Once upon a time I did sound effects for a CBC Radio show called Dead Dog Cafe. I wasn’t the only one who did sound effects for them, but when they came to Toronto, I became the guy, for a while. Just now, looking through some old files, I came upon a master list of the sound effects I required for a series of Dead Dog Cafe episodes.
Looking at some of them, I remember thinking at the time, how the heck am I going to come up with a sound for THAT? But somehow I did. Some I found on CD, which I played back from an old DaletPlus laptop, others I had to create from scratch and perform alongside the actors. Boy, those were the days!
So here, posted for posterity, is a list of all the crazy sound effects (and some music cues) required for that series of episodes:
- Music to start the show.
- Danger stab.
- Music for Pithy Saying.
- Drum beat
- Shrill whistle from Gracie.
- Computer amb
- Fanfare
- Music for when Money Doesn’t Matter.
- Music for the Elimination Dance.
- Dead dog in the city stab.
- Music for Why Do They Do That?
- Bull noises. Tom is trampled.
- Music for New World News.
- Music for Friendlybear’s Pithy Sayings.
- Drum beat.
- Opening bars of the Greek national anthem.
- Music for Secrets of the Toronto Trapezoid.
- Bull noises, Tom trampled.
- Sound of starter rope being pulled.
- Sound of Tom hitting the floor.
- Motor doesn’t catch.
- More pulls, finally motor catches.
- Motor sounds.
- Engine does a putt-putt and dies.
- Sound of rope yanked, Tom hits floor.
- Motor sputters and dies.
- Rope yank. Motor starts.
- Music for Aboriginal Wrestling.
- Animal noises and human cheering.
- Cheers.
- Cheers, crowd noises.
- Music for the next match.
- Porcupine noises [good luck].
- Porcupine scratching its way out of a box.
- Scrambling sounds.
- More scrambling sounds.
- Music to end the show.
- Dogs barking.
- Ballistic Eagle: internet trailer: (Music like Amazing Race only more military, yelling and shooting, sound of an explosion etc) Sound of bull, bull tramples Tom.
- Dead Dog stab.
- Music for the game show, “Trust Us.”
- Crowd cheers.
- Sound of a gong.
- Meadow music. Birds. Running water.
- Game show clock.
- Music to end “Trust Us.”
- Music for The Forum, and to end show
- Sound of body hitting the floor.
- Sound of a power sander.
- Sound of an electric drill
- Sound of glue bottle.
- Squeaky steel post inserted into bellybutton.
- Sound of colour wheel.
- Sound of a spatula in a can of putty.
- Sound of heavy trowel on concrete.
- Sound of power sander.
- Power sander across rough planks 5” then off.
- Sound of alcohol hitting Tom’s body (splash).
- Sound of a metal pole.
- Sound of a drill.
- Exertion, swinging noises (pole dance)
- Music to end the show.
- Electric polisher (polishing bellybutton)
- Sound of running, door opens.
- Moving travois
- Sound for heavy metal hooks.
- Music to start the show.
- Asian music for Iron Chef First Nations.
- Sound of a gong.
- Buzzer.
- Sound of a blow to upper thigh.
- Music for “Affordable Vacations.”
- Music for Making Money.
- Flapping of wings and banging box noises.
- Sound of a pigeon.
- Public Eye Awards for 2006 fanfare.
- Announcement music.
- Loud applause.
- This Week in the House music.
- Music for Iron Chef, First Nations.
- Clock music.
- Music for the Urban Cowboy Rodeo.
- Sound of chain mail gloves.
- Sound of chain mail chaps.
- Sound of a heavy cage being slid across the floor and the grumbling of a large raccoon.
- Grumpy raccoon.
- Really angry raccoon.
- More screaming, grumpy raccoon, and running.
- Music to end the show.
- Sound of chickens.
- The End of Nature funeral music.
- Sound of a spray can.
- Sound of drum.
- Taped lead out of Kicking Woman Honor song.
- Music for The Quote of the Day.
