Amazing that two incredible geniuses as Mel Blanc and Billy May took part in this film. Most people wouldn’t have known how brilliant these two men were in their respective genres if they just saw them walking down the street. Just two ordinary looking men. Extraordinary talent.
That was very interesting on how records were made back then. I didn't know it took so many steps to produce a single record. Mel Blanc was priceless. Very funny and informative.
Okay...NOW I know where Capitol Records' facilities were located before they were consolidated into the famous "record stack" round building in 1956. Thanks for the upload...liking anything with Mel Blanc, and Billy May is a hoot!
A real treat for all record collectors. Thanks for uploading. Incidentally, a know a few collectors who turn 80 this year (2013). Very appropriately, this means they were born in '33 and turned 45 in 78. :-)
Your channel should be preserved and stored, and kept for all generations....and if anyone watching this misses Mel Blancs name....they will have the short surreal experience of thinking Bugs Bunny is the narrator
THANKS for posting this, what a cool industrial film with the beloved Mel Blanc, who was a Capitol artist with his Children's records of the WB characters. I have heard a few of Mel's Capitol recordings.
When I first visited Hollywood in the '80s there were stores with *piles* of vintage greeting card flexidiscs featuring Mel's Looney Tunes characters that you could buy for under a dollar apiece! In more recent years, wise executives have greenlighted using Mel's records as the soundtrack for new cartoons like this one: ruclips.net/video/RJynH1Ky_hI/видео.html
Oh, man, this is solid GOLD! Billy May was the arranger of Sinatra's REALLY swinging recordings. Fun fact: those are probably his real clothes - he was a genius . . . AND a slob.
The actual pressing of capitol product back then would’ve probably been done at their pressing plant in Glendale California about a 20 minutes to a half hour Drive (WellBack then anyway) from that recording studio! I took a tour of that plant once in the mid 70s when it was still there and boy what a production that was what an operation! Capitol Had three pressing plans, the one in Scranton PA. shown here, they had one in Canada for Capitol of Canada, and they had the one here in Glendale California which I toured!
What a great video. Capitol records were of very high quality, and their recordings of big bands like Harry James "in Hi Fi" from the mid fifties sound superb. And of course Sinatra's best stuff is on Capitol. An iconic company and significant contributor to American culture.
And now, today, we need a similar industry demo on how music is made, how much goes into it and how little is gained by the actual musicians and producers of the music!
Billy May scored "The Mod Squad" and the TV series, "Emergency!" (after the second season). He was known for "crazy horns" in his arrangements. I'm wondering who the country singer was?
Pa Talent shines in Scranton, Pa So how much is your vinyl worth? priceless! PMMBH home Thank You Alison for your post. You are one of your Dad's finest productions.
3:42 Music Out Of The Moon by Les Baxter & His Orchestra with Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman. This is the album that Neil Armstrong listened on his way back to earth after he first stepped the moon in 1969.
This is great! Funny how Mel's voice here is basically the newscaster version of Bugs. Also, the guy at 2:28 is Gene Hackman's twin. He would have been 21 when this was made. The music sounds like it could be Carl Stallings, too.
Billy May plays a bit dopey in the film, but his arrangements with his orchestra were THE dope in the day. They could sound like anyone, and backed Mel Blanc on his Capitol records.
1:47 Man, how I wish to remember where those people were when I was on my way back from work. They sell interesting things, but I have not enough money or time when I pass them, and I mostly forgot about them by the end of the day.
What a strange, funny combination of lunacy, industry and history… It's like a '50s industrial film where certain substances were posted out to the writers and crew. :?) Thanks for sharing it! Everyone knows Mel Blanc, who provided the voices of countless classic cartoon characters. For those of you unfamiliar with Billy May, who plays the bumpkin "record buyer", he was a brilliant band leader and arranger whose musical sense of humor rivaled Mel's comedy skills. You can hear his great 1954 album "Sorta Dixie" here on YT, where he showcased a hot New Orleans-style jazz combo against a full orchestra of LA's finest studio musicians. I can't help thinking that if more people rediscovered deeply creative music like this-and there's a lot of it out there, if you know where to look-we'd smile more, be less stressed, and be nicer to each other.
The best thing about RUclips is that some people can discover Billy May and "Sorta Dixie" and tons of other things. My parents had the "Sorta Dixie" record it was interesting to see what May looked like in this film.
