Fun Fact: Every major record label declined to record this song... it was ultimately picked up by a small outfit and sold over 1 million records in it's first year and reached the number one spot on the billboards!
So have I and I'm 58 as well and this is the first time I've seen it performed as well. I even have the song because I bought it when I was a boy. On a 45 RPM single record! I still have it around here someplace.
@@tonyisnotdead We're not talking about Lennon's "Imagine" or some other high level songwriting or vocal performance here. We're talking about "Monster Mash", which was written as a comedic ditty from day one. Get off your high horse.
Absolutely correct! That was the best part!! Even Karloff himself declared it was a perfect imitation of him. When it came out in 62' I thought it was Boris himself. Bobby was extremely ❤talented and we Loved it and played the hell out it! ❤ R.I.P. Bobby.
This song was a hit in the early 70s in the UK, but I'd never seen the singer before. Those expressions .......wow.just.wow. This man has a rubber face.
Scarey faces scare me too , hopefully god almighty won't be female and scare the holy water right outa me ! GOOD GRACIOUS I'M TOO SCARED TO SLEEP NOW , GONA GIT ME SOME BEER TO CALM MY NERVES🍺🍺
Where do I begin? First, Bobby Pickett is a Genus! His facial expressions and imitations bring the song to a whole other level. Second, he made a song for Halloween opening up an entire new genre of both dark rides and Theatrics like Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath. One night my Band was playing this song. I was the Drummer and backup Vocalist. My Neighbor, the Executive Vice President of the Ct Affiliate of the AHA at the time walked in to listen. When we finished he informed us that he went to Brown University with Bobby Pickett! He said we honored Bobby. i was blown away! I still am to this day and periodically I watch Bobby perform this song just to lift my spirits and take me back to that day in 1986.
I play this for the first time for my granddaughter. She couldn't believe the lyrics in this iconic song. But she really enjoyed it. Now every Halloween she make sure when I put the Bluetooth speaker on the porch for the kids trick-or-treating she make sure this is on the playlist on my front porch giving out candy on Halloween. And then her and her other girlfriends start dancing on the front lawn to this song in their Halloween costumes
He is not a legend. He did a great song that is played during Halloween. Forever. He isn’t a Legend. He just did a really awesome Halloween song. That doesn’t make him a Legend.
I heard this while sitting in the car waiting for my dad, I could not wait to share with him this awesome new song that I had heard. When he returned with friends I did not understand why they were laughing at my announcement. Maybe it's because it was in 1977. :>
Pickett is such a great showman.He performs this sensational song pure and simple with wonderful,Music artistry. One of Rock and Roll's,as well as halloween's,eternal greatest comical,humorous live forever hits!
My wife was born in another country and today I introduced her to "The Monster Mash" here on UA-cam, she listened to the song and she had a big smile. What had happened this morning was I had found myself singing a verse of the Mash right outloud and I wondered if my wife was familiar with this song. So that's why I searched for it here on UA-cam today May 21, 2023. Can you imagine this song still running in my head after 59 years? A very catchy tune for sure! - Peter age 73
Unless you're like 100, you'll have to get used to this! Look up some more golden oldies, you might be surprised to find something you like. Most of the music I listen to is older than me. 😊
There’s a record from the 70’s called goofy gold with lots of fun old songs like this.... tho I never thought of these as “old”, classical music is “old” & nobody calls it old
My earliest happy Halloween memories are waiting all day for the Monster Mash to come on the radio. To this day, Bobby Pickett’s Monster Mash defines this spooky season.
I love that Bobby impersonated both Boris Karloff (who was Frankenstein's Monster and the original Mummy) for the whole song, and Bela Lugosi for the Dracula bit. The two icons of horror.
Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney Jr. Three movie legends. And Boris is also a Christmas legend as well. He is the voice of the narrator on the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas from the '60s.
@@wulf-3596 If you check out Geoff Castellucci's remake of this classic Halloween treat, be VERY attentive to all the little tricks he also supplies to us!
@@kevinramsey417 well that's obvious, you didn't need to point that out. Yes, the Lugosi impression makes sense for Dracula, but the whole song is from the perspective of Dr. Frankenstein, not Boris Karloff or his monster. I just think it's cool that Bobby did a Karloff impression for the whole song.
