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Jack Hitt turned me on to this cool YouTube compilation of “Wilhelm Screams.” The Wilhelm Scream is probably the most repeated stock sound effect — having been jammed into more than 100 different movies. We’ve all heard it dozens of times (for example, in just about every Spielberg movie) without realizing it. This got me thinking: What are other examples of attributes or messages that are there for all to see but are only appreciated by the cognoscenti? (I love software Easter Eggs too. But they don’t count because they are not really there for anyone to see unless we’re told that striking particular bizarre keys will produce a .) In a passage about the fundamental differences between Brooklyn and New York (i.e., Manhattan), McCullough writes: People then were still inclined to form opinions more from experience than... [read full story]
