# What Comedian Started the "Bow Chick-a-Wow-Wow" Theme?

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**Created:** [November 30, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comedian-started-the-bow-chick-a-wow-wow-theme/475013 "2008-11-30T03:20:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comedian-started-the-bow-chick-a-wow-wow-theme/475013/1 "2008-11-30T03:20:29Z")

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The way I remember it, a comedian was talking about '70s porn and mentioned that “You always knew when the sex was about to begin because the gardener would come in from outside and ask for a drink of water. And then the music would begin…”

So, which comedian started this well known meme?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comedian-started-the-bow-chick-a-wow-wow-theme/475013/2 "2008-11-30T03:23:43Z")

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Richard Brenner, I’m thinkin’…?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comedian-started-the-bow-chick-a-wow-wow-theme/475013/3 "2008-11-30T03:28:54Z")

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Dennis Leary was the first one I heard it from. Some claim Leary stole a lot of material from Bill Hicks so that might be even earlier.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comedian-started-the-bow-chick-a-wow-wow-theme/475013/4 "2008-11-30T03:41:47Z")

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Since Lynx (UK) and Axe (US) have started using it as the basis for their ad campaigns, it’s going to be hard to research this. But I know that I was hearing stand-ups use it in their routines in the very early 80s, when I aspired to be a stand-up myself.