Dead Dog Cafe Sound Effects…

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.

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