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  • Earth 2 Chris
    Verbose Member
    • Mar 7, 2004
    • 32498

    Dracula saying "bleh"

    Where does this come from? I don't think Bela Lugosi ever said "bleh" or "blah", yet it's part of the stereotypical Dracula schtick. My son and I are building the Revell Dracula, and for fun are talking like Bela as Drac. Invariably, "bleh" just instinctively comes out.

    It's probably just someone, years ago, picking at Bela's thick Hungarian accent. If Dracula (or any Drac-like vampire) doesn't have said accent, he ain't a vampire to most folks! Especially in spoofs! Even Sesame Street's Count has the accent!

    It's probably like Superman changing in a phone booth, or Kirk saying "Beam me up, Scotty". It never happened much, or in the case of TOS, not at all, but somehow became a core part of the mythology of each property.

    Any ideas?

    Chris
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  • thunderbolt
    Hi Ernie!!!
    • Feb 15, 2004
    • 34211

    #2
    It might actually stem from the Count, considring how long he's been around.
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    • palitoy
      live. laugh. lisa needs braces
      • Jun 16, 2001
      • 59204

      #3
      I wondered the same thing myself but thought it might be from looney toons somehow.
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      • LonnieFisher
        Eloquent Member
        • Jan 19, 2008
        • 10814

        #4
        Count Blah!!

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        • Earth 2 Chris
          Verbose Member
          • Mar 7, 2004
          • 32498

          #5
          I wondered the same thing myself but thought it might be from looney toons somehow.
          Yeah, that's a good guess. The "I am a vampire"/"I am an umpire" Bugs Bunny short.

          It might actually stem from the Count, considring how long he's been around.
          Could be that too, but I think it was already part of the deal by the late 60s. Mad Monster Party? has a Drac who does it I think.

          Chris
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          • Monsterama2000
            Creepy and Kooky!
            • Mar 27, 2008
            • 578

            #6
            It might come from the 1964 parody song "My Son, The Vampire" by Allan Sherman. He says the word "blood" several times, but pronounces it as "bleh".
            Erick
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            • danadoll
              Micronaut Nut!
              • Apr 11, 2005
              • 1840

              #7
              Pink Panther?

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D3I-dlqeCo
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              • torgospizza
                Theocrat of Pan Tang
                • Aug 19, 2010
                • 2747

                #8
                Originally posted by Earth 2 Chris
                It's probably just someone, years ago, picking at Bela's thick Hungarian accent.
                This is what I always thought. It's almost expected, like someone imitating Jimmy Cagney and saying "See?" after everything. Now, if Cagney were a vampire, it would be too much: "Blah, see? Blah!"

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                • tay666
                  Career Member
                  • Dec 27, 2008
                  • 753

                  #9
                  Originally posted by LonnieFisher
                  Count Blah!!


                  First thing that popped into my head.

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                  • johnmiic
                    Adrift
                    • Sep 6, 2002
                    • 8427

                    #10
                    Could it be from Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein?

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                    • Werewolf
                      Inhuman
                      • Jul 14, 2003
                      • 14615

                      #11
                      No clue where it came from or why it stuck to the character. Bela never said it.
                      You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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                      • The Toyroom
                        The Packaging King
                        • Dec 31, 2004
                        • 16653

                        #12
                        Things that make you go "Hmmmmmm".....
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