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All Hail Wilhelm!!

>> 1st? by PlasmaOrb	Oct 17th, 2007 10:57:47 AM
I wish i had access to you tube at work.. cant watch it..
Hold on, I'll finish filling my pipe! by Osmosis Jones	Oct 17th, 2007 10:58:08 AM
Ahhhhhh-AHHHHHHHH-ahhhhh!
Fcuk by qtipsq	Oct 17th, 2007 10:59:20 AM
I put in my password and i lose first spot.
Yeah this stuff has been know FOREVER by Proman1984	Oct 17th, 2007 10:59:37 AM
Wonder if it will show up in Indy 4.
First? by BackRiverCatfish	Oct 17th, 2007 11:00:40 AM
Yes! First time!
Fuck by BackRiverCatfish	Oct 17th, 2007 11:03:32 AM
Not first!
All hail Sheb Wooley by boyblue	Oct 17th, 2007 11:05:11 AM
And you gotta give some love to Ben Burtt too!!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggghhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! by boyblue	Oct 17th, 2007 11:05:43 AM

I'm in the same situation PlasmaOrb by Bloo	Oct 17th, 2007 11:05:46 AM
I'm at work and can't access YouTube, however not becuase work forbids it, but because my computer here is old and sucks
All Hail Magatron by erichaislar	Oct 17th, 2007 11:07:03 AM
Man Bay really hates us did u guys see all this shit he said about AICN?
Famous for screaming like a bitch on fire by Orcus	Oct 17th, 2007 11:09:25 AM
It's like looking for Waldo when I go to the movies
The Wilhelm BETTER be in Indy 4 by Osmosis Jones	Oct 17th, 2007 11:09:33 AM
It's tradition! Maybe Indy will emit it when he learns that LaBeef is his son...
YouTube links bring the suck by gruntybear	Oct 17th, 2007 11:10:54 AM
Can we all just agree that YouTube is the largest compendium of useless crap ever foisted on the internet? Every video is grainy, dark, with colors bleeding and sound distortions. I try to avoid it whenever possible, but even in casual surfing, I am assaulted with those big black boxes with links to some supposedly heart-stopping 30 second clip of - let's face it - total crap.
Wilhelm Scream by Refuge5	Oct 17th, 2007 11:12:42 AM
also a good band...
All hail King Booker by Toby___Wong	Oct 17th, 2007 11:19:06 AM
The rest don't count.
erichaislar... by Francis Begbie	Oct 17th, 2007 11:19:40 AM
you got a link to what Bay said? I'm interested to know what he said.
All Hail The Criwmson King by Virtual Satyr	Oct 17th, 2007 11:29:50 AM

Crimson by Virtual Satyr	Oct 17th, 2007 11:30:27 AM
Forgive me
gruntybear by Rupee88	Oct 17th, 2007 11:33:35 AM
true dat..but we will have to suffer with Youtube for a long time until most everyoneget upgraded bandwidth like they have in South Korea.
I saw this Sunday morning on TV... by Bobo_Vision	Oct 17th, 2007 11:35:04 AM
..And thought it was a great piece. I've always noticed that scream. There are even video games that use it. I've wondered about its origin, its great he finally got some recognition.
Applause track? by SamBluestone	Oct 17th, 2007 11:35:22 AM
Oh man that's bloody ridiculous, in a hilarious way. But what I want to know is, what's the name of that "applause" track they use for every single bloody crowd-bursting-into-applause scene? Of course I can't describe it--how does one describe applause?--but does ANYone know what I mean? I know they used it in CLERKS the series. The damn track drives me crazy and always takes me out of the story.
Hail to the all pervasive WS...spotted it recently in Death Proo by KillaKane	Oct 17th, 2007 11:36:43 AM
When Jungle Jane's pussy possie get smashed by Stuntman Mike, quite a distinct 'Wilhelm' in there amidst the sonic carnage.
