Radio Definition & Mel Blanc's Career Start
Chapter 1

The rise of a radio pioneer

Chapter 2

The voices of Termite Terrace

Chapter 3

The crash and the miraculous recovery

Chapter 4

The prime-time cartoon revolution

YOUR GOAL

Master of The magical voices of Mel Blanc

Ch 1 · The rise of a radio pioneer
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Quiz

Which stringed musical instrument, famously played with a bow, did voice actor Mel Blanc study for eight years during his youth, later using this musical background in his early radio career and as a frustrated teacher on 'The Jack Benny Program'?

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schopenhauer Mel Blanc's Radio Career

Sputtering like a rusty Maxwell engine, ruling the NBC radio waves.

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schopenhauer How Melvin Blank changed his name

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Joining the Jack Benny program

schopenhauer Mel became a radio superstar by voicing inanimate objects and animals on a hit show.

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The Portland radio years

schopenhauer Mel began his broadcasting career in Oregon, mastering the art of vocal sound effects.

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*Mel’s Radio Voicebox* (3 words) - Good.
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BETA

schopenhauer Match iconic radio voices to their characters to discover Mel Blanc's legendary career.

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Fun Fact

Name change: Mel changed his last name from Blank to Blanc because a teacher told him he would grow up to be a blank nothing.

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Glossary
radio (noun)
The transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves of radio frequency, especially those carrying sound messages. In 1927, Mel Blanc began his entertainment career on Portland's KGW program, The Hoot Owls.

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Gossip

Which classic radio genre is the most fun?

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Quiz

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, how did economic hardships shape the early Pacific Northwest radio career of future voice acting pioneer Mel Blanc?

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schopenhauer Joining the Jack Benny program

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Quiz

Before he became the famous voice of Bugs Bunny, Mel Blanc got his start in Portland, Oregon, on the pioneering 1920s radio variety show 'The Hoot Owls.' What type of group was this show's weekly broadcast designed to parody?

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schopenhauer The Portland radio years

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Quiz

Which radio star's show did Mel Blanc join in 1939, voicing a sputtering car?

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schopenhauer The musical side of Mel

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Quiz

Which musical instrument did Mel Blanc play in his high school orchestra?

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Quiz

What was Mel Blanc's original birth surname before he changed its spelling?

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Quiz

What was Mel Blanc's first professional job in the entertainment industry?

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Quiz

In which US city was voice acting legend Mel Blanc born in 1908?

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Quiz

What animal did Mel Blanc voice on the Jack Benny Program that guarded Benny's underground vault?

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