# Origin of this sound bite: “when I flip that switch the noise will become excruciating “ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291 "2025-07-24T23:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291/1 "2025-07-24T23:37:02Z")
So the local hard rock radio station I listen to plays these sound bites from time to time, just banal and maybe once-funny clips from pop culture. Like, one is Hermie from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer saying “who cares what other people think, we are who we are” (at least, that’s where I think it comes from). One I can’t source sounds like a sneering, evil villain, a la Bloefeld or Goldfinger, saying “when I flip that switch the noise will become excruciating.” And he/she says it in a tone that is positively dripping with malicious glee. Does this ring a bell for anyone? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291/2 "2025-07-24T23:59:19Z")
Catwoman, in [Batman ‘66?](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0519511/quotes/) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291/3 "2025-07-25T00:10:38Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xacqF0ECQHI/hqdefault.jpg "Adamania: The Cat's Meow - Batman Season 2 Episode 29") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xacqF0ECQHI&t=773) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291/4 "2025-07-25T01:02:12Z")
Wow, that was quick. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291/5 "2025-07-25T01:11:44Z")
And I didn’t need molded plastic to improve my physique: _ **Pure. West.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291/6 "2025-07-25T04:21:11Z")
How come Batman doesn’t dance anymore? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-this-sound-bite-when-i-flip-that-switch-the-noise-will-become-excruciating/1021291/7 "2025-07-25T10:40:59Z")
I could have told you the source without watching that clip. That voice is unmistakably Julie Newmar as Catwoman.