Is it true that gravestone says, "Th-th-th-that's all Folks!"
David Deley
Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig. Perhaps the guy who
did do the voice of Porkey Pig has that on his tombstone? Does anyone
know of any tombstone that has that quote on it?
-David Deley
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Andrew McMichael
>
> I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
> Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig.
Nor is he dead. He's on Broadway.
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Daniel Ucko
>I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
>Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig. Perhaps the guy who
>did do the voice of Porkey Pig has that on his tombstone? Does anyone
>know of any tombstone that has that quote on it?
Mel Brooks is not dead. You mean Mel Blanc, who did the voice of Bugs
Bunny. Mel Blanc also did the voices of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck,
Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote, Tasmanian Devil,
Charlie Dog, Tweety, Sylvester Jr., Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn,
Pepe Le Pew, Goofy Gopher Mac, Beaky Buzzard, Yosemite Sam, Ralph Wolf
and Sam Sheepdog.
Phew. Isn't <http://www.imdb.com/> great?
Mel Blanc died in 1989. IMDB do not mention his tombstone. Googling on
"Mel Blanc" + tombstone + That's all yields 67 hits, the first one
being:
<http://anp.awn.com/latour-e.html>
with a picture of the tombstone here
<http://anp.awn.com/latour/thatsall.jpeg>
So it looks as if it is true, unless it is a huge c0nspiracy, for
which I cannot see a motive. Not really a UL, but I've been feeling
avuncular since I discovered that I am old enough to test my own
blood. Good question, but a tip: google is your friend, as is IMDB, as
is <http://www.urbanlegends.com/>, as is <http://www.snopes2.com/>.
Daniel 'Welcome to AFU' Ucko
Michael
>
> David Deley wrote:
> >
> > I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
> > Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig.
>
> Nor is he dead. He's on Broadway.
http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/graves.html
Mel Blanc---they claim it's on his toumbstone at Hollywood Memorial Park
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> I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
> Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig. Perhaps the guy who
> did do the voice of Porkey Pig has that on his tombstone? Does anyone
> know of any tombstone that has that quote on it?
Mel Blanc originally did the voice of Porky Pig, and he is dead. (As
opposed to Mel Brooks, who would most likely have "Get me the hell outta
here!" on his gravestone.)
A quick Google turned up this:
<http://members.tripod.com/~Nymh/imagesms.htm>
"That's All Folks"
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David Hatunen
Andrew McMichael <amcm...@princeton.edu> wrote:
>David Deley wrote:
>>
>> I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all
>> folks!" Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig.
>
>Nor is he dead.
Nope.
>He's on Broadway.
He's not, but his show is.
As for mel Blanc, there is what is purpoted to be a photo of his
headstone at http://members.tripod.com/~Nymh/imagesms.htm.
There's another photo at
http://www.eonline.com/Features/Features/Halloween99/Elvira/index14.html
There is an article about the problems the cemetery is facing at
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/news/971116CAHOL.html; it cites mel
Blanc's epitaph.
In fact, a Google search for
"Mel Blanc" tombstone
turns up a lot.
But the Porky Pig stutter is not part of it, just, "That's all
folks.
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Marc Fleury
>I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "That's all folks!"
Mel Blanc, not Mel Brooks.
True.
http://www.kgw.com/artsent/story.html?StoryID=20506
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Drew Lawson
d.u...@physics.org writes:
>David Deley <del...@gte.net> wrote:
>
>>I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
>>Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig. Perhaps the guy who
>>did do the voice of Porkey Pig has that on his tombstone? Does anyone
>>know of any tombstone that has that quote on it?
>
>Mel Brooks is not dead. You mean Mel Blanc, who did the voice of Bugs
>Bunny. Mel Blanc also did the voices of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck,
>Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote, Tasmanian Devil,
>Charlie Dog, Tweety, Sylvester Jr., Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn,
>Pepe Le Pew, Goofy Gopher Mac, Beaky Buzzard, Yosemite Sam, Ralph Wolf
>and Sam Sheepdog.
A memorial that I liked, and wished that I saved, was a cartoon by
one of the editorial cartoonists (alas, I don't recall which). It
had many of the above gathered together with the caption "The rest
is silence."
