The Mel Blanc Show || Episode 07 || Postman’s Ball || B4TV Radio Comedy Theater

Mel Blanc’s fix-it shop gets a special delivery of trouble when the local postman turns up with a damaged mailbag — and a fresh sales pitch for tickets to the Postman’s Ball. What starts as another ordinary repair job quickly turns into classic Mel Blanc comedy, complete with romantic daydreams, fast-talking misunderstandings, and the kind of cheerful nonsense only old-time radio could get away with.

Originally broadcast October 15, 1946, “Postman’s Ball” is listed as Episode 7 in multiple OTR logs and archive references. The series aired on CBS during the 1946–1947 season, with Blanc starring as the bumbling owner of a fix-it shop rather than as his familiar cartoon characters.

🎙️😂 Step inside The Mel Blanc Show — a fast, funny, and wonderfully offbeat classic radio comedy starring the one and only Mel Blanc in one of his rare leading roles. Long before generations knew him as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, and more, Mel Blanc was tearing it up on network radio as the well-meaning but accident-prone owner of Mel’s Fix-It Shop.

Set in a repair shop that seems to attract every kind of broken machine, strange customer, neighborhood problem, and comic disaster imaginable, The Mel Blanc Show blends traditional 1940s sitcom charm with Mel’s elastic voice work, sound-driven humor, and gloriously goofy energy. The result is a show that feels like classic old time radio with a little cartoon madness bubbling underneath the floorboards.

The series aired on CBS from 1946 to 1947 and built a strong supporting cast around Blanc, including Mary Jane Croft as Betty Colby, Joseph Kearns as Mr. Colby, Hans Conried as Mr. Cushing, Alan Reed as Mr. Potchnik, and Bea Benaderet as Mrs. Longneck. Fans of Mel’s later animation work will also get a kick out of the show’s side-character energy, especially the flavor around Zookie, which Radio Spirits notes carried a vocal quality reminiscent of Porky Pig territory.

If you love classic radio comedy, golden age broadcasting, vintage sitcoms, and the history of great voice performance, The Mel Blanc Show is an underrated gem. It is warm, weird, lively, and loaded with personality — the kind of show that reminds you just how much comic firepower Mel Blanc had before most people ever saw a rabbit ask what’s up. 🔥📻