Mel Blanc, Uncredited

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by speedy fast

I am a little confused over how Mel Blanc was able to get credited as a voice actor. Did his contract state that only he could get credited? If so, then the rules must have changed later on, as Stan Freberg was allowed to get credited in Three Little Bops,

I believe his contract stipulated this. If you listen to the audio commentary on "Three Little Bops" in LTGCv2, Stan talks about this and since he did all the voices in Three Little Bops, Freleng decided to go against Mel's contract on that one.

Originally Posted by speedy fast

the entire cast of The jack Benny Show were credited in The Mouse That Jack Built

I'm sure WB wanted to brag about this one...

[rodney]

Originally Posted by speedy fast

and Larry Hagman got credited for the Cool Cat and Merlin The Magic Mouse cartoons.

You must mean Larry Storch. Larry Hagman was on DALLAS.

[speedy fast]

Originally Posted by Jeff

I believe his contract stipulated this. If you listen to the audio commentary on "Three Little Bops" in LTGCv2, Stan talks about this and since he did all the voices in Three Little Bops, Freleng decided to go against Mel's contract on that one.

I wonder if Friz Freling got in trouble for that. I have listened to the Three Little Bops commentary a few times.

It is a bit weird how Mel Blanc was the only voice actor credited in cartoons where he did such minor voice acting. I believe he was credited in One Froggy Evening even though somebody else did the frogs singing voice. I guess Mel Blanc only did the frogs croaking, since Michagan J. Frog was the only character who spoke in that one. And he was credited in Ants pasted even though the ants don't talk much and Elmer Fudds voice is heard the most.

[Stanislav]

I'm enjoying reading the thread, but I was more looking for some of Mel's uncredited bits in live action TV shows -- situations where he provided an off-screen voice (maybe a radio announcer, PA system, etc.), or voiced an animal or other non-human object in a fantasy situation, etc. I've probably heard of at least a dozen or more of these before, either via hearing it first-hand and thinking it sounded like Mel, or reading a reference to it elsewhere. I just don't remember the details, and thought it would be fun for others to fill in the blanks of my mind (which is mostly blank these days).

[Leviathan]

Originally Posted by speedy fast

It is a bit weird how Mel Blanc was the only voice actor credited in cartoons where he did such minor voice acting. I believe he was credited in One Froggy Evening even though somebody else did the frogs singing voice. .

Actually Mel Mlanc didn't get credit for One Froggy Evening (his name isn't on the Credit card for that cartoons)

[Frank]

Originally Posted by speedy fast

I am a little confused over how Mel Blanc was able to get credited as a voice actor. Did his contract state that only he could get credited? If so, then the rules must have changed later on, as Stan Freberg was allowed to get credited in Three Little Bops, the entire cast of The jack Benny Show were credited in The Mouse That Jack Built, two other voice actors were credited in Honeys Money, and Larry Hagman got credited for the Cool Cat and Merlin The Magic Mouse cartoons.

Wasn't Larry Storch credited in the Cool Cat and Merlin the Magic Mouse cartoons?

[rodney]

One can't forget the literally thousands of uncredited appearances Blanc made in radio programs.

[Barb Herholzer]

Originally Posted by rodney

One can't forget the literally thousands of uncredited appearances Blanc made in radio programs.

Yes, he was all over the radio dial, most famously on THE JACK BENNY SHOW (where he often WAS credited), and as the star of his OWN short-lived CBS program, THE MEL BLANC SHOW, where he (obviously) was credited.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Stanislav

I'm enjoying reading the thread, but I was more looking for some of Mel's uncredited bits in live action TV shows -- situations where he provided an off-screen voice (maybe a radio announcer, PA system, etc.), or voiced an animal or other non-human object in a fantasy situation, etc. I've probably heard of at least a dozen or more of these before, either via hearing it first-hand and thinking it sounded like Mel, or reading a reference to it elsewhere. I just don't remember the details, and thought it would be fun for others to fill in the blanks of my mind (which is mostly blank these days).

Well, Mel did provide many animal voices on "The Lucy Show" in the '60s, although he was never credited. And, along those same lines, June Foray once did a voice on an episode of "Get Smart," and was also not credited.

Mike

[Bobby Bickert]

Did June get a credit for voicing "Mama Bear" in Fox's The Two Little Bears? I don't remember seeing her name in the credits.