HALLOWEEN HI JINX

Okay, here's a blast from the past. For those of you not immersed in 60's pop culture, SHINDIG! was a TV show that featured music and dancing aimed at teenagers. This episode is from 1965 when Monster Mania was bubbling over like a witch's cauldron. Featuring Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Ted Cassidy from THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Pickett sings his world-famous "Monster Mash" while everybody dances "The Lurch".

STILL MORE HALLOWEEN MONSTER MUSIC

MONSTER MUSIC MONDAY

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DO THE MONSTER MASH!

Well, here it is, almost Halloween again! And what better time to do the MONSTER MASH? This is my all-time favorite monsterkid album ever. I wore the grooves out of my original Garpax LP. My friend Doug and I and a couple other neighbor kids even put on shows in our garage, jumpin' and jivin' with our monster get-ups and makeshift musical instruments as THE MERRY MONSTERS -- all the while blasting away Bobby Pickett's immortal songs!

It doesn't take THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS to remind anyone of its iconic status among the greatest in Monsterdom. Here are a couple of clips and a clipping of mine. It's a rare look at the fan club page from DIG magazine (July 1962). As I mentioned in my OFFICIAL MUNSTERS MAGAZINE blog posts, notice the salmon-hued paper. Like, wild, man!