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Repetitive Audio Glitch
aka: Like A Broken Record
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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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Comics
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.
- In The Great Mouse Detective, the heroes are strapped into a Death Trap driven by a record player. Fortunately, the record starts skipping, pausing the countdown for a few precious seconds. Unfortunately, Basil is too busy having a Heroic BSOD to take advantage of it.
Literature
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul: Early in the novel, the reader is treated to a grisly sight, where a person's severed head is on atop a record on a turntable, with the turntable on. The person's head keeps nudging the record needle into the previous groove.
"Don't pick it up, pick it up, pick it— Don't pick it up, pick it up, pick it— Don't pick it up, pick it up, pick it—"
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.
- Used as an Oh Crap moment in the Doctor Who TV Movie. The song the Doctor's listening to skips on the word "time" just as the Master's remains escape from their can and sabotage the TARDIS console. It comes back at the end of the movie, and the Eighth Doctor says, "Oh, No... Not Again!."
- In an episode of Medium, Allison keeps hearing the same song, over and over, in her head. It eventually starts skipping erratically until she locates the mp3 player of a kidnapped girl.
Music
- GIRL YOU KNOW ITS GIRL YOU KNOW ITS GIRL YOU KNOW ITS GIRL YOU KNOW ITS (and this one happened ''live''!)
- Not quite the same as this, but Ashlee Simpson's singing career went down in flames after she went on Saturday Night Live to promote her new song and started lipsyncing to the wrong song...
- Blur's song Peach ends in a manner which is reminiscent of a skipping record.
- Played for laughs in Type O Negative's Skip It, designed to sound like the CD is jumping.
- In Eminem's track 'Under the Influence', guest rapper Bizarre's section includes the following:
My DJ's in a coma for letting the record ski-
letting the record ski-
letting the record ski-
[rewind sound effect]
- "Pearl Bomb" by Melvins starts with 30 seconds of a very short loop that sounds exactly like a skipping CD... Then a clearly non-skipping bass guitar starts playing in time with the loop. The loop continues throughout the rest of the song, and basically functions as a rhythm track.
- "Coin-Operated Boy" by The Dresden Dolls has a section that's supposed to resemble one of these:
And I'll never let him go
And I'll never be alone
And I'll never let him go
And I'll never be alone
go- And I'll never be alone
go- And I'll never be alone
go- And I'll never be alone
And I'll never be alone....
Not with my coin operated boy
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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