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Noel Blanc: You know, this is a funny thing. I don't like to [take over my father Mel Blanc's roles] at this particular time. If he retires, maybe. But since he created all the [Looney Tunes] voices, I rarely do them. We did things together in the [Gadgets] show, but I try to do it anonymously. I've always felt funny about it, although when he had the accident in 1961, I did two cartoons, doing several characters in the cartoons that they couldn't do because he was unconscious at that time. It's always been kind of a strange thing, although I've been practicing for 20 years. Um, do almost every voice, but they're good copies and they sound a lot alike, but they don't have the flexibility like Yosemite Sam.
According to one report, Noel, by then a fair imitator of his father's characters, was asked by Warner Bros. to loop a series of cartoons, ones which needed an extra phrase or word redone. He would still pinch-hit for Mel later on occasion too, but "about 99% of what the public hears is my dad. My voice is basically used in public service announcements and on Armed Forces broadcasts."
In 1994, the Blanc estate and Warner Bros. forged a new alliance: the Warner-Blanc Audio Library, which consisted of approximately 550 songs and voices of every character in Mel's repertoire, which he had begun setting down at his multi-track studio in 1958 amid fears of a future when he'd be around no longer to record. 15 hours of new tapes of Mel's material had been discovered in 1996, and Noel expected to find more soon. Of course Mel's death never did diminish his impact on society as a cult icon. New technology has made him fresh for each generation. Around 1998 a line of talking watches featuring Warner characters where released under a joint venture from Warner-Blanc, digitizing some of Mel's vast back catalog to use in new items. The Mel Blanc Voice Watch Collection by Armitron was produced to celebrate what would have been his 90th birthday. Daffy spitting, "You're desthpicable", Tweety chirping, "I tawt I taw a puddy tat", and the ever popular Bugs asking the eternal question, "What's up, doc?" were a few choices emanating for 10 or 15 seconds from a small computer chip and miniature speaker at the press of a button. The price for each: $50.
Mel and WB were/are inseparable. In 1982 he and Noel began a massive recording project at JEL Recording Studios in which Mel recorded the audio for fifty automated stage shows featuring Bugs, Daffy, and the gang, full of dialogue and song. It stemmed from a long-term contract between Warner-Blanc Audio Associates and JEL, under the direction of Noel and Bill Baldwin, Jr. For years, on a weekly basis, these new recordings of Mel's voices were also given to a variety of toys, watches, video games, websites, etc.
Since 1964, Uncle Orville has been voiced by the one and only Mel Blanc. Blanc originally voiced the cuckoo clock in the Carousel, and a few other odds and ends but those were re-voiced for 1993 by his son, Noel Blanc.
We used a lot of the main Warner characters, except Bugs Bunny and the little mouse guy, Speedy Gonzales. And I think it's one of the few times we used that wonderful voice actor, Mel Blanc, although he may have been ill then. He had a terrible accident, and that may be the time his son [Noel Blanc] did some stuff for us, imitating his dad.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)Noel Blanc: Well, it did for a little while, and it did when [Mel Blanc] had the car accident in 1961, but nobody ever knew that. When I would do any of the voices, I would make sure that nobody knew that I was doing any of them. So when he had the car accident for a while, I did Bugs [Bunny], Porky [Pig], Daffy [Duck] and Tweety, but I don't think [that] anybody knows that, except a few people like yourself, now.
Special Thanks To: Mel Blanc.
Revelation will release the 1987 animated film Sparky's Magic Piano on DVD on September 26th. The film, which features the vocal talents of Mel Blanc, Tony Curtis and Vincent Price, will be in 4:3 format, with Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio.