Virtual TV Smashing: A Collection Of Sounds And Video

"Ohm-Pah, Ohm-Pah, Doob-Tah-Dee-Dee.
What do you get from a glut of TV?
A pain in the neck, and an IQ of 3."
-- sung by the elfin helpers of Willie Wonka in the movie Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Jim Morrison in the song An American Prayer, from the album "An American Prayer" (1978).

Download the sound; in MP3 format (100k).

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Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) smashing his television in the movie Taxi Driver.

Download the sound; in WAV format. (50k)

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Part of the Oompa Loompa song as heard in the movie Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

 

  Download the sound; in MP3 format (415k).

 

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 A funny "cable TV" service announcement from the TV show, The Simpsons.

 

Download the sound; in MP3 format (114k).

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A clip from the song, Kill Your Television, by Ned's Atomic Dustbin from the album Godfodder.

 

Download the sound; in MP3 format (417k).

 

 

 

 

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Roger Waters in the song Amused To Death, from the album Amused To Death (1992).

 

Download the sound; in MP3 format (800k).

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Vincent Vega (John Travolta) doesn't watch TV, from the movie Pulp Fiction.

Download the sound; in WAV format. (209k)

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Frank Zappa in the song I'm The Slime, from the album Overnight Sensation (1973).

Download the sound; in MP3 format. (688k)

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The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy in the song Television, The Drug Of The Nation (1991).

Download the chorus; in WAV format. (72k)

Download some cool lyrics; in WAV format. (198k)

 

 

 

 

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Sounds of my friends Shon and Jim; my brother Scott; and myself smashing televisions during the making of the Kill Your Television Movie (November, 1996).

Download the sound; in WAV format. (297k)

 

Video of Jim destroying a television set for the Kill Your Television Movie.

Download the video; in QuickTime format. (1.4 MB)

 

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