Part one of a profile on Ray Campi's Interviews with Old Hollywood Legends (2004), including Mel Blanc (1974) and Bud Abbott (1971), Mel Blanc in“Woody Woodpecker Out West” (1940s), the conclusion of Joe Bevilacqua reading “Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman” (2010), an episode of “Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales” (1960s), Daws Butler and Tip Corning in “Happy Grasshopper” (1940s), Joe Bevilacqua in “Punky Possum and the Mud Bath,” a musical Uncle Dunkle story by Daws Butler (2002), Mel Blanc sings “Daffy Duck's Rhapsody” (1940s). As the protege of cartoon voice legend Daws Butler (Yogi Bear), the veteran award-winning broadcaster (NPR, XM Radio) Joe Bevilacqua is no stranger to the cartoon world. Joe Bev even co-authored his mentor’s authorized biography, “Daws Butler, Characters Actor”, available at http://www.BearManorMedia.Com.From Mel Blanc to June Foray, from Disney to Hanna-Barbera, “Cartoon Carnival” is a lively hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, children’s records, cartoon music and sound effects, new radio cartoons, interviews and mini-documentaries about the wonderful world of animation.Joe Bevilacqua is a veteran radio theater producer and voice actor. He also works on stage and is the winner of the 2012 New York TANYS Award for Excellence in Acting. He has performed at the Improv, Caroline's on Broadway, Catch a Rising Star, the Comic Strip, opened for Uncle Floyd, worked with Al Franken, Shelley Berman, Lewis Black and Rick Overton. Joe has also MC'd shows featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Mahr and Gilbert Gottfried. He has been regularly heard on National Public Radio and Sirius-XM Radio and has produced hundreds of hours of audiobooks. More at http://www.JoeBev.com."Joe has also combed through those mounds of audio (if I may mix metaphors) to come up with Volume One of "The Best of Cartoon Carnival." This features Joe's personal interviews, some of whom are no longer around to talk today: Joe Barbera, Leonard Maltin, Bob Clampett, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Bill Marx, June Foray, Bill Scott, Hoyt Curtin, and Craig Marin. The almost three-hour compilation show also features narration from Doug Young (Doggie Daddy) and Janet Waldo (Judy Jetson), both happily still with us today."  - Don Yowp---The Best of Cartoon Carnival collections are available as MP3 downloads or CD at:http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?collection=Consumer&refinements=&q=Cartoon+CarnivalRare Daws Butler and Uncle Dunkle Collections:http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?collection=Consumer&refinements=&q=Daws+Butlerhttp://www.dawsbutler.com/http://www.abebooks.com/Mel-Blanc-Man-Thousand-Voices-Ohmart/11837867979/bd ---The Best of Cartoon Carnival collections are available as MP3 downloads or CD at:http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?collection=Consumer&refinements=&q=Cartoon+CarnivalBearManor Media has published a number of books on Popeye and animation in general.http://www.bearmanormedia.com/he-am-what-he-am-jack-mercer-the-voice-of-popeye-by-fred-m.-grandinettihttp://www.bearmanormedia.com/animationhttp://www.bearmanormedia.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=75http://www.alibris.com/Stronger-Than-Spinach-The-Secret-Appeal-of-the-Famous-Studios-Popeye-Cartoons-Steve-R-Bierly/book/29608354?qsort=c&matches=10http://www.alibris.com/Jack-Mercer-the-Voice-of-Popeye-Fred-M-Grandinetti/book/29593892Other Cartoon Carnivals in the world:http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/carnivalposter.jpghttp://www.myabandonware.com/media/screenshots/h/hanna-barbera-cartoon-carnival-3nr/hanna-barbera-cartoon-carnival_1.pnghttp://cartoonresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dont_miss.jpgFan art:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7QsraBO4tqM/TGr7z7XVWMI/AAAAAAAABBo/izR3OM3_TaE/s1600/CartoonCarnival_BugsMickey_Colour.pngThe Best of Cartoon Carnival volumes 1 - 4 are available from Blackstone Audio and Waterlogg Produ