Meet the man behind the voice of Bugs Bunny, Jeffery Bergman Share Updated: 8:15 PM EDT Jul 16, 2021 Meet the man behind the voice of Bugs Bunny, Jeffery Bergman Share Updated: 8:15 PM EDT Jul 16, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript SHANN,NO GO FIGURE. SHANN:NO I GET TO INTERVIEW LEGENDS LIKE JEFFREY BERGMAN. HE IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS ACTOR YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. IS FROM PHILADELPHIA. DON’T HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM BUT PITTSBURGH HDSOL A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART. >> BUGS BUNNY? >> WHAT’S UP, DOC? >> THAT’S KIND OF NORMAL AROUND HERE. SHANNON: IN SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, JEFF BERGMAN IS THE VOICE BEHIND BUGS BUNNY. >> I DID. I GOT MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN PITTSBURGH AND LOVE THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND THE PEOPLE AND MY CAREER STARTED IN PITTSBURGH. SHANNON: IT’S WHERE HE METHE T VOICE ZEN MASTER WHO ORIGINATED THE ROLEN I THE 1930’S. >> IT WAS IN 1981 THAT I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO MEET MEL BLANC AND HE WAS DOING A PERFORMANCE LECTURE AT PITT. I WAS WALKING AROUND THE CATHEDRAL AND SAW A SIGN THAT SAID THE VOICE OF BUGS BUNNY WILL BE AT PITT. I SAID THAT WOULD BE FUN. SH ANN:NO HE TRACKED HIS HERO DOWN TO HIS OAKLAND HOTEL. >> I HEARD A VOICE THAT SOUNDED LIKE, JUST A JIFFY. HEPE ONED UP THE DOOR IN A BATHROBE GETTING READY TO GO TO BED. IT WAS 10:00 AT NIGHT AND I SAID I AM SUCH A FAN OF YOURS AND SO YOUR PERFORMANCE. COULD YOU GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME? HE SAID, ARE YOU JEWISH OR ALITIAN? HE SAID, I’M JEWISH. HE SAID, COME ON IN. SHANNON: HE DIED AND AUDIOITNS BEGAN FOR HIS REPLACEMENT FOR THE VOICE OF BUGS. THOUSANDS OF ACTORS TURNED OUT. >> I WAS NERVOUS. I WAS BECAUSE HE IS THE YODA. HE IS THE GRAND MASTER. SHANNON: STEVESPN IELBERG HELPED CASS BERGMAN. >> LOOK HERE, CLEVELAND. WE HAVE A CERTAIN WAY OF DOING THINGS. SHANNON: THREE DECADES LATER, HE FOUND HIMSELF PLAYING DOUG SPUN IT DOES BUGS BUN DNYURING A PANDEMIC. >-- PLAYING BSUG BUNNY DURING A PANDEMIC. HE HAS A NEW YORK ACCENT. >> IT’S TRUE, DOC, I AM THE RABBIT AND IT IS A CROSS BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND THE BRONX. ANN:SH I AM WONDERING, IS THERE A TIME OR SPACE WERE BUGS NNBUY WOULD HAVE BEEN A PITTSBURGHER? >> LET’S SEE. I AM GOING DOWNTOWN AND I AM GOING UP THE HILL. AND YINS GOGIN DOWN THERE AND GOING UP HERE. [LAUGHTER] THAT’S A NEW ONE. I NEVER THOUGHT TO DO THAT. SHANNON: HE IS PROBAYBL THE MOST FAMOUS CHARACTER OF BERGMAN BUT IT IS FAR FROM HIS ONLY ONE. >> I AM DOING THE VOICE OF FRED FLINTSTONE. [LAUGHTER] YABBA-DABBA-DOO! THIS IS YOGI BEAR. HI, BOO-BOO. I AM SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR. IF I WERE YOU, I WOULDN’T TOUCH THAT PIG IN THE BASKET. ♪ SHANNON: HE HOPES A NEW GENERATION OF FANS ENJOY SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY. >> WE PAY AMASH TO THE FIRST SPACE JAM BUT SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY IS DEFINITELY A STANDALONE FILM DAN THERE IS SO MUCH LONELINESS ANDD 2AND 3D ANIMATION. IT IS A GREAT STORY. THE PREMIER IS ALMOST HERE! YOU WILL SAY THERE GOES THE KID WHOSE FATHER IS A GREAT BIG LIAR. YOU ARE SO DRAMATIC. YOU GET THAT FROM YOUR MOTHER’S SIDE. SHANNON: THE MASTER. THE MASTER. THAT IS SO ENTERTAINING. OH, MY GOSH. MR. JEFF BERGMAN. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO ME TODAY. >> THANK YOU, SHANNON. THAT’S ALL, FOLKS.NON. SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES. BYE. SHANNON: GOING TOHE T MOVIES IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. WHEN YOU TAKE Y