The end is here

August 10, 2007 12:23 PM

It's over! Finished! All done!! And I need the audio clips to prove it.....

So, I am responsible for writing an application for a conference the week after next, in which there will be something similar to speed dating. Nothing romantic, it's basically vendors on one side meeting with suppliers on the other side. My application, among other things, generates an automatic prompt along the lines of "*ding* Please move to appointment two...", as well as announcing the beginning and ending of breaks. At the very end of the last session of the day, it also plays a final sound queue to announce the end of the day. There are four days, so I would like four different clever audio clips to announce the end of the day. I already have one of Roy Orbison singing "It's over...." and I am looking for others. This is a business environment, so all clips must be safe for work. They should also be enough of a pop culture meme to be recognizable.

Suggestions?

posted by Lokheed to media & arts (24 comments total)

"The End", by the Doors... "This is the end"
posted by smackfu at 12:30 PM on August 10, 2007

porky Pig---Tttthtattas all fffolks!
posted by Gungho at 12:32 PM on August 10, 2007

Three Stooges closing credits music
posted by mikepop at 12:37 PM on August 10, 2007

Gong sound?
posted by cowbellemoo at 12:39 PM on August 10, 2007

I've always liked the post-credit nugget at the end of Ferris Buehler's Day Off (paraphrased): "What are you still doing here? It's over. Go home. I mean it, go home!"
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 12:46 PM on August 10, 2007

Oh, I love that one. The other ones are pretty good too. Keep 'em coming!
posted by Lokheed at 12:49 PM on August 10, 2007

The Producers (the movie of the play of the movie) has a similar Go Away! ending after the credits.
posted by Gungho at 12:51 PM on August 10, 2007

Foo Fighters, DOA, has a line that goes something like "Now it's over, it's done with, and I feel fine, nothing you can say's gonna change my mind..."
posted by Comrade_robot at 1:08 PM on August 10, 2007

There's the Beatles' "The End": "And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make."
posted by cerebus19 at 1:14 PM on August 10, 2007

There was a bit from a show, The Critic, i believe, with a pimply faced teen theater worker that went something like: 'sir, you need to go home now' "i'm stuck in my seat"
posted by Jacen at 1:15 PM on August 10, 2007

If you like the Ferris Bueller one, I'd suggest the end of the old Batman TV show episodes: "Tune in tomorrow--same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!"
posted by cerebus19 at 1:17 PM on August 10, 2007

(No, I don't know why the Ferris Bueller one connected to Batman in my mind. It just did.)
posted by cerebus19 at 1:18 PM on August 10, 2007

A bit corny, but of course there is the song from the Sound of Music with all their good-byes.
posted by misha at 1:41 PM on August 10, 2007

"Together Wherever We Go," from Gypsy as sung by Ethel Merman.
posted by beaucoupkevin at 1:45 PM on August 10, 2007

"It's Time For Saying Goodbye" by The Muppets, from The Muppets Take Manhattan. Too sad?
posted by ALongDecember at 1:51 PM on August 10, 2007

What's the one that goes 'Shananana...nananana... Hey hey hey.... goodbye!'

Oh here it is

Or:
Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan
Don't need to be coy, Roy, just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus, don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free
posted by happyturtle at 1:52 PM on August 10, 2007

Hmm,

"Closing time: You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."
posted by JMOZ at 2:10 PM on August 10, 2007

Oingo Boingo's "Goodbye Goodbye"
posted by dogwelder at 2:14 PM on August 10, 2007

"Good night, my someone, good night" from the musical "The Music Man" -- sure, it's a little romantic, but it will probably be different from all your other sound clips, and might be a refreshing change.
posted by amtho at 2:32 PM on August 10, 2007

Oh, and "Th...th...th...that's all folks!" (Porky Pig) (probably under hideously tight copyright protection)
posted by amtho at 2:34 PM on August 10, 2007

You could go as far back as Gracie Allen saying "Good night, Gracie," up through the sound of MTM miowing cat, "Sit, Ubu sit... good dog," the "Grrr... argh" sound from Joss Wheden's shows... tv production company credit-closing slides you have known. Guess it all depends on the generation you're playing to.
posted by mumkin at 2:38 PM on August 10, 2007

It's not specifically "goodbye," but how about Statler & Waldorf from the Muppets?

WALDORF: That was wonderful!
STATLER: Bravo!
WALDORF: I loved that!
STATLER: Ah, that was great!
WALDORF: Neh–it was pretty good.
STATLER: Well, it wasn’t bad…
WALDORF: There were parts of it that weren’t very good, though.
STATLER: It could’ve been a lot better.
WALDORF: I didn’t really like it.
STATLER: It was pretty terrible.
WALDORF: It was bad.
STATLER: It was awful!
STATLER & WALDORF: Terrible! Take ‘em away! Bah, BOO!! BOOOO!!!

posted by Partial Law at 4:22 PM on August 10, 2007

"good night...and good luck" edward r murrow (or david straithairn)

the angels "thank you and goodnight"
posted by softlord at 5:13 PM on August 10, 2007

Thanks so much folks, I have my four.

1. Roy Orbison - "It's Over"
2. Farris Bueller - "You're still here...?"
3. Statler and Waldorf - "Just when you think this show is terrible, something wonderful happens." "What?" "It ends."
4. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - "The Final Goodbye"
posted by Lokheed at 5:54 PM on August 10, 2007