Yes so sad! But I do believe vinyl is poised to make a come back, on the verge of coming back in to vogue after decades of sterile digital DDD music! I can only hope so! Although I don’t know Where you’ll find the people with the expertise to revive this lost art of record production
@@nealsausen4651 Poised to come back? You're a few years behind! Even Walmart carries exclusive colored vinyl albums and there are now indie record plants, just like there are indie labels and bands!
@@kenlieck7756 ; I know they’re back but not like they were in the 70s and even early 80s yet when I used to collect them do you remember that far back picture discs for everywhere as well as colored vinyl
@@nealsausen4651 Oh, definitely. To the point of being a scam, in fact. If you remember specifically the 7" picdiscs of The Cars and other bands, those were priced high as guaranteed "limited editions" which they were not, as became obvious over the years when people noticed how many of them were piling up at dealers' tables at record shows. But I'm rambling now, sorry. Was up all night...
@@kenlieck7756 : Really! You’re right How about the one with Olivia Newton-John pic Disc from the “XANDU “ Album supposed to be worth hundreds of dollars (thousands)?! now really please and how much is The Linda Ronstadt “Back in the USA” the pic disc I mean you know The one of her putting on her rollerskating Shoes?! how much is that going for nowadays?! Just asking!
This is too much to fathom. Where do these smart people come from who think of these mind boggling processes, and manage to put audio on some sort of disc? I don't know how the hell to do that, even if this technology is 60 years old. Do you? This makes me feel so stupid, I really wish I was capable of understanding how to make something like this
Notice how fast & jerky the movements are in the footage at the plant? It was shot at silent-film speed, which has a slower frame-rate than sound-film speed. This used less film, and was still used for shooting movies that would later have sound dubbed onto them, into the 1970s. Once you've learned to spot this, you'll instantly recognize it when you see it.
Enjoyed this very much. The later Capitol tower studio in Hollywood is now condos! I have some tours of my wax cylinder plant. Yes I make the blanks and the recordings too.
oh that ending this is fucking classic! Fucking classic this beats the shit out of anything made today if this was animated that ending would’ve been exactly the same Mel Blanc‘s head would’ve been flattened and grooved like a record with His face as the Record surface, running down the street after Billy May! Mel’s part would’ve been played by Bugs Bunny and Billy’s part would’ve been played by Elmer Fudd LOL!
The MG-TD that they drive up in at 8:24 may actually be Mels car. I know he owned a british "sports car" (and was in an accident in it) and they probably used it while filming this.
When you hear Mel say "Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis" You can actually hear chortling and laughing in the background. I'm glad they didn't edit that out.
Blanc here sounds a bit like his voice for Charlie Dog, a character who annoyed Porky Pig incessantly in several shorts. Very Bronx and obnoxious. This film has a strange vibe to it because most of it (if not all) is looped; feels not unlike a 1950's Godzilla flick with American dubbing. It's a fun time capsule in its way. Before today I had no knowledge of biscuits or metal masters! Seriously, glad I found this. I'm big on classic animation and also 1950's instrumental music like Billy May, Martin Denny, Nelson Riddle, Marty Gold.
Capital capital records recording studio building on Melrose there later became Iconic local radio station: K H J? I grew up not too far from this classic structure!
where did you find the last 6 minutes,,, is this a 16mm film,,,,,ive been looking for this on 16mm film too,,,i collect capitol tower record records,,,,, got the promo record when they started construction on the tower and made a record givin out only at the ribbin cutting ceremony and then they gave a record for the capitol tower tour that they had for vips during the opening of the tower,,,
Kinda sad to think how many jobs DON'T exist anymore. Think of all the people who used to be employed to make records; not only for Capitol but for CBS, RCA, ABC and even all the small, local or regional factories.
Stan Freberg was also a big fan of Billy May and used his talents on his recordings. Although, as Mr. Freberg would frequently say about Capitol Records; his records weren't released - they escaped.
My how times of changed nowadays if they tried to barge into a recording studio like that today they would have security on their ass like flies on shit within seconds
It's basically the voice of Barney Rubble. I believe this film is very likely pre-Flintstones but I don't know. Mel Blank was a funny man. I wonder how much stuff in Warner Bros. shorts was ad lib. by him. Also wonder if Walt Disney tried to hire him away at any point.