Bobby "Boris" Pickett could just about rival Jim Carrey with those facial expressions! He was a natural! So sad I never got to see him while he was alive, but ever grateful that this banger of a song lives on!
@@kinghippo1515 Okay that's your opinion, if you don't like the song then you don't have to, a lot of us here do though and if you don't then why are you here?
@@redexec Scombs 654 il y a 5 mois I love that Bobby impersonated both Boris Karloff (who was Frankenstein and th e original Mummy) for the whole song, and Bela Lugosi for the Dracula bit. The two icons of horror.
@@redexec the facial expressions are stupid but they’re strung together in a markedly artistic way by syncing the words, the beat, and the story into his performance. It’s a satirical song mixed with a live performer who wrote to the song and they’re done very well together even if the individual pieces are satire.
A few years ago Hallmark, normally famous for it's Christmas ornaments, released a three piece Monster Mash set, with Dracula on organ, Frankenstein's monster on guitar, and Wolfman on drums. When plugged into the correct power cord, all three would light up. Each a had a button on the back. If you pushed the button on Dracula, for example, they would play the Monster Mash song with Dracula as the lead singer. You could do the same with the other two as well. With all three characters plugged into the same power cord, they would light up in coordinated patterns as the song played. I usually put these up as decorations on my window sill for the Halloween season every year, along with three other power cord light up Hallmark Halloween ornaments. I wish Hallmark would make more power cord ornaments for Halloween, but I guess there just isn't enough commercial interest.
Bobby Pickett may be gone but not forgotten your monster mash is still a classic around at Halloween still a favorite to listen to appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
he was lip sincing not singing. very few TV shows had live singers. its how they got the same sound as the record. Go to live gigs and listen to them sing. they dont sound anything like the recorded versions done in a studio. Even a lot of live gigs their not always singing live they play a recording. Some songs r impossble to do live cause of sound effects they add in when they record songs and cant be reproduced live.
Always somebody to call out the lips synching. Lol. Do u go on each live video to report the lip synching? We know. American bandstand. Always synced. We know.
@@williamdahl3318 No different than pointing out the unsavory ingredients of food products. Lip sync, nature documentaries, reality tv, at some point people should understand what they are seeing and believing.
No matter how long ago this song came out, is still a classic that can't be replace today. Every song has their spot in every season on this planet, yet people tend to forget over time. This song shouldn't be forgotten, without it i couldn't have not remembered how fun Halloween can be to all us in this day of the year. Young or old, it doesn't matter, just enjoy the 31 of October and pass good candy that childre will smile and have fun. A little scares could be good to. But most of all, happy Halloween. 🎉🧟♂️
I have heard this song hundreds if not thousands of times over the years this is the very first time i have ever seen who actually was singing the song THIS IS AWESOME !!!!
I had been listening to this for years First time watching this and it’s like listening to it for the first time It’s just not complete without his sinister facial expressions ❤
In 1973, I was a young store security guard in Hicksville, Long Island and I had to work the night shift due to a broken window - the alarms were down. In the middle of the night, when I was alone by myself, I had the radio on in the store speakers and as I was walking past some store mannequins and this song came on. It was sort of funny but spooky.
So Get this..... the song the monster mash is about a dance called the monster mash, that was inspired by a song called the monster mash which is an entirely different song than this song titled the monster mash
This guy had to be an actor of some type. His facial expressions during that performance was outstanding. I've heard this song all my life and this is the fist time i've seen him perform it. Wow
I've been playing this song every day. It sounds great coming from my Echo Show 2nd generation. Nice base, HD quality... Oh yeah, we were talking about Still listening to this song in 2019. I got side tracked...
I let my 5 yrs old granddaughter hear this on Halloween, she's still singing it now 😂 I'm sure it will live on with her kids and her kids kids, fantastic.
MAY MR BOBBY PICKET REST IN PEACE . THEE ONE AND ONLY ORIGINAL SONG FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. A ORIGINAL AND NO ONE WILL EVER TOP HIM .GREW UP IN THE 70S WATCHING HIM .AND WATCHING AMERICAN BANDSTAND ALONG WITH SOUL TRAIN .THOSE WERE THE GOOD TIMES .😅
Best Hallowe’en record EVER!! Loved it when I was 8 years old and still love it at 58 years old. But WOW. Bobbys singing voice and spoken voice are completely different. Spooky!!!