- Sound of door opening.
- Door closes.
- Sound of a very large bottle hitting the counter.
- Sound of a cap being pried off a bottle.
- Sound of a window opening.
- Sound of tape recorder.
- Sound of coffee being poured into three cups.
- Sound of the large bottle.
- Sound of liquid being poured into a glass.
- Sound of zipper.
- Sound of tester.
- Sound of paper.
- Sound of a tape recorder.
- Sound of a business card.
- Sound of money hitting the counter.
- Sound of paper.
- Sound of pages.
- Sound of a heavy gun being slid across the counter.
- Sound of a book.
- Sound of a tiny stick hitting the floor.
- Sound of two really heavy sticks hitting the floor.
- Sound of potato rolling on the floor.
- Sound of stick hitting potato.
- Sound of spud.
- Sound of paper in a box.
- Sound of a magazine.
- Stick hitting Tom.
- Sound of pills.
- Sound of Jasper going through his pockets.
- Sound of tester.
- Sound of umbrellas.
- Sound of a chair.
- Sound of a rope being whacked on the floor.
- Tom hitting the floor, chair flying across the room.
- Sound of a t-shirt being taken out of a box.
- Sound of Jasper getting into a lounge suit.
- Sound of microphone being turned on.
- Microphone turned off.
- Click sound.
- Sound of pillow being taken out of a bag.
- Sound of a squeeze.
- Sound of a tight squeeze.
- Sound of keys and coins and junk from Jasper’s pockets.
- Sound of keys and coins, etc, coming out of Gracie’s pocket.
- Sound of a few coins and the sound of a wad of paper money.
- Sound of coins being slid across the counter.
- Sound of paper money being counted.
- Coin sound.
- Sound of coins and paper money being scooped up.
- Sound of a very large certificate (poster).
- Sound of Tom jumping.
- Sound of a manual. Pages.
- Sound of a cash register being lifted.
- Sound of cash register landing in Tom’s arms.
- Sound of the cash register hitting the floor.
- Sound of register hitting the counter.
- Sound of a large machine being moved around.
- Sound of velcro straps.
- Sound of switch being turned off.
- Sound of Tom getting out of the harness.
- Sound of Tom taking off the lederhosen exercise suit.
- Sound of scale models of weapons.
- Sound of a bow being unwrapped.
- Sound of spoons on the counter, and several spoons clinking
- Sound of a spoon bouncing off Tom.
- Another spoon off Tom X 4
- Sound of forks.
- Sound of Kraft Dinner box.
- Sound of a box.
- Sound of phone being dialed.
- Phone hang up.
- A can of Coca-Cola hits the counter.
- Sound of a bottle (toilet cleaner).
- Sound of a bottle (blood cleaner).
- Sound of the Mp3 player being whacked.
- Sound of turnips and carrots and ginger hitting the counter.
- Sound of a turnip on a board.
- Sound of Tom trying to smash the turnip.
- Sound of Tom’s hand hitting the carrot.
- Sound of a large piece of ginger being put of the board.
- Sound of cards in a box.
- Sound of Jasper sorting through the cards.
- Sound of newspapers in box.
- Sound of a calculator.
- Sound of brochures.
- Sound of phone answered.
- Sound of wrappers.
- Sound of plunger.
- Sound of a package on the counter.
- Sound of brochures.
- Sound of a large decal.
- Door bangs open and shut.
- Sound of two deodorant sticks.
- Sound of underwear.
- Sound of a phone being dialed.
- Sound of a box being opened.
- Sound of tape recorder.
- Sound of a fountain being moved.
- Sound of $1.25 going into machine.
- Sound of a DVD player.
- Sound of DVD being turned off.
- Music to end the show.
More Dead Dog Cafe adventures here.
Ahhhhh … Those were the days. Sounds like you had one of the easier episodes. (wink and a smile).
Hah… easy for someone else, maybe! 🙂
Very curious as to how deodorant sticks sounds like! 🙂
Not unlike the sound of underwear!