tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post2822238736786608959..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: He's Worth $1,400 a WordYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-72450675469400542302013-12-12T04:17:29.031-08:002013-12-12T04:17:29.031-08:00J.L., thanks for The Munsters reference. It's ...J.L., thanks for The Munsters reference. It's been so long since I've seen the show I'd forgotten about it.<br />There seems to be a lot of speculation what was in Mel's contract. Certainly in 1943, it wouldn't have mentioned TV cartoons. And, realistically, there were no TV cartoons until the late 50s and, even then, he would have been too expensive. Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-87259710188543155222013-12-11T16:12:21.726-08:002013-12-11T16:12:21.726-08:00Mel's parrot voice also ended up as the voice ...Mel's parrot voice also ended up as the voice of the coo-coo clock raven on "The Munsters", which -- other than its occasional appearances in cartoons like "Buccaneer Bunny" is where I first heard it.<br /><br />(I believe in 1958, while Mel could do TV commercials, he couldn't do TV cartoons under his WB contract. That seems to have been revised in 1960, which freed Blanc up to do "The Flintstones" and a few voices for the UPA TV cartoons, while freeing Warners up to finally start giving other voice artists screen credit).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com