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up with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, and Barney Rubble to name just a few of his characters! Mel’s only child is Noel Blanc, who turns 80 this year. Noel is a living testament to Hollywood royalty, growing up with famous family friends like Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Kirk Douglas and Peter Sellers. Noel is also a legend in his own right and a great mimic. He learned voices from his father as soon as he was able to talk and went on to voice some of Mel’s characters like Elmer Fudd, The Tasmanian Devil, Bugs Bunny, and Porky Pig after his father died. Noel takes us on a journey back to the incredible golden era of Hollywood -- to his upbringing and life surrounded by some of Hollywood’s most famous movie icons, and tells us about what he learned from these famous and successful people who just said “BUCKiT” and lived the biggest life they could. Links & Further Information : --------------------------------------------- - Noel Blanc’s IMDB entry: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086957/ - 1989 New York Times Obituary for Mel Blanc: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/11/obituaries/mel-blanc-who-provided-voices-for-3000-cartoons-is-dead-at-81.html - Mel and Noel Blanc on “That’s My Line with Bob Barker”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOl7FaoWUO0 - “The Man of a Thousand Voices” documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRoyZTD_4Sk - Amazon Link to Melvin the Mouth by Katherine Blanc: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073C8L8TW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Show Highlights w/ Timestamps: ----------------------------------------------------- - Noel tells the story of his Dad’s horrific accident and his miraculous revival [1:52] - The road to recovery and The Flintstones [6:07] - Noel follows his own path and becomes his Dad’s director [8:24] - The man of a thousand voices and Melvin the Mouth [10:41] - Mel gets rejected from Warner Brothers for 2 years before getting an unorthodox audition, he started work a week later [16:32] - Advertising was king in the old Hollywood days [18:43] - Tales of the “Old Hollywood” people (such as Lucille Ball, Elvis Presley, Peter Sellers, Robin Williams, and more) that Noel met and befriended over the years [21:14] - Old Hollywood vs. New Hollywood [27:10] - How Noel keeps perspective having lived such a long and beautiful life [29:05] - Noel answers the 3 questions [29:47] - “That’s all, folks!” [32:14] Visit and subscribe to BUCKiT with Phil Keoghan: Website - http://www.philkeoghan.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/PhilKeoghan Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/phil.keoghan.1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/philiminator/ iTunes Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/buckit-with-phil-keoghan/id1398348109 Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Ng5MalgePyfwcMsM008Y9 Google Play Podcast: https://goo.gl/P6wLWm Stitcher Radio Podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=197321&refid=stpr TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Entertainment/BUCKiT-with-Phil-Keoghan-p1130155/