Mel Blanc's Funniest TV Appearance
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This is Mel Blanc's appearance on "Angel" (CBS-TV 1960-61), created & directed by Jess Oppenheimer (creator-producer-head writer of "I Love Lucy").
"ANGEL" Episode 5 - "Angel's Temper" • "Angel" - Episode 5: "...
Original Air Date: 11-10-1960
Written by Irving Elinson and Frank S. Fox
Starring Annie Fargé and Marshall Thompson, with Don Keefer and guest star Mel Blanc.
Watch this entire episode at • "Angel" - Episode 5: "... - Комедії
I think it’s so easy to view Mel blanc as a great voice actor, which he is a legend, but also as a comedic actor he was phenomenal.
Mel Blanc was like a cartoon character but in human form.
It's mostly forgotten now, but in January 1961, Blanc was in a near fatal car accident, and was in a coma for weeks. The doctors didn't think he was going to make it. I''ll turn the story over to the pros now:
As a result of what happened, 15,000 letters and cards flooded Blanc’s mailbox as he fought for his life. People from all walks of life and all ages wanted to wish Bugs Bunny well and prayed for his recovery. Well, those prayers worked. While Blanc was in critical condition and was in a coma for 21 days responding to zero treatment, his doctor, Dr. Louis Conway, had an interesting idea that he thought might help.
“How are you feeling today, Bugs Bunny?” Dr. Conway asked Blanc. This earned him an immediate response. “Eh, just fine, doc. How’re you?” It was an absolute miracle. Without a doubt, Blanc was dying, and out of nowhere, he slips out of his coma in true Bugs Bunny fashion. “Mel was dying, and it seemed as though Bugs Bunny was trying to save his life,” Dr. Conway recalls years later.
After that moment, Blanc was on the road to recovery and he did fully recover. He wouldn’t actually pass away until 1989 from complications of both emphysema and advanced coronary artery disease. Blanc will always be that Looney Legend we know and love.
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And totally beloved❣
@@pennyrobinson9772 Haven’t you ever heard the phrase of "Gone, but never forgotten?" Well, Mel Blanc may be gone, but he’s with us in our hearts.
You’re RIGHT!!! He sounds like “Porky Pig” without the stuttering!
Mel Blanc was Jim Carey before Jim Carey
Anyone who's EVER been a "door to door" salesman SYPATHIZES heavily with Mr. Melvin Jerome! Too funny!!!
I never actually did door to door, but i did a lot of cold calling selling Britannica. At the time I was fortunate to meet a gentleman who had the last profitable great Books door to door operation, and he had the most amazing door I've ever seen. He could talk his way into almost any house. I really learned a great deal from him. I eventually went on to selling home improvements, which is 'Tin Man' is one of my very favorite movies in the world.
I did phone verification once (to catch telemarketers lying), had to read from a script, and being thrown off (for example, by the customer objecting and saying that's not what the salesman had just quoted) really did jolt me like this. Didn't quite start over, but I had to get back on track.
@@KairuHakubi I can still remember the first time I gave an in house sales pitch. It was really a harrowing experience first time round. Training just doesn't prepare one properly, but after giving a few pitches it starts to get much better fairly quickly. I still remember one woman who protested as I started into pitch by saying 'can't I just buy the books?" I did say yes, but after a while one learns that's not always the best way to go, but I sale stuck anyways.
@@thomasjamison2050 wait why isn't that always the way to go? Do they buy more if you insist on doing the pitch anyway?
@@KairuHakubi The bane of direct (in home) sales is the sale cancellation. If you don't give the pitch, except in rare cases, the odds that the prospect will cancel the sale within the three day rescission period are very much higher. The dumbest mistake is when the salesperson says 'and if you decide you don't want it you can cancel the sale within three days and get your money back with no questions." I knew one noobie who made thirteen sales that way in a week and every one of them canceled. When you get a rapid buyer, it's best to summarize the pitch points as you fill out the paperwork. When you get to the rescission paperwork, you want to get them to commit to the fact that they have absolutely no intention of using it. There are some other things like this it is best to do. We would call that 'buttoning up." It is extremely important that it be done right. As Zig Ziglar would say 'selling is a transference of feeling." You have to take steps to insure that that feeling remains alive after you leave the house. People who will buy no matter what are actually very rare, and the higher the ticket item, the rarer they become. People normally willing to change their mind about a relatively expensive purchase are dead common.
