Mel Blanc - List of Noteworthy Radio Characters

List of Noteworthy Radio Characters

Besides voicing characters on his own radio show (which ran from 1946–47) Blanc was a regular on such comedy classics as The Jack Benny Show, Burns & Allen, and Abbott & Costello, providing both voices and sound effects ranging from people to animals to backfiring cars.

  • The Happy Postman (Burns & Allen)
  • Professor LeBlanc (The Jack Benny Program)
  • Mr. Technicolovich (Abbott & Costello)
  • Sy the Mexican (Jack Benny, radio & TV)
  • Himself (The Mel Blanc Show)
  • Zookie (The Mel Blanc Show)
  • Polly the Parrot (The Jack Benny Program)
  • Carmichael the Polar Bear (The Jack Benny Program)
  • Chuck the Plumber (The Jack Benny Program)
  • Train Station Announcer (The Jack Benny Program; "Train now departing on Track Five for Ana-heim, A-zuza, and Cuc-a-monga!!")
  • Christmas sales clerk (The Jack Benny Program; in most holiday episodes of the radio and TV version, Blanc would appear as a sales clerk in a department store who's driven insane by Jack's style of shopping and returning gifts.)
  • The Maxwell (The Jack Benny Program)

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