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A woebegone old car, a harried department store clerk, a monosyllabic man in a sombrero, and a train announcer whose line ran somewhere between Orange County and the Twilight Zone are all memorable characters from The Jack Benny Program, and all the products of a single talented throat: Mel Blanc. "The Man of a Thousand Voices" was Carmichael the Polar Bear, who lived improbably in Jack's cellar.

Melvin Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 - July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, and Judy Canova. Blanc became known worldwide for proving the voices for, among others, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, the Tasmanian Devil, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Barney Rubble and Dino, Mr. Spacely on The Jetsons, and more.

Mel Blanc, known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices," was a legendary voice actor who was a prominent figure in Old Time Radio. Blanc was best known for his work on "The Jack Benny Program," one of the most popular and enduring radio shows of the era.Blanc's iconic characters on the show included Jack Benny's long-suffering and vain violin teacher, Professor LeBlanc, as well as a train conductor, a customs official, a racetrack tout, a parrot, and Benny's wise-cracking and gravel-voiced Maxwell car.Mel Blanc also voiced numerous other characters on various radio programs, including "The Mel ...