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The World is in Short Supply of Laughing Children
Or so you would think given the number of commercials that use the single giggling child sound effect. Here’s what I’m talking about:
[audio:LOL.mp3]This sound ships with Trillian as the “LOL” sound, and can be found (I almost expect it) in any commercial that features children enjoying a product or toy. I’ve seen it in Mattel commercials, Fisher Price, Slip and Slide, Mini-Helicopters, even this commercial for GelliBaff, a powder that turns your child’s bath water into a brightly coloured slime, and another powder that turns it back into water. Is the world really so short on laughing children that there aren’t an abundance of laughing children sound clips? Let us know what commercials you’ve found this clip in the comments – links to the actual commercials are a bonus! Or maybe we can all upload clips of laughing children so that marketers will have some obvious alternatives the next time they need to find a single laughing child.
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I googled this thinking that I was the only one that noticed that, but yea there’s alot of commercials with that clip. I think Toyota Sienna commercial where the dad finished the treehouse and the kids would rather stay in the van uses that clip. There’s ton of other one’s but I can’t think of any. Darn.
-Vince
hey, i know i’ve noticed in a couple of movies
the only ones i can think of offhand are films that i’ve seen recently: Oldboy and the new Rambo movie
I was just watching the new Rambo movie (while working) and heard the LOL sound – I couldn’t believe it! Thanks for confirming my suspicion!
The overuse of this sound clip is not a recent phenomenon. I remember talking about it with my sister when I was in the fifth grade in 1999. I think the nineties saw the most uses of the clip..I didn’t hear it for a few years but I’ve recently started noticing it again. I’ve actually been meaning to google it for years now to see if anyone else had noticed it. I’m glad I’m not alone!
Oh, by the way- this recording does not capture the entire clip, only the end. It is a two-part laugh- the laugh first rises in pitch, then falls.