Mel Blanc was a national treasure.
Much more. He belongs to the whole of humanity.
Mel Blanc may have left us in the flesh but his voice and persona still ring out for all to hear.
Iain Schofield ...Mels voices will always be the top.
there may be others to do voices, but Mels have been around for way too long for anyone else to top them.
I sure do miss him.
I don't know if that was his own voice he used or not, b ut Mel sure sounds funny h ere. Reminds me of Joseph Kearns trying to persuade t- he Three Stooges to buy a p ressure cooker off him in Je rks Of All Trades (How do y- ou do, my name is Fink. I re- present the...).
Amen to that !! :-)
Not to worry, the Cancel Culture will put an end to Mr Blanc.
@@kevinmiller1985 No his natural voice is much deeper. More like Barney Rubble
He always looks so tired and world-weary, and always so funny! I've never wanted to laugh and hug a guy at the same time.
The great Mel Blanc!! You can hear echoes of Porky and Bugs in his voice!!!
3:35 A dusting of Speedy Gonzalez.
A genius before his time.Thank you Mel Blanc. Gifted
with many character voices. "That's All Folks"
Porky pig and Daffy duck too!
It is interesting that he hung out in front of the studio every day for many months waiting to be discovered. At least, the studio needed am extra for a scene and bit only hired him but kept him! ONE OF A KIND!
@@williamsmith666 I heard that too.
no
"Good morning, sir or madam. My name is Melvin Jerome".
Mel doesn't appear until over half way through the clip, but he steals the show!! That repeated sweeperhead routine is a classic. And the voice... echoes of Bugs, Daffy, Foghorn and Sylvester and Yosemite Sam.
And Tweety Bird and Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian and all the other Looney Tunes
His actual full original name -- Melvin Jerome Blank.
@@ivanbutler5772 And Speedy Gonzalez
The man was and always will be forever the pure voice genius
Mel Blanc was a magnificent actor and singer who also happened to do voices. This is a wonderful scene. Thank you for posting it, Gregg! Thanks for sharing so much of your dad's great legacy.
He was so ahead of his time and one of the funniest skits I have seen from classic TV
Your name is CY? Si (see) and so forth. Stupid, but it's a classic gem from The Jack Benny Show or where ever he started it.
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Mel's ability to stay in character AND break up other performers was well known and on display here again. Poor Annie can't keep a straight face! She was a delight. Too bad she couldn't find roles that allowed her develop her potential.
She's cute as a button!
According to Wikipedia, she returned to France and became a theatrical producer.
@@tamaraclaw
Yes, I see that in Wikipedia but they got the 'return' part wrong. She was born in *Belgium* and her family emigrated to the U.S.A. before Nazi occupation.
Belgium and France share a language but they ain't the same country so she couldn't return to a place she never left.
@@YouzTube99 Good point. Yet, she did go to a conservatory in France, so it could be said she "returned" to France. Yeah, I know I'm playing a little loose with the facts.
@@tamaraclaw Oh, I didn't mean to say *you* got it wrong. Rather, it looked like Wikipedia did.
That said, after a bit more research, it is likely that *I* did.
Wikipedia says Annie was _accepted_ by Conservatoire de Paris. She was born in 1934. The Nazi occupation her family fled began in 1940. Given that she was at most six years old, I assumed she never attended and her family moved to New York.
But Wikipedia also says that when she was accepted to the Conservatoire, her mother relented. Does that mean they moved from Belgium to France and then moved to NY before the Nazis arrived there in 1942? According to this, apparently so:
ua-cam.com/video/fkwIMmF24Ss/v-deo.html
Meaning, you were correct and she did indeed "return to France". And, her daughter Leslie Tabuteau is a successful movie producer there.
Sheesh! Talk about going down a rabbit hole!
On his gravestone are the familiar words “That’s All Folks”.
Spike Milligan's tombstone has "I told you I was sick" :)
And Jackie Gleason's was "And away we go!"
@@mikef5881 Rodney Dangerfiield’s reads “There Goes The Neighborhood”.
You forgot,.....Bdieh bdieh bdeih, bide.....that's all folks
@@honkleretta1050 That lead in by “Porky Pig’s” voice is not on Mel Blanc’s grave marker. Only “That’s All Folks”!
