When Mel Blanc passed away, Warner Bros. released a tribute print with the characters Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester the cat, Tweety, Pepe Le Pew, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, and Daffy Duck bowing their heads with their eyes closed while facing an empty microphone in a spotlight with the word "Speechless" at the top. A very poignant and genius tribute.
I'm 65 and grew up on Looney Tunes. I still watch them even though I know a lot of the dialogs by heart. This is the first time I've heard how Mel got into the business. Mel Blanc, what a treasure.
Growing up watching Bugs Bunny, the Lil Rascals, Popeye, and many more as a child in the 60 ‘s was the best education in being American you could ever! I feel that children today are deprived of the sit and wisdom of that era!
@@bluebagger1262 everybody and their uncle smoked back then lol... Johnny Carson on his deathbed: "Those damn cigarettes". Emphysema killed him, sadly.
My goodness, 95 years after Mel’s start on radio, and an interview reflecting on his life from almost a half a century ago is trending number 19 on TH-cam today 11/19/2022. Mind boggling.
One cannot overestimate the effect of Mel Blanc's genius on pop culture - we all grew up listening to his wonderful voice characters in radio, movies and TV. He was loved and admired by all who knew him and worked with him.
Mel Blanc's favorite was Bugs Bunny 🐰 At the same time Mel has achieved popularity for years and became very well known in America and all around However he needed a Successor who could Take over his roll as Bugs Bunny and he chose his son Noel Blanc and believe me he sounds just like him. Noel says that his father has done over 15 hundred voices including other characters like Daffy Duck, Porky pig, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, And countless others However Noel is lucky to have a Famous father.
Mr. Blanc was also a very charming man in person. Back in the early 60s I met “The Man of a Thousand Voices” himself. My family were at a corporate childrens' Xmas party at Casa Loma in Toronto. Every ballroom, hallway and stairwell of this real live castle was filled with musicians, clowns, magicians and jugglers...and a quietly-smiling, unassuming man in a neat dark suit and a tiny moustache. He complimented my little sister, literally a "babe in arms", telling her "Ohhhh! What a tweet widdle girl you are!" She was unimpressed and a little shy but I was thunderstruck as he turned to me and offered his hand burbling (and slobbering) "And what's YOUR name young fella!" Tweety and Sylvester... in the flesh! My Mom says my mouth did not close for a whole week after! 🤔😱💛👍🏻🕰📆⌛️🎞🐥🐱
I am 30 years old. It is no exaggeration to say that Jack Benny could do more with a look than most comedians can do with an hour of material. He was truthfully, as George Burns said, “a quiet riot.”
Mel was Best Man in my great-grandparents wedding. I have a letter he sent my grandma when she was a kid. Written on Looney Tunes stationary. Such a treat. :)
@@erielighthousetheater5395 Yeah you're right. Hadn't thought about that. My great-grandfather passed when I was a tot. 1984 I believe. Great-grandma lived to 105 and passed around 2010. I should've asked her if she had wedding pictures. When Mel sent the letter to my grandma he included his home and work phone numbers. Also included a signed 8x10 photo of he surrounded by the Looney Tune characters he voices. Just a real nice guy.
It’d be more amazing if they also included Lucy Ball, George Burns, June Foray and Rochester on the same stage and bring out all kinds of crazy laughs!
@@wmden1 usually...but listen to the old radio shows and a few could just make him break and it's hilarious. Mel, George Burns and Freb Allen were tops at this.
@@wmden1 One great story they didn't tell... There was one episode where Jack is wearing a new suit. They made a big deal of this because, why would a guy of Jack's thrift buy a NEW suit. So, Don Wilson compliments Jack's new suit. Jack asks how he heard that he got a new suit, and Don was supposed to say "I read it in Drew Pearson's column." but instead he said "I read it in Dreer Pooson's column." Later in the show, Frank Nelson was on. There was one line in the exchange between him and Jack that Jack didn't like... he didn't think it would get a big laugh. Jack asks Frank if he's the doorman, and he says "Who do I look like, Nelson Eddy?" Nelson recently played a Canadian mountie and that's the image they wanted the audience to vision. Moments after Don's flub, the writers had an idea and gave Frank Nelson a new line, without telling Jack or anyone else. So when Jack asked if he was the doorman, Frank says "Who do you think I am, DREER POOSON?" Huge laughter... Jack lost it... he laughed so hard he fell to the floor, then he had to crawl to the edge of the stage to pull himself back up!
Mel Blanc is the voice of my Saturday morning cartoons. I’ll never forget, “ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn in Albuquerque.” Rest in power Mr. Blanc.
I was making a drive last year from California to Pennsylvania, and went through Phoenix. My route took my through Albuquerque and I had to turn right to get on the interstate, and as God as my witness, to myself, alone in the car, I said I guess I can't turn left in Albuquerque! And laughed about it for a few miles. Rest in peace Mel!
@@kleetus92 Good Gods... I think I'd have pissed meself laughing just driving into Alberquerque. I still use the whole "I knew I shoulda taken that left turn in Alberquerque!" line when I get lost some place.
Jack was the master of timing. Mel was the master of voices. They're two of my favorite people of all time. There will never be another Mel, Jack, or Johnny. They are absolute legends.
Three legends all together. The Jack Benny radio show was a monster that dominated for years. Genius idea to put Mel and Jack together so they could do bits of the old routines Miss them all.
To this day I still listen to OTR. I don't think in an age with the type of instant and 24 hour media just how huge radio was in the 30s and 40s. It was for most the only direct contact they had fir entertainment and information. 4 networks, but basically 2 that dominated nationally.
