This is a fall sound that was often used in the Famous Studios/Paramount/NoveltoonsĀ cartoons from the 1940's to the 1960's. It was also used in someĀ Warner Bros. and MGM cartoons, among other films.
Info
- First Recorded: 1940
- Creator: N/A
- Owner: Warner Bros. (1941-1968), Famous Studios (1944-196?)
- Origin: United States
- Year Debut: January 4, 1941
- First Heard: Elmer's Pet Rabbit (a Looney Tunes short)
- AreaĀ Used: N/A
The sound was first recorded in 1940, but wasn't used until the 1941 Looney Tunes cartoon "Elmer's Pet Rabbit". WB would rarely used it for some later cartoons in favor of their trademark Looney Tunes Cartoon Fall Sound, but Famous Studios would later pick up the sound in 1944 and would use it as their trademark falling whistle sound (even after the studio became "Paramount Cartoon Studios" in 1956) until the 1960's. Other studios like MGM, DePatie-Freleng, Chuck Jones, and Total Television started to use the sound in the 60's, but its frequent use was later abandoned by the 1980's (only very few studios used it at that time). The sound was never included on any sound effect libraries.
Used In
TV Shows
- The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (Heard once in "Escape from the Treacherous Mountain".)
- Beetle Bailey
- Felix the Cat (1959 TV Series)
- King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
- The New Casper Cartoon Show
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
- The Simpsons (Heard once in "Bart Sells His Soul" in the Itchy and Scratchy short "Skinless in Seattle".)
- Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
- The Tom and Jerry Show
- Underdog
TV Specials
Movies
- 9 (2009) (Heard once as we see the first shell/smoke grenade fall.)
- American Pop (1981)
- The Fox and the Hound (1981) (Heard when Todd and the bear fell in the waterfall in a +12-esq pitch.)
- Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Shorts
- Attack! Battle of New Britain (1944) (Heard in its entirety after the Looney Tunes Cartoon Fall Sound, twice, as bombs drop.)
- Assault and Peppered (1965)
- Barney Bear (Heard in "The Flying Bear" and "The Uninvited Pest".)
- Casper The Friendly Ghost
- Cats and Bruises (1965)
- Corn on the Cop (1965)
- Famous Studios Cartoons
- Herman and Katnip
- Hocus Pocus Pow Wow (1968)
- Little Lulu Cartoons
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
- MGM Cartoons (Heard in "The War Dogs" and "Blitz Wolf"; twice in "The Stork's Holiday", and once in "Red Hot Riding Hood" and "What's Buzzin', Buzzard?")
- Noveltoons
- Popeye Cartoons
- Rocky Raccoon Cartoons
- Screen Songs
- Snyder Films Cartoons
- Sugar and Spies (1966)
- Tom & Jerry (Heard in "The Bowling Alley Cat" [first in reverse, then normal], "Cat and Dupli-cat" [twice or thrice], "Puss 'n Boats" [in a +12-esq pitch], "Springtime for Tom", "Tee for Two" and "The Cat's Me-Ouch"; briefly in "O-Solar Meow" and "The Mouse Who Came to Dinner".)
Commercials
- M&M's Minis commercials (1996) (Factory)
Image Gallery
Famous Studios Cartoon Fall Sound/Image Gallery
Audio Samples