OOAAaaaaaahhhhhhh by ricarleite	Oct 17th, 2007 11:47:57 AM
All I can scream right now
I also noticed the Wilhelm in Death Proof... by Osmosis Jones	Oct 17th, 2007 11:48:18 AM
...but was that added specifically for the DVD? I saw Grindhouse twice in theaters, and didn't notice it until I watched Death Proof on DVD.
There's a track of children playing... by Bobo_Vision	Oct 17th, 2007 11:54:20 AM
...that I always seem to pick out too, so I know what you mean, Sam Bluestone. There's a kid that says something like.."Yay yay......awww.....Yay....hee haw" Indescribable, but I can't help but notice it. I also remember that the show 'Taxi' had this really weird audience member, where there was always this one guy with a weird laugh that went something like, "Hawwwwwww.. . . . hawwwwwww. . . .hawwwwwwww. . . . hawwwww" Weird. They actually keep moles in studio audiences, so there's one, or a few, fake laughers to get people to follow the herd and laugh as well.
MERRICK, do your job. by Shermdawg	Oct 17th, 2007 11:56:17 AM
Clean house over in the McCoy talkback. If Mori was around he would've already taken care of the problem. Thank you.
Fuck Sheb Wooley what about Fern Persons? by Unlabled	Oct 17th, 2007 12:01:36 PM
You know what I'm speaking on
Star Wars scene? by Hairy Nutsack	Oct 17th, 2007 12:10:00 PM
WTF is that scene with Han Solo and Chewbacca right at the end of the video? Holiday Special?
What the fuck? by Kurzinski Valentine	Oct 17th, 2007 12:11:54 PM
I always thought that OTHER scream was the Wilhelm Scream. For years now..the one that's way longer and is used probably just as frequently. The only thing I can specifically remember it from right now is from the Earthworm Jim game on Sega Genesis, but it's been EVERYWHERE. All this time I had it confused with the wrong one? This real one is way lame.
I'm just having fun completing the "how I sound every time I .." by 300 monkeys	Oct 17th, 2007 12:15:42 PM
c'mon play along at home - it's easy!
The last shot in that report.... by SubliminalJones	Oct 17th, 2007 12:17:25 PM
...is from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, where Harrison Ford throws the stormtrooper off the platform at Chewbacca's house. And it looks to be in clear, very good quality. Did Lucas actually allow them to use that clip, despite years of swearing he'd like to see every bootleg copy of that show destroyed? Does this mean we will soon be seeing The Star Wars Holiday Special "Special Edition" 2- disc dvd, with brand new musical number between Jar-Jar and Bea Arthur? Oh, the horror.
Ok...it HAS to be asked... by Darth Macchio	Oct 17th, 2007 12:18:03 PM
Can I get the Wilhelm as a down-loadable ring tone??!??!! I must have the Wilhelm as my permanent ring-tone. It will be mine. Oh YES. It will be mine!
Also in 30 Days of Night.... by Kasch	Oct 17th, 2007 12:21:55 PM
Listen closely during the vampire town massacre.
Kurzinski "Whaa-hoo-hooooooey!" by Frijole	Oct 17th, 2007 12:25:32 PM
I believe you're referring to what is affectionately called the "Goofy Holler" (since it was originally so prominently used in Goofy shorts- though it's been used in thousands of shows, shorts and movies since then). http://tinyurl.com/yrglgw
Watch videos like this! http://tinyurl.com/yug838 by LazarusRevival	Oct 17th, 2007 12:34:04 PM
Come on talkbackers, support your own! Subscribe, critique, enjoy!
Bay Rantings by erichaislar	Oct 17th, 2007 12:36:03 PM
There in the special features of the 2 disc DVD for transformers. He just talked about all the comments and we said and quoted The "Damn you Micheal Bay" Or "your Raping my childhood" and how we just didn't get what he was doing. The funny thing was shia was kinda of a dick about it all. he totally made fun of us he said something "I'm a transformers fan but not like the 25 G1 fans on AICN bitching about the designs" But the way he said it was very shitty like we are bunch of losers or someshit.
