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If ever there was a comedic genius, it was Groucho Marx. Today is his 119th birthday. Bugs Bunny often pays homage to Groucho - just look at the low walkin’, cigar chompin’ (or carrot chompin’, in Bugs’ case), general tomfoolery and of course, identical famous quotes.

“Of course you know, this means war.” -Groucho Marx

“Of course you know, this means war.” -Bugs Bunny

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Mel Blanc radio shows are available for downloading on this page of The Internet Archive. The scripts are extremely corny, but it’s worth it to hear dozens upon dozens of voices coming out of the mouth of one of the all-time amazing audio artistes.

After making an impact playing various characters on Jack Benny’s radio show (including the voice of Benny’s car, Maxwell) Mel was given his own program and The Mel Blanc Show ran from September 3, 1946 to June 24, 1947. Blanc didn’t play all the supporting characters, as guest voices included Jim Backus (later the voice of Mr. Magoo) and Bea Benaderet (later the voice of Betty Rubble on The Flintstones).

Mel starred as the owner of a Fix-It Shop (yes, such things did once exist!) A typical episode would find Mel facing some sort of relationship complication with his girlfriend Betty (Mary Jane Croft, who appeared as Betty Ramsey on I Love Lucy). But it [Read more…]