Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of May 30th
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It is the 150th day of the year, leaving 215 days remaining in 2022.
Blanc told stories in voice -- he was, according to one writer, "The Man of 1,000 Voices." That may be a slight exaggeration, but Blanc was known to have created more than 400 separate voices for animated characters during his lifetime.
Among them: Barney Rubble, the best friend and sidekick on The Flintstones (also Dino and Captain Caveman); Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, and Yosemite Sam; the drunken bull in the 1937 short, Picador Porky (his first cartoon creation); and Krazy Kat, Woody Woodpecker, Tom and Jerry, Wile E. Coyote, Tweety Bird, and Foghorn Leghorn, a large, bombastic rooster based on a fictional Southern politician.
That list does not include the numerous characters (and other sounds) he voiced or created during his days on radio, working on the Jack Benny Program, The Abbott and Costello Show, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, and The Life of Riley.
Indeed, he was the first voice actor to receive an on-screen credit for his work.
He started his work during the early days of radio in the late 1920s to early 1930s. In the mid 1930s, he switched to Hollywood, and worked at Warner Brothers Studios, doing voices for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts.
When television became the place for animated features, he moved there, along with his characters.
One of his final appearances was in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in which he voiced many of his old Looney Tunes characters.
Blanc died in 1989 in Los Angeles.
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