# Your Favorite Mel Blanc Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937 "2000-08-11T05:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/81 "2000-08-14T00:57:52Z")
“Arise, Sir Loin of Beef. Arise, Earl of Cloves. Arise, Essence of Myrrh, Milk of Magnesia, Quarter of Ten.” “Odds fish. The very air abounds in kings.” There are others, from other cartoons. These are the ones, to the best of my recollection, that Bugs bestows on the Sheriff of Nottingham, while he crowns him again and again with an increasingly dented scepter. Sachmo of Armstrong, Count of Basie and Earl of Hines are used elsewhere, in the cartoon takeoff of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” I like when Bugs turns Merlin in to a horse, and he keeps unzipping himself, only to continue finding himself a horse. Bugs saunters off, saying, “Well, that gives him a hobby.” Lordy lou, I love Warner Bros. cartoons! ---
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/82 "2000-08-14T02:05:06Z")
I was watching Warner Bros. cartoon’s this afternoon and the had a Pepe Le pew cartoon. Pepe and his love are flying through the air on snow skis and Pepe makes machine gun noises: “I pierce you with the ‘ack-ack’ of love, powderpuff” My ultimate favorite is not a line, but a laugh. I just love the Witch Hazel laugh and have tried futilely to duplicate it. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/83 "2000-08-14T02:12:38Z")
Bugs and the Gremlin…I saw this one just the other day with my kids. ::Gremlin hits bugs on head with monkey wrench:: bugs: I’m only tree and a half years old… Gremlin: I like him,he’s silly! makes me laugh just THINKING about it! ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/84 "2000-08-14T04:35:36Z")
**Jack Batty, et al…** There is one more title bestowed by Bugs that hasn’t been mentioned yet… “Sir Rupp of Figs,” (syrup of figs being a common laxative in our grandparent’s time.) Incidentally, if you don’t already have them, pick up the two CDs of the “Carl Stalling Project,” which has great tracks from many of the classics mentioned in this thread (no vocals, though). Stalling’s arrangements for cartoons were nothing short of genius (as hearing them sans visuals reveals). If the musical description of Bugs being chased up and down a set of basement stairs (and turning the light on and off) doesn’t bring a great smile to your face, then you’re pretty far gone, brother. ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/85 "2000-08-14T05:08:58Z")
It was **Ralph Phillips** , the daydreaming boy. I loved that bit, and as far as I know there were only two done: “From A to Z-z-z-z” and “Boyhood Daze”. My fave line from either of those (Boyhood Daze, I believe):[ul] **"Father, you’re too young to play in Africa. _Go to your room!_** [/ul]In addition, there’s one non-WB cartoon that _always_ cracks me up. It’s about the first badman (directed by Tex Avery) and it’s narrated by Tex Ritter (John Ritter’s dad, a famous person in his own right). The final line is spoken by the subject, from within the first jail ever built in Texas (back in the days of the cave-men and dinosaurs):[ul] **“When y’all gonna let me outta here?”** [/ul]It always brings tears of laughter to my eyes, I tell ya! ~~Baloo ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/86 "2000-08-14T11:06:26Z")
I almost forgot “Drip Along Daffy”. “I would like…_(aside)_ I would like? I would like a trip to Europe. I would like to introduce myself!” “Put down that comic relief! Give me the parade! Give me…give me…give me one dozen roses.” And you’re right about the music. Pure genius that rarely fails to capture the essence of the action and raise it to a new level of hilarity. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/87 "2000-08-14T13:18:04Z")
Don’t recall the whole song, but here’s the ending (its the cartoon that’s playing on the plane at the end of "What’s Up Doc? starring Barbara Streisand and Ryan O’Neil (a damn funny movie)). Watch out, son You’re gonna hurt someone With that ol’ shotgun What’s… Up…(we really mean it) Dooooooccccccc! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/88 "2000-08-14T14:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s a dog (not a lion) that bullies cat and mouse into bringing him food and always pcomplains “What, no gravy?” Boy, I’ve taken a Email beating on this. I could have sworn it was a lion. Anyway, the first thing I ought to do is apologize to Piano for claiming to be more of cartoon connoisseur than he/she. Apparently, I am full of crap. That’s ok, memory fades with old age. Now, does anybody remember, or have access to, the complete lyrics of the Square-Dance call bugs whips off to the two hillbillies? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/89 "2000-08-14T14:58:33Z")
