The Tarzan Yell

[OmnislashV6]

BANANAAAAAA 

[cliffworks4321]

A friend of mine ended up being JW's driver in Mexico in his later years where apparently a number of the films were shot near Alcapulco, so he was a well known celeb there even in his old age, he, um, liked to drink and when he had his fill and was feeling no pain would cut loose with a yell to the delight of other cantina customers, so my friend says...

[pwgr2000]

Only one JW Tarzan film was shot in Mexico, his last, "Tarzan and the Mermaids" (1948). He supposedly loved the place so much he bought a place there. I remember doing a glass-bottom boat tour of Acapulco harbour in 1985 and the guide pointed out a gorgeous mansion on the point that belonged to Johnny. The guide also said that in the nursing home before he died, suffering from dementia I think, Johnny would frequently cut loose with his Tarzan call. I'm sure he was popular with the widows.

[cliffworks4321]

@pwgr2000 it must've been much later than that like in the 80's when he was JW's driver,

anyway I read the yell was a compilation of a few patched in voices, if you see the you tube clip

of JW on Groucho's old TV show , he did one live yell that was minimal in comparison, but we still love him

he was the greatest! and dig his swimming style,not the usual freestyle breathing at all, what a great old guy.

[MoreGrievances]

Yes, the yell WAS great...and always will be.

[amberlynn7979]

The tarzan yell is so sexy

[54jreid]

i wonder who did boy's yell. i believe johnny sheffield is still alive.

[pwgr2000]

Sorry, I can't provide any information about who did Boy's yell.

You are almost correct about Johnny Sheffield being alive - he died last month on 15 October 2010. He suffered a fatal heart at his home four hours after he fell off a ladder while pruning a palm tree, according to IMDb.

[Eddie2446]

Jane sounds a little freaky and now my face is red.

[willimwillson]

I love that I got linked here. This could be great subject material for a mockumentary.

[ButterJunge]

How did I know that he'd mispronounce "Weissmuller".

[pwgr2000]

What this person is referring to is the pronunciation of Johnny's surname as "Whys-muller", instead of "Whys-muooler".

Yes, it's a mispronunciation, but I think you'll find that NOBODY says it that way, unless of course they have some German heritage and are familiar with the name.

So the answer to your slightly boastful question is - that how everybody says it because that's what it looks like. That doesn't make people ignorant or stupid.

[ButterJunge]

Alright calm down. Didn't mean any harm..

[ButterJunge]

Oh and by the way it should be more like "Vice-Muooller".

[pwgr2000]

The name "Jungle Jim" was dropped from the last three films - Cannibal Attack (1954); Jungle Moon Men (1955) ; and Devil Goddess (1956) - because Columbia had sold the rights to the TV series to Screen Gems. The producers couldn't use the name any more and solved this problem by renaming the hero "Johnny Weissmuller". This situation gave the world the rare opportunity to hear Johnny Weissmuller pronounce his own name because he introduces himself by that name when he meets people in those films.

[wolf1193]

@pwgr2000

It is by origin a German name and we all had to get used to American pronounciation on German words long ago. Some of the sounds of the German language are rather unfamiliar to English native speakers which is to be expected. After some Generations immigrants to the US wil adapt the pronounciation of their names too. What just nags me at times is that so many other nations learn to pronounce English foreign sounds like "th" and so few English native speakers take care to try the same

[samuelmichaud]

If you analyze this sound, you can see how the two high pitch bits that come at the start and at the end are actually clips. This yell was always the same, with a few variations. But it's clear they cut two high pitch bits off some other sound or the same sound modified in a double sub sequent slice thing.

[SPOOKSTR]

The ''yell'' is my ring tone.

Would have loved to have been there in person when Johnny let rip with the yell. My kids, go off when ever they hear it.

[logalogalog]

My grandpa went golfing with him and his yell was heard all over the golf course.

[CaxiasFreguesia]

Ohohohooooh, baaaaaa, maaaaa ... !!!!

[fledglingdragon417]

Jane's yell...lmao!! XD

[angelinaramon]

Jane yell...LOL!!!

[jook88]

could be carol burnett's brother! lol

[DanTDrac]

I had always heard that Johnny Weismuller did the yell from day one..I somewhere read that it was his (Weismuller's) yell that was heard in the opening for the short lived Tarzan TV series starring Ron Ely..

[sandiaru]

*+*+

[stacase]

I have always thought the Tarzan "Yell" was the famed, no one knows exactly what it sounded like, "Rebel Yell" Damn! don't that just give you goose bumps thinking about it!

[Agriculteur66]

Tarzan yell is like a bigfoot yell ...Apeman !