Jim Cramer Sound Effects, Jim Cramer Mad Money Sound Effects

Mad Money Sound Effects

Another of the features that make the show stand out are the on-screen graphics and radio-like sound effects that Cramer activates during the show. The effects are activated with a panel of oversized red buttons, with the exception of sounds made after Cramer tosses his book to the floor after a caller mentions it (those sounds are made by the studio crew).

The effects are:

graphics with sounds:
1. a pair of bellowing bulls
2. a pair of roaring bears

sounds only:
1. squealing pigs (a reference to someone holding a stock too long before selling, and missing out on the profits -- or as he says, "Bulls make money, bears make money, but pigs/hogs get slaughtered"--or some reference to a meat company when it is being discussed.)
2. a screaming man falling out of a window and then crashing on the ground (a stock Cramer considers to be "killing everyone." Cramer sometimes calls this sound a "man out the window.")
3. a wrecking train (a stock Cramer considers to be a disaster. Cramer calls this sound a "train wreck.")
4. a train coming to a stop
5. an National Football League referee calling, "Personal foul. Unsportsmanlike conduct." (unethical behavior by a company, or a question Cramer does not like, such as a caller trashing a Cramer favorite stock)
6. an alarm in a diving submarine and the submarine captain commanding, "Dive!"
7. a train conductor calling, "All aboard!"
8. a ringing cash register (used when Cramer recommends selling all or part of a caller's current holding)
9. a buzzing sound (buzzer); this is also activated by Cramer's staff to signify the end of The Lightning Round
10. a bomb whizzing while in free fall and then exploding as it crashes
11. a trumpet playing Call to the Post (a kind of bugle call, a horse racing reference) usually heard at the beginning of The Lightning Round
12. Cramer uttering, "Sell, sell, sell." (triple sell)
13. Cramer yelling "Don't buy! Don't buy!" (his line from a cameo in Arrested Development)
14. a machine gun being fired
15. a choir singing Hallelujah from Handel's Messiah (used when a caller asks whether to sell or hold on to a stock that has done well).
16. a bowling ball knocking down pins ("pin action" reference)
17. a truck beeping while backing up (usually used when he recommends large purchases of a stock, which he refers to as a "'Mon Back")
18. a hotel reception bell
19. a toilet flushing
20. a guillotine's blade falling
21. a heart monitor flatlining (generally referring to a stock that hasn't done anything, either upwards or downwards)
22. a crowd cheering (commonly used when a caller's family--especially children--give Cramer a Booyah)
23. an ominous voice saying "the house of pain" (used when a Cramer or caller's stock pick didn't do as well as hoped)
24. a stampede (presumably of bulls)
25. Cramer uttering, "Buy, buy, buy." (triple buy)
26. a dog barking
27. howling ghosts (a Halloween reference used to represent a probable disaster of a stock/company or a very risky stock to buy, sell or hold, but especially during Triple Witching Hour)
28. a baby crying (preferably a girl toddler)
29. playing of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" ("Stars and Stripes" reference)
30. a jail cell closing, the pun being "sell" block
31. a sultry-sounding female saying "house of pleasure" (used when a Cramer or caller's stock pick has done well; the opposite of "the house of pain")
sounds heard after Cramer throws his book to the side
1. a high-pitched voice saying "oh!"
2. monkeys screaming
3. a doorbell ringing
4. an explosion
5. a man coughing
6. a car wrecking
7. a horse neighing
8. an electric guitar playing a note
9. a spring making a "boing" sound
10. a "gong" sound
11. water being splashed, possibly caused by a diver

Sometimes, Cramer will press certain red buttons at once as explained above altogether if he is highly upset about a stock. This has happened many times in the show's run.