We all know about Mel Blanc's son Noel Blanc, who was supposedly destined to take over the voice of the Toons when his father died, who managed to voice some of the Looney Tunes but not full-time. What I'm wondering is--Is Noel really good at voicing the characters(such as Bugs, Daffy, Porky, etc.)? And which ones are he the best or worst at?
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He did some of them on Tiny Toon Adventures. The only time I recall Noel voicing Bugs Bunny was on the Tiny Toons Christmas episode. He did a decent job.
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Honestly, I don't think that Noel Blanc ever really wanted to take over voicing the Looney Tunes from his father Mel. I believe that Mel wanted that to happen, and so Noel went along with it while his father was alive, but it didn't seem like that was a career that Noel wanted to pursue. He did voice some of the LT characters in a car commercial, and then a couple of voice overs on some of the early episodes of Tiny Toon Adventures, but that's about it.
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Apparently, he also voiced Elmer Fudd in a couple of Family Guy episodes.
Oh yeah, how could I forget that infamous clip of Elmer brutally shooting Bugs and then snapping his neck? He actually did a decent job voicing Elmer--which is strange because his father didn't actually voice Elmer--at least not originally except for in "The Scarlet Pumpernickel."
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?" Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
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Trust me, it's that bad. When I first heard Family Guy had a disturbing Bugs and Elmer clip, I thought it was going to be something else entirely--knowing Family Guy's crude humor, I figured it would be something risque rather than flat gory. Nonetheless, it is not my favorite clip at all.
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?" Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
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Okay, back to Noel. He voiced: - Taz in Tiny Toons episode "You Asked For It" - The scary Wizard of Oz-like principal in Tiny Toons episodes "Her Wacky Highness" and "Looniversity Daze" - Porky Pig in Tiny Toons episodes "Fields of Honey" and "The Acme Bowl" - Bugs Bunny in Tiny Toons episode "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" - Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd on a Family Guy episode
So basically he did voices only on Tiny Toon Adventures and Family Guy. Am I right?
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Noel only voiced Elmer in that segment. Seth McFarlane voiced Bugs Bunny. Of course, not only was the death gruesome, but it was funny how Elmer just nonchalantly carries Bugs's corpse off, without either feeling remorseful, or finally celebrating that he blasted Bugs!
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What about The Looney Tunes Show? Did Noel have a son to provide voices for those characters?
I don't know if Noel has any kids, let alone any in the voice business, but as far as I know, no Blancs have provided any voices on The Looney Tunes Show.
On TLTS:
Bugs, Daffy, Sylvstester, Tweety and Foghorn Leghorn are voiced by Jeff Bergman Yosemite Sam by Maurice LaMarche Porky by Bob Bergen Speedy Gonzalez by Fred Armisen Marvin the Martian by Eric Bauza Mac & Tosh by Rob Paulsen (Mac) and Jess Harnell (Tosh) Pete Puma by John Kassir Elmer Fudd by Billy West Taz by Jim Cummings Henery Hawk by Ben Falcone Pepe Le Pew by Rene Aberjonois
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My understanding is that Noel Blanc was resentful at being almost railroaded into his father's career, voicing characters for Warner Brothers studios. Fox's Family Guy parody segment was likely Noel's way of giving WB the Brooklyn salute, taking delight in "killing" Bugs Bunny.
Basically, Noel Blanc regards the Looney Tunes as an ugly heirloom.
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He actually did a decent job voicing Elmer--which is strange because his father didn't actually voice Elmer--at least not originally except for in "The Scarlet Pumpernickel." 