In addition to the wonderful “Carl Stalling Project” CDs, you should get “Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights - The Music of Raymond Scott”. These are the compositions that Carl Stalling used to create many of the famous Warner Bros themes. Besides, who can resist “Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals”. ---
**Author:** ![Samonek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Samonek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samonek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/90 "2000-08-14T16:18:18Z")
Older cartoon, Porky is hunter, Daffy is prey, Porky drains an entire lake with a bucket to find Daffy, who is flopping about like a dying fish. PORKY: N… now cut that out, d…d…duck. DAFFY: Ya mean you don’t believe I’m a fish? PORKY: N… no. DAFFY: Cynic! Something about a duck calling a Pig a cynic just kills me. Also; “My name is Elmer J Fudd, millionaire, I own a mansion and a yacht.” Always a great way to introduce one’s self. And finally… That girl reminds me of the highway between Dallas and Fort Worth… No curves!" - Foghorn Leghorn. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/91 "2000-08-14T17:00:47Z")
**Telemark** is absolutely right about the Raymond Scott CD: I have it at work and bug the hell out of everyone by playing “Powerhouse.” About 95% of my co-workers recognise the tune, but can’t place it! It’s pretty amazing stuff, and hard to believe that it was recorded in the late 1930s…talk about a guy who was 20 years ahead of his time. Dopers who invest in the disc (Columbia CK 53028) will doubtless recognise a lot of the **Ren and Stimpy** soundtrack as well. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/92 "2000-08-14T17:19:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beakerxf \* > \*\* > My ultimate favorite is not a line, but a laugh. I just love the Witch Hazel laugh and have tried futilely to duplicate it. \*\* I always thought Witch Hazel was supposed to be modeled after Josephine Hull in Arsenic and Old Lace. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/93 "2000-08-14T17:29:41Z")
Jack: All I can remember off the top of my head is the line “Trout, trout, prettly little trout, jump right in an splash about.” There was a similar ‘toon about BB and two chefs, each trying to outdo the other with a recipe for rabbit. "Rabbit ala’ Antoinne" was the big winner, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/94 "2000-08-14T17:35:51Z")
I found a recap of _Hillbilly Hare_. It doesn’t give the full text, and some of what it does have is wrong: [http://www.websamba.com/Bugs\_Bunny\_Cartoons/cartoons/hillbilly.html](http://www.websamba.com/Bugs_Bunny_Cartoons/cartoons/hillbilly.html) I’ll see if I can reconstruct the correct lyrics. I have both Carl Stalling CDs (I slipped the first one into my company’s phone system so people would hear it when they were on hold) and the Raymond Scott collection, but there’s also one called _Bugs Bunny on Broadway_. According to the liner notes, someone put together a show with the old cartoons (all music related, _The Rabbit of Seville_, _What’s Opera, Doc_ etc.) with a live orchestra doing most of the music. Somehow it loses something, the new orchestra just doesn’t have the same pop that the original did. Maybe that’s what happens when you treat something like a museum piece. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/95 "2000-08-14T17:41:05Z")
Aha! I just tracked this down on an un-official web site. (not reprinted with any permissions so I hope I don’t get sued.) > [@](#): > > _ **cut directly from site, but space condensed** _ > > Here’s the uncut (I think) version: > > [Sourbelly trio] > > Let’s all square dance! > Places, all. > Bow to your corner, bow to your own. > > Three hands up and ‘round you go, > Break it up with a do-si-do. > Chicken in the breadpan, kickin’ out dough, > skip to m’loo(?), my darlin’. > > The old lady out, you pretty little thing, > promenade around the ring. > Big foot up and little foot down, > make that big foot jar the ground. > > The lady step back and two gents in, > back you go and forward again. > Step right up with an elbow swing; > skip to m’loo, my darlin’. > > Outer man (\*) left with your old left hand, > follow through with a right left grand. > Meet your honey with a great big smile; > promenade, indian-style. > > [Bugs