Monday, March 03, 2008

Say it!... Say it!... Say it!


Ever heard of the "Wilhelm Scream?"

Even if you hadn't heard OF it, you've probably heard it:




You've probably heard the Wilhelm Scream dozens of times in different movies and television shows without realizing it, but it's one of those things that once you hear, you'll always be able to identify it afterwards. It's now become an in-joke amongst sound editors who try to insert it into their films whenever there's a perfect moment that just needs an over-the-top scream. It began as a Warner Bros. stock sound effect, but was revived and put to serious use by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt. Now the thing just won't die.
The i09 site traces the scream back to an actor Sheb Wooley but I know the true origins of the scream:

14 comments:

Don Snabulus said...

Very interesting. Aaaaaaaaa!!!

Good old Howard Dean. Hard to think of Democrats as being smarter than Republicans after letting something like that sway a campaign.

Dean Wormer said...

Yeah. He is doing good with the paty on the 50 state strategy.

Yeeeaarrggg!!

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Randal Graves said...

Good answer, good answer. I'll be watching you.

Swinebread said...

LOL it's pretty close

Dean Wormer said...

Randal-

I miss Kinison :(

Swine-

Isn't it scary?

Spirula said...

Wingnuts have there own Wilhelm scream, however it sounds like "nineeleven".

Dean Wormer said...

Spirula

:)

Jess Wundrun said...

It was me. I stepped in dogshit.

Dr. Zaius said...

Eek! People are still pushing the false Howard Dean meme! Even Bill O'Reilly gave up on that crap.

Dean Wormer said...

Jess-

Thanks for fessing up.

Zaius-

You know I love Dean. c'mon.

Dr. Zaius said...

I know. I'm just a whiner.

Dr. Zaius said...

Ask Randal, he'll tell you.

Freida Bee said...

That made me like Dean even more than I did, but, alas, it was too late.