As a child, I was raised on Saturday morning cartoons. Back in the day before they were all dreck, I would leap out of bed and rush to the TV where I would spend several hours with the likes of The Monster Squad, Land of the Lost, The Pink Panther, and of course, The Bugs-Bunny/Road Runner Show. While I still enjoy Pink Panther, I watch with campy glee my DVD’s of Land of the Lost, and I would love to see The Monster Squad (but know it would be crap), I am still an absolute fanatic for the Looney Tunes cartoons.
Therefore it took very little urging after seeing that Carl Ahlm had gotten a great signed photo from Mel Blanc, to get me to write him a fan letter as well. I think it goes without saying that Mel Blanc was the legendary voice of Bugs Bunny and so many other characters, as illustrated in the photo. He also starred in many radio programs and was a regular on The Jack Benny Show. I sent out a request to Mr. Blanc on July 6 and one week later on July 15 the photo below arrived – along with two signed notecards, and an additional smaller paper-stock signed version of the same photo.
Anxious to share my hobby with others, or as others mights say, shove down their throats, I convinced Denise to write to Mel Blanc in an attempt to get his autograph. I helped her compose the letter and mail it out – and she got the same autographed photo returned to her as well.
Stay tooned for more autographs from 1985…
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