Re: pre-Flintstones Look at the video description for some info, including the year this was filmed. Barney Rubble was introduced to the TV audience in 1960.
Allegedly he recorded lines as Gideon the cat in Pinocchio, but Disney decided to make the character a mime instead. All we heard was some hiccups. Blanc also recorded lines for Cousin Orville at Disneyland.
Where did you ever find this 💎 ?! When they’re in the studio at capitol Records on Melrose there I could’ve sworn I saw a poster in the background with the Beatles on it am I wrong about this!?
You know the world was smaller then -- something incredible was "out of this community!" BTW, if you haven't already, check out the long-lost 30 minute Mel Blanc interview I saved from being "wiped", a clip from which was recently used in Warner Bros.' Bugs Bunny 80th birthday celebration: ruclips.net/video/95eXCS0Qy2Y/видео.html
What, You thought it just pops out of the machine ready to go? To put it more politely yes all that work DOES go into making an $.85 record but then again I think it depends on the type and size and time that takes to make it
@@mohammedashian8094 ; No come on man! I’ve taken tours of the CAPITOL pressing plant in Glendale California I know Watt goes into making a record from start to finish I used to be a recording session player in Los Angeles in the 70s so don’t give me that? I know exactly the work that goes into making the finish disk! Or CD nowadays or vinyl nowadays I probably forgotten more about it than you’ll ever know! I was being facetious look it up if you don’t know what that means!
@@nealsausen4651 hey you’re the expert here I was unfortunately born at a time where record are only a collector’s thing 2000 to be specific and I was just guessing I didn’t know it for a fact
@@mohammedashian8094 ; Well listen I can understand This! Vinyl is making a comeback I see them in record stores / bookstores all the time now depending on where you live if you can find a Record pressing plant in your area that presses vinyl or even CDs try to arrange for a tour of the plant it’s very interesting and While some of the processes might’ve changed since that video was made with Mel Blanc it’s still a very fascinating process if there’s a pressing plant in your area see if you can arrange for a tour of it it will be a real eye-opener For you! good luck! Oh and by the way I’m far from being an expert! That video you watched that was the technology at the time that was made! And although it may be pretty much the same nowadays I’m sure It’s changed somewhat! Just saying! Try to take that tour! And ask questions!
@@nealsausen4651 I would but Where I’m from we don’t have record stores which is damn shame I had to buy the records that I have online and they work like a charm I have mostly movie soundtracks only 3 are band albums (the wall by pink Floyd, hotel California by the eagles and the doors by the doors)
Here’s a technical question on the average 12 inch 33 1/3 long play or LP how many grooves are there on one of these “platters” just on a single side (from lead to runoff grooves)? I mean how many grooves on the average 12 inch LP?! Anyone got the answer?
Technically, there is just one continuous groove, but if you're asking how many lines of groove per side (the more interesting question), just multiply 33 1/3 by the play time per side (about 22 minutes). The answer is approximately 733.
@@SchuchDesigns : Thanks for that info! It’s just at looking at a record you would think there would be more spirals Or “wraparounds” it’s just seems like there Would be more than that (733) spirals or “wraparounds” Seems like iWhen the Groove gets closer to the Center of the record Or the “run off Groove”, you would think the number of wraparounds would increase as there’s less area to cover but that mathematical formula you gave me I’m sure is absolute thanks for that information again!
Amazing that two incredible geniuses as Mel Blanc and Billy May took part in this film. Most people wouldn’t have known how brilliant these two men were in their respective genres if they just saw them walking down the street. Just two ordinary looking men. Extraordinary talent.
That was very interesting on how records were made back then. I didn't know it took so many steps to produce a single record. Mel Blanc was priceless. Very funny and informative.
Okay...NOW I know where Capitol Records' facilities were located before they were consolidated into the famous "record stack" round building in 1956. Thanks for the upload...liking anything with Mel Blanc, and Billy May is a hoot!
A real treat for all record collectors. Thanks for uploading.
Incidentally, a know a few collectors who turn 80 this year (2013).
Very appropriately, this means they were born in '33 and turned 45 in 78. :-)
Wow! Very cool catch!
Your channel should be preserved and stored, and kept for all generations....and if anyone watching this misses Mel Blancs name....they will have the short surreal experience of thinking Bugs Bunny is the narrator
Both a historical document....and a work of comic genius.
