"The OKeh Laughing Record" by Lucie Bernardo and Otto Rathke 1920 / 1922
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- OKeh records released “The OKeh Laughing Record” in 1922, but it was actually a dup of the 1920 German Beka records release from 1920. I find this record obnoxious, hilarious, and contagious. It really does take the listener in and make them laugh as well even when thinking it is completely weird.
Described by the Library of Congress as "one of the most unusual, (in its way) influential, and surprisingly enduring novelty records ever recorded," "The OKeh Laughing Record" is exactly what its name implies. It begins with a cornetist playing a sad, mournful tune. Suddenly, a woman's laugh interrupts the performance, temporarily stalling the solo. As the cornet continues to play, the woman keeps laughing, and soon, a male laugh joins her.
That's really all there is to it. "The OKeh Laughing Record" is fundamentally simple, but also strange-and its unusual nature quickly made it into an international sensation.
Otto Rathke together with the laughter artist Lucie Bernardo, were involved in the 1920 creation of the world-famous "Original Lach-Aufnahme (Laughing Record)” on Beka records in Germany. He was on the cornet, who repeatedly plays the song "Aus der Jugendzeit (From the youth)” and adds to the laughter.
If you like (or hate) this one check out the "OKeh Crying Record":
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The Gennett Laughing Record:
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Otto Rathke wikipedia page (in German):
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A good site for info on Laughing Records, but also info on Otto Rathke and Lucie Bernardo
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An interesting wikipedia page (in German) about Laughing Artists:
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The Bizarre History of the Okeh Laughing Record (blog post):
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its MY sleepover and I get to choose the music
My friends already suspect me of murder. They would just f*ckin leave if I played this. None would sleep sound.
Ain't no one sleepin if you play this
strange, for some reason when he died they telephoned his wife, she reacted with delight? but the weird thing is her voice gradually began to fade to nothing then this laughing record played? quite the odd marriage!
@eir on a dark AND stormy night?
@@strideryourself yeah and it turns out he left behind a mansion full of other people's skulls. Truly a strange man.
@@ZoteDerMaechtige I heard they never found his own, though... and there was also a rumor of statues of his missing children crying blood or something?
@@booberfraggle some say the blood was his
apparently a nearby shed caught fire as well. weird, it simply caught alight
The key to this one: don’t tell anybody anything about it. Just nonchalantly put it on ... timing is key.
and the laughing record played
When he died
The laughing record played
the laughing record played
The original recording will turn 100 years old on August 6th of this year.
Honestly that’s another one for 2020 apocalypse bingo
I like that you can hear the musician try and not laugh, then gives up
I feel like I’ve been very, very cursed. I came here when he died but now I’m just legitimately unnerved
it feels like those old school cursed videos thats be shared around
Why is this both terrifying and oddly comforting
If this isn't playing at my funeral when I die, I'm not attending.
I actually find this kind of charming in an innocent sort of way. A man trying to play a sad song, but unable to remain serious due to the constant interruption of laughter.
Imagining the Godfather theme adds to the irony.
This was playing when he died
who
@@shadyfier898 look up “when he died” by lemon demon
@@raynova8055 why
@@shadyfier898 because this was playing then
@@booberfraggle when
lemon demon?
That's what brought me here too, lol.
lemon demon !!!!
when he died
WHEN HE DIED
this is what happens when you phone a dead man's wife
and she reacts with delight when you tell her that her husband dies
I’m just gonna play this at a random time around my friends and creep them the fuck out
the way it gets louder and turns into cackling is sinister
you're laughing. a man just died and you're laughing.
When he died
@@gooferr turns out he left behind
@@beimanuel942 a mansion full of other peoples skulls the odd thing is they never found his own
@@gooferr when he died
@@allegramoon175 he somehow left behind
I first heard this around 1960.
When it was maybe 40 years in the past.
Now it's 100 years in the past
Damn.
I'm ancient...
😄
I'm curious - Around that time, did anyone older than you mention why they'd bought it, or why they thought it had been popular? There seems to be no first-hand commentary and insight about it from the early 20th c.
@@os5573 You can ask me any questions your thinking mind my want altering of for a specific point during; this being about the 1920s. Ask away.
Woody woodpecker actually used this record on one of his cartoons. Hysterical.
It was used by Tex Avery in his Lantz cartoon "SH-H-H-H-H-H' (1955).
Mr. Twiddle: "Will you please stop blowing that horn?"
Aw, shut up!
this is actually extremely unnerving
I feel like I'm being infected with a memetic virus by even staying on this page. I feel a ball in my throat. Almost, hoarse. I should go...
The first time I listened to this I felt super weirded out and unnerved, but for some reason I genuinely started laughing too. It was freaky.
this is my first time listening to it and I feel the same way but I can’t help but to laugh.
It used to be for fun, but now the only laughs it gets are nervous ones from the brain now knowing how to respond to something frightening or unnverving.
*_...and then The Laughing Record played..._*
The Walter Lantz cartoon "S-h-h-h" was inspired by this record.
Wow, that is interesting and kinda sick like the record. Here is a link to a video of the cartoon. The laughing record is definitely there! ruclips.net/video/9w0QoQX48kw/видео.html
yes correct you are
That cartoon is actually why I looked this up. I've never even listened to Lemon Demon
yeah i was on the phone with the girl whos husband died... she was very happy for whatever reason. but then her voice faded and the laughing record played? Idk, i think my touch-tone telephone is broken.
update: I took the telephone to ben bernanke because spencer said he was a magician and he could fix it
god fucking damnit spirit phone commentary is giving me nightmares
When he dieeeeeeeeed
I bought an old Victrola some years ago and it came with this record. Kinda fun to listen to once in a while.