Perfect for Halloween Bobby Pickett sings so beautifully and well doing the monster mash always a classic to listen to after all these years appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud ! Joe
@@lanabrooks4146 the video that popularized the song was made before this song. The song spooky scary skeletons was made in the 1990s and popularized by memes in the 2000s I don't mean to sound rude
Bobby's facial expressions were as classic as the song. Bobby is now dearly departed, but his song will live on, resurrected every Halloween.
It reminds me of Jim Carreys facial expressions
you mean valentines day right???
Fax
@@moaiman2246 he looks like him
We love you Bobby!
Fun Fact: Every major record label declined to record this song... it was ultimately picked up by a small outfit and sold over 1 million records in it's first year and reached the number one spot on the billboards!
It was also a big hit in 1973. That is when I first heard it.
I asked for this record for Christmas in 1978 when I was 2. Ha ha.
I love hearing about successes like that.
Parrot records. The cover for the original vinyl is pretty rad with a vampire up front.
@@jonathanbrumfiel9909 What a collector's piece that would be!
I’ve heard this song thousands of times in my 58 years and this is the first time ever seeing Pickett perform it.
Ha same!! I’m 54 ❤
So have I and I'm 58 as well and this is the first time I've seen it performed as well. I even have the song because I bought it when I was a boy. On a 45 RPM single record! I still have it around here someplace.
Me too. I’m 54 and had no idea about this video.
Well, you saw him lip sync it anyway.
@@MrKruger88 Yea that was pretty obvious.
Ya gotta love the way he morphs into character as the song begins. His facial expressions were as entertaining as the song itself!
that's really sad. if i was a musician, i definitely wouldn't want unfunny, stupid faces to be compared on the same level as my music.
@@tonyisnotdead
We're not talking about Lennon's "Imagine" or some other high level songwriting or vocal performance here. We're talking about "Monster Mash", which was written as a comedic ditty from day one.
Get off your high horse.
@@tonyisnotdeadpipe down lil bro, hold this ratio.
@@mijomcgyver6270 Dont mention such trash as Imagine in the same breath as this. Its at least funny.
Either way, he was still lip syncing.
It's not Halloween without this song .
No sir/mam its not without it from Edmonton Alberta Canada
Greatest halloween song ever
Amén!
Sisisi es verdad, yes yes yes that's true👍👌😆🎃
@@siobhansweeney7376 ?
I'm sure Bobby would be Thrilled that 56yrs later that song would still be played at Halloween time🎃 RIP 'Boris'
❤
Kn is
"At Halloween time"? My son wants to listen to this song like every day of the year. 😆
58 years actually. But still a classic!
He knew it became the Halloween anthem - he died in 2007! He was still performing this song in the 00s, and loving it!
A thousand comments and not one saying how good his Boris Karloff voice was. Perfect. Great song.
That Bela Lugosi impression was spot on too.
I thought exactly the same. his voice for Karloff and Lugosi was perfect. Pleased to see your comments about this. 💫🧟♂️🧛🏻♂️
@@introspectivedreamer3864 Pleased to see yours. You lovely person.🤠😸
I honestly thought Karloff always did the lyrics for this song lol. Man doesw he sound like Karloff.
Absolutely correct! That was the best part!! Even Karloff himself declared it was a perfect imitation of him.
When it came out in 62' I thought it was Boris himself. Bobby was extremely ❤talented and we Loved it and played the hell out it! ❤
R.I.P. Bobby.
His facial expressions are amazing, absolute gold. He deserved all the fame! I love him already
This song was a hit in the early 70s in the UK, but I'd never seen the singer before. Those expressions .......wow.just.wow. This man has a rubber face.
It wasn't Halloween until the radio played this song.
Still isn't, even if I have to play it myself.
@@patrickryan1515 I know right Halloween isn’t or will never be the same it’s super depressing growing up
This and Somebody's watchin me😂🤣
True!!!
It still wouldn't Be today !
The faces he makes are scarier than any monster ever.
If they ever did a movie of Bobby Pickett's career, they should get Jim Carey to play him
Scarey faces scare me too , hopefully god almighty won't be female and scare the holy water right outa me ! GOOD GRACIOUS I'M TOO SCARED TO SLEEP NOW , GONA GIT ME SOME BEER TO CALM MY NERVES🍺🍺
grow a pair
Karl Smith I totally agree!
