Two days after this aired, on January 24, Mel Blanc was in a near-fatal car accident while many of the shows that required his services,, were still in production. While in a coma, doctors unsuccessfully tried to get him to talk. Finally, a doctor, who was also a huge fan of his cartoon characters, asked him, "Bugs? Bugs Bunny? Are you there?". In Bugs Bunny's voice, he responded "What's up, Doc?". After talking with several other characters, they eventually lead him out of his coma, and he recovered to live to be 81.