--- title: DNC: Watch Howard Dean Bring Back the 'Dean Scream' description: Howard Dean made light of his worst moment in politics at the Democratic national convention Tuesday night. canonical: https://time.com/4425539/dnc-howard-dean-scream/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-27T03:49:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:34:30.552Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Howard Dean Bring Back the 'Dean Scream' og:description: He relives an infamous moment in political history as a joke. og:url: https://time.com/4425539/dnc-howard-dean-scream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3ae86e1cf22ff91/69889f998e0601358b466e89/howard-dean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean speaks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Howard Dean Bring Back the 'Dean Scream' twitter:description: He relives an infamous moment in political history as a joke. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3ae86e1cf22ff91/69889f998e0601358b466e89/howard-dean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Howard Dean Bring Back the 'Dean Scream' by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 27, 2016 3:49 AM UTC  Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean speaks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean speaks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Aaron P. Bernstein—2016 Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 27, 2016 3:49 AM UTC Howard Dean made light of his worst moment in politics at the Democratic national convention Tuesday night. The former Vermont Governor, Democratic National Committee chair and presidential candidate took the stage to stump for nominee Hillary Clinton, ending by revisiting his famous “Dean scream” from the 2004 race. “Help make history, and volunteer because this race is going to be won on the ground, and it’s going to be won in Colorado, and in Iowa, and North Carolina, and Michigan, and Florida and Pennsylvania, and then we’re going to the White House!” Dean excitedly told the audience at the DNC. He was referencing a line that he made as a presidential candidate in 2004, minus an infamously garbled scream at the end which helped doom his campaign after he came in third in the Iowa caucuses. 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