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A Wonderful Tale Of A Long-Hidden Inside Movie Secret
I normally don't deviate from our main topic here, but this is one my favourite things I've seen in a long time. It's about movies and it comes from BBC One. It's the story of a very old in-joke for movie fans that most never heard about - but ironically, almost everyone has almost certainly heard! (You'll get it when you watch the video.)
It spans everything from old movie westerns to Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
And it's worth noting that Sheb Wooley had a Top 40 novelty hit called "Purple People Eater," that became a classic. So maybe in a way it is sort of broadcast-related, after all.
Here's the incredible story of The Wilhelm Scream.
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There is another example of this, only it applies to TV and it isn't really used much anymore. But it was big in the 50s and originated with "I Love Lucy."
In every episode, Lucy gets into some kind of trouble and there's a famous laugh track where you hear a woman very plainly say "Uh, Oh!" followed by a nervous laugh. Legend has it that's Lucille Ball's mother, Dede, who attended most of the shootings of the show.
What makes it so unusual is that moment of audio was reused countless times in other 60s TV comedies that used a laugh track and became one of the most common bits of tape slipped in to "sweeten" a program's laugh quotient.
If you watch some of the early sitcoms on CHCH during the day, you're bound to hear it fairly often.
‘I Love Lucy’: Famous ‘Uh Oh’ Laugh Track Bit Used on Show Was Voiced by Lucille Ball’s Mother
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