# Why is there a horse sound effect in the Car Talk Credits

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**Created:** [June 1, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-there-a-horse-sound-effect-in-the-car-talk-credits/195043 "2024-06-01T01:35:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![FeWix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FeWix](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FeWix)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-there-a-horse-sound-effect-in-the-car-talk-credits/195043/1 "2024-06-01T01:35:27Z")

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After “Katherin Froubuker Fenollosa” there is always a horse sound effect. Why is that ?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-there-a-horse-sound-effect-in-the-car-talk-credits/195043/2 "2024-06-01T01:46:56Z")

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It is a reference to Frau Blucher, a character played by Cloris Leachmanin the movie, Young Frankenstein. Blucher is the German word for “glue” so the horse whinnys whenever her name is spoken.

Edit: Seems that blucher is not German for glue, it is a Prussian general’s surname.

> **[Why Do the Horses Whinny in "Young Frankenstein?"](https://www.thoughtco.com/young-frankenstein-those-whinnying-horses-4069259)**
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> Legend has it that horses whinny in "Young Frankenstein" because they mistake Frau Blucher's name for a glue factory threat. Neigh or yea?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-is-there-a-horse-sound-effect-in-the-car-talk-credits/195043/3 "2024-06-01T11:46:49Z")

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> [@Mustangman](#):
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> Seems that blucher is not German for glue, it is a Prussian general’s surname.

Because my family (on both sides) was in the shoe business for ~200 years, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear “Blucher” is a type of shoe. But, that style of shoe was actually named for Field Marshall Blucher.

It seems that articles of clothing and shoes have a history of being named for military people. Besides those shoes, three that come to mind are the Cardigan, the Eisenhower jacket, and Raglan sleeves, but I think that there are likely other examples.