'You HAVE To See This!

One of the best tracks on 'A 50's Christmas' that I had never heard before is 'Christmas Chopsticks' by Mel Blanc. Mel was of course the man responsible for so many of the classic Disney character voices we all know and love but I had not heard of him making any records before?

Well, if I enjoyed 'Christmas Chopsticks', searching for more Mel Blanc on Youtube I came across 'The Christmas Tree!!' - a tribute to Mel and it really put a smile on my face!

Whatever you do, watch this right through to the end. Don't worry about the pesky advert at the start nor Larry's long introduction. If you think he is 'dragging it out a bit' at first you will think he's a HERO at the end, trust me! I don't think I have seen anything so well performed and funny as this since good old Norman Wisdom died. Norman would be proud of Larry Rapchak and I think he also looks a bit like Will Hay as well in his teachers get-up...

Video's like this are what Youtube was invented for and Mel Blanc would be chuffed to bits that somebody like Larry went to all this trouble to film such a great tribute. How brilliantly has Larry remembered all the words and there is never a moment when you think he is going to get confused and point at the wrong thing or make a mess of it!

Larry, MERRY CHRISTMAS my friend. I don't know you but I already KNOW you and I would get on. You are a star - thanks so much for sharing this with us.