It’s known as The Tarzan Yell. Film actor Johnny Weissmuller created it in the 1930s. Carol Burnett hilariously revived it on her 1970s variety show. No telling of the Tarzan story since woul… ...

The first startling indication of her consciousness is Burnett's beloved yell. But Burnett didn't even know what she'd done at first. "I didn't realize I was doing it," she tells Entertainment Weekly.

There was, of course, the signature Tarzan yell — akin to a yodel — and what the character's creator Edgar Rice Burroughs described as “the victory cry of the bull ape." Weissmuller won two ...

Herman Brix, who died Saturday at 100, was a record-breaking shot-putter who went on to star in Tarzan movies, in which he invented his own version of the Tarzan yell, transliterated by one critic as ...

And the memorable Tarzan yell has been altered slightly (but the writers add a line of commentary to acknowledge the change).

Disney's 1999 film adaptation of Tarzan stands as the best version of the character, thanks to its unique blend of narration and visuals. Unlike previous adaptations, the film puts Tarzan himself ...

There are few sounds in American television as iconic as Carol Burnett's Tarzan yell. The beloved comedian brings her signature sound to episode 4 of Palm Royale, "Maxine Rolls the Dice." But she ...