[Ads-l] womp womp

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes indeed. And possibly since it began - in the 1960s.

But people seem to have started making the sound only within the past ten
years.
JL

On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 11:09 AM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> I can't believe I wrote "Three is...."
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> Is there a specific game show that the trombone notes were/are associated
> with?  "Wheel of Fortune," perhaps?
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> JL
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> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 10:38 AM Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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> > On 6/23/2018 10:21 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > > Actually, I was surprised that CL emitted only two womps.
> > >
> > > Three is also common.
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> > The "womp womp" i.e. "sad trombone" is found with *4* womps in several
> > YouTube clips.
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> > Is this definitely equivalent to the CL sound(s)?
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