Jan 16 2009
Popcultured Icon: Mel Blanc
He was known as “The Man of 1000 Voices” and it was true- prolific voice actor Mel Blanc voiced all of the great ones.
He started his early career in radio and then became a sidekick on The Jack Benny Show. But it was Blanc’s voice work for Warner Brothers and then Hanna Barbera Productions that brought him his biggest claim to fame.
Some of Mel Blanc’s most famous voices included the voice of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny (probably his best known), Tweety Bird, Pepe Le Pew, Foghhorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, Speedy Gonzales, Barney Rubble (and Dino!), Wile E. Coyote and The Tasmanian Devil.
When Mel Blanc died in 1989, the world became a more silent place.
