Mel Blanc pitching records

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Mel Blanc pitching records

Postby Clyde » Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:35 am

Here's an incredible color film from 1951 produced by Capital for their record dealers. Mel plays a store owner who has a customer (Billy May) that refuses to pay 85 cents for a record because it is too much. Join Mel as he shows him what's involved in pressing and distribution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6IMuRICNP0
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Re: Mel Blanc pitching records

Postby epeterd » Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:50 am

Pretty interesting. I noticed his car sounds like Jack's Maxwell.
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Re: Mel Blanc pitching records

Postby scottp » Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:55 am

Didn't he go 8-4 one season for Alba-kirk?

Oh, pitching RECORDS, not PITCHING records...
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Re: Mel Blanc pitching records

Postby Moose Hatrack » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:00 pm

He only pitched the disco records.
That's funny, Norman Krasna loved that joke.
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