The greatest Tarzan calls of all time
If you're planning to enter our Scream like Tarzan! competition, here is your homework:
The Tarzan call has a long and chequered history, including
Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller played Tarzan in five films. He often claimed to have invented the Tarzan call, although later admitted it was created in the studio by merging together several different voices. He's seen here in a strange US advertisement for good parenting.
Perhaps the Tarzan call's lowest point came when it was used by Italian dance producers Baltimora on their 1985 hit Tarzan Boy.
If you were old enough to be watching kids TV in 1976, then you'll probably remember this long-running cartoon series. The opening credits end with a classic Weissmuller.
This clip from the 1929 film 'Tarzan the Tiger' has - at 4:25 - a pre-Weissmuller Tarzan cry. No yodelling, no flair, just a weird man-scream. The film was made silent, with various sound effects later dubbed on before release.
This US episode of the improv comedy panel game proves that doing a convincing Tarzan call is much harder than it sounds.
It sounds like the punchline to a bad joke, but Tarzan Istanbul'da is a real film, made in 1952, with a very Wiessmulleresque call at 3:00.
There's no Tarzan call, but this scene from the hugely successful Bollywood blockbuster 'Adventures of Tarzan' will change the way you think about Tarzan forever.
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