@@MarkWilliams-dt1ty I got into OTR back in the late 1970's when I was a teenager. My mom and dad would buy me the cassette tapes for Christmas and I would listen to them at night when I went to bed. I still do it to this day. Jack Benny will always be my favorite show, hands down! The timing was genius and Jack was a such a professional at letting the other cast members have their time in the spotlight. He always said "I don't care who gets the laugh, as long as it's funny".
Can't express how much Mel Blanc affected my life growing up with the Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show on Saturday mornings. I still react to situations with his voices and hear them clear as day in my head.
Yeah, that hour and a half of Bugs Bunny Road Runner cartoons on Saturday mornings back in the late 1970s was great! Watched every weekend while the rest of the family was still upstairs asleep.
Mel Blanc, a friend to millions, if not billions of children far and wide. My fifty year old son still sometimes watches some of the old cartoons and, in many cases, it’s because of the voices. Credit is due to the writers as well. Thank you to all.
Johnny could have done a full hour with just those two icons and every minute would have been entertaining. Most of those Jack Benny Program recordings are in the public domain now and can be found for free at the internet archive. That brand of humor never gets old.
@@kevinmadden1645 The radio program is available on the Internet Archive but not all episodes survive. There are many from the early years that are missing, but still there are a lot of episodes available for free there. Not sure about television episodes.
I was impressed that Johnny knew and mentioned the other great cartoon voices of the time- June Foray. paul Frees Alan Reed. Carson knew his cartoons lol
I know. You are never going to get a show or cartoon series like Looney Tunes where the bulk of the cast are done by one man. Mel was exceptional, in more ways than one.
I grew up listening to this man’s voices. Loved all the characters he did. Even now I still say “ That’s all folks” and a few other popular phrases that I got from watching all those looney tunes. 😁
My nieces and nephews all watch Looney Tunes regularly. I turned them onto them a few years ago. Now amount of pokie mon can match up to the sheer hilarity of those cartoons. And they are funny for adults too! It's a shame that so many of the good ones have been wiped from this ailing platform in order to bow to the woke cult of political correctness.
Every Saturday morning from 9 am until noon our local tv station showed nothing but Bugs bunny and related toons. Would sit in front of the tv glued for those hours. Year after year, never got tired of them.
The pure clean comedy without a need for vulgarity or innuendo is lost to us today. It is pure pleasure to see these great talents together and having fun with their craft enjoying and respectful of each other.
Oh there were innuendos back then. They had to be more subtle to get through broadcast standards and practices. Also, Vulgarity was just starting in stand up if you listen to comedy records. I don't see what the problem is
I’m 61 years old and one of the voices that I liked( amongst all the other voices Mel Blanc did ) was “ Foghorn Leghorn “ the rooster! I always loved that character of Mel Blanc and even though Foghorn Leghorn was a loudmouth, that character was always funny!😆😆😆
@@Andrew-13579 😁 Mel Blanc had many different voices and the first time that I ever heard Mel Blanc speak in his normal voice, I was kind of a little bit shocked too and I always thought that Mel Blanc was kind of a quiet man too, but, not so with all of his looney tune’s voices! lol😁😁
How many of us wish we could go back to these time's. Raise your hands!👏 METV plays all these old cartoons and shows. Occasionally I'll watch the bugs bunny hour on Saturday morning and I'm 56 , but it brings me back to a happy place!
I just grew up in a time where you could be funny with out four letter words. In my late teens through my 20’s four letter words seemed funny, now I think it’s just a every day occurrence where people are unable to communicate without words like that. Guess I’m showing my age.
That’s just my opinion though and what I would rather not hear. If others like it that’s fine with me. I think everyone hits that age where you say, “ back in my day…..” I never thought I would get to that point but yet here I am. 😅
I’m not sure the general public has ever realized what a great singer Mel Blanc was…each one of his characters delivered perfectly performed songs (even including operatic arias!!)Brilliant!!!
What a great segment of the Carson Show! I visited the famous "Hollywood Forever Cemetery" in 2000 and Mr. Blanc rests there - his grave-stone inscription reads, "That's all Folks!." I laughed out loud when I saw it! Cheers to Jack Benny as well - his Life's candle was fast burning down and he would pass on in December of this very same year (1974).
I saw Mel Blanc give a talk probably 2-3 years after this broadcast. He did performed many of the voices live for which he is famous. Kinda freaky how he could morph from one character to the next. An amazing talent.
Some decades back I read an article in Reader's Digest titled "My Friend Jack Benny." I don't remember who wrote it. There was an anecdote in it about Jack Benny being funny on the radio without saying a word. A mugger accosts Jack Benny and says, "Your wallet or your life." The pause by Jack in response was the funniest thing ever NOT heard on the radio.
Over the pandemic, I really got into audio entertainment and especially fell in love with old radio. Jack Benny's show is the gold standard. There are a number of them on TH-cam, and podcasts, and available as audiobook selections through your library.
Memories of a far simpler time with much less technology but much more wholesome entertainment in the US & I for one would trade all the gizmos & gadgets of today in a heartbeat for a chance to go back to that time.
A great voice and also a good actor. In his recurring role as Jack Benny's violin teacher, he was so downtrodden and miserable at the thought of another failed lesson, it was hilarious.
This guy was incredible , I grew up on all those cartoons in the late 60's and early 70's. What a talent he was! The sad part is there's people that would call this racist , we have fallen away from a great times in our country. Glad I grew up during these times!
