About this episode

Chuck Shaden interviews Mel Blanc about his career and life.

By phone from his home in Southern California, this beloved man of many talents and voices was a live guest on Radio Classics program on WBBM, Chicago. Listeners had an opportunity to call in and talk with him about his career on radio and cartoons and his book, “That’s Not All Folks!” He was born on May 30, 1908 and was 80 at the time of this broadcast. He died just ten months later, at age 81 on July 10, 1989.

People in this episode

Host: Chuck Shaden

Guest: Mel Blanc

Topics covered

• radio history
• cartoon voice acting
• Mel Blanc
• interviews
• WBBM

Keywords

• Mel Blanc
• voice acting
• radio classics
• interview
• cartoons
• WBBM
• That’s Not All Folks!

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WBBM

Books & works: That’s Not All Folks!

Places: Southern California, Chicago

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