This guy should have remained alive forever. He is so funny
I miss Mel. It was such an honor to have Mel as the soundtrack of my childhood. And still is today.👍
Whether he was off camera or on camera Mel Blanc was nothing short of great! He's hysterical in this scene as a sweeper salesman. He sound's like he's doing the voice of Bugs Bunny here for the character he played in this scene from "Angel."
Legend has it, when Mel went out to a restaurant and had a couple of drinks, he had the entire bar cracking up while doing his Looney Tune voices in an "X" rated manner. Wish I coulda been there!
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Now that - had to have been epic.
Comedy comes calling at it's finest level....as Mel Blanc is fondly remembered.
My hero! The most brilliant voice actor ever.
And to think Warner Bros. had at first refused to even listen to Mel Blanc's audition.
My aunt used to cook in a small cafe in Washington State. Mel came up every year to go hunting, (just like Elmer Fudd) and always made a point of eating at her place. He said her cooking was the best he had ever enjoyed.
I agree with him, she was a masterful cook.
That's an awesome story!
Lee Balloo here in Washington! Which cafe was that?
@@globalheartwarming Don't remember the name, as I was a little kid, but it was located near Cougar Washington right on the slopes of Mount Saint Helen's.
Mel Blanc was a comedic genius and totally talented.
One of Mel Blanc's funniest appearances was on the Jack Benny program. Jack is Christmas shopping and Mel is a store clerk. Mel does WB cartoon voices on a live broadcast and Jack can be seen fighting to keep from laughing.
Brilliant 😆 I love how his voice is basically a mellower Bugs with no accent, such a talented man
I read where he said that bugs bunny's voice was easy to do because it's so much like his own voice.
What's so funny about this is it's so true to life. If you've ever seen anyone rely completely on their memory rather than have a basic understanding of what they're doing, this is what happens - start all over again at the slightest little distraction
The bit where his lips quiver and quietly try (and fail) to recover his context when he's interrupted is perfection. This is more than just a funny voice or expression. Comedy gold.
This is the funniest Sales Pitch ever. Dead Pan has never had such a wonderful character Actor as Mal Blanc
this was funny...but I still love Mel on the Jack Benny Christmas Special as the disgruntled store clerk....that was priceless !!!
YES EXCELLENT !!!!!
THAT was absolutely hysterical
Benny and Blanc nearly lost character in that episode.
When she asks if he wants another cup of dish water...I completely lost it!😆
Mel Blanc was an amazing man nice guy and the voice of my childhood Saturday morning cartoons when he died it was a massive loss to the entertainment industry and he can never be replaced
Annie was adorable. I never had the pleasure of seeing this show! I love UA-cam.
What is the show? Its before my time…
@@peecee1384 Angel, a show produced in 1960.
Annie Fargé is instantly likeable and compelling, a real sparkler. I never heard of her before, or this show, so thanks for bringing me here through Mel Blanc. I would have wanted to see him going and going with fewer cut-aways, and maybe it's remarkable that they let the routine play out as much as they did. Reminds me of that moment on Taxi when Reverend Jim takes a driving test and asks the meaning of Yield, and the gang respond Slow Down, and so he more slowly asks the question again, and they Slow Down again, and the cycle is allowed to go on, over and over, in painfull glee. But that was 20 years of post-Beatle post Andy Kaufman later.But as to Annie Fargé , I wish she did more TV or film work; in a more modern TV development they might have found more inventiveness and a different actor for the husband and a long long life. In comparison it shows the strength of Desi Arnez.
She was on an episode of the Rifleman once
Oh, that "Taxi" scene is classic, where Jim is taking his written exam and his pals try to help. It just goes on and on: "What does a yellow light mean?" "Slow down." "What .... does ... a ... yellow .............. light ................. mean"
So good!!!
Today, if I didn't know better, I'd think she was a Bot ... Only bots cater to whoever like that. I did things for my hubby, no problem. but she was 🤷
But I know, this is about Mel Blanc, & not her!!!
RIP buggs bunny, my Super Hero, when I was 4,5,6, 10 years old!! 💗💗💗
That set sure looks like the Petrey living room.
This was her one and only shot at fame in the US. Neither she nor the show were even the least bit funny, and it lasted one season. IIRC, she returned to France after this show was cancelled. Marshall Thompson went on to fame with Daktari a few years later.
Mel Blanc as Private Snafu is hysterically funny & timeless .
His work with Jack Benny on radio & television is perfection.
What a talented and original comic talent Mel Blanc was.