Yep..
he’s truly one of a kind. thank you bobby pickett for this rare gem
Where do I begin? First, Bobby Pickett is a Genus! His facial expressions and imitations bring the song to a whole other level. Second, he made a song for Halloween opening up an entire new genre of both dark rides and Theatrics like Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath. One night my Band was playing this song. I was the Drummer and backup Vocalist. My Neighbor, the Executive Vice President of the Ct Affiliate of the AHA at the time walked in to listen. When we finished he informed us that he went to Brown University with Bobby Pickett! He said we honored Bobby. i was blown away! I still am to this day and periodically I watch Bobby perform this song just to lift my spirits and take me back to that day in 1986.
“Genius”? That’s a stretch.
He did the Monster Mash!
Not only is the song a Halloween classic, but the performance of this guy is hilarious and does the theme justice. :)
It was a graveyard smash too
@@misticalnebs2222 😂😂😂
No it doesn’t he made me hate this song
U wettie !
Mi
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SEEN HIS FACE SINGING THIS LOLOL
Today was my first time seeing his face too.
He's doing his imitation of Boris Karloff.
@@charleswillsonpeale5739 I KNOW I JUST NEVER SEEN THE FACE OF THE MAN WHO SANG IT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME NO MTV IN 64
pls stop with all the caps
@@joseph_the_moon4431 PLS GET LOST
I play this for the first time for my granddaughter. She couldn't believe the lyrics in this iconic song. But she really enjoyed it. Now every Halloween she make sure when I put the Bluetooth speaker on the porch for the kids trick-or-treating she make sure this is on the playlist on my front porch giving out candy on Halloween. And then her and her other girlfriends start dancing on the front lawn to this song in their Halloween costumes
That's Beautiful😁😁
I absolutely love this song any time of the year! It's so sad that he's gone now, but this song will be around forever!
His facial expressions are priceless. He looks like a mad scientist!
That is exactly what I was thinking!
I think that is what he was going for and I absolutely love it
Bill Anthony He's trying to look like Boris Karloff..... great job TOO !!😁👍
Omg I’m in 5th grade
Like somebody is squeezing his balls in a circular pattern..
This is the first time I've actually seen 'Boris' perform Monster Mash. His facial expressions fully enhance the experience. Brilliant job!!
I bet his face hurt afterwards lol. This is my go to song when I'm at karaoke
Boris was Russian emigrant. Thx he came to America and made best horrors!
It definitely was. Creative genius on display here.
fuckin creepy
Could be Phil cool
Thank you to this man for the best and most classic Halloween song ever!!!! No one will ever top it!
Everyone that dislikes this is obviously not old school. This man is a legend. Also, he did more than only one song. He also acted in multiple films.
Elizabeth Ocean right this man has a crazy unique gift
I love this one and I'm young
I know right
A LEGEND
He is not a legend. He did a great song that is played during Halloween. Forever. He isn’t a Legend. He just did a really awesome Halloween song. That doesn’t make him a Legend.
Bobby did a fantastic job singing this. His facial expressions really helps. Adds to it. Great song. Great lyrics. A Halloween classic!
Feliz halloween
Why the suit? It doesn't work with this tune
. The facial expressions are great but the attire? Lol
@@johnoconnor3218 It's the 60's. Black suit and ties, and a couple token black people in the audience were a must...
I love this tune!
@@johnoconnor3218 This was the 60's, almost every singer dressed up.
I'm 64 and still feel like I'm still a kid every time I hear this song , great memories ❤
wow this guy had to be one of the most talented singers of all time with his facial expressions and his voices just incredible may god rest his soul.
RIP Bobby Pickett (February 11, 1938 - April 25, 2007), aged 69
You will be remembered as a legend.
He died one day before I was born. Shit, what if I'm Bobby pickett
@@brandon7650 lol, never know,if you believe in reincarnation
I believe this is the number one Halloween song
My hero ❤️ monster mash song top 40 twice
wow he lived to see his song come
to life.
I was in 5th grade (1960) when this song came out. I'm 66 now and it's the first time I have seen Bob Picketts face.
Eyy good for you
1962 actually
The crypt kicker 5= The Wrecking crew
with Leon Russell on that piano!