THANKS for posting this, what a cool industrial film with the beloved Mel Blanc, who was a Capitol artist with his Children's records of the WB characters. I have heard a few of Mel's Capitol recordings.
When I first visited Hollywood in the '80s there were stores with *piles* of vintage greeting card flexidiscs featuring Mel's Looney Tunes characters that you could buy for under a dollar apiece! In more recent years, wise executives have greenlighted using Mel's records as the soundtrack for new cartoons like this one: ruclips.net/video/RJynH1Ky_hI/видео.html
who TH would give Mel Blanc a dislike! smh.
Brilliant! Thrilled you found missing clips. Should be shown in all music and film classes,
At around 14:44, right after Mel answers "Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis" you can here one of the crew laughing.
Oh, man, this is solid GOLD! Billy May was the arranger of Sinatra's REALLY swinging recordings. Fun fact: those are probably his real clothes - he was a genius . . . AND a slob.
Don't forget Bing&Satchmo's swinging album and recordings :) Billy is the reason why I love brass so much.
@Robert B. Don't forget Bing&Satchmo's swinging album and recordings :) Billy is the reason why I love brass so much.
@@valdassteponaitis6133 Crosby, May, and Armstrong - together? eBay, here I come! No, Valdas - thank YOU! 👍
@@TheStockwell You're welcome and I'll be glad if you like this stuff :)
Billy May also did the music for Stan Freberg, and Spike Jone's Christmas album.
Man, that ending was DARK
But genius! And fucking hilarious! Just like a Warner Bros. cartoon ending would’ve been!
Oh man, this is GOLD!
Acetone w/out gloves, carbon dust w/out masks, ahh....cough cough....the good old days.
Dino recording!!! Never seen this before! Wow! Thank you for posting this!!!!!
Excellent video! Just love Mel's sports coat/tie combo.
Fyi, 85 cents in 1951 is roughly equivalent to $8.80 today.
$8.80 is a steal for a record.
Excellent historical documentary! I enjoyed watching this all the way through.
The actual pressing of capitol product back then would’ve probably been done at their pressing plant in Glendale California about a 20 minutes to a half hour Drive (WellBack then anyway) from that recording studio! I took a tour of that plant once in the mid 70s when it was still there and boy what a production that was what an operation! Capitol Had three pressing plans, the one in Scranton PA. shown here, they had one in Canada for Capitol of Canada, and they had the one here in Glendale California which I toured!
The guy at 2:21 is none other than Harry Stewart himself, aka Yogi Yorgesson.
2:45 = META
And he yust goes nyuts at creessmus
What a great video. Capitol records were of very high quality, and their recordings of big bands like Harry James "in Hi Fi" from the mid fifties sound superb. And of course Sinatra's best stuff is on Capitol. An iconic company and significant contributor to American culture.
Amazing. The Capitol promo 45 from this same time is a classic
So FAB! I just *love your channel*~one of my fave's for "binge viewing"!
He brought all those cartoon characters to life with his bag of voices, he was one of a kind comedian; this video is a time capsule.
You can hear someone laughing off-screen about 15 minutes and 30 seconds in. Just after Mel Blanc says "Dean Martin and Jerry Louis"
Chris Barbati I think that was Billy May laughing. lol
Thanks for this one. Silly, but educational, historic and still somewhat relevant 🙂👍
Cool! Thank you very much! There are still good people left in this ol` world :)
best record ad ever lol :D
And now, today, we need a similar industry demo on how music is made, how much goes into it and how little is gained by the actual musicians and producers of the music!
Billy May scored "The Mod Squad" and the TV series, "Emergency!" (after the second season). He was known for "crazy horns" in his arrangements. I'm wondering who the country singer was?
THANK YOU SO MUCH, Alison, you sweetie !!!
Did not expect the ending to be a prequel to Phantom of the Paradise.
Lord!
Wacky, funny, and educational too! Somehow, I think today's generation would miss the wonder of this stroll down you-know-what lane...
Thanks.
34:39
Close your eyes, listen to the audio, and imagine it as Elmer Fudd's wildest dream coming true...
It's the 50's version of "How's it made?"
Dear Alison, I just viewed "WANNA BUY A RECORD?" and I loved it! It was funny and educational! Sincerely Thomas Colina.
What a find!