I remember watching the Jack Benny Show as a child and just loved it. They always made me laugh, loved Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Mel Blanc.
Hello 👋 Anne. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
Jack Benny died 10 months later...in the middle of filming the Sunshine Boys. George Burns took over for his longtime friend and won the Academy Award.
I was very fortunate to see Mel Blanc in person at the University of Tulsa during his college tour several years ago.. He did his English horse routine there, too, plus some other voices I had never heard before. He should have won an Oscar as Best Actor, he brought life and personality to painted images on film.
@@TheAzmountaineer Perhaps I should have said "a long, long time ago", "ages and ages ago", or "eons ago", or "back in the Dark Ages". To be exact, it was 1978 when I was 29 years old.
Hello 👋 Kathryn. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
@@OhSankYouDoktor That reminds that many years ago the TV show "Whats My LIne" had Grouco Marx on the panel. Biggest mistake they ever made as far as I am concerned. He constantly interrupted the game with his joking and really wasted a lot of good air time. He thought it was all about him and that no one else mattered. Victor Borge was they same way although not nearly as bad as Groucho was. But Groucho did a great job when he hosted "You Bet Your Life". That game show fit him perfectly. It just depends on what setting you are in.
This was Golden, and hilarious, and I have watched the Si routine many times. Thanks to Jack, Mel, and Johnny, and for the posting of this video, by whoever posted it.
I am 73, and I remember all of this as though it was yesterday. Almost 49 years ago, and I laughed the same way as I did then. To think that this is all gone. Sad...
Mel Blanc was so talented as a voice art. And Jack Benny could be so funny with out saying a word. He had such amazing timing that worked so well for comedy.
I'm 55 so I watched all my Looney Tunes in the 70's on Saturday mornings. When Mel Blanc died my entire childhood of cartoon watching was suddenly saddened by the silence that I knew I would ever hear again.
Mel Blanc, the imagination it takes to get a voice and personality just from a painting of a character, a true gift of God, made me laugh when I was a kid, I quit watching cartoons when they were replaced by the smurfs, sad day back then. RIP Mel an Jack
@Laine Orna Hello 👋 Laine. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
I was cracking up and laughing out loud while watching this. Clip is 48 years old and all three men have been deceased for decades and it's still funnier than most of the stuff on tv today.
Mel helped raise me... I'm 61 now and hearing some of these 'voice overs' in this video helps me recall my 3 channel, rabbit ear-tv days and having friends sleep over after school Friday so we could watch cartoons and 'Mid-Atlantic Wrestiling'... and of course - 'Soullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Train' (with Don Cornelius!) so we could watch those chicks shake their butts at the camera. All of that would get me a restraining order now. :/
I recall him smoking like a chimney. Then cigarettes were starting to fall out of favor. He'd try to "hide" his smoke inder his desk as he did in this clip.
That’s so gratifying to hear! I was such an old soul myself in the 60s and 70s, when my Mom (who was once a front singer with a big band) would play her recordings of classic radio shows. The fact that they can still win a young audience is testament to their enduring genius!
Mel Blanc - a rare American Treasure. He'd often go to children's hospitals and cheer up the kids with the voices and they'd have to drag him away when it got too late.
Mel Blanc was the absolute greatest voice legend of all time. Bugs and Daffy and Elmer were classics but he did Speedy Gonzalez Sylvester and Tweety the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. Then also doing Barney Rubble on the Flintstones just put him in an iconic category by himself.
I never saw jack smile and laugh on the tonight show but when foster Brooks roasted jack Benny jack couldn't stop laughing and smiling at foster Brooks but I love this video and especially jack Benny laughing and smiling and especially Johnny having a good time and smiling and laughing 😁😅😂🤣
If this were recorded today, (when Benny was spontaneously trying to get Mel to reenact the bit from the cartoon), they'd just show a clip. But back then, they didn't have such things at their flippant disposal. They had to reenact it on the fly. Those were the days. I wasn't alive then, but my dad raised me on old time radio, Benny, Carson and so many other genius talents from yesteryear.
What's great is that despite his age and apparent ill health, the Instant Jack Benny asked Mel to do a voice, he did it without taking a pause. His timing was also perfect, no matter how much time passed between doing these routines.
Only 2 times over many years of watching Carson did I see a guest not move to the sofa when the next guest came out. The first was Walter Cronkite. The 2nd was Jack Benny.
On just,what was then, an ordinary evening’s late night network program: three absolute geniuses and legends of a golden era of entertainment - Jack Benny, Mel Blanc and Johnny Carson.
You can sense the affection and respect they had for each other. Mel Blanc stayed at a hotel managed by a friend. He was just a doll, doing his voices, posing for pictures, autographs. He passed out oversized business cards with pictures of his best known characters. Alas, hers was lost in a move.
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When Mel Blanc passed away, Warner Bros. released a tribute print with the characters Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester the cat, Tweety, Pepe Le Pew, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, and Daffy Duck bowing their heads with their eyes closed while facing an empty microphone in a spotlight with the word "Speechless" at the top. A very poignant and genius tribute.
Yeah. I bought it from the Warner Bros catalogue in 1989. Still have it.
So wonderfull as a child remembering Saturday morning the greatness of Mel
I remember seeing that. It perfectly captured everyone's emotions.
I own this too. It’s one of my favorite possessions! Wonderful piece!
That actually put a lump in my throat.
Mel Blanc brought zillions of smiles to countless children's faces
His career lasted over 60 years, so I'd imagine he brought smiles to the faces of many adults as well.
