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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: The Wilhelm Scream Is The Classic Hollywood Sound Effect You Can’t Stop Hearing
Description: Today in 1921, the birthday of Sheb Wooley, who had a hit song in the 50s called the “Purple People Eater" and is believed to be the guy who gave a scream that's been featured in hundreds of movies: the Wilhelm Scream. Plus: today in 1976, a challenging moment for then-President Gerald Ford and his tamale.
Does That Scream Sound Familiar? (ABC News)
No one told Ford tamales need to be unwrapped (Houston Chronicle)
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