The Creaking Door
The program's familiar and famed audio trademark was the eerie creaking door which opened and closed the broadcasts. Himan Brown got the idea from a door in the basement that "squeaked like Hell." The door sound was actually made by a rusty desk chair. The program did originally intend to use a door, but on its first use, the door did not creak. Undaunted, Brown grabbed a nearby chair, sat in it and turned, causing a hair-raising squeak. The chair was used from then on as the sound prop. On at least one memorable occasion, a staffer innocently repaired and oiled the chair, thus forcing the sound man to mimic the squeak orally.
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Famous quotes containing the words creaking and/or door:
“What kept him from remembering what it was
That brought him to that creaking room was age.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home.
It has no windows, and the door swings,
Dry bones can harm no one.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)