Pa Talent shines in Scranton, Pa So how much is your vinyl worth? priceless! PMMBH home Thank You Alison for your post. You are one of your Dad's finest productions.
thanks for posting absolutely love this stuff.! and 27 tooobaas! lol
FANTASTIC !!!
3:42 Music Out Of The Moon by Les Baxter & His Orchestra with Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman. This is the album that Neil Armstrong listened on his way back to earth after he first stepped the moon in 1969.
Is that the narrator from the old Iron Man cartoons? Bugs Bunny having a conversation with Iron Man is priceless!
This is great! Funny how Mel's voice here is basically the newscaster version of Bugs. Also, the guy at 2:28 is Gene Hackman's twin. He would have been 21 when this was made. The music sounds like it could be Carl Stallings, too.
Billy May plays a bit dopey in the film, but his arrangements with his orchestra were THE dope in the day. They could sound like anyone, and backed Mel Blanc on his Capitol records.
Billy may is my great great great uncle
Your Great 👍🏻 uncle was a genius an icon of American music and he used drummer Alvin Stoller on all those classic Frank Sinatra recordings!
Really?
1:47
Man, how I wish to remember where those people were when I was on my way back from work. They sell interesting things, but I have not enough money or time when I pass them, and I mostly forgot about them by the end of the day.
What a strange, funny combination of lunacy, industry and history… It's like a '50s industrial film where certain substances were posted out to the writers and crew. :?) Thanks for sharing it!
Everyone knows Mel Blanc, who provided the voices of countless classic cartoon characters. For those of you unfamiliar with Billy May, who plays the bumpkin "record buyer", he was a brilliant band leader and arranger whose musical sense of humor rivaled Mel's comedy skills. You can hear his great 1954 album "Sorta Dixie" here on YT, where he showcased a hot New Orleans-style jazz combo against a full orchestra of LA's finest studio musicians. I can't help thinking that if more people rediscovered deeply creative music like this-and there's a lot of it out there, if you know where to look-we'd smile more, be less stressed, and be nicer to each other.
The best thing about RUclips is that some people can discover Billy May and "Sorta Dixie" and tons of other things. My parents had the "Sorta Dixie" record it was interesting to see what May looked like in this film.
This was great!
that was really funny, thanks!
Great find! It's also interesting to note that all of the jobs in the record making plant no longer exist..
Yes so sad! But I do believe vinyl is poised to make a come back, on the verge of coming back in to vogue after decades of sterile digital DDD music! I can only hope so! Although I don’t know Where you’ll find the people with the expertise to revive this lost art of record production
@@nealsausen4651 Poised to come back? You're a few years behind!
Even Walmart carries exclusive colored vinyl albums and there are
now indie record plants, just like there are indie labels and bands!
@@kenlieck7756 ; I know they’re back but not like they were in the 70s and even early 80s yet when I used to collect them do you remember that far back picture discs for everywhere as well as colored vinyl
@@nealsausen4651 Oh, definitely. To the point of being a scam, in fact. If you remember specifically the 7" picdiscs of The Cars and other bands, those were priced high as guaranteed "limited editions" which they were not, as became obvious over the years when people noticed how many of them were piling up at dealers' tables at record shows. But I'm rambling now, sorry. Was up all night...
@@kenlieck7756 : Really! You’re right How about the one with Olivia Newton-John pic Disc from the “XANDU “ Album supposed to be worth hundreds of dollars (thousands)?! now really please and how much is The Linda Ronstadt “Back in the USA” the pic disc I mean you know The one of her putting on her rollerskating Shoes?! how much is that going for nowadays?! Just asking!
This is too much to fathom. Where do these smart people come from who think of these mind boggling processes, and manage to put audio on some sort of disc? I don't know how the hell to do that, even if this technology is 60 years old. Do you? This makes me feel so stupid, I really wish I was capable of understanding how to make something like this
Robert Daniel Curtis I question my intelligence everytime I see it. It amazes me. How do they differ in the process with mono and stereo, too? Aye..
Notice how fast & jerky the movements are in the footage at the plant? It was shot at silent-film speed, which has a slower frame-rate than sound-film speed. This used less film, and was still used for shooting movies that would later have sound dubbed onto them, into the 1970s. Once you've learned to spot this, you'll instantly recognize it when you see it.
Enjoyed this very much. The later Capitol tower studio in Hollywood is now condos! I have some tours of my wax cylinder plant. Yes I make the blanks and the recordings too.
