The slightly annoying, amazingly melodramatic Wilhelm Scream, screamed by the guy famous for doing the song Purple People Eater- that's right, the one-eyed, one horned, flyin' purple people eater song- has been being used in films for 56 years now. It's something of a tradition (or, given the hilariously overexaggeratedness -wow, is that a word?- of it, maybe it's more 0f a very long-running joke in the film industry). Maybe it's kind of like the guy saying "My leg!" I hear in every single disaster scene in SpongeBob episodes. I found this awesome compilation of slips from films containing the Wilhelm scream on YouTube.
Can you hear The Scream in every clip?
34 minutes ago
That is hilarious and it takes a special talent to bring this type of information to the masses!
ReplyDeleteYes I can hear the scream each! I can't believe it was even in my fave Reservoir Dogs! ;o)