Drew "acme" Lawson
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Ulo Melton
>I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
>Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig. Perhaps the guy who
>did do the voice of Porkey Pig has that on his tombstone? Does anyone
>know of any tombstone that has that quote on it?
Mel Blanc has it (without the stutter), as others have already noted.
For all your gravestone questions:
For this one in particular:
<http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100>
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Terry McT
wrote:
> I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
> Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig. Perhaps the guy who
> did do the voice of Porkey Pig has that on his tombstone? Does anyone
> know of any tombstone that has that quote on it?
>
Could you possibly mean Mel Blanc?
Terry
Chuck Skinner
news:9njdov$1b5c$1...@home.eCynic.com:
> A memorial that I liked, and wished that I saved, was a cartoon by
> one of the editorial cartoonists (alas, I don't recall which). It
> had many of the above gathered together with the caption "The rest
> is silence."
A similar tribute can be found here:
http://members.tripod.com/~Nymh/speechless.jpg
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Charles A Lieberman
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>>He's on Broadway.
>
>He's not, but his show is.
When I saw it, he was there in person.
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Charles Wm. Dimmick
>
> David Deley wrote:
> >
> > I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
> > Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig.
>
> Nor is he dead. He's on Broadway.
Sad to relate, the person who used to do the introduction to
Inner Sanctum just died in Wallingford, CT. He was 90.
Charles Wm. Dimmick
Lars Eighner
<3B9D271B...@gte.net>,
the lovely and talented David Deley
broadcast on alt.folklore.urban:
> I heard Mel Brooks' tombstone says on it, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!"
> Except Mel Brooks wasn't the voice of Porkey Pig. Perhaps the guy who
> did do the voice of Porkey Pig has that on his tombstone? Does anyone
> know of any tombstone that has that quote on it?
It's Mel Blanc and his headstone is inscribed "That's all folks."
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Randall Bart
(Drew Lawson) enlightened alt.folklore.urban with these thought provoking
words:
>>Mel Brooks is not dead. You mean Mel Blanc, who did the voice of Bugs
>>Bunny. Mel Blanc also did the voices of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck,
>>Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote, Tasmanian Devil,
>>Charlie Dog, Tweety, Sylvester Jr., Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn,
>>Pepe Le Pew, Goofy Gopher Mac, Beaky Buzzard, Yosemite Sam, Ralph Wolf
>>and Sam Sheepdog.
Other actors played many of those voices before Mel Blanc. Ralph Wolf and
Wile E Coyote are the same character. In the first cartoons starring Granny
and Sylvester, Sylvester was a dog. He did not look like Hector, but he
didn't look like Sylvester either. Granny looked different, too.
>A memorial that I liked, and wished that I saved, was a cartoon by
>one of the editorial cartoonists (alas, I don't recall which). It
>had many of the above gathered together with the caption "The rest
>is silence."
There's a similar pic I have seen for sale in Warner stores. It's Buggs,
Daffy, Porky, and a couple others standing around a microphone, all looking
away from the mike, and all with their mouths closed. The caption is
"Speechless".
You may doubt most of the things I say, but I assure you the following is
absolutely true: My friend's cat Princess Blankitty Blanc is named after
Mel Blanc. I should know, I named her.
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Gerald Belton
wrote:
>'Twas 10 Sep 2001 22:10:39 GMT when the wise and venerated dr...@furrfu.com
>(Drew Lawson) enlightened alt.folklore.urban with these thought provoking
>words:
>
>>>Mel Brooks is not dead. You mean Mel Blanc, who did the voice of Bugs
>>>Bunny. Mel Blanc also did the voices of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck,
>>>Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote,
>Other actors played many of those voices before Mel Blanc. Ralph Wolf and
>Wile E Coyote are the same character.
You've gotta admit that the voice of Wile E Coyote is a pretty easy
role for anybody.
Gerald
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Randall Bart
belto...@verizon.net (Gerald Belton) enlightened alt.folklore.urban with
these thought provoking words:
>>Other actors played many of those voices before Mel Blanc. Ralph Wolf and
>>Wile E Coyote are the same character.
>
>You've gotta admit that the voice of Wile E Coyote is a pretty easy
>role for anybody.