Zillions of smiles??
Th-th-that's all???
@@joshuabrooks4907 Indeed he did.
And not only...
Us adults too.
And adults!
I'm 65 and grew up on Looney Tunes. I still watch them even though I know a lot of the dialogs by heart. This is the first time I've heard how Mel got into the business. Mel Blanc, what a treasure.
Right behind you.
I cant remember the lines just sitting here, but put the cartoons on and i know them all.
Growing up watching Bugs Bunny, the Lil Rascals, Popeye, and many more as a child in the 60 ‘s was the best education in being American you could ever! I feel that children today are deprived of the sit and wisdom of that era!
west and wewaxation at wast! And no more scwewy wabbits!!!
And they were a great intro to classical music
1957...I as well..
Top Talent as opposed to 2022..Keep Smiling...
Johnny Carson, Jack Benny, Mel Blanc. You don't find talent remotely close to them anymore. 3 absolute legends.
True! And I love Johnny Carson's genuine laugh as opposed to Jimmy Fallon's forced laughter.
I love the way Johnny just nonchalantly lights up a cigarette 😀
@@bluebagger1262 🤣
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@@bluebagger1262 everybody and their uncle smoked back then lol... Johnny Carson on his deathbed: "Those damn cigarettes". Emphysema killed him, sadly.
Mel Blanc....talent off the charts.
Absolute legend!
Si.
TY
I was looking thru these "halls" as I was basically going to post the exact same thing..
- no need to now.
Thank You.
@@mrabrasive51 Sigh.
Si.
My goodness, 95 years after Mel’s start on radio, and an interview reflecting on his life from almost a half a century ago is trending number 19 on TH-cam today 11/19/2022. Mind boggling.
People are starving for real entertainment.
@Vince V People are starving for life like it was back then, hard but so much easier and more fun......
Dominion (2018)
Not surprised. He was GREAT beyond words!🥰😂💕
It proves that when you're great, YOU'RE GREAT, and your work will last forever! Mel's certainly will!❤❣️
One cannot overestimate the effect of Mel Blanc's genius on pop culture - we all grew up listening to his wonderful voice characters in radio, movies and TV. He was loved and admired by all who knew him and worked with him.
Unfortunately woke culture says many of his voices are racist. Sad time we live in.
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🥸🥳🗽🤪📺
Also a great humanitarian. Would do a free show every Christmas time at Vista Del Mar ("orphanage ") in LA.
AI ain't never going replace this wonderful, one of a kind talent.
Mel Blanc, the GOAT voice actor
indeed.
I have done some voice over in radio, and it is a blast to watch him work. Characters are the icing on the cake.
A rare gem indeed.....
He truly was the only one. His legend will stand the test of time!
JETSON YOU'RE FIRED!!!!
@@rhyancoleman6462 ruh ROH....
Mel Blanc's favorite was Bugs Bunny 🐰 At the same time Mel has achieved popularity for years and became very well known in America and all around However he needed a Successor who could Take over his roll as Bugs Bunny and he chose his son Noel Blanc and believe me he sounds just like him. Noel says that his father has done over 15 hundred voices including other characters like Daffy Duck, Porky pig, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, And countless others However Noel is lucky to have a Famous father.
The affection between Jack and Mel was so genuine and heartwarming.
I've read when Mel had his car accident in early 60s Jack was a constant visitor. The admiration was real.
Sweet and moving indeed.
Then he should have given up his chair...lol.
If Jack truly had affection he would have moved over a seat and let Mel sit next to Johnny
Any affection for Mel by Jack would have Jack move his ass over for Mel to sit in the first seat.
Mel Blanc was a genius. He added so much to all our childhoods. Rest in Peace. You will always be loved and remembered.
Two geniuses being interviewed by a third.
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Mr. Blanc was also a very charming man in person. Back in the early 60s I met “The Man of a Thousand Voices” himself. My family were at a corporate childrens' Xmas party at Casa Loma in Toronto. Every ballroom, hallway and stairwell of this real live castle was filled with musicians, clowns, magicians and jugglers...and a quietly-smiling, unassuming man in a neat dark suit and a tiny moustache. He complimented my little sister, literally a "babe in arms", telling her "Ohhhh! What a tweet widdle girl you are!" She was unimpressed and a little shy but I was thunderstruck as he turned to me and offered his hand burbling (and slobbering) "And what's YOUR name young fella!" Tweety and Sylvester... in the flesh! My Mom says my mouth did not close for a whole week after! 🤔😱💛👍🏻🕰📆⌛️🎞🐥🐱
Those memories are so wonderful as we grow older
I probably would've passed out. 😱
Casa Loma, beautiful memory
What a great story!
Good story Sparty, if only it was real ROFLMAO
I am 30 years old. It is no exaggeration to say that Jack Benny could do more with a look than most comedians can do with an hour of material. He was truthfully, as George Burns said, “a quiet riot.”
He was great on Halloween, you skipped Lucy's house and head straight to Jack's. Very generous
And Jack used to drive a blue 64 Impala
@@bobkohl6779 Did you live in Beverly Hills?
@@RyanHLee-nc7hg yep
😂
Mel was Best Man in my great-grandparents wedding. I have a letter he sent my grandma when she was a kid. Written on Looney Tunes stationary. Such a treat. :)
That's awesome. Too bad you don't have a copy of the letter or pictures when he was in the wedding. Thank you for sharing.
@@erielighthousetheater5395 Yeah you're right. Hadn't thought about that. My great-grandfather passed when I was a tot. 1984 I believe. Great-grandma lived to 105 and passed around 2010. I should've asked her if she had wedding pictures.
