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brush

(58,245 posts) Thu Jan 27, 2022, 11:27 PM Jan 2022

Fun fact I learned recently about film background crowd noise. [View all]

In American radio, film, television, and video games, walla is a sound effect imitating the murmur of a crowd in the background (walla walla).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla

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Fun fact I learned recently about film background crowd noise. [View all] brush Jan 2022 OP

I thought it was rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb? Ocelot II Jan 2022 #1

I was told it was "peas and carrots" DBoon Jan 2022 #2

In the UK it is rhubarb over and over. That's in the link. brush Jan 2022 #3

I was told it's "rhubahbs and gahbage"!! Leghorn21 Jan 2022 #4

I read a few years ago that there was only one source for laugh tracks captain queeg Jan 2022 #5

Sort of like more cowbell. Hoyt Jan 2022 #6

Not quite. But I'm a huge Christopher Walken fan. brush Jan 2022 #7

Sound effects are a large part of movie making left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #8