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Birthday Cards

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel tries to drum up business by mailing flattering birthday cards to dozens of townspeople. The scheme backfires when he discovers every card also promises a gift under separate cover,…

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Efficiency Expert

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Betty persuades Mel to adopt an efficiency expert’s system at the fix-it shop, but the spotless new arrangement makes every needed part impossible to find. With a customer demanding her…

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The Cake Contest

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel’s attempt to avoid embarrassment over baking a cake turns into a full-scale county-fair contest, complete with putty holding his entry together and Zookie trying to dispose of competing cakes.…

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Sally and Marylou

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel secretly agrees to repair Mr. Cushing’s fishing rod, Sally, and boat, Mary Lou, but overheard references to the two names convince Betty and Mr. Colby that he is seeing…

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Postmans Ball

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel wants to take Betty to the Postman’s Ball, but Mr. Colby insists she help entertain a visiting sardine-company executive. Discovering the guest is a fellow Zebra, Mel helps Colby…

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Songwriter

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mr. Colby reveals a secret ambition to become a songwriter and asks Mel to use his supposed show-business connections to get a singer to hear his new tune. Mel manages…

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Community Chest Show

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel organizes a Community Chest benefit at the local auditorium, combining musical entertainment with Zookie’s wildly confused pageant about Columbus. The amateur show nearly gets away from him, but the…

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The New Radio

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel insists on repairing Mr. Colby’s brand-new radio and promptly ruins it. He hides behind the set and impersonates broadcasts to conceal the damage until Colby catches him, but Mel’s…

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The Astrologer

The Mel Blanc Show ·

When Mr. Colby prepares to sell his supermarket and move away, Mel discovers the buyer relies on an astrologer before making decisions. Zookie diverts the real mystic while Mel poses…

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The Elopement

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel wants to elope with Betty but loses his nerve after an earlier attempt sends Zookie into Mr. Colby’s hands. He visits a psychiatrist for courage, adopts an exaggerated tough-guy…

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Christmas Present

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Unable to match Willie Murdoch’s expensive Christmas gift for Betty, Mel disguises himself as an elderly woman to win a $40 bottle of perfume in Mr. Colby’s supermarket contest. The…

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Christmas Shopping

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Betty’s shifting Christmas wishes send Mel back to the department store again and again to exchange earrings, a compact, a bracelet and other gifts. When the store demands approval from…

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Zebra of the Year

The Mel Blanc Show ·

At the Zebra lodge’s New Year’s Eve meeting, Mel stages a comic pageant reviewing the events of 1946 before the members elect their Zebra of the Year. Every member initially…

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The Broken Caruso Record

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel breaks Mr. Colby’s treasured Caruso and Galli-Curci records and tries to conceal the disaster by hiding with Professor Pachnik behind a curtain and impersonating the singers. The counterfeit concert…

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Foreign Relatives

The Mel Blanc Show ·

When Mr. Colby needs a bank loan, Mel and Professor Pachnik stage an elaborate parade of invented foreign relatives in hopes of impressing banker Grimes. The deception collapses, but Grimes…

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Masquerade Ball

The Mel Blanc Show ·

At the lodge masquerade, Mel tests Betty’s devotion by courting her in a succession of disguises, including a French count and a tough gangster. Betty sees through much of the…

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Bettys Suitors

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Trying to make himself look like Betty’s best marriage prospect, Mel and Zookie parade a succession of ridiculous rival suitors before Mr. Colby. The scheme only reinforces Colby’s hostility, and…

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Mels Birthday

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Facing bankruptcy and an auction of his fix-it shop on his birthday, Mel pretends to disappear so he can discover how much his friends really care. He returns in disguise…

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Vaudeville Team

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mr. Colby’s chance to head the Zebra lodge entertainment committee depends on proving he can put on a show, but he refuses to perform cheap vaudeville. Mel fills the gap…

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Councilman Colby

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mr. Colby’s hopes for a city-council seat are endangered when Mel accidentally reveals that he shot a pheasant out of season. Mel then discovers Mayor Quimby committed the same offense,…

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The Art Critic

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mr. Colby leaves Mel two paintings to clean and tells him he may sell the worthless one for extra money. Mel manages to sell the valuable painting to banker Grimes…

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Miss Ugga Ugga Boo

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Jealous after misunderstanding Betty’s dealings with Hartley Benson, Mel urges the Zebra lodge to elect Cousin Dottie in its annual beauty contest. The vote ends in a tie, his South…

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April Fools

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel’s April Fool prank convinces Mr. Colby he has inherited a fortune, prompting Colby to start giving away the supermarket’s stock. Mel disguises himself as an English lawyer to undo…

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Easter Egg Hunt

The Mel Blanc Show ·

To impress Mr. Colby, Mel offers a $100 reward for the person who finds his advertising egg, then panics when the costly egg lands in Colby’s supermarket. He disguises himself…

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Society Party

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Determined to prove he belongs at a society party, Mel disguises himself as a flamboyant Italian impresario and crashes the gathering with Professor Pachnik. His critique of Mrs. Grimes’s singing…

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Literary Discussion

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Determined to prove he belongs in high society, Mel attends Mrs. Grimes’s literary discussion while Mr. Cushing hides outside with an encyclopedia and feeds him answers through the window. The…

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James Mason Movies

The Mel Blanc Show ·

After a James Mason movie fires Mel’s theatrical ambitions, he tries to turn himself into a sophisticated actor and becomes entangled in plans for a play built around the famous…

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Oil Stock

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel gets tangled in dubious Sunnyville Oil stock and tries to keep Mr. Colby from losing money with the same promotion. After a series of disguises and a staged report…

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Trial Separation

The Mel Blanc Show ·

Mel and Betty try a temporary separation so each can date other people, but neither likes the experiment. Mel eventually enters a get-acquainted club in a Spanish disguise and runs…

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