I read this some years ago (around 2000 and now is Sept 2013)- I took notes - but did not leave myself an overview or rating of this book.Really an interesting book - at least about his career.
This is the very interesting life of Mel Blanc who was the voice of many cartoons among them Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Woody Woodpecker exspecially the laugh Yosemite Sam Porky Pig Syvester and Tweety Elmer Fudd and later Barney Rubble. He also sang novelty songs but he is best known as the the man of 1000 voices.
One of my favorite pieces which I have on my wall is a color photo Mel Blanc used to send out to fans with his autograph, showing him sitting at his desk, with the characters he gave voice to perched on his shoulder and in pockets and on the desktop in front of him -- Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn, and others.When he died a few years ago, he was buried under a stone which read "That's All Folks!
This mostly dull memoir has very little insight into the cartoon business and is mostly for those who remember the early radio days of the 30s and 40s. Blanc spends the first section of the book giving an unemotional fact-based account of his career start and the early days of radio.
Being the biggest Bugs Bunny fan in the whole entire Universe, I consider this required reading by everyone, including cartoon characters. I was thrilled to discover that Mel Blanc is as humorous and fun to hang out with as his cartoons are to watch.
Mel Blanc, best known as the voice of numerous animated characters ranging from Bugs Bunny to Woody Woodpecker, weighs in with a breeezy autobiography. The man loved his work and most of the folks around him (especially Jack Benny), but lets us know what a fellow's a little stinker, too.
The one thing that has always amazed me about voice actors is how easy they make what they do look. i've been a fan of Mel's forever.
This is the very interesting life of Mel Blanc who was the voice of many cartoons among them Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Woody Woodpecker exspecially the laugh Yosemite Sam Porky Pig Syvester and Tweety Elmer Fudd and later Barney Rubble. He also sang novelty songs but he is best known as the the man of 1000 voices.
"When it's the right girl , you REMEMBER her number"
And from that line, I knew I still loved this book as I did in third grade when it was all that was available for a book report.
This isn't the type of book I normally read. I'm very much a fiction gal, and I'm drawn particularly toward that most uniquely fictional of all fiction genres -- fantasy.
Several other memoirs I have read from Golden Age of Hollywood stars have had nothing but kind words for Mel Blanc, and it was a real treat to go through his own thoughts and see what the big fuss is - he was genuinely a kind, charming man. He had nothing but praise for almost every single person he came across, even people who aren't remembered too kindly now.
Who doesn't like bugs bunny? love the background info on the Golden Age of Cartoons.
Non-Fiction - Biography
Mel Blanc was the voice behind hundreds of Warner Bros. cartoon characters and a big star in the days of radio, and later TV.
Everyone knows the voices of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. "What's up, Doc?