I feel like this has really good vibes actually, it feels fun. But when the man cackles a little too loudly it's terrifying.
The laughing itself is not as creepy as the fact that this recording is from 1922.
You're hearing dead people laugh.
dont remind me
They weren't dead when they recorded it, though.
Ok and?
They probably still are.
still dead? i should hope so…
1:55
Hear that?
That's the recording that plays after spiral of ants on the spirit phone vinyl
It’s pro actor-laughs, but that doesn’t make it any less funny and silly. I like to think the laughs got real near the end.
1:54 For anyone with a Spirit Phone vinyl
The greatest record ever released. Honest to God!
100 years later, still laughing
It is fascinating to know the history of this recording. Here in the UK this was issued on Parlorphone label.
Then many other companies did imitations of this adding there own twist. Just amazing
The Walter Lantz cartoon "S-h-h-h"
There was one made by Louis Armstrong...I once heard it on Dr. Demento, but have never found it anywhere else.
Maybe it was “Laughing Louie” by Armstrong.
tried to call my dead pals wife. her voice stopped and this played
"People just don't listen to their doctor's advice..."
Mr. Tweedle, remember your nerves, you blow up...
There’s something so off putting about the way they’re laughing. It doesn’t feel natural at all, and sounds so forced and more like a cackle then anything
Oh, lighten up.
@@michaelwest8536 girl what. This comment is three years old what is your damage
I can’t believe we’re hearing a recording of people who are now dead laughing from 100 years ago. There is something so creepy and haunting about it…
We ALL gotta go sometime.
The question is where are we going when die!
I have this recording!!! We used to listen to it as kids and howled. The caracters reminded us of our aunt and uncle which made it all the more hilarious. Thank you.
When he dieeeedd
Hey another Bruno
The statues of his missing children cried
@@SniperOnSunday ..his blood
What are any of you saying?
Imagine playing this in real life it will drive a person nuts.
Creepy! Sounds like a Halloween record, for sure. Nope, I can't warm up to this one.
They be having a jolly good time
What are all these comments about this record playing after telling a wife her recently diseased husband has passed and then she cuts out and this starts playing?? Wth?!?
I’m just here from the Robert Johnson Wiki which sent me to the Vocalion wiki and Vocalion faded into Okeh records, and this is one of Okeh records most popular records so I figured I’d give it a listen! I’m missin’ something here…
Unsettling nonetheless.
Wasn’t expecting that! Definitely something to creep my sister out with someday hahaha
Listen to when he died by lemon demon
Lemon demon
You know they found a message etched into his spine? Something about the age of untold nightmares, and a lot of blood. Not enough blood for them to drink, though.
It will never be enough.
So give them blood.
Gallons of the stuff.
YES
I know what this record is because of Tex Avery's cartoon ''Shhhhhhhhh''.
When he died
it was used in a tex avery cartoon and later as the theme song for the Show I'm dying up there - produced by jim carrey
they telephoned his wife
Who reacted with delight
when he died (on a dark and stormy night) they telephoned his wife (who reacted with delight) but gradually her voice began to fade to nothing, and this played.. i wonder why...
omg niel ciceirega
That snorting GETS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By jove, that laughter is real!
Maravilloso!
The lost soundtrack to Joker (2019)
When he died
FEATURED ON THE 1955 WALTER LANTZ CARTOON "SH-H-H-H-H-H"
The Joker’s favorite record
Used over 30 years later in the cartoon short, “Shhhhhh.”
I wonder how many takes it took to get it where they wanted it......Hilarious!
This was heard in the 1955 Walter Lantz/Tex Avery cartoon, Shhhhh!
Okeh/CBS Records reissued this on a single 45 in the mid-1960s.
Sounds like someone’s voice began to fade.
Chicagoland kids will remember this from the Ray Rayner Show.
One of the biggest hits of 1922- cannabis must've legal then!
What's really weird is you listened to a dozen of them.
Very much as spike Jones " the Jones laughing record "
ok this is a hoot
Will you please stop blowing your horn ?
FOESHOW
SAME. Love that cartoon. Tex Avery is rgeat and Daws Butler is such a versatile voice actor.
"AW *SHUT UP*!"
If this doesn't put you in a laughing fit, check your pulse.
"Mr. Twiddle! You? Here?"
Remember your nerves, you blow up...
@@NJGuy1973 *Mr. Twiddle literally explodes with rage!*
"People just won't listen to their doctor's advice..."
@@ZakWolf 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
100 years.. counting 900 to 1000
When he died🎵
Creepy as heck 😳
I like the part where they laugh :]
Como eu vim parar aqui?
People were clearly desperate for entertainment in those days. Almost anything sold.
Haaaahaha....No doubt.
Yeah, like the age of TikTok is any better.
@@NJGuy1973 🤣 Touché!
Citrus Demon
2 of the world's jellies records!
40 years later, Frank Zappa.
Sono qui perché ho letto L'Animale che Ride di Jacopo Cirillo.
when he died
when he died
Made me laugh 😂😂😂😂
The trumpet player must be extremely careful to not drop his beautiful trumpet on the foot of a laughing lady…….🤣😂🤣
*ӺȗČĶ* Orchard Music. (on behalf of Everyone)
This was an incognito cannabis experiment
Me when I telephone his wife (she reacted with delight)
Here thanks to another RUclips uploader is the same trumpeter playing the same tune but without the mistakes and consequent merriment. ruclips.net/video/x970GGrWDR4/видео.html
😆
Before reefer madness
Cachinnation most worthy.
who says that the Germans don't have a sense of humor?
Trump's claims of a fixed election bought me here.
Just don't play it backwards!