to worry, the Cancel Culture will put an end to Mr Blanc.

@@kevinmiller1985 No his natural voice is much deeper. More like Barney Rubble

3:35 A dusting of Speedy Gonzalez.

A genius before his time.Thank you Mel Blanc. Gifted with many character voices. "That's All Folks"

Porky pig and Daffy duck too! It is interesting that he hung out in front of the studio every day for many months waiting to be discovered. At least, the studio needed am extra for a scene and bit only hired him but kept him! ONE OF A KIND!

@@williamsmith666 I heard that too.

no

I never actually did door to door, but i did a lot of cold calling selling Britannica. At the time I was fortunate to meet a gentleman who had the last profitable great Books door to door operation, and he had the most amazing door I've ever seen. He could talk his way into almost any house. I really learned a great deal from him. I eventually went on to selling home improvements, which is 'Tin Man' is one of my very favorite movies in the world.

I did phone verification once (to catch telemarketers lying), had to read from a script, and being thrown off (for example, by the customer objecting and saying that's not what the salesman had just quoted) really did jolt me like this. Didn't quite start over, but I had to get back on track.

@@KairuHakubi I can still remember the first time I gave an in house sales pitch. It was really a harrowing experience first time round. Training just doesn't prepare one properly, but after giving a few pitches it starts to get much better fairly quickly. I still remember one woman who protested as I started into pitch by saying 'can't I just buy the books?" I did say yes, but after a while one learns that's not always the best way to go, but I sale stuck anyways.

@@thomasjamison2050 wait why isn't that always the way to go? Do they buy more if you insist on doing the pitch anyway?

@@KairuHakubi The bane of direct (in home) sales is the sale cancellation. If you don't give the pitch, except in rare cases, the odds that the prospect will cancel the sale within the three day rescission period are very much higher. The dumbest mistake is when the salesperson says 'and if you decide you don't want it you can cancel the sale within three days and get your money back with no questions." I knew one noobie who made thirteen sales that way in a week and every one of them canceled. When you get a rapid buyer, it's best to summarize the pitch points as you fill out the paperwork. When you get to the rescission paperwork, you want to get them to commit to the fact that they have absolutely no intention of using it. There are some other things like this it is best to do. We would call that 'buttoning up." It is extremely important that it be done right. As Zig Ziglar would say 'selling is a transference of feeling." You have to take steps to insure that that feeling remains alive after you leave the house. People who will buy no matter what are actually very rare, and the higher the ticket item, the rarer they become. People normally willing to change their mind about a relatively expensive purchase are dead common.

Much more. He belongs to the whole of humanity.

And Tweety Bird and Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian and all the other Looney Tunes

His actual full original name -- Melvin Jerome Blank.

@@ivanbutler5772 And Speedy Gonzalez

Your name is CY? Si (see) and so forth. Stupid, but it's a classic gem from The Jack Benny Show or where ever he started it.

She's cute as a button!

According to Wikipedia, she returned to France and became a theatrical producer.

@@tamaraclaw Yes, I see that in Wikipedia but they got the 'return' part wrong. She was born in *Belgium* and her family emigrated to the U.S.A. before Nazi occupation. Belgium and France share a language but they ain't the same country so she couldn't return to a place she never left.

@@YouzTube99 Good point. Yet, she did go to a conservatory in France, so it could be said she "returned" to France. Yeah, I know I'm playing a little loose with the facts.

@@tamaraclaw Oh, I didn't mean to say *you* got it wrong. Rather, it looked like Wikipedia did. That said, after a bit more research, it is likely that *I* did. Wikipedia says Annie was _accepted_ by Conservatoire de Paris. She was born in 1934. The Nazi occupation her family fled began in 1940. Given that she was at most six years old, I assumed she never attended and her family moved to New York. But Wikipedia also says that when she was accepted to the Conservatoire, her mother relented. Does that mean they moved from Belgium to France and then moved to NY before the Nazis arrived there in 1942? According to this, apparently so: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fkwIMmF24Ss.html Meaning, you were correct and she did indeed "return to France". And, her daughter Leslie Tabuteau is a successful movie producer there. Sheesh! Talk about going down a rabbit hole!

Spike Milligan's tombstone has "I told you I was sick" :)

And Jackie Gleason's was "And away we go!"

@@mikef5881 Rodney Dangerfiield’s reads “There Goes The Neighborhood”.

