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Unblinkingly excellent WMFU's Beware Of The Blog dishes up some ancient anti-drug PSAs from Mel Blanc, in character as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, and more.
Today's focus is on the legendary Mel Blanc and his fantastic and unforgettable anti-narcotics PSA's, as 'Mel Blanc' and five of his most famous Warner Brothers cartoon characters. As it's a holiday, we won't go into what a cranky fellow he allegedly was, and how so few of his collegues have much good to say of him, aside from acknowledging what a funny actor and how professional he was. Thrill to Porky at a smoky, scary drug party and being offered animal tranquilizers, Yosemite searching for tough guys not softened up by hard drugs to duel with, and so much more. I promised these last Christmas, and now I'm finally giving them up. Including a tiny bonus track from George Harrison, just because.