Sound Ideas, THUNDER - SINGLE THUNDER ROLL, WEATHER 01

This sound effect can be found on Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas. It's often referred to as the "Count von Count Thunderclap," due to it frequently being used with Count von Count on Sesame Street in the 1970s. It was originally created for the now-defunct Standard Sound Effects library sometime in the 1930s.

Similar Variations

• Carlin Production Music, Thunderclaps (96.02) (Repeating version.)
• Sound Ideas, WEATHER, THUNDER - LARGE THUNDER CLAP 01 (Sped up and distorted version.)
• Valentino Clap Of Thunder & Rain (Another repeating version that includes rainfall.)
• Valentino Continuous Thunder (Another repeating version.)

Used in

TV Shows

• The Alvin Show (Heard in "Clyde Crashcup Invents Electricity.")
• The Beatles
• Cat And Mouse Funny Adventures
• Dark Shadows
• Davey and Goliath
• The Electric Company
• The Funky Phantom
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Heard once in the "Don't Swim When It's Storming" PSA.)
• George of the Jungle (1967 TV Series)
• Gumby
• The Krofft Supershow
• Linus the Lionhearted
• Mama's Family (Heard once in "An Ill Wind.")
• Popeye the Sailor (Animated series)
• The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
• Schoolhouse Rock! (Heard once in "Verb, That's What's Happening.")
• Sesame Street (1970's and early 1980's only)
• Tales of the Wizard of Oz
• Underdog

Movies

• A Hymn to Mother (1956)
• A Son Is Born (1953)
• Hum Se Hai Zamana (1983)
• Liu Yi Sends His Letters (1958)
• Maali (1971)
• Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
• Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
• Salvation (1960)
• The Secret of NIMH (1982)
• The Scholar and the Woman Ghost (1962)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• The Story of a Family (Part 2) (1961)
• Wealth Always Follows Woe (1958)
• Willy McBean and his Magic Machine (1965)
• Yellow Submarine (1968)

Shorts

• Academy Leader Variations (1987)
• A Ride For Cinderella (1937)
• Mel-O-Toons (Heard in "Noah's Ark.")
• Sally Sergeant (1968)
• Skeleton Frolics (1937)
• Tom & Jerry Cartoons (Shorts) (Heard once in "Switchin' Kitten" and "Mouse into Space.")

TV Specials

• Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
• The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979)
• Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
• The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968)
• The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976)
• Return to Oz (1964)
• Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1970)
• Tales of the Tinkerdee (1962)

Music

• I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross (1965)
• It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls (1982) (Long version intro)
• Walking in the Rain - The Ronettes (1964)

Videos

• Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Video (Heard in "Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?")
• Golden Book Video
• The Parables of Peter Rabbit (Heard briefly)
• Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (1986) (Videos)
• Wee Sing Together (1985)

YouTube Videos

• The Angry German Kid Show

Logos

• Genesis Home Video (1980-1987) (Logos)
• Trishul (India) (1977-1980) (Logos)

Other Media

• Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House (1979) (Other Media)

Image Gallery

Sound Ideas, THUNDER - SINGLE THUNDER ROLL, WEATHER 01/Image Gallery

External Links

Original 78 RPM release of this sound