Poster: Clint Eastwood Fan
(see this users gallery) Shown are Voice actors at work: MEL BLANC (Barney Rubble) in Hospital Bed after his car accident, and His Cartoon wife.. (R) Bea Benadaret (Betty) & (L) Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma).
Mel was in a near-fatal car accident on January 24, 1961, while many of the productions that required his services, most importantly "The Flintstones" (1960) were still in production. He did the voices of his characters in both his home bed and his hospital bed, in a full body cast and with all his Flintstones co-stars and recording equipment crowded into the same room.
Note: While in a coma after his cataclysmic automobile accident, doctors unsuccessfully tried to get Mel to talk. Finally, a doctor, who was also a fan of his cartoon characters, asked Mel, "Bugs? Bugs Bunny? Are you there?". Mel responded, in Bugs Bunny's voice, "What's up, Doc?" After talking with several other "characters", the doctors eventually led Mel out of his coma. |