Thank you for posting.
Amazingly, I can hear every single one of his many characters in his voice.
There was no one in the business who could match Mel Blanc for voice imitations and pure comedy routines. He was a legend. Thanks for post. Joe S
RIP MR BLANC THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND VOICES!!!!!!!!!!!
I grew up enjoying his cartoon performances, but holy cow, I now realize as adult what a genius comedian and performer he was. Seriously, I feel like one would be hard-pressed to recall more than a handful of entertainers in the last century with the same deft timing and delivery that Mel had.
He was the greatest talent of our time and sadly underrated and under paid. Today's media hardly gives him the blink of an eye and yet he was the first (and best) voice mega-star who paved the way for all the others. I love you, Mel 🥰❤❣️
Mel was a great straight man , and his array of voices incredible
I think he was even funnier on the Jack Benny Christmas show when he plays a salesman in a department store who goes nuts when Benny keeps changing his order
Happy birthday Mel blanc
Yeah we really miss him, don't we?
We all do.
yep..we do
MEL BLANC IS AWESOME
Mel Blanc is a true king of voice actor
That was, by no means, Mel's funniest television apperance.
Most people know Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny,Porky Pig and other cartoon voices but not many people know just how very underrated a comedic character actor he really was.You can hear Bugs Bunny in his voice by the way.
I hear Heathcliff even more. The orange tabby cat from Heathcliff and the Cadillac cats cartoon.
I was just thinking that about his voice and Bugs. It's a short hop from his voice to Bugs. But the other voices he did are pure genius and some are incredibly difficult to do.
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam and all the other Looney toons were so lucky to have him.
This is obviously not only his funniest TV appearance, it is by far the funniest thing ever in the world. People have died laughing at this.
Mel should've had his own sitcom.
He did have for a season his own radio show
The man of a thousand voices.
Frankly, I've been that guy. I've had more than one job like Mel's character. He did it beautifully!!!
What a recognizable voice. Didn't know he appeared in person on TV. I thought he just was the voice of several Warner Bros cartoon characters.
Oh he appeared a lot on Jack Benny's show as a Mexican band leader.
Mel grew up in the Pacific Northwest,, and before he became a voice actor, he was a BANDLEADER!
I love that clip too. (Si in Spanish) Si, Sue, sew...
This is so funny. Mel Blanc was the best. He will forever live in our memories.
Mel was definitely an amazing artist. But watching this, I couldn't help but fall in love with Annie.
When you hear the
word CARTOONS...
Mr Mel Blanc comes
to your mind 🤗
Mel Blanc is truly the king of voices.
Mel Blanc was a living room full of cartoon characters. Best voice actor ever.
maybe not the funniest but certainly a classic Mel was a master of comedy not just in voice but in live action the crying taxi driver or professor Leblanc were tremendous but the Si Sie routine is the best
Si....."Si ? ".....SI !
john tabler ...Sue.
I prefer his railway announcer routines. Train now leaving on track 5, for Anaheim, Asuza, and Kook. Amunga
This is a redo of something he did with Burns and Allen in radio just after the war. 👌
So funny!!! It is so simple and so clever!!! Comedy doesn't have to be loud or raunchy!!! It just has to be smart!!! Jess was the king of smart and funny!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this Gregg!!!!!!!
It's good but he had great skits with Jack Benny like See Sy Sou.. Also Sad Sack during war years.. Genius
I don't remember ever hearing of this program.
I was 12 when this aired and I would have loved it then . . . and would love to see more of it now.
I could barely contain myself!! This was hilarious!
Thanks for sharing this gold for all of us.
There will NEVER be another like Mel Blanc! His son does orettybwekl with voices but he'll never match his dad. I love the bit where he plays a salesman and Jack drives him crazy!
They don't make 'em like this anymore. The combination of stress and release in the humor was phrased at just the right tempo.
ICONIC! Simply Iconic!
that was brilliant! That salesman skit was brilliant.
I never heard of "Angel"-nothing but canned laughter. Mel Blanc of course is a national treasure.
This one is also before my time. I don't know the actors or the show.
The laughter was live, dude.
My goodness that was fun. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! That was fantastic!
Mel Blanc is the man of a thousand voices.
Mel's funniest bit is as Sy the Mexican on Jack Benny's show .
Si
She sews.
I wouldn't say his funniest, but it's definitely great
ANYTHING THAT MEL BLANC DID WAS THE FUNNIEST.
