Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

Voice actor and comedian Mel Blanc was born in San Francisco and grew
up in Portland, Oregon where he attended Lincoln High School. He began
his nearly six-decade-long career in 1927 performing on the KGW radio
program The Hoot Owls.

Blanc earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices” when he
worked for Warner Bros. is best remembered for his work with Warner
Bros. during the "Golden Age of American animation" as the voice of
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird and many more,

He later worked for Hanna- Barbera‘s television cartoons, most notably
as the voice of Barney Rubble in The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely
in The Jetsons. Mel Blanc was one of the most influential people
in the voice-acting industry.

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Mel Blanc (far right) was a cast member of the first Jack Benny radio show 
along with Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Dennis Day and
Rochester.
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Mel on The David Letterman Show

Jay Leno on the “Today” show talks about becoming the new host
of NBC’s late night show. “Tonight Show”.

 
Billy Crystal was Jay’s first guest on the Tonight Show, May 25, 1992

 
Shanice Wilson was Jay Leno’s first musical guest on the Tonight Show

Jay Turned 62 in April

A news report that aired in Melbourne, Australia 

Tomorrow (also known as The Tomorrow Show and, after 1980, Tomorrow Coast to Coast) was a late-night television show hosted by Tom Snyder . The show aired on
NBC from October 15, 1973 – December 17, 1981. Guests featured included Paul McCartney, “Weird Al” Yankovic in his first TV appearance, and John Lennon in his
last TV interview. Los Angeles news anchor Kelly Lange, a good friend of Snyder,
was the regular substitute guest host. Snyder died on July 29, 2007, in San
Francisco at the age of 71 from complications of leukemia.

John Lennon with Tom Snyder

Twister is a game of physical skill produced by Hasbro Games. It was designed by Charles F. Foley and Neil Rabens in 1966, and became a success when Eva Gabor played it with Johnny Carson (above) on television’s Tonight Show on May 3, 1966.