INTERESTING FACTOID I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS WILHELM SCREAM by BringingSexyBack	Oct 17th, 2007 12:36:32 PM
That's the sound I make when I make love to my butt plug.
Wow... by Blackguard	Oct 17th, 2007 12:45:29 PM
..must be a slow news day.
I hate the Wilhelm scream. by rev_skarekroe	Oct 17th, 2007 12:50:19 PM
They might as well flash a big message on the screen that says "HEY! YOU'RE WATCHING A MOVIE!"
Blowout by AngelinasOilBoy	Oct 17th, 2007 12:50:25 PM
This reminded me of the ending to the De Palma movie where Travolta uses Nancy Allen's dying scream when he's editing a cheap horror movie. Great end to a mediocre movie. Was De Palma inspired by Wilhelm?
Frijole, nah it's not the Goofy Holler by Kurzinski Valentine	Oct 17th, 2007 12:55:09 PM
I'm familiar with that one. It's a longer scream that's usually used when a guy is falling off a cliff, since it fades off at the end. I've heard it a million times. I don't think I've ever really noticed the Wilhelm scream all this time, since I thought this other one was it.
its pretty lamn to use the same scream over & over by Norm3	Oct 17th, 2007 01:07:43 PM
Lucas especially, for using such an old one. Do people really scream like that when they are shot!
WILHELM SOLD OUT by ScreamingPenis	Oct 17th, 2007 01:14:29 PM
so, the Wilhelm scream used to be an inside reference between sound editors. now that michael bay is using it -- it's officially no longer cool. check out the condensed version of the Star Wars holiday special (five minutes) on YouTube. it was pretty darn shocking to hear Wilhelm on that.
what about the rrryeeeaaarRRGGHHH!!!! Scream by modlight	Oct 17th, 2007 01:24:59 PM
That one is wayyy more noticable, fake, and shitty. I mainly notice it because it was used in one of the Dark Forces games whenever you fell off a cliff, and since then it sticks out like a sore thumb. It's way way way overused and whenever I hear it it rips me out of whatever film I'm in and places me right in the editing bay watching some shit director scramble to throw in a death scream at the eleventh hour.
All hail Brodie Mash! by AllieJamison	Oct 17th, 2007 01:30:12 PM
See Ford passing on his hat to Lucas in this little video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =McmogV7EZjY I'm gonna cry..
HOLY SHIT B ARTHER WAS IN THAT!!!!! by erichaislar	Oct 17th, 2007 01:33:06 PM
Oh my god!!!!!
GO TEAM VENTURE!!!!! by biggles2_22	Oct 17th, 2007 01:33:53 PM
That is all.
Ebert by The+Hitman	Oct 17th, 2007 01:36:10 PM
Roger has been writing about this in his "Movie Answer Man" column for quite some time. I'm not sure he ever traced it back to it's origins though.
Sitcom laugh by Mister Man	Oct 17th, 2007 01:41:19 PM
Isn't there also the sitcom laugh, by Lucille Ball's mother, still used today??
modlight by photoboy	Oct 17th, 2007 02:07:34 PM
The Dark Forces scream! I always notice that one too. I think the first time I heard it re-used was in Broken Arrow when some guy gets thrown off a train as it crosses a bridge. Also, speaking of re-used sound effects let's not forget the noise of doors opening/closing in Doom that turns up all over the place. There's also a really cheesy scraping noise that gets re-used loads too, usually whenever a cell door or old gate is opened.
If you want to see something funny... by LukeMorrison86	Oct 17th, 2007 02:21:41 PM
www.myspace.com/elephantsinthe room website for a new satire coming to nationwide film festivals. I tried to post it on the main site here but they wouldn't put it up.
If you want to see something funny... by LukeMorrison86	Oct 17th, 2007 02:21:42 PM
www.myspace.com/elephantsinthe room website for a new satire coming to nationwide film festivals. I tried to post it on the main site here but they wouldn't put it up.