Its bobby no bob i'm italian
I heard this while sitting in the car waiting for my dad, I could not wait to share with him this awesome new song that I had heard. When he returned with friends I did not understand why they were laughing at my announcement. Maybe it's because it was in 1977. :>
Pickett is such a great showman.He performs this sensational song pure and simple with wonderful,Music artistry. One of Rock and Roll's,as well as halloween's,eternal greatest comical,humorous live forever hits!
It just isn't Halloween without listening to this song at least several times. 😀
There's something wonderful about a performer who throws himself into his song.
Really? I think he overdid it a bit, to the point that he looks like he's got some kind of constipation issues.
Mesolithic Man 😂😂😂
But thats what makes it fun
What else are you going to do when you are lip syncing?
@@mesolithicman164 You are just plain boring.
Bobby Pickett's facial expressions are amazing, he really seemed demented looking, playing the Monster Mash role well.
+Mark Bowman looks a bit like boris karlofff, too
+Beverly Pollack Yes he does look like Boris Karloff... he does a great impersonation of him.
+Astraldragon1 why, he almost does Boris Karloff better than Boris Karloff -- LOL
he was on MDMA
Mark Bowman
My wife was born in another country and today I introduced her to "The Monster Mash" here on UA-cam, she listened to the song and she had a big smile.
What had happened this morning was I had found myself singing a verse of the Mash right outloud and I wondered if my wife was familiar with this song. So that's why I searched for it here on UA-cam today May 21, 2023. Can you imagine this song still running in my head after 59 years? A very catchy tune for sure!
- Peter age 73
I'm a an millennial and I think this type of music is awsome!
Happy Halloween of 2023 everyone!
When he said “ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠ℎ“ I felt that
Oooof
Halloween vibes😁
When performers got into their music, watching on 10, 31, 2020. BOO !!!. Happy Halloween!!!.
This song is older than me and it's still a hit with every generation. Crazy!
❤
Unless you're like 100, you'll have to get used to this! Look up some more golden oldies, you might be surprised to find something you like. Most of the music I listen to is older than me. 😊
There’s a record from the 70’s called goofy gold with lots of fun old songs like this.... tho I never thought of these as “old”, classical music is “old” & nobody calls it old
@@patrickancona1193 exactly that is why classical music is a classic
Very cool how he was giving a visual performance while signing
👍
@@tonyisnotdead Why not?, a lot people here and back then think it was funny and entertaining for him to do the faces.
I think you need to play this song every Halloween! I love this song!
I remember in like 3rd grade my teacher would play this while we ate candy
Those was the days, my teach did the same
Same but, it was Halloween
Periodt 👁👄👁
Man good times
#wait you guy's got candy?😂
Can't have Halloween season without this.
Amen to that.
Fucking preach
I agree I love this song
You are so right
Karen Walton same
Song was pure genius, RIP Mr. Pickett LEGENDARY CLASSIC🎤🎙️🎶🎵
sad...
My earliest happy Halloween memories are waiting all day for the Monster Mash to come on the radio. To this day, Bobby Pickett’s Monster Mash defines this spooky season.
I love that Bobby impersonated both Boris Karloff (who was Frankenstein's Monster and the original Mummy) for the whole song, and Bela Lugosi for the Dracula bit. The two icons of horror.
Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney Jr. Three movie legends. And Boris is also a Christmas legend as well. He is the voice of the narrator on the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas from the '60s.
@@wulf-3596 If you check out Geoff Castellucci's remake of this classic Halloween treat, be VERY attentive to all the little tricks he also supplies to us!
@based. Ik that, I usually refer to him as Frankenstein's Monster anyways. Idk why i didn't here.
Yeah, it's not like they were considered the most iconic portrayals of their respective characters or anything.
@@kevinramsey417 well that's obvious, you didn't need to point that out. Yes, the Lugosi impression makes sense for Dracula, but the whole song is from the perspective of Dr. Frankenstein, not Boris Karloff or his monster. I just think it's cool that Bobby did a Karloff impression for the whole song.
2023 and I know there are still people listening to this great song, the 70’s were pretty awesome for music ❤
Bobby's Expressions while singing that song made it absolutely amazing to watch
yeah
Bill Cox if he'd been wearing a lab coat, that would've made it even better
I'm 58 and always loved the song but never seen this till now.
