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Let's face it, its funny when audio technology goofs up, especially when it's not supposed to; it's always good to make sure that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that.
Well, you get the picture.
For overly-long repetition not caused by a malfunctioning machine, see Broken Record.
Examples
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Film
- The Marx Brothers film Monkey Business: the boys all try to get in the country claiming to be Maurice Chevalier
 (he was on the ship and they stole his passport). To prove they're Chevalier they sing; Harpo's got a Maurice Chevalier record on a wind-up player strapped to his back, which eventually begins to wind down.
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Roger is entertaining the bar patrons by performing to a record of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (the Looney Tunes theme). The record sticks just as Roger gets to the part where he smashes a plate over his head, so he smashes several until Eddie stops the record.
- Played for laughs with the opening song in Hannah Montana The Movie where Hannah is shooting a music video and the song becomes stuck on 'Best of both...best of both....' until the sound engineer does Percussive Maintenance to get it going again (while the dancers also loop their moves). They finish the song, the director calls cut and says he'll Fix It in Post.
- Singin' in the Rain: At the preview showing of The Dueling Cavalier, a mishap causes the film to lose sync with the soundtrack (early sound films had the soundtrack on a phonograph record; they switched to printing the track directly on the film to avoid this very thing), leading to a scene where the villain and the Distressed Damsel speak each other's lines. This becomes a plot point, as it leads to the idea of having Kathy dub over Lena's nails-on-a-chalkboard voice.
Literature
Live Action TV
- In the final episode of Are You Being Served? Mr. Spooner goes on TV to become a pop idol, but he loses his voice mid-song so they play a reel-to-reel tape they recorded earlier. Problem is, the tape was recorded at half the speed it was played back at.
- Episode 24 of Monty Python's Flying Circus, just before and during the opening titles.
- In the Series 4 Finale of Doctor Who, Donna Noble does this when explaining to the Doctor how to fix his Chameleon Circuit. Although, to be fair, she did the the after-effects of a Two-Way Biometical Crisis, which resulted in a human Doctor from a severed hand (Lost in the Series 2 Christmas Special), and Donna getting the mind of a Timelord.
Music
Theater
- Not quite the same thing, but in The Musical The Drowsy Chaperone, the Man in Chair is listening to an actual record of a 1920's show, which occasionally skips. Since the show is "appearing" in his living room, the characters have to keep repeating their actions until the record moves on.
Western Animation
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