Fortunately the Capitol studios and historic echo chambers are still in the tower.
Mel Blanc became a record!!!!
He literally became music for domestic disagreements...
@@Watcher3223 Yeah that cover was amazing! I wonder what the story behind that is?
Mel at Wallach's Music City! Great Slice of Old Hollywood!
You bet I’ve spent many an hour in those record “try out” booths at Wallachs “Music City”!
That background music was one of my favorite parts classic!
oh that ending this is fucking classic! Fucking classic this beats the shit out of anything made today if this was animated that ending would’ve been exactly the same Mel Blanc‘s head would’ve been flattened and grooved like a record with His face as the Record surface, running down the street after Billy May!
Mel’s part would’ve been played by Bugs Bunny and Billy’s part would’ve been played by Elmer Fudd LOL!
The MG-TD that they drive up in at 8:24 may actually be Mels car. I know he owned a british "sports car" (and was in an accident in it) and they probably used it while filming this.
When you hear Mel say "Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis" You can actually hear chortling and laughing in the background.
I'm glad they didn't edit that out.
That ending is going to give me nightmares!
It's "Bozo Approved"!
This video is great! It’s so great it’s out of this community! LOL
Rip Mel Blanc (1908-1989) our (Bugs Bunny)
Mel Blanc’s natural speaking voice is so close to his Bugs Bunny voice!
Kerwin Lee That actually was not Mel's real speaking voice!
In his book "That's Not All, Folks," Mel said he used his natural voice with lots of 'sshpray' for Sylvester.
Loving this........4 stars!!!!!
Sounds like bugs Bunny Daffy duck and Yosemite Sam all mixed in one Mel Blanc
Dope AF!
amongst all of his talents, Billy had also some acting skills in him
I love this bug bunny!!!
Blanc here sounds a bit like his voice for Charlie Dog, a character who annoyed Porky Pig incessantly in several shorts. Very Bronx and obnoxious. This film has a strange vibe to it because most of it (if not all) is looped; feels not unlike a 1950's Godzilla flick with American dubbing. It's a fun time capsule in its way. Before today I had no knowledge of biscuits or metal masters! Seriously, glad I found this. I'm big on classic animation and also 1950's instrumental music like Billy May, Martin Denny, Nelson Riddle, Marty Gold.
I agree his does and I really loved his Charlie Dog Cartoons though there were just a few.
@@janetoconnor3636 And Porky makes a good straight man to this type of wacko.
Замечательное остроумное познавательное кино. Всё понятно без знания английского языка без перевода!
Capital capital records recording studio building on Melrose there later became Iconic local radio station: K H J?
I grew up not too far from this classic structure!
where did you find the last 6 minutes,,, is this a 16mm film,,,,,ive been looking for this on 16mm film too,,,i collect capitol tower record records,,,,, got the promo record when they started construction on the tower and made a record givin out only at the ribbin cutting ceremony and then they gave a record for the capitol tower tour that they had for vips during the opening of the tower,,,
Nice plug for Bulova time pieces on the wall there! I wonder If they (Bulova) had to Pay Capitol for promotional consideration?!
that's great!!!
Kinda sad to think how many jobs DON'T exist anymore. Think of all the people who used to be employed to make records; not only for Capitol but for CBS, RCA, ABC and even all the small, local or regional factories.
Stan Freberg was also a big fan of Billy May and used his talents on his recordings. Although, as Mr. Freberg would frequently say about Capitol Records; his records weren't released - they escaped.
My how times of changed nowadays if they tried to barge into a recording studio like that today they would have security on their ass like flies on shit within seconds
Anyone know who the quartet singing in the hallway were? Amazing film. Thanks so much for posting.
The Sportsmen
16:24 they happen to drop in on Dean Martin
That's country & western singer Jimmy Wakely singing 11:42.
It's basically the voice of Barney Rubble. I believe this film is very likely pre-Flintstones but I don't know.
Mel Blank was a funny man. I wonder how much stuff in Warner Bros. shorts was ad lib. by him.
Also wonder if Walt Disney tried to hire him away at any point.
Re: pre-Flintstones
Look at the video description for some info, including the year this was filmed. Barney Rubble was introduced to the TV audience in 1960.
