There is a commercial that is currently airing for TLC (The Learning Channel) with an interesting sound bite. I have heard the commercial on the Fox News Channel, but I'm sure it's on others as well. Near the beginning, there are some sounds of children laughing. The first one sounds EXACTLY like the laughing children at the beginning of Thanatophobia (when they're having fun pretend-fighting). Has anybody heard it?

-- John McDevitt (JuntMonkey@aol.com), November 22, 2000

Answers

It's probably a stock sound that both the commercial and the show used. This comes up a lot; if you notice, the sound of doors opening in "Chronophasia" is a stock sound that you can hear all over the place. The show has reused some of its own sounds, as well; Aeon's scream from "Chronophasia" is just an extended version of the one she gives in "Isthmus Crypticus".

-- Matthew Rebholz (matrebholz@yahoo.com), November 23, 2000.

I also heard some stock sound (I believe) in End Sinister. It was someone moaning on Trevor's TV right before he says "Why am I bothering to save these people with their secret appetites and sorry needs." I heard it in the movie "Werwolf" on MST3K.

-- Frostbite (mbkrooks@bellsouth.net), November 29, 2000.

Oh, that reminds me, those 3 guys that were in End Sinister, I think that I heard their voices in the Maxx, but I can't remember where, pretty sure though. Anyone?

-- Barb e (Suesuesbeo@aol.com), December 04, 2000.

I remember very similar voices, but I think they were different. The same guys were in "A Last Time for Everything" as well, their names are Fat Boy, Twikka, and (I think) Sinnah.

-- Matthew Rebholz (matrebholz@yahoo.com), December 05, 2000.