"Bum bum, ba baaahh...waaaahhhhh"
      My sister's husband Dave downloaded the sound effects from The Price Is Right and waited patiently by the computer until someone bombed a joke so that he could unleash the noise that one hears when one guesses wrong on the show.  It's nearly impossible to replicate via written word, but I'll give it a shot:  "Bum bum, ba baaahh...waaaahhhhh".  The "waaaahhhhh" part is like a group of trumpets going slightly out of tune.  Does that ring a bell?  Anyway, I thought it would be a funny idea for a sketch if the host of the show had to make all the noises himself because the sound f/x guy forgot to show up to work.  However, since I've taken improv enough to know a little about sketch writing too, I see an inherent flaw in the idea:  There's nowhere to go from there.  It's perfection, and even perfection has its limits.
    
    
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