PERIOD. HE JUST HAD A WAY AROUND THE SENSE OF HUMOR THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE OR THAT WE WILL SEE AFTER.
RIP MEL BLANC
Every single thing that he did was pure genius!
Thank you so much for sharing this, it just made my day.
That little Annie Farge was pretty hot number. Very cute.
bigkdrman1 ...I couldn’t think of her name! thanks! She was a hottie, all right! And her accent drives me to distraction.
She really is!
she's very sweet.
She is surpricingly stimulating. And that voice of hers is strangely hot.
Priceless!
I don't think I ever saw this before. But I am still laughing and can't stop.
Bugs Bunny selling the Sparkle Sweeper! HOF Mel Blanc!!
Bugs DID sell Post Cereals and Tang instant orange flavored breakfast drink in the 1960s.
This was adapted from his routine on the Burns & Allen radio show, where Gracie kept interrupting him and he had to start over. Funny to hear, funny to watch.
I wish he was alive these days he would be greatest voice actor ever
Haha, implying he wasn't the greatest voice actor ever 😅
@@BrandonCaparas he still was a kind man and great
Agreed
@@BrandonCaparas nothing is funny so some respect hes gone
He'd be 112 years old now.
Mel blanc was the greatest voice actor ever, looney tunes, I still watch em at 68 years old. If you listen to old time radio you can see just how talented he was.
Oooohhhh! I just adored Marshal Thompson when I was young when he was in 'Daktari' I still think he's nice and he had a lovely voice and Mel Blanc what a wonderful versatile character actor he was.
Mel Blanc should be honored with a academy award.
Yes, he should have.
I was just listening to an old Burns & Allen episode where he plays a similar character - great bit!
No...the funniest is his store salesman on Jack Benny's Christmas show.
Is that where Mel finally ate a bullet?
Yes!!!
Yes it is.
Well its funny because since both Mel and Jack were best friends, they both would try to pull each other out of character during the show, but it's always Jack who comes close to breaking character, in fact he would try so hard to not laugh, and Mel being such a professional he is, would always stay in character.
I agree with you Jim, Mel's performance in that skit blows this one away. I saw people laughing so hard,tears were rolling down their face. This is a true classic!!!
Marshall Thompson, great character actor.
Love for Mel Blanc! :-)
Talk about not being scripted for sales. LOL!
I wish he could have been in more live action feature films..
Mel's a true gift
His selling pitch reminds me of how a lot of my students tried to learn their spelling words.
Don‘t forget his many “live” appearances on the Jack Benny show! Thanks for the clip!
Wow, the lead was lovely.
This aired 76 days before Mel Blanc's front end collision car accident on Sunset Boulevard that very nearly killed him. He was in a coma for two weeks and did not respond at all when spoken to until his doctor tried "How are you feeling today, Bugs Bunny?" After a slight pause, Blanc answered, in a weak voice, "Eh ... just fine, Doc. How are you?" The doctor then asked Tweety if he was there, too. "I tawt I taw a puddy tat", was the reply. It took him about a full year to recover enough to begin to make appearances on television again -- although he did do voicework by studios bringing recording equipment to the hospital and to his home throughout 1961. Largely because of his accident, the city of Los Angeles restructured the roadway at what was then already known as "Dead Man's Curve."
Melvin Jerome was 1-derful, he blatantly steals the show here, great actor, and that marvelous voice !!!
Still better than any modern sitcom comedy
Love Mel thank you
Brilliant
Besides doing all the Looney toons voices, he was also the voice of Jack Benny's parit Prolly on his show. Mel was a huge hit on it too. He was on most every episode.
Don't forget he voiced Jack's Maxwell too...
I heard that he also did flippers laugh.
Mel Blanc the Voice of Looney Toons-The best ever non politically correct cartoons on the planet!
You are 100% correct. They also were the best cartoons ever!!!!
..and he was also one of the few Hollywood celebrities that was genuinely a wonderful human being. The guy was an absolute saint.
A true icon in his profession!!!!
Tex Avery too
Warner Bros is about to end that streak. Now they have decided to recreate Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam without guns, because gun violence....or something. Never mind the fact that in WB's Joker movie, the Joker shoots someone in the face on national TV. Such hypocrites.
I was about 5 yrs old when this was aired but even then I would have recognized that voice from cartoons! Mel Blanc was great!