takes over] > > Promenade across the floor, > sashay right on out the door. > Out the door and into the glade, > and everybody promenade! > > Step right up, you’re doin’ fine, > I’ll pull your beard you’ll pull mine. > Yank it again like you did before, > break it up with a tug-of-war. > > Now, into the brook and fish for the trout, > dive right in and splash about. > Trout, trout, pretty little trout, > one more splash and come right out! > > Shake like a hound dog, shake again; > wallow around in the old pigpen. > Wallow some more, you all know how, > roll around like an old fat sow. > > Allomen\* left with your left hand, > follow through with a right left grand. > Now leave your partner, the dirty old thing, > follow through with an elbow swing. > > Grab a fence post, hold it tight, > whomp your partner with all your might. > Hit him in the shin, hit him in the head, > hit him again; the critter ain’t dead. > > Whop him low and whop him high, > stick your finger in his eye. > Pretty little rhythm, pretty little sound, > bang your heads against the ground. > > Promenade all around the room, > promenade like a bride and groom. > Open up the door and step right in, > close the door and into a spin. > > Whirl, whirl, twist and twirl, > jump all around like a flyin’ squirrel. > Now, don’t you cuss and don’t you swear, > just come right out and form a square. > > Now right hand over and left hand under, > both join hands and run like thunder. > Over the hill and over the dale, > duck your head and lift your tale. > > Don’t you stray and don’t you roam, > turn around and promenade home. > Corn in the crib, big weight \*\* in the sack, > turn your partner, promenade back. > > And now you’re home; bow to your partner. > Bow to the gent across the hall. > And that is all! [fade] > ?, \*, \*\* were my best guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/96 "2000-08-14T18:00:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > **In a bit not in a regular Warner Brothers cartoon, Porky Pig is a carpenter hammering nails. He hits his thumb with the hammer and says, > "Oh, son of a bi-bi-, son of a b-b-b-b, son of a _gun!"_** Nobody else believes me when I tell them about that! I’m glad to finally know I didn’t imagine it. IIRC, that’s the whole cartoon, just that one scene. I remember seeing it on a video I rented that had a bunch of obscure cartoon shorts. Where did you see it at? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/97 "2000-08-14T18:15:38Z")
allemande - a dance step with the arms intertwined. Good job on finding the words, Jack. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/98 "2000-08-14T20:13:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Nobody else believes me when I tell them about that! I’m glad to finally know I didn’t imagine it. IIRC, that’s the whole cartoon, just that one scene. I remember seeing it on a video I rented that had a bunch of obscure cartoon shorts. Where did you see it at? It was in a blooper video I rented–in fact, two or more I’ve rented featured it, at or near the end. It was the cartoon people’s contribution to a WB reel made in the 30s. “Allemande” is the correct spelling of the square-dance term. It literally means “German woman” in French. (See _More of the Straight Dope_ for details on various languages’ words for German and Germany.) I haven’t seen the cartoon “Lights Fantastic” since about 1962. It features a bunch of humorous billboards and neon signs, and may never have been colorized. I don’t know whether WB ever made it available on video. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/99 "2000-08-14T23:27:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > \*\* > Daffy: “It was either him, or me, and it obviously couldn’t be ME. I’m not like other people. I can’t stand pain. It hurts me.” > > \*\* Damn. You took my fave before I could post it. So my second best…Scotsman suggests a “game” with Bugs, so he immediately (fwwzzZAP) produces a card table and starts dealing… “Siddown, Pigeon” (love that one) “Nah, nah, we dinna play that game” “We dinna?..Is there another??” “Aye, Golf”. “Ok, Mac. But don’t you get tired runnin’ them 18 bases?” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937/100 "2000-08-14T23:33:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > [Smokey the Genie: “I’ll tell you what, my furry, little, buck-toothed pal.” > \*\* I LOVE this one! “I’m here, I’m here…It’s too good to be true, but I’m here! Three cheers and a tiger for me…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mel-blanc-quotes/28937.md?page=6)