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I have an older cousin who has a particularly unusual collection: every 78 rpm recording every made by the 1940s/'50s novelty band Spike Jones & His City Slickers.

That runs to dozens of the old-style discs with the group's goofy sound-effects-laden songs that were all the rage in films, personal appearances and even early television shows back then.

Here, in a 1942 musical short called "Clink! Clink! Another Drink," Spike is the bartender and Mel Blanc -- the vocal genius who created the original voices of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Barney Rubble and more -- has a short solo.



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