When Mel sent the letter to my grandma he included his home and work phone numbers. Also included a signed 8x10 photo of he surrounded by the Looney Tune characters he voices. Just a real nice guy.
Let's all go home now, Doc Kennedy won the internet
@@missyouwish88 Haha gracias
Oh, wow! So... what's up, Doc?
Comedic legends! To have Benny, Blanc and Carson in the same room -doesn't get any better than this in comedy Heaven.
It’d be more amazing if they also included Lucy Ball, George Burns, June Foray and Rochester on the same stage and bring out all kinds of crazy laughs!
I'm 63, was 14 when this aired...Thank God I knew who these Giants were...
Miss these legends. They all brought so much joy to our lives.
Sweet comedy ❤
And now, they bring laughter and happiness to those in heaven, may it always be so.
Clean humor.
Most of Jack's radio shows are online now, I think I've listened to them all at least twice.
I remember where I was when those three legends died. Each time I cried and said a prayer for them.
I love how Jack Benny is cracking himself up during the "Si,Sigh,sue" bit
Yep! Even after all that time, he was still laughing!
Yes, and he was always good at keeping a straight face, and not breaking up, during an actual performance.
So
@@wmden1 usually...but listen to the old radio shows and a few could just make him break and it's hilarious. Mel, George Burns and Freb Allen were tops at this.
@@wmden1 One great story they didn't tell... There was one episode where Jack is wearing a new suit. They made a big deal of this because, why would a guy of Jack's thrift buy a NEW suit. So, Don Wilson compliments Jack's new suit. Jack asks how he heard that he got a new suit, and Don was supposed to say "I read it in Drew Pearson's column." but instead he said "I read it in Dreer Pooson's column." Later in the show, Frank Nelson was on. There was one line in the exchange between him and Jack that Jack didn't like... he didn't think it would get a big laugh. Jack asks Frank if he's the doorman, and he says "Who do I look like, Nelson Eddy?" Nelson recently played a Canadian mountie and that's the image they wanted the audience to vision. Moments after Don's flub, the writers had an idea and gave Frank Nelson a new line, without telling Jack or anyone else. So when Jack asked if he was the doorman, Frank says "Who do you think I am, DREER POOSON?" Huge laughter... Jack lost it... he laughed so hard he fell to the floor, then he had to crawl to the edge of the stage to pull himself back up!
Mel Blanc is the voice of my Saturday morning cartoons. I’ll never forget, “ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn in Albuquerque.” Rest in power Mr. Blanc.
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RIP Frito Bandito!
I was making a drive last year from California to Pennsylvania, and went through Phoenix. My route took my through Albuquerque and I had to turn right to get on the interstate, and as God as my witness, to myself, alone in the car, I said I guess I can't turn left in Albuquerque! And laughed about it for a few miles.
Rest in peace Mel!
@@kleetus92 Good Gods... I think I'd have pissed meself laughing just driving into Alberquerque. I still use the whole "I knew I shoulda taken that left turn in Alberquerque!" line when I get lost some place.
Jack was the master of timing. Mel was the master of voices. They're two of my favorite people of all time. There will never be another Mel, Jack, or Johnny. They are absolute legends.
Three legends all together.
The Jack Benny radio show was a monster that dominated for years.
Genius idea to put Mel and Jack together so they could do bits of the old routines
Miss them all.
To this day I still listen to OTR. I don't think in an age with the type of instant and 24 hour media just how huge radio was in the 30s and 40s. It was for most the only direct contact they had fir entertainment and information. 4 networks, but basically 2 that dominated nationally.
Si
I still listen to Jacks radio show almost every night.
@@MarkWilliams-dt1ty I got into OTR back in the late 1970's when I was a teenager. My mom and dad would buy me the cassette tapes for Christmas and I would listen to them at night when I went to bed. I still do it to this day. Jack Benny will always be my favorite show, hands down! The timing was genius and Jack was a such a professional at letting the other cast members have their time in the spotlight. He always said "I don't care who gets the laugh, as long as it's funny".
I would've LOVED to have been in the audience for this taping....too bad I wasn't born for another 14 years 😔
No matter how many times I see the Mexican skit, I will always laugh out loud.
Si! 😂😂
Who Speedy Gonzales?
Si, Si, Sue! 😊
His timing is impeccable! 🤣
Me too.. It is funnier each time I see it.
Can't express how much Mel Blanc affected my life growing up with the Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show on Saturday mornings. I still react to situations with his voices and hear them clear as day in my head.
Yeah, that hour and a half of Bugs Bunny Road Runner cartoons on Saturday mornings back in the late 1970s was great! Watched every weekend while the rest of the family was still upstairs asleep.
Though he did no voices on the Road Runner cartoons, he did voice the coyote when he went up against Bugs.
@@DanJackson1977 "Wile . E. Coyote, Super Genius!"
Same with me! Great memories.
Every SATURDAY MORNING
Mel Blanc, a friend to millions, if not billions of children far and wide. My fifty year old son still sometimes watches some of the old cartoons and, in many cases, it’s because of the voices. Credit is due to the writers as well. Thank you to all.
My 7 year old grandson, was introduced to Looney Toons this year, he is a convert, whether he knows it or not. Three generations and counting.
I discovered Looney Tunes for the first time this year summer 2022, so wonderful the classic cartoons!
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Johnny could have done a full hour with just those two icons and every minute would have been entertaining. Most of those Jack Benny Program recordings are in the public domain now and can be found for free at the internet archive. That brand of humor never gets old.