Lip syncing you mean
D Cents you mean like all of your crap rap singers?
Bobby Pickett nailed it dead on with his impression of Boris Karloff.
Bobby "Boris" Pickett could just about rival Jim Carrey with those facial expressions! He was a natural!
So sad I never got to see him while he was alive, but ever grateful that this banger of a song lives on!
This song is a Halloween tradition.
That’s what I’m doing here too~
Plus it's Scottish
@@marcisawesome0469 I didn't know that! Thank you!
@@bojango2 your welcome
Captain obvious
The way he slips into the character almost instantly is amazing
Today is Halloween and it wouldn’t be a Halloween without this song
This song will forever remain in my heart❤
It ain’t Halloween until I listen to this song
I got to be honest the song is lame and dumb and Goofy
@@kinghippo1515 I've got to be honest, nobody asked for your opinion lol
@@kinghippo1515 A dumb and goofy song that you searched, clicked on, and scrolled through the comments on.
@@zerne7887 C'mon, the song is corny and dumb and that face' it looks like he's on the toilet taking a dump.
@@kinghippo1515 Okay that's your opinion, if you don't like the song then you don't have to, a lot of us here do though and if you don't then why are you here?
Playing with the shadows on his face was extra-creepy, a true artist.
He’s literally just making stupid faces
@@redexec but he does them well
@@redexec
Scombs 654
il y a 5 mois
I love that Bobby impersonated both Boris Karloff (who was Frankenstein and th e original Mummy) for the whole song, and Bela Lugosi for the Dracula bit. The two icons of horror.
Play it in 2× speed you'll thank me its honestly the funnyest thing I've ever seen😭😭😭😭
@@redexec the facial expressions are stupid but they’re strung together in a markedly artistic way by syncing the words, the beat, and the story into his performance. It’s a satirical song mixed with a live performer who wrote to the song and they’re done very well together even if the individual pieces are satire.
I love this song! Bobby is one of my favorites to listen to!
Your songs live on and are still being listened to.😁💕
The perfect Halloween song . Bobby should have been given a role playing Dr Frankenstein, he had the perfect face to play the mad scientist
How can you not have Halloween without this being played on a loop.
First time playin this 🎵 2022 halloween. Found this thru instagram
You have offended Pam Halpert
I have this song on vinyl 45 records in my juckbox and yes I will be playing this song.
No more double negatives for you.
This song is a timeless classic. RIP Bobby.
Yes I agree 💯 a classic,two years before I was born,my mom Joyce Parsons use to play, she passed away 2020,was 82
Loved it as a teenager, long ago.
It's perverted!!
I love The Monster Mash
@@edthibeault3932 I heard This when Teen
Song brings me so much nostalgia yet I never looked into this video. It’s a gem. Love it.
You gotta love his facial expressions during the song the man is genius!
In 2018 this song IS STILL a Halloween Classic
Your right
This song is STILL classic in 2019
I agree. From listening to the lyrics in the song I think that it kind of sounds like Frankenstein and Dracula singing a duet at a Halloween party
Maybe in America. Heard this Song first in the Sabrina Series.
Will never die lol
Bobby: makes weird faces
Cameraman: *WHAT IF I ZOOM IN ALL THE WAY*
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
Genius
mega mind on crack 101
director:"I wanna make her look attractive.How far can you pull back?"
Cameraman:"How about Cleveland?"
A few years ago Hallmark, normally famous for it's Christmas ornaments, released a three piece Monster Mash set, with Dracula on organ, Frankenstein's monster on guitar, and Wolfman on drums. When plugged into the correct power cord, all three would light up. Each a had a button on the back. If you pushed the button on Dracula, for example, they would play the Monster Mash song with Dracula as the lead singer. You could do the same with the other two as well. With all three characters plugged into the same power cord, they would light up in coordinated patterns as the song played.
I usually put these up as decorations on my window sill for the Halloween season every year, along with three other power cord light up Hallmark Halloween ornaments. I wish Hallmark would make more power cord ornaments for Halloween, but I guess there just isn't enough commercial interest.
I've just heared this song today for the first time. It's so catchy, wow! It brightens my day 😁 Love his crazy facial expressions, Boris's rocking!
Jim Carrey could totally pull off Bobby’s facial expressions.
