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Tarzan yell
The Tarzan yell is the distinctive, ululating yell of the character Tarzan as portrayed by actor Johnny Weissmuller in the films based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs starting with ''Tarzan the Ape Man'' (1932). The yell was a creation of the movies based on what Burroughs described in his books as simply "the victory cry of the bull ape."
==History and origin==
Although the RKO Picture version of the Tarzan yell ostensibly was that of Weissmuller, different stories exist as to how the Tarzan Yell was created. Many speculate that a man by the name of Lloyd Thomas Leech was the original voice behind the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tarzan Yell. He was an opera singer during the 1940s and '50s and into the '60s. He won the Chicagoland Music Festival on August 17, 1946. He went on to sing throughout the U.S. touring with several opera companies. There are recordings of his recalling his account of how the Tarzan yell was created. His story is supported by his children and grandchildren. According to the newspaper columnist L. M. Boyd (circa 1970), "Blended in with that voice are the growl of a dog, a trill sung by a soprano, a note played on a violin's G string and the howl of a hyena recorded backward." According to Bill Moyers, it was created by combining the recordings of three men: one baritone, one tenor, and one hog caller from Arkansas. Another widely published notion concerns the use of an Austrian yodel played backwards at abnormally fast speed. But Weissmuller claimed that the yell was actually his own voice. His version is supported by his son and by his Tarzan co-star, Maureen O'Sullivan.
In the 1999 Disney animated film based on the Tarzan franchise, the character lets out an updated version of this yell at various moments.
The Tarzan yell is often used for comic effect in later, unrelated movies, particularly when a character is swinging on vines or doing other "Tarzanesque" things. The sound clip used in the Weissmuller films has also been exclusively used for animated series appearances of Tarzan, and in the Tarzan television series (1966 - 1968), which starred Ron Ely, rather than having the actor providing Tarzan's voice for the series attempt to imitate the trademark yell. A comical version of this yell was performed by Ray Stevens in his 1969 novelty hit "Gitarzan". It was even used in the 1981 film ''Tarzan, the Ape Man''. The yell is heard at Carolina Hurricanes home games. Comedienne Carol Burnett would do the yell on request during a question and answer weekly session on her comedy sketch series. A version of the yell even appeared in ''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' as the character of Chewbacca swings on a vine towards an Imperial Scout Walker on the forest planet of Endor. The yell is also heard in the third prequel ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'' in a similar scene of a wookiee swinging onto an attacking droid tank. It was also used to dubious comic effect in the James Bond film ''Octopussy'' in 1983.
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