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10-17-2004, 12:33 PM
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some Mel Blanc questions
1. How did the situation with Blanc getting sole Voice Characterization credit come about, given the number of other voice actors WB employed?
2. Did Mel ever get credit on a cartoon that he never actually took part in? 3. How did other voice actors feel about their work not being credited? 4. Was Daffy the only major LT character that Blanc did whose voice was created by altering Blanc's original (speeding up, in this case)? 
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10-17-2004, 12:40 PM
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To answer question #4, nope. Mel's Porky Pig's voice was also speeded up when recording his lines.
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10-17-2004, 12:47 PM
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if i remember well,the cartoons with the three bears in which billy bletcher,stan freberg and bea benaderet are the voice actors featured in the opoening credits for the voice characterization(but i'm not sure)
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10-17-2004, 12:57 PM
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Four of Blanc's major voices were sped up after recording, those being Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, and Speedy Gonzales.
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10-17-2004, 01:00 PM
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Warner Bros. wanted Blanc's versatile talents exclusively for their films, so they gave him exclusive "Vocal Characterization" credit starting with 1944's "Little Red Riding Rabbit" (Blanc was famous as the voice of Bugs Bunny, so only those cartoons had his name in the credits, until "Ain't That Ducky").
To be slightly fair to the other voice actors, Mel Blanc was only credited on films he did voices in, but not even in those films were the other actors credited. Despite the unfair nature of Blanc's contract, it's historic, as it made Warner Bros. the only studio to credit a voice actor on a cartoon short. In 1960, when Mel Blanc's contract expired, the other voice actors were finally given credit (Sadly, this was after Arthur Q. Bryan's death  ).This topic and seeing "Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales" on HBO this morning made me remember how Blanc's fees were getting REALLY steep in the 1980s, and WB was thinking of letting Blanc go and have others voice Bugs, Daffy, Porky, and the rest. Of course, they never went through with this plan. Could you imagine the terrible publicity for WB if they canned the man who supplied the Looney Tunes character voices for 50 years? -Thad
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10-17-2004, 01:45 PM
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Another exception is the 1957 cartoon "Three Little Bops" for which, director Friz Freleng insisted to have Stan Freberg credited as the narrator.
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10-17-2004, 02:22 PM
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10-17-2004, 02:32 PM
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And even in "Three Little Bops," Daws Butler (who voices the Wolf and at least one of the pigs) isn't credited. Giving credit to the voice actors just wasn't generally done, and Blanc was the big exception. Though there are a few '50s cartoons, like "Goo Goo Goliath," where even Blanc isn't credited, even though he's in it.
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10-17-2004, 02:50 PM
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I saw Mel speak at a local college in the late 70s. When asked if he voiced Pete Puma, Mel said "no," but he said he didn't know who did. Could there have been some bad blood between Blanc and Stan Freberg?
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10-17-2004, 03:49 PM
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