# Classic Cartoon Sound Effects: How Were They Made?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 4, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cartoon-sound-effects-how-were-they-made/166484 "2003-04-04T16:07:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cartoon-sound-effects-how-were-they-made/166484/21 "2010-11-26T00:59:28Z")

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The fire that killed Bambi’s mom was a paper bag. Those early Foley guys were extremely creative and used all sorts of everyday materials that you wouldn’t expect.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cartoon-sound-effects-how-were-they-made/166484/22 "2010-11-26T01:02:17Z")

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Bob Clampett said that he himself did the BEE-YOOP sound he used with the iris closing using his own mouth. Probably a few sounds were done by mouth.  
Some sounds were done in surprising ways – I’m still amazed that Godzilla’s roar was done by moving a gloved hand over a rosined bowstring. Some things don’t sound the way you think they should.

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cartoon-sound-effects-how-were-they-made/166484/23 "2010-11-26T01:10:05Z")

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The OP was actually logged on during the summer…

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cartoon-sound-effects-how-were-they-made/166484/24 "2010-11-26T01:46:33Z")

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