Wile E Coyote didn't have a voice in the Road Runner cartoons. However,
before that he did cartoons with Bugs Bunny, and he spoke in those.
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R H Draney
wrote:
>'Twas Thu, 13 Sep 2001 19:08:18 GMT when the wise and venerated
>belto...@verizon.net (Gerald Belton) enlightened alt.folklore.urban with
>these thought provoking words:
>
>>>Other actors played many of those voices before Mel Blanc. Ralph Wolf and
>>>Wile E Coyote are the same character.
>>
>>You've gotta admit that the voice of Wile E Coyote is a pretty easy
>>role for anybody.
>
>Wile E Coyote didn't have a voice in the Road Runner cartoons. However,
>before that he did cartoons with Bugs Bunny, and he spoke in those.
And in the two shorts culled from the Roadrunner movie in 1965...one
particularly funny scene has him running down the flavors (pastrami,
pistachio, Wisconsin cheddar, etc) of various cuts of a roadrunner
carcass....
Re the other actors who did the voices of characters normally
associated with Mel Blanc: the first Porky Pig was an actor with an
actual stutter...he proved too hard to work with because he couldn't
turn it on and off on demand to match the animation....
The voice of Elmer Fudd was primarily done by Arthur Q Bryan, probably
the biggest non-Blanc voice actor at Termite Terrace...when he passed
away, both Blanc and Hal Smith (yes, Otis the drunk from "The Andy
Griffith Show"!) took over for a time....
(Fun cartoon trivia to impress your friends: while Mel Blanc was
Jewish, he named his son "Noel Blanc" and didn't even realize the
implications until some time later)....r
Lizz Holmans
wrote:
>'Twas Thu, 13 Sep 2001 19:08:18 GMT when the wise and venerated
>belto...@verizon.net (Gerald Belton) enlightened alt.folklore.urban with
>these thought provoking words:
>
>>>Other actors played many of those voices before Mel Blanc. Ralph Wolf and
>>>Wile E Coyote are the same character.
>>
>>You've gotta admit that the voice of Wile E Coyote is a pretty easy
>>role for anybody.
>
>Wile E Coyote didn't have a voice in the Road Runner cartoons. However,
>before that he did cartoons with Bugs Bunny, and he spoke in those.
The speaking Wile E. Coyote of the Bugs Bunny cartoon (I can find only
one documented, but there were more) did indeed speak. The Wile E.
Coyote that did series with a sheepdog ('Hello, Sam' 'Hello, Ralph')
was not actually Wile E. Coyote, but a wolf who quite remarkably
resembled Wile.E. Coyote.(1)
When St. Chuck Jones invented the Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons,
he followed these rules: the cartoons always take place in the same
desert setting; the coyote and roadrunner never speak; the roadrunner
never leaves the road; the coyote's injuries are all self-inflicted.
The Latin names were different for each film. (2)
After Jones left Warner Brothers the Coyote was revived by the
DePatie-Freling production company under the Warner Bros. label. They
weren't funny.(1)
(1) Maltin, Leonard, _Of Mice and Magic: A History of American
Animated Cartoons. New American Library, 1980. Library of Congress
Cataloging in Publication Data: PN1997 .5 M3 1980 791.43'3 80-15716,
Page 263.
(2) Ibid, p.261
(3)Ibid, 272.
Lizz 'Acme another one' Holmans
Randall Bart
dado...@earthlink.net (R H Draney) enlightened alt.folklore.urban with
these thought provoking words:
>(Fun cartoon trivia to impress your friends: while Mel Blanc was
>Jewish, he named his son "Noel Blanc" and didn't even realize the
>implications until some time later)....r
Irving Berlin was Jewish, too.
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Chris Clarke
Randall Bart <Bart...@att.spam.net> wrote:
> 'Twas Thu, 13 Sep 2001 21:45:12 GMT when the wise and venerated
> dado...@earthlink.net (R H Draney) enlightened alt.folklore.urban with
> these thought provoking words:
>
> >(Fun cartoon trivia to impress your friends: while Mel Blanc was
> >Jewish, he named his son "Noel Blanc" and didn't even realize the
> >implications until some time later)....r
>
> Irving Berlin was Jewish, too.
Thanks for sharing.
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