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TIL In 1961, after voice actor Mel Blanc was in a severe car accident, he was in a coma and wouldn’t speak. Doctors eventually tried asking about his characters. When asked how Bugs Bunny was, he said, “Eh, just fine Doc.” Asked about Tweety, he replied, “I tawt I taw a puddy tat.”

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