Oh yeah!
Unlike Jim Carrey this guy didn't drive a woman to suicide after giving her an STD.
@@timdaugherty4014 righhhhtt
Omg I agree haha
@@timdaugherty4014 if you commit suicide over a non-fatal STD you have bigger psychological problems than an annoying STD.
this song just makes me feel good
@@Sushi-11 sounds like you need some Halloween spirit 🎃🎃🧙🧙
What a nice love song. The monsters enjoying each other's company, dancing, holding their evil in check...
Bobby Pickett may be gone but not forgotten your monster mash is still a classic around at Halloween still a favorite to listen to appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud appreciate you guys thanks ! Joe
i forgot him
This is the best Halloween song ever. Loved in the 50s and still digging it.
Ha
If you check out Geoff Castellucci's remake of this classic Halloween treat, be VERY attentive to all the little tricks he also supplies to us!
I believe this song was released in 1962
@@dgr1239 it was in 62 or 63
Check out the flip side, Monster mash party, it's just as good, if not better.
The grandfather of Jim Carrey.
LMAO
😂👏
🎃👻💀
Allllllrighty then!!!
Really!?
I think this song will be a favorite for a long time to come
Im 34 and just heard this song for the first time..
Damn i like this song!
You know it’s Halloween when this Banger starts playing...
lol
It's the ultimate halloween oldie but goodie! 🎃
Alexander Ward ikr
In fact it is Halloween today. Happy hallowwweeeennn!!!!!!
There is no rot on this tune
Gotta give the guy credit for being able to mix a funny voice with funny facial expressions while singing clearly.
he was lip sincing not singing. very few TV shows had live singers. its how they got the same sound as the record.
Go to live gigs and listen to them sing. they dont sound anything like the recorded versions done in a studio.
Even a lot of live gigs their not always singing live they play a recording.
Some songs r impossble to do live cause of sound effects they add in when they record songs and cant be reproduced live.
Always somebody to call out the lips synching. Lol. Do u go on each live video to report the lip synching? We know. American bandstand. Always synced. We know.
@@chadhenderson9732 OP literally said the fact he pulls the faces WHILE SINGING (not lip syncing) is impressive?
@@chadhenderson9732 Lip synch Nazis!
@@williamdahl3318 No different than pointing out the unsavory ingredients of food products. Lip sync, nature documentaries, reality tv, at some point people should understand what they are seeing and believing.
WE COULD NEVER PRODUCE SUCH UNIQUE AND CREATIVE ARISTS TODAY.
No matter how long ago this song came out, is still a classic that can't be replace today. Every song has their spot in every season on this planet, yet people tend to forget over time. This song shouldn't be forgotten, without it i couldn't have not remembered how fun Halloween can be to all us in this day of the year. Young or old, it doesn't matter, just enjoy the 31 of October and pass good candy that childre will smile and have fun. A little scares could be good to. But most of all, happy Halloween. 🎉🧟♂️
Who’s still listening October 2020! This is also the official kickstand bois
Hell ya bud
Right hereeeee 😽
Me! This is the best.
Here
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It’s august and I’m listening to Halloween music, quarantine got me doin sum weird things lol 😂
I know! Fun!👍🏻
Same!
same 😂
Oh ya!
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I have heard this song hundreds if not thousands of times over the years this is the very first time i have ever seen who actually was singing the song THIS IS AWESOME !!!!
I had been listening to this for years
First time watching this and it’s like listening to it for the first time
It’s just not complete without his sinister facial expressions
❤
In 1973, I was a young store security guard in Hicksville, Long Island and I had to work the night shift due to a broken window - the alarms were down. In the middle of the night, when I was alone by myself, I had the radio on in the store speakers and as I was walking past some store mannequins and this song came on. It was sort of funny but spooky.
I'm a security guard right now! At the desk listening to this haha
Comprehensively spooky.
@@tommybomber shouldn't you be doing your rounds?
Michael Babbitt I want to be like you, sir.
1973 was the year my mom was born. No wonder she's so into horror movies.
**omg look at jim carreys face expressions**
Bobby Pickett: hold my face muscules.
Literally no comparison.
He must was inspired by Bobby
Can definitely see it.
He's doing his imitation of Boris Karloff.