The quickest way to wrench someone out of a movie... by ThreeOranges	Oct 17th, 2007 02:29:15 PM
...and into the realm of annoyance. I hate the Wilhelm scream. Including it is not clever, and neither is recognizing it when you hear it.
another thing to blame George Lucas for by Cedar_Room	Oct 17th, 2007 02:45:12 PM
Greedo shooting first, Jar Jar Binks, and a stupid fucking scream in every single film he's involved with.
modlight knows the one I'm talking about. by Kurzinski Valentine	Oct 17th, 2007 02:51:02 PM
It totally is the "rrryeeeaaarRRGGHHH!!!!" and it's fucking EVERYWHERE. Pretty much used in anything where someone falls off a cliff.
I FOUND IT. by Kurzinski Valentine	Oct 17th, 2007 03:08:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Ih-O3KC6hzs remove the spaces in the url. It's at the end of the the into to the cartoon 'Ahhh! Real Monsters' and THAT'S the one I always thought was the Wilhelm Scream.
Old youtube clip by impossiblefunky	Oct 17th, 2007 03:09:30 PM
I remember watching this YouTube clip about ten years ago (before YouTube). Needs to be updated with LOTR, Spiderman, etc.
My favourite clifffalling scream... by Bobo_Vision	Oct 17th, 2007 03:13:15 PM
...without a doubt, is Sully being dropped from a cliff by Schwarzenegger, after telling him he lied that he would kill him last, and Sully yelling, "You L-L-L-ied??!!!" as he falls to his death. Classic.
Yup, thats the one. by modlight	Oct 17th, 2007 03:21:34 PM
Terrible.
Yeah, the rrrryeeearRRRRRGH Scream by The Chosen	Oct 17th, 2007 03:27:27 PM
Before seeing this article, i always thought the famed Wilhelm Scream was the rrrryeeearRRRRRGH scream... Mainly because i never looked it up... But nonentheless, (sp?), the rrrryeeearRRRRRGH is in many movies/games... I remember it clearly from the sound of selecting a Terran Building in Starcraft... The Science Facility or Barracks, don't reemmber exactly... But i'm sure i've heard the rrrryeeearRRRRRGH in many movies too. Anyway, fun article.
I like that I spelled that correctly. by modlight	Oct 17th, 2007 03:35:38 PM
People clearly knew which one I was talking about. Apparently I have a future in comic book Onomatopoeia. I hope that in 10 years there is an post on AICN about the infamous rrrryeeearRRRRRGH scream and I'll tell my son that I was the first one to spell it out and he'll say "Dad, why can't you like sports like all my friends' dads." and I'll say lovingly "Shut up son."
Most famous = Star Wars - Death Star by messi	Oct 17th, 2007 03:47:08 PM
Where a stormtrooper gets shot on the bridge in the most classic fun scene of perhaps all time.
Best Use: End of Pixar's short 'Lifted' by Prague23	Oct 17th, 2007 03:51:36 PM
I laughed my frakin head off when I saw Ratatouille and before they played the short 'Lifted' and of course I knew about the Wilhelm scream, what am I a frakin idiot over here? It's also brilliantly used in Tarantino's 'Death Proof' about 57:30 into the film, during the 'head on crash' oops, spoiler. That's not even the end, don't worry.
I chuckle a little by TheNothing	Oct 17th, 2007 03:55:28 PM
every time I hear it.
AICN jumps the shark.............. by Cleyu	Oct 17th, 2007 03:59:26 PM
I never thought it would happen.........but it did. Well done Merrick.
Transformers by ltgalloway	Oct 17th, 2007 04:14:12 PM
Its all over that movie. Wish i didn't know about this thing so I could enjoy going to movies in blissful ignorance.
AllieJamison, that sounds ominously bad by finky089	Oct 17th, 2007 04:29:26 PM
I can't view YouTube anymore here at work, but I sent the link to my home PC so I can cry about it later. Tell me it isn't literally Ford putting the cap on Shia. Or if it is, it's not while the cameras are actualyl rolling. Just a goof-off.
