# What sample is used in this Primus song

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**Created:** [June 26, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sample-is-used-in-this-primus-song/913112 "2020-06-26T02:14:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sample-is-used-in-this-primus-song/913112/1 "2020-06-26T02:14:46Z")

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On the album Tales from the Punchbowl, the opening track, Professor Nutbutter’s House of Treats, there is a horn section playing that sounds like a sample from a movie, it’s a familiar song I used to fool around when I was in band and play it even though I couldn’t name the song. Also is this sample from a famous movie or concert or something?

Thanks

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wADSBoNkGMI](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wADSBoNkGMI)

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sample-is-used-in-this-primus-song/913112/2 "2020-06-26T03:36:04Z")

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This will be no help, whatsoever, but the Professor on, “Gilligan’s Island,” plays that melody on a bamboo flute in the episode, “Music Hath Charms,” but I’ll be damned if I can find the title anywhere and I’ve spent the last hour-and-a-half looking for it. Sorry and good luck.

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sample-is-used-in-this-primus-song/913112/3 "2020-06-26T03:37:40Z")

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American Patrol

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DK-lBi5r6Jk/hqdefault.jpg "Glenn Miller-"American Patrol"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK-lBi5r6Jk)

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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sample-is-used-in-this-primus-song/913112/4 "2020-06-26T05:34:52Z")

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Thanks for finding the song, seems like there are a million versions of it though. Definitely sounds more fast paced with a lot of brass playing I wonder if it’s from an old recording or a movie or something and I wonder if the clapping was from the same recording.