You forgot,.....Bdieh bdieh bdeih, bide.....that's all folks

@@honkleretta1050 That lead in by “Porky Pig’s” voice is not on Mel Blanc’s grave marker. Only “That’s All Folks”!

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Now that - had to have been epic.

That's an awesome story!

Lee Balloo here in Washington! Which cafe was that?

@@globalheartwarming Don't remember the name, as I was a little kid, but it was located near Cougar Washington right on the slopes of Mount Saint Helen's.

I read where he said that bugs bunny's voice was easy to do because it's so much like his own voice.

YES EXCELLENT !!!!!

THAT was absolutely hysterical

Benny and Blanc nearly lost character in that episode.

What is the show? Its before my time…

@@peecee1384 Angel, a show produced in 1960.

He did have for a season his own radio show

She was on an episode of the Rifleman once

Oh, that "Taxi" scene is classic, where Jim is taking his written exam and his pals try to help. It just goes on and on: "What does a yellow light mean?" "Slow down." "What .... does ... a ... yellow .............. light ................. mean" So good!!!

Today, if I didn't know better, I'd think she was a Bot ... Only bots cater to whoever like that. I did things for my hubby, no problem. but she was 🤷 But I know, this is about Mel Blanc, & not her!!! RIP buggs bunny, my Super Hero, when I was 4,5,6, 10 years old!! 💗💗💗

That set sure looks like the Petrey living room.

This was her one and only shot at fame in the US. Neither she nor the show were even the least bit funny, and it lasted one season. IIRC, she returned to France after this show was cancelled. Marshall Thompson went on to fame with Daktari a few years later.

I hear Heathcliff even more. The orange tabby cat from Heathcliff and the Cadillac cats cartoon.

I was just thinking that about his voice and Bugs. It's a short hop from his voice to Bugs. But the other voices he did are pure genius and some are incredibly difficult to do.

He was the greatest talent of our time and sadly underrated and under paid. Today's media hardly gives him the blink of an eye and yet he was the first (and best) voice mega-star who paved the way for all the others. I love you, Mel 🥰❤❣️

Yeah we really miss him, don't we?

We all do.

yep..we do

MEL BLANC IS AWESOME

Mel Blanc is a true king of voice actor

Oh he appeared a lot on Jack Benny's show as a Mexican band leader.

Mel grew up in the Pacific Northwest,, and before he became a voice actor, he was a BANDLEADER!

I love that clip too. (Si in Spanish) Si, Sue, sew...

Si

She sews.

Si....."Si ? ".....SI !

john tabler ...Sue.

I prefer his railway announcer routines. Train now leaving on track 5, for Anaheim, Asuza, and Kook. Amunga

bigkdrman1 ...I couldn’t think of her name! thanks! She was a hottie, all right! And her accent drives me to distraction.

She really is!

she's very sweet.

She is surpricingly stimulating. And that voice of hers is strangely hot.

Bugs DID sell Post Cereals and Tang instant orange flavored breakfast drink in the 1960s.

Haha, implying he wasn't the greatest voice actor ever 😅

@@BrandonCaparas he still was a kind man and great

Agreed

@@BrandonCaparas nothing is funny so some respect hes gone

He'd be 112 years old now.

This one is also before my time. I don't know the actors or the show.

The laughter was live, dude.

Yes, he should have.

Don't forget he voiced Jack's Maxwell too...

I heard that he also did flippers laugh.

❤👍yes indeed see ci sue sew ! !

Looney Tunes was his best

Si

What about Mel as Professor LeBlanc on the Jack Benny Program. His job was to teach violin to Jack. That was a pretty good one. :)

His Si Si Sue routine with Jack Benny had me on the floor! Also his clerk character with Jack Benny when he goes Christmas shopping is hilarious. Mel was a comedy genius. 😍

Is that where Mel finally ate a bullet?

Yes!!!

Yes it is.

Well its funny because since both Mel and Jack were best friends, they both would try to pull each other out of character during the show, but it's always Jack who comes close to breaking character, in fact he would try so hard to not laugh, and Mel being such a professional he is, would always stay in character.

I agree with you Jim, Mel's performance in that skit blows this one away. I saw people laughing so hard,tears were rolling down their face. This is a true classic!!!

I said the same thing 😂he would be

Mel often said that June Foray (Rocket J Squirrel) was better than he was. Hey, they were BOTH great!