DAMN YOU MICHAEL BAY by finky089	Oct 17th, 2007 04:30:05 PM
Just for old time's sake and his comments on the TINO DVD.
tears for fears by AllieJamison	Oct 17th, 2007 04:39:01 PM
Don't worry, finky. It's those geeky tears of joy.
The sound of Tie Fighters flying were also screams by alienindisguise	Oct 17th, 2007 04:39:25 PM
Just modified.
Anyone else notice it in Death Proof, the DVD version? by LHombreSiniestro	Oct 17th, 2007 04:39:30 PM
I didnt recall it in the theatrical version.
BREAKING NEWS: HULK HOGAN CAST FOR THE WILHELM SCREAM SEQUEL by Pound Sand	Oct 17th, 2007 04:49:02 PM
"AAAAAAAAAiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iirrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhghhghghghh hhhh , Brother !"
rrrryeeearRRRRRGH!!! by Strshp2rpr	Oct 17th, 2007 05:03:50 PM
Thank jeebus I'm not the only person who noticed that scream used over and over (I thought I was some kind of scream detecting freak). What amazes me is how many other people call it the "Dark Forces Scream" like myself. That's the one I want the history of.
HOLIDAY SPECIAL! by Streetsim	Oct 17th, 2007 05:34:10 PM
Hahaha! I can't believe they used the Star Wars Holiday Special (i.e. All in the Famiwook.)
There's more than just our friend Wilhelm! by C.K.Dexter_Haven	Oct 17th, 2007 05:44:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ejrlqcNnu7g
Wilhelm is annoying. by eggart	Oct 17th, 2007 05:49:16 PM
It's a fartmark on sound design.
The EEEYEAAAARGGGHH Scream by JoeSixPack	Oct 17th, 2007 05:55:40 PM
That's what I'm calling the other scream people refer to. I love that scream so much and it always cracks me up when it's used in a movie. That stupid thing has to be in 1000 movies. Who cares about the Wilhelm scream when you have the EEEYEAAARGGGHH scream.
PS: My only hope is to make one movie by JoeSixPack	Oct 17th, 2007 05:57:59 PM
because I want to use the EEEYEAAAAAAAAAAAAA scream so bad.
Meh, with a capital "M" by Gus Van Rant	Oct 17th, 2007 06:29:01 PM
Meh.
Kung Fu's "Oof!"? by Jonas Grumpy	Oct 17th, 2007 06:38:15 PM
What's the official name for that grunt that everyone who falls to the ground on "Kung Fu" always emitted? It was used over and over and over and over, no matter who the person was, how old they were, or how much of an impact they made. You know the sound I'm talking about! I must know.
Caught it in 30 days of night by happyjam	Oct 17th, 2007 06:51:03 PM
right after reading about it. It was like an audio where's waldo like another poster remarked.
Prague... by Darkman	Oct 17th, 2007 06:56:46 PM
That was hilarious, at the end of "Lifted". When the scream came, I laughed, and I wasn't the only one in the theater to do so. Great stuff.
Famous for screaming like a bitch on fire by Cowboy Bert	Oct 17th, 2007 08:32:40 PM
That must have taken forever to compile those videos. Just identifying the films! Sheesh, some people have some time!
The reeeearrgghHHHHHHH scream was used in Broken Arrow by Osmosis Jones	Oct 17th, 2007 09:53:20 PM
When Christian Slater kicks Howie Long to his death from ther train, Howie does the reeeearrrrgggHHHHHHHHHHHH scream all the way down. That clip's on YouTube somewhere. There's also this stock female scream I hear a lot (you can hear it on one of the TV spots on the Willard DVD).
