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** It's worth pointing out that that last note is also horrendously off-key. Cameron Diaz was unable to hit the note, much less sustain it, so they had to bring in a professional opera singer to do the singing part there. Y'know what they say: [[Hollywood Tone Deaf|it takes a very good singer to sound that bad]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jst_T8k8Ojc Martin Short] on ''Late Night With David Letterman'' (which Nathan Lane mirrors to the T for some reason).
* In the [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''[
** This scene was directly referenced in the ''[[SCTV]]'' "Godfather" parody, with Luciano Pavarotti (John Candy) holding an extended high note.
* In ''Klondike Casanova'' Olive Oyl pulls this off, her neck stretching all the while, as Popeye runs back to the kitchen to whip up sandwiches for the hungry crowd.
* In ''[[¡Three Amigos! (Film)|Three Amigos]]'' (with [[Steve Martin]]) as they sing their theme song there's one part where they hold one note for a comically long time before continuing.
* Given how much <s>[[PDQ Bach]]</s> Peter Schickele loves the [[Overly Long Gag]], it's not surprising that he has a bunch of these.
** Parodied in ''The Stoned Guest'': Carmen Ghia takes a breath in the middle of a long note and a voice cries, "I heard that!" In one of her duets with Donna Ribalda, an [[Intermission]] is taken as they hold their penultimate note ("Have you got a stopwatch?").
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* Lord Worm, the vocalist of Cryptopsy, holds a scream for over 30 seconds on the track Open Face Surgery.
* Dylan Carlson holds one note on the guitar for over 30 minutes on the track Like Gold And Faceted.
* The current real life record for sustaining a vocal note is held by singer Dean Frenkel at 57 seconds. If you include sustained notes on a musical instrument, Kenny G used to hold the record, having sustained a note on a saxophone for ''45 minutes, 47 seconds''. Costa Rican Geovanny Escalante currently holds the record with over '' '''90 minutes''' '' of continuous playing. Of course, saxophonists—unlike singers—can use [
** Vocally, it is actually possible for any experienced singer to hold a note out for a ''very'' long time, if that note is very ''soft''. Obviously, a louder sound takes more air, so if you sing softly it is incredible how long a note can be held. Most of these examples, however, are belted, which is much more impressive.
* The song "Opening Band" by Paul and Storm ends with a succession of "Hello"s, the last of which is held for a long time. 22 seconds to be exact (studio version)
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