Are all television. episodes available on the Internet? Only certain episodes are syndicated for television .
I’ll look thanks
@@kevinmadden1645 The radio program is available on the Internet Archive but not all episodes survive. There are many from the early years that are missing, but still there are a lot of episodes available for free there. Not sure about television episodes.
I watch The Jack Benny show most mornings on the 'Antenae TV network at 7am est.George Burns is on at 6am.The world laughed when they were on.
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You could always tell when Johnny was sincerely interested or amused by someone.
I was impressed that Johnny knew and mentioned the other great cartoon voices of the time- June Foray. paul Frees Alan Reed. Carson knew his cartoons lol
I cannot overstate the importance and influence of this man's voice on my childhood.
Truly a once in a generation talent. There will never be another like Mel Blanc.
I know. You are never going to get a show or cartoon series like Looney Tunes where the bulk of the cast are done by one man. Mel was exceptional, in more ways than one.
I'm only 57, but would love to go back and watch this live!
You could have, but it was past your bedtime!
I grew up listening to this man’s voices. Loved all the characters he did. Even now I still say “ That’s all folks” and a few other popular phrases that I got from watching all those looney tunes. 😁
Same here he was amazingly talented!
My grandson (8) is tasked with writing 75 word essays each day when he comes home from school. He always ends them with "That's all folks".
My nieces and nephews all watch Looney Tunes regularly. I turned them onto them a few years ago. Now amount of pokie mon can match up to the sheer hilarity of those cartoons. And they are funny for adults too!
It's a shame that so many of the good ones have been wiped from this ailing platform in order to bow to the woke cult of political correctness.
@@bravehome4276 : 😁
Every Saturday morning from 9 am until noon our local tv station showed nothing but Bugs bunny and related toons. Would sit in front of the tv glued for those hours. Year after year, never got tired of them.
The pure clean comedy without a need for vulgarity or innuendo is lost to us today. It is pure pleasure to see these great talents together and having fun with their craft enjoying and respectful of each other.
Oh there were innuendos back then. They had to be more subtle to get through broadcast standards and practices. Also, Vulgarity was just starting in stand up if you listen to comedy records. I don't see what the problem is
Indeed… well said.❤
I’m 61 years old and one of the voices that I liked( amongst all the other voices Mel Blanc did ) was “ Foghorn Leghorn “ the rooster! I always loved that character of Mel Blanc and even though Foghorn Leghorn was a loudmouth, that character was always funny!😆😆😆
Doo dah, I say Doo dah that is!!
I didn’t believe you. I had to look it up. It’s such a different voice than what I’d have expected from Mel Blanc, wow! 😀
@@Andrew-13579 😁 Mel Blanc had many different voices and the first time that I ever heard Mel Blanc speak in his normal voice, I was kind of a little bit shocked too and I always thought that Mel Blanc was kind of a quiet man too, but, not so with all of his looney tune’s voices! lol😁😁
@@brianjones7660 Exactly! 😁😁😁😂😅😂😅
...it's based on the Senator claghorne character that used to be on Allen's Alley (the Fred Allen Show.)(remember him on what's my line?)
Nothing compares to the talent of the wonderful folks back then. I watch classic TV & films over the new stuff made today!!! 🌼
So true
ABSOLUTELY AGREE
How many of us wish we could go back to these time's. Raise your hands!👏 METV plays all these old cartoons and shows. Occasionally I'll watch the bugs bunny hour on Saturday morning and I'm 56 , but it brings me back to a happy place!
Same here. 90 percent of my television viewing focuses on movies and tv shows from the 50s and 60s.
I second that !!!
Jack Benny was Johnny Carson’s idol.
I'm sitting here with a rye in my hand wishing I was watching Carson again with my Father...
Respect to the 'Old Guard' that is no longer with us.
My Dad is also gone from this world. Boy, I sure wish I could spend time with him again.
Mel Blanc: an absolute genius!
I love watching shows from their day. They are funny and not a bad word spoken to get a laugh!
Jack Benny’s Old Time Radio Program with Mel is even funnier than the TV show!
Why do cussing trigger you?
@@LinkRocks *Why does
I just grew up in a time where you could be funny with out four letter words. In my late teens through my 20’s four letter words seemed funny, now I think it’s just a every day occurrence where people are unable to communicate without words like that. Guess I’m showing my age.
That’s just my opinion though and what I would rather not hear. If others like it that’s fine with me. I think everyone hits that age where you say, “ back in my day…..” I never thought I would get to that point but yet here I am. 😅
We had so many national treasures that we grew up with back then. How fortunate for us to experience all of it.
Very grateful...
We are lucky to grow up during those years.
How true that is.
Wow, almost 50 years ago. Comedy geniuses!
I’m not sure the general public has ever realized what a great singer Mel Blanc was…each one of his characters delivered perfectly performed songs (even including operatic arias!!)Brilliant!!!
Jack Benny was just the greatness and he is truly missed. I really appreciate and love him. He is my favorite and no one can match him.
As a kid growing up in the 60s.looney tunes was also my english lesson.
What a great segment of the Carson Show! I visited the famous "Hollywood Forever Cemetery" in 2000 and Mr. Blanc rests there - his grave-stone inscription reads, "That's all Folks!." I laughed out loud when I saw it! Cheers to Jack Benny as well - his Life's candle was fast burning down and he would pass on in December of this very same year (1974).