The famous female scream by methosb	Oct 17th, 2007 10:34:52 PM
There is one other scream then the ones everyone has mentioned here that I ALWAYS notice and it is really annoying. It is that absurd and long female scream that is in three parts like ahhhhhh--ah ah-ahhhhhhh. It is used all the time and still gets used. I'm sure most film makers know about these screams, it is easy enough to just get someone on the staff to do a scream.
errrrrr clink! by ironic_name	Oct 17th, 2007 11:34:18 PM
the rusty door opening, you hear it in cartoons and in T3
I love that scream... by Vic Twenty	Oct 18th, 2007 12:53:33 AM
I smile every time I hear it. Always have, always will.
Did anyone notice that BEN BURTT was the... by hollywoodsummers	Oct 18th, 2007 12:54:54 AM
sound designer/editor on about half of those examples. He is a wilhelm fanatic! You can check out his work building the sound library in the first 10 years of Skywalker sound (then called Sprocket Systems) here in this short You Tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =gRGdWocU9ag
methosb, I think I know the scream you're talking about by Bobo_Vision	Oct 18th, 2007 01:29:38 AM
Is it the female scream that almost sounds like a dog being kicked? A really high pitched yelp? If so, thats another one you hear all the time, and its used in commercials alot for comedic effect too.
Bobo by methosb	Oct 18th, 2007 01:44:16 AM
I think so. It is really long. They always use it when the person screaming is off camera in films because I think if anyone actually saw anyone screaming like that they would be like "wtf". Only movie I can really think of off my head that definitely has it is Scream, but I hear it all the time.
methosb and bobo... by riverthebald	Oct 18th, 2007 02:50:37 AM
I know the scream that you're talking about. Does anyone have that one on youtube? My wife thinks I'm crazy, but when I was in high school I had a keychain that made that scream so I always recognize it when I hear it again. It was on "Pushing Daisies" a couple of weeks ago when someone was watching a violent show on tv. And it was the scream Darla made in the first ep of Buffy when Willow threw holy water at her.
The two moments that immediately come to mind... by Bobo_Vision	Oct 18th, 2007 06:15:26 AM
...when I think of that female scream, is when Van Wilder sees sick boy's goiter, and its played for comedic effect. The other is on the Simpsons, the 'Rear Window' episode where Flanders screams like a woman because of his dead plant.
Thunder by Pandas-R-Us	Oct 18th, 2007 06:24:52 AM
There is a thunder sound effect that you hear mainly on British TV all the time, but here and there in movies too. It's really irritating because a) It's the only one they ever seem to use, and b) it sounds like no thunder clap that I've ever heard in my life. It's kind of like "Cha-cha-CHA-cha-cha-boooooooo m" rather than just a straightforward loud booming rumble.
and... by ao33	Oct 18th, 2007 07:41:27 AM
another one I hear alot is the police scanner. something along the lines of "code 6, 105 northbound route 52"... something like that. or this one (which can be heard at the beginning of this music video [http://tinyurl.com/2x7kwk]) i hear ALOT
Interesting Factiod by thatothercaptainjack	Oct 18th, 2007 09:06:58 AM
I will have to keep an ear out for it from now on
DONT WATCH IT>>> by Bishop6	Oct 18th, 2007 10:05:57 AM
knowing about the fucking Will Helm scream will ruin almost every movie you hear it in. It'll pull you right out of the experience and make you think 'oh-thats the will helm scream' how fucking cheap they used it. Movie ruined. I think its some kind of free masons/secret government conspirecy to fucking ruin movies for people who know about it.
The female scream by Reel American Hero	Oct 18th, 2007 02:29:44 PM
Was also used for the roar in a 'talking' Jurassic Park velociraptor figure at one point in the mid '90s.
Female Scream by Ranson	Oct 19th, 2007 12:34:42 AM

Female Scream by Ranson	Oct 19th, 2007 12:38:02 AM
I think the female scream people are talking about also shows up in 'Interview with a Vampie' (when Lestat first shows and kills the hooker with Louis), in 'Copycat' (looped when Helen gets the creepy e-mail) and 'Spiderman' (when the Green Goblin turns and attacks Spiderman in the burning building after posing as a woman in trouble). Anyone else remember where else this scream was used? Does it have a nickname like the Wilhelm, too?

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