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A woebegone old car, a harried department store clerk, a monosyllabic man in a sombrero, and a train announcer whose line ran somewhere between Orange County and the Twilight Zone are all memorable characters from The Jack Benny Program, and all the products of a single talented throat: Mel Blanc. "The Man of a Thousand Voices" was Carmichael the Polar Bear, who lived improbably in Jack's cellar.

Mel Blanc, known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices," was a legendary voice actor who was a prominent figure in Old Time Radio. Blanc was best known for his work on "The Jack Benny Program," one of the most popular and enduring radio shows of the era.Blanc's iconic characters on the show included Jack Benny's long-suffering and vain violin teacher, Professor LeBlanc, as well as a train conductor, a customs official, a racetrack tout, a parrot, and Benny's wise-cracking and gravel-voiced Maxwell car.Mel Blanc also voiced numerous other characters on various radio programs, including "The Mel ...