From 1951, with Mel Blanc and Billy May: "Wanna Buy a Record?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxkSRvkKF9k

I mean

Filmed in wonderful color, this special promotional film was made in 1951 , it is 35 minutes long & is of perfect quality! This lost gem was never shown to the public & was used for promotional use only among record executives! It hasn't been seen in over 55 years!! What's on it? well, we get to see lots of great color footage of Hollywood landmarks first up.

Mel plays a record dealer who is desperately trying to sell anyone a record at the corner of Sunset & Vine streets in Hollywood, California. While pestering several people, (including Yogi Yorgeson!!), Billy May approaches playing a regular guy walking down the street, Mel takes him into his record store, (Wallichs Music City) & proceeds to pitch everything in the store to him.

In the end Billy won't pay the 85 cents for a record & Mel decides to show him exactly how records are made! They go over to the Capitol Records recording studios on Melrose Avenue & meet with Alan Livingston who takes them on a tour, here is where they run into several famous folks while getting into a little bit of mischief along the way! We get to see rare footage of Dean Martin in the studio actually recording one of his hit records!

Love Mel's voice. Want him to say "what's up doc."

"josephine" is great, heartbreaking smooth 80s yacht disco

however, this same man wrote this line:

"There are people in boats in the middle of the sea
Crying and dying like Jews
Do you like tennis?"

oh wrong thread, sorry. Yeesh,

I was all "...huh" for a second.