Allegedly he recorded lines as Gideon the cat in Pinocchio, but Disney decided to make the character a mime instead. All we heard was some hiccups. Blanc also recorded lines for Cousin Orville at Disneyland.
mel blanc and billy may in an interesting documentary. Check out what recording was like in the 1950s and 60s!
Anyone know where the background music used in this film comes from? My guess is that it’s from Capitol’s own HI-Q library.
Grand!! what year ? '54? mel blanc an icon - funny entertaining ..loved the line when mel called the secretary "tutz." thanks Alison! love your posts!
Where did you ever find this 💎 ?!
When they’re in the studio at capitol Records on Melrose there I could’ve sworn I saw a poster in the background with the Beatles on it am I wrong about this!?
That definitely worths more than 85 cents.
The finist in life is music
I never knew
5:17 - best part ever lol xD
Wow capitol Must have spent quite a bit of money on this 30 minute”Promotional”!
And most of it went into the ending probably, that piece of artwork was quite something!
Who is the C&W singer and band at 11:55?
Honey Bunny? Someone must have tipped them off Mel Blanc was showing up.
You know the world was smaller then -- something incredible was "out of this community!"
BTW, if you haven't already, check out the long-lost 30 minute Mel Blanc interview I saved
from being "wiped", a clip from which was recently used in Warner Bros.' Bugs Bunny 80th
birthday celebration: ruclips.net/video/95eXCS0Qy2Y/видео.html
Troo dat, Mr. Sanchez, sir.
He parks his car by a hydrant? Maybe that wasn’t illegal back in 1951?!
This was about the first part of 1952.
Wow all that work that goes in to making an $.85 record?
What, You thought it just pops out of the machine ready to go?
To put it more politely yes all that work DOES go into making an $.85 record but then again I think it depends on the type and size and time that takes to make it
@@mohammedashian8094 ; No come on man!
I’ve taken tours of the CAPITOL pressing plant in Glendale California I know Watt goes into making a record from start to finish I used to be a recording session player in Los Angeles in the 70s so don’t give me that? I know exactly the work that goes into making the finish disk! Or CD nowadays or vinyl nowadays I probably forgotten more about it than you’ll ever know!
I was being facetious look it up if you don’t know what that means!
@@nealsausen4651 hey you’re the expert here I was unfortunately born at a time where record are only a collector’s thing
2000 to be specific and I was just guessing I didn’t know it for a fact
@@mohammedashian8094 ; Well listen I can understand This! Vinyl is making a comeback I see them in record stores / bookstores all the time now depending on where you live if you can find a Record pressing plant in your area that presses vinyl or even CDs try to arrange for a tour of the plant it’s very interesting and While some of the processes might’ve changed since that video was made with Mel Blanc it’s still a very fascinating process if there’s a pressing plant in your area see if you can arrange for a tour of it it will be a real eye-opener For you! good luck!
Oh and by the way I’m far from being an expert! That video you watched that was the technology at the time that was made! And although it may be pretty much the same nowadays I’m sure It’s changed somewhat! Just saying! Try to take that tour! And ask questions!
@@nealsausen4651 I would but Where I’m from we don’t have record stores which is damn shame I had to buy the records that I have online and they work like a charm I have mostly movie soundtracks only 3 are band albums (the wall by pink Floyd, hotel California by the eagles and the doors by the doors)
Yeah, I really wish I didn't see the end of this on my own with the lights off. If you're easily spooked, be warned.
And I thought Brian DiPalma's take on that scenario in "Phantom of the Paradise" was shocking!
I have that LP at 2:47! Bugs Bunny in Storyland.
Here’s a technical question on the average 12 inch 33 1/3 long play or LP how many grooves are there on one of these “platters” just on a single side (from lead to runoff grooves)? I mean how many grooves on the average 12 inch LP?! Anyone got the answer?
Technically, there is just one continuous groove, but if you're asking how many lines of groove per side (the more interesting question), just multiply 33 1/3 by the play time per side (about 22 minutes). The answer is approximately 733.
@@SchuchDesigns : Thanks for that info! It’s just at looking at a record you would think there would be more spirals Or “wraparounds” it’s just seems like there Would be more than that (733) spirals or “wraparounds” Seems like iWhen the Groove gets closer to the Center of the record Or the “run off Groove”, you would think the number of wraparounds would increase as there’s less area to cover but that mathematical formula you gave me I’m sure is absolute thanks for that information again!
@6:00 Billy singing 'Epitaph' ?