Crashing The Colby's Society Party (Aired April 15, 1947)
In 1936, Mel Blanc joined Leon Schlesinger Productions, which made animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Blanc liked to tell the story about how he got turned down at the Schlesinger studio by music director Norman Spencer, who was in charge of cartoon voices, saying that they had all the voices they needed. Then Spencer died, and sound man Treg Brown took charge of cartoon voices, while Carl Stalling took over as music director. Brown introduced Blanc to animation directors Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, and Frank Tashlin, who loved his voices. The first cartoon Blanc worked on was Picador Porky as the voice of a drunken bull. He took over as Porky Pig's voice in Porky's Duck Hunt, which marked the debut of Daffy Duck, also voiced by Blanc.
THIS EPISODE:
April 15, 1947. "Crashing The Colby's Society Party" - CBS network. Sponsored by: Colgate Toothpowder, Halo Shampoo. Mel poses as an expert on affairs operatic and is exp0sed with dramatic violence worthy of a Wagnerian finale. The local banker's wife is scheduled to make her singing debut at a big social event, and her instructor fears he'll lose a pupil when her lack of talent is realized. Mel, to help out, masquerades as an Italian opera expert, and praises her singing. When Mel is unmasked, the real trouble begins. 30:04. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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