This is a rare boing sound effect used frequently by editor Tod Dockstader in various productions of Gene Deitch, among other works it's been used in. It originally was recorded for the now-defunct Major Records/Valentino library.
Similar Variations
Used In
TV Shows
- The All-New Pink Panther Show
- Around the World in 80 Days (1972-1973) (normal and high pitches)
- Bailey's Comets
- Beakman's World (1st boing; partly heard in "Earwax, Beakmania & Rocket Engines".)
- The Barkleys
- Dennis the Menace (1986)
- Festival of Family Classics
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- Heathcliff (1984)
- The Houndcats
- Inspector Gadget (Heard once in "Art Heist".)
- Krazy Kat (Heard in Gene Deitch episodes)
- Mack & Myer for Hire
- Maski Show
- The New Adventures of Pinocchio
- The New Pink Panther Show
- The New Three Stooges (Heard in "Flat Heads" and "Rob N. Hood".)
- The Oddball Couple
- Oggy and the Cockroaches (6th boing)
- The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show
- Polaris: Player Select
- Sesame Street
- Spider-Man (1981)
- Tales of the Wizard of Oz
- Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
- There Goes A... (heard several times in There Goes a Spaceship)
- Underdog
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (Heard in the second season in varying pitches.)
TV Specials
Shorts
- DePatie-Freleng Cartoons
- Euphoria (1974)
- Hoot Kloot Cartoons (Heard in "Kloot's Kounty".)
- Inacio Studios Media
- Nudnik
- O trech pismenkach (SFX done by Ivo Spalj and Benjamin Astrug (both uncredited))
- Pat & Mat
- Pink Panther Cartoons
- Pohádky z mechu a kapradí (Křemílek a Vochomůrka)
- Popeye Cartoons (heard in Gene Deitch-produced shorts.)
- Rembrandt Films Cartoons
- Tom and Jerry (Heard in several of the 1960-1962 Gene Deitch cartoons.)
Commercials
USA:
- GoGo Pillow Kids Commercial
- Pronto Cereal Commercial
Japan:
- Adventure Island II
Video Games
PC:
- Mortadelo y Filemón: La Máquina Meteoroloca
- Richard Scarry's Busytown (Heard in the original 1993 version.)
Online:
- Pico vs. Überkids (Heard whenever a tie occurs during a Rock Paper Scissors game.)
Videos
Documentaries
Live Events
- VeggieTales Live! On Stage
Websites
YouTube Videos
Anime
- Future Boy Conan (1979)
- Magical Princess Minky Momo (1st boing)
- Once Upon a Time... Life
- Osomatsu-kun (1966) (1st boing)
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(single boing that used in Czech media.)
External Links
Original 78 RPM release of this sound, including alternate variations