Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)
Mel Blanc at KGW radio in Portland, Oregon
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (Blank) (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)
Nicknamed The Man with a Thousand Voices, Mel Blanc brought life to lovable
cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird and Daffy Duck
as a voice actor. He changed the spelling of his last name after a rude comment
made by his high school teacher. Blanc began his radio career at the age of 19
when in 1927 he debuted as a voice actor on the KGW program The Hoot Owls
in Portland, Oregon.
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003)
Hope won an amateur talent contest for his Charlie Chaplin
impersonation in 1915. In 1997, the U.S. Congress declared
him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed
forces."
The musical film On with the Show! was released by Warner Bros. It is noted as
the first ever all-talking, all-color feature length movie, and the second color
movie released by Warner Bros. Unfortunately, only black and white copies
survived.