I saw Mel Blanc give a talk probably 2-3 years after this broadcast. He did performed many of the voices live for which he is famous. Kinda freaky how he could morph from one character to the next. An amazing talent.
It still blows my mind whenever I watch videos of voice actors. My poor brain can't figure out that cartoony sounds can come out of actual humans.
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I worked for Mel many, many yrs ago, Such a Class Act!
I'm Politely, Professionally Jealous..
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This is - an explicit assumption on my part but was that prior to his Horrific car accident (?)
@@drumbum3.142 After the accident. In the 1980s
Some decades back I read an article in Reader's Digest titled "My Friend Jack Benny." I don't remember who wrote it. There was an anecdote in it about Jack Benny being funny on the radio without saying a word. A mugger accosts Jack Benny and says, "Your wallet or your life." The pause by Jack in response was the funniest thing ever NOT heard on the radio.
Strange...I was just texting my sister today when suddenly, "YIKES and AWAY!" was typed out. Daffy Duck was, is, and will forever be my favorite
It’s Yoiks and away!
I was pretty young for these but I remember and grew up on cartoons Mel did. I miss those days of true talent and grace!
Far more entertaining than current hosts!
After Jay Leno left, I stopped watching The Tonight Show. The Tonight Show was the best !
Si.
Over the pandemic, I really got into audio entertainment and especially fell in love with old radio. Jack Benny's show is the gold standard. There are a number of them on TH-cam, and podcasts, and available as audiobook selections through your library.
As Stan Freberg pointed out, the magic of radio is that it "Stretched the imagination."
Benny and Burns & Allen. Such fantastic talents
Me too I have been listening to old time radio a lot especially CBS radio mystery theater!
Memories of a far simpler time with much less technology but much more wholesome entertainment in the US & I for one would trade all the gizmos & gadgets of today in a heartbeat for a chance to go back to that time.
Man such great people the majority of the world will never know, but should
A great voice and also a good actor. In his recurring role as Jack Benny's violin teacher, he was so downtrodden and miserable at the thought of another failed lesson, it was hilarious.
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I remember as a kid watching Johnny honor jack after he died. He was in tears all night. So sad
This clip has been up forever and people are STILL commenting about it. That's a real tribute to a couple of great artists.
This guy was incredible , I grew up on all those cartoons in the late 60's and early 70's. What a talent he was! The sad part is there's people that would call this racist , we have fallen away from a great times in our country. Glad I grew up during these times!
You know how it is these days. Everyone virtue signaling. Always searching for excuses to display mock outrage.
@@Tessmage_Tessera Yup it's sickening!
You are so right. I agree with you 100%
I agree.I grew up watching them then,and on the internet now.I still get a good laugh from them,and not a bit of hate or prejudice.
Obamaism is a plague
this makes me appreciate Phil Hartman's Jack Benny even more
I remember watching the Jack Benny Show as a child and just loved it. They always made me laugh, loved Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Mel Blanc.
Hello 👋 Anne. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
Jack Benny and Mel Blanc were both wonderful men. They are missed. May their memories be for a blessing.
Jack Benny died 10 months later...in the middle of filming the Sunshine Boys. George Burns took over for his longtime friend and won the Academy Award.
I was very fortunate to see Mel Blanc in person at the University of Tulsa during his college tour several years ago.. He did his English horse routine there, too, plus some other voices I had never heard before. He should have won an Oscar as Best Actor, he brought life and personality to painted images on film.
He died 33 years ago it was a lot more than several years ago unless u met his zombie.
@@kevinburke6055 Exactly how many is several and at what point does it become 'many'?
Let's not forget Bea Benederet who voiced most of the female character toons! She voiced Betty Rubble!
@@TheAzmountaineer Perhaps I should have said "a long, long time ago", "ages and ages ago", or "eons ago", or "back in the Dark Ages". To be exact, it was 1978 when I was 29 years old.
@@tootired76: She voiced the Statue of Liberty in "Baseball Bugs."
I am a boomer and grew up with all the TV and movie greats. God how I miss them. Heaven must be the funniest place with all these guys.
Hello 👋 Kathryn. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
I miss this era and quality of television. Such class, sharp wit, and genius, with no filthy talk.
When Mel came onto the set, Jack would not scoot down to the second seat. Only time I ever saw that happen.
maybe Mel needed to sit on the couch because of his leg.
Look at the love in Jack Benny's eyes as he looks at Mel Blanc
Shows the huge ego Benny had - not nice.
And took over the whole interview. What an egomaniac!
@@OhSankYouDoktor That reminds that many years ago the TV show "Whats My LIne" had Grouco Marx on
the panel. Biggest mistake they ever made as far as I am concerned. He constantly interrupted the game with
his joking and really wasted a lot of good air time. He thought it was all about him and that no one else mattered.
Victor Borge was they same way although not nearly as bad as Groucho was. But Groucho did a great job
when he hosted "You Bet Your Life". That game show fit him perfectly. It just depends on what setting you are
in.
This was Golden, and hilarious, and I have watched the Si routine many times. Thanks to Jack, Mel, and Johnny, and for the posting of this video, by whoever posted it.
I am 73, and I remember all of this as though it was yesterday. Almost 49 years ago, and I laughed the same way as I did then. To think that this is all gone. Sad...
Mel Blanc was so talented as a voice art. And Jack Benny could be so funny with out saying a word. He had such amazing timing that worked so well for comedy.
Mel Blanc wonderful man making cartoons so much fun. Jack Benny so witty and hilarious. Of course, Johnny the best.
Three great men in show business sitting together. Those were the days!
