The Mel Blanc Show - "The Art Critic" (03-11-47)

The Art Critic (Aired March 11, 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. Blanc soon became noted for voicing a wide variety of cartoon characters

THIS EPISODE:

May 13, 1947. CBS network. "The Art Critic". Sponsored by: Colgate Toothpowder, Halo Shampoo. Mr. Colby is going to be interviewed. It's up to Mel to convince the reporter of his college credentials. Mel Blanc, Mac Benoff (writer), Mary Jane Croft, Joseph Kearns, Hans Conried, Earle Ross, Fran Heflin, Victor Miller and His Orchestra, Bud Hiestand (announcer). 23:28. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.