I'm 55 so I watched all my Looney Tunes in the 70's on Saturday mornings. When Mel Blanc died my entire childhood of cartoon watching was suddenly saddened by the silence that I knew I would ever hear again.
Mel Blanc, the imagination it takes to get a voice and personality just from a painting of a character, a true gift of God, made me laugh when I was a kid, I quit watching cartoons when they were replaced by the smurfs, sad day back then. RIP Mel an Jack
@Laine Orna Hello 👋 Laine. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
I was cracking up and laughing out loud while watching this. Clip is 48 years old and all three men have been deceased for decades and it's still funnier than most of the stuff on tv today.
Some of the best comedy writers ever, matched with the genius of Mel, Dennis, Don, Phil, Rochester, Mary and Jack. Days like that are sorely missed.
If you made Jack Benny laugh enough to lose his stoic composure, you never had to worry about money again.
Mel helped raise me... I'm 61 now and hearing some of these 'voice overs' in this video helps me recall my 3 channel, rabbit ear-tv days and having friends sleep over after school Friday so we could watch cartoons and 'Mid-Atlantic Wrestiling'... and of course - 'Soullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Train' (with Don Cornelius!) so we could watch those chicks shake their butts at the camera.
All of that would get me a restraining order now. :/
The respect and admiration between these three talented comedians and actors is an absolute pleasure to watch and rewatch
Mel Blanc the greatest voice ever in character, my favorite, the master.
Did ya see Johnny lighting up? Don't see that anymore.
I recall him smoking like a chimney. Then cigarettes were starting to fall out of favor. He'd try to "hide" his smoke inder his desk as he did in this clip.
@@JohnKorvell your right, its what killed him.
This segment of The Tonight Show was absolutely HILARIOUS!!! We do not television comedy like this today!!!
I like how calm and more natural these old interviews sound compared to most of what we have today.
As a 24 year old “old soul”, Jack and Mel never fail to make me smile
That’s so gratifying to hear! I was such an old soul myself in the 60s and 70s, when my Mom (who was once a front singer with a big band) would play her recordings of classic radio shows. The fact that they can still win a young audience is testament to their enduring genius!
I'm an "old soul" circa 1951...welcome to the club!
It's really awesome that stars like these are still entertaining and inspiring people so many generations later.
Si
@@TheJavaJockey I'm a big band fan of many years. Just curious, what was your mom's stage name and what band, or bands did she sing with?
Mel Blanc - a rare American Treasure. He'd often go to children's hospitals and cheer up the kids with the voices and they'd have to drag him away when it got too late.
Kills me. I am 76 and remembers this quality type of show . Makes me cry
Mel Blanc was the absolute greatest voice legend of all time. Bugs and Daffy and Elmer were classics but he did Speedy Gonzalez Sylvester and Tweety the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. Then also doing Barney Rubble on the Flintstones just put him in an iconic category by himself.
Three legendary masters of laughter! Mel, Jack and Johnny.
I never saw jack smile and laugh on the tonight show but when foster Brooks roasted jack Benny jack couldn't stop laughing and smiling at foster Brooks but I love this video and especially jack Benny laughing and smiling and especially Johnny having a good time and smiling and laughing 😁😅😂🤣
I was only 8 years old when this episode aired , May , Johnny , Ed , Jack & Mel , R.I.P. !!! 😢🌷🌸💐🌺🌹🕊
If this were recorded today, (when Benny was spontaneously trying to get Mel to reenact the bit from the cartoon), they'd just show a clip. But back then, they didn't have such things at their flippant disposal. They had to reenact it on the fly. Those were the days. I wasn't alive then, but my dad raised me on old time radio, Benny, Carson and so many other genius talents from yesteryear.
Wonderful footage of three legends. Sad to think Jack left us within a year.
That Mexican Si routine always get me! 🤣🤣🤣
Mel Blanc was absolutely fantastic. True talent right there.
So great to see how much enjoyment Jack and Johnny get out of Mel.
These are men from the great generation and every one of them was so talented in their own way... I miss them all..
What's great is that despite his age and apparent ill health, the Instant Jack Benny asked Mel to do a voice, he did it without taking a pause. His timing was also perfect, no matter how much time passed between doing these routines.
Those cartoons are timeless. They still hold their own and arguably are better than cartoons today.
Nothing like the old Warner Bros. cartoons! Today's cartoons are garbage.
Only 2 times over many years of watching Carson did I see a guest not move to the sofa when the next guest came out. The first was Walter Cronkite. The 2nd was Jack Benny.
Jack was dying and his friends knew it. He died a few months after this appearance. One doesn't make a dying elderly friend get up and move.
@@j.randle3803 That's ridiculous. Jack was already up. All he had to do was step about 2 feet.
Blanc was his tool and Benny had the ego ....no way was he moving in fact. Benny took over the show
This was and still is the greatest shows I ever seen. Love this guy's, these legends of comedy. Thank you very much from Fresno California.
On just,what was then, an ordinary evening’s late night network program: three absolute geniuses and legends of a golden era of entertainment - Jack Benny, Mel Blanc and Johnny Carson.
Thank You Mel Blanc...You were the best!!!!!!!!! The Joy you brought Millions and millions of Children on Saturday Mornings!!!!!!!
The genuine affection between Jack and Mel after all those years was particularly heartwarming.
You can sense the affection and respect they had for each other. Mel Blanc stayed at a hotel managed by a friend. He was just a doll, doing his voices, posing for pictures, autographs. He passed out oversized business cards with pictures of his best known characters. Alas, hers was lost in a move.