That’s really interesting, and I never would’ve known this influence! It’s true that we do learn something every day. :)
RIP Boris Pickett! I thought he was so undead for 2022! Great Halloween song! 🎃🦇🧛♀️🌃
BP/Boris becomes undead every year through the sheer power of his "Monster Mash".
So Get this..... the song the monster mash is about a dance called the monster mash, that was inspired by a song called the monster mash which is an entirely different song than this song titled the monster mash
I saw Ted too
Weird Al Yankovic should do a parody of this song.
This guy had to be an actor of some type. His facial expressions during that performance was outstanding. I've heard this song all my life and this is the fist time i've seen him perform it. Wow
Bubba Ratliff I bet i could do them i just need some md
Bubba Ratliff he played a hippie in the horror movie Deathmaster. 70's vampire movie.
HAHA!!! This guy was GREAT!!! Awesome SONG!!!
Me, too!
2019 and this song still rocks every halloween 🎃 👻
Yassssss!
@Noah Partic HAHAHA!! 🤣🤣
I've been playing this song every day. It sounds great coming from my Echo Show 2nd generation. Nice base, HD quality... Oh yeah, we were talking about Still listening to this song in 2019. I got side tracked...
Yes 🎃👻
Sure does, every single Halloween. 23 more days until Halloween, can't wait.
Almost 60 years later and this song is still kickin.
I let my 5 yrs old granddaughter hear this on Halloween, she's still singing it now 😂 I'm sure it will live on with her kids and her kids kids, fantastic.
This song is over 50 years old but it's still the best Halloween jam ever!
Oh wow. I didn't know it's 50 years old what year did it come out
It originally came out in 1962 and they've been playing this song every Halloween ever since...lol.
Wassaaaa
I have sung it on Halloween karaoke mnay times. Always with tribute to BP
ladyvee7110 lol but R.I.P Bobby Pickett
I love this song. I'm still listening to this song today. Happy Halloween 2022.
MAY MR BOBBY PICKET REST IN PEACE . THEE ONE AND ONLY ORIGINAL SONG FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. A ORIGINAL AND NO ONE WILL EVER TOP HIM .GREW UP IN THE 70S WATCHING HIM .AND WATCHING AMERICAN BANDSTAND ALONG WITH SOUL TRAIN .THOSE WERE THE GOOD TIMES .😅
Best Hallowe’en record EVER!! Loved it when I was 8 years old and still love it at 58 years old. But WOW. Bobbys singing voice and spoken voice are completely different. Spooky!!!
He definitely nailed it 👌
Nah, the best Halloween song is thriller, and this is a fact
@xlovethegoodx7803 yeeeees
@@ligmadiqueno
@@aneirinpeterson7388 yeah
Lol who's listening to this today
Or this month lol
Sunday 30th August 2020. Bank holiday weekend 3pm 🇬🇧
A bit late to the show 03.September2020
September 4th, its not too early. I cant wait to go trick or treating for the first time if we can.
Monday Sept 7th, Labor Day 🇺🇸
Sarah Catchpole September 8th😂
Only Bobby Pickett can pull this off God bless him ❤️ 🙏
Perfect for Halloween Bobby Pickett sings so beautifully and well doing the monster mash always a classic to listen to after all these years appreciate you guys thanks job well done you should be proud ! Joe
Grandma's generation had "the monster mash". Mom's generation had "thriller". My generation had "this is Halloween".
Ours had spooky scary skeletons
The Squiggward don’t mean to burst your bubble but that songs is older than this 1
@@lanabrooks4146 the video that popularized the song was made before this song. The song spooky scary skeletons was made in the 1990s and popularized by memes in the 2000s
I don't mean to sound rude
@@lanabrooks4146 I also sub to you
Or Type O Negative's "Black No. 1"
Everyone who disliked it clearly didn't listen to it in elementary school...
This always gets me ready for fall! Love it.
Damn. This was 59 years ago. Crazy when you realize everyone in that audience is either super old now or super dead.
I love the facial expressions!
Me too lol!When he wasn't making faces he kind of looked like Dick York,the original Darren on Bewitched.
+CandyandAngel42 He does!
Yes he does!Lol,if he did those faces every time he performed Monster Mash I bet he never had to worry about wrinkles!:0)
same
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2pp
He did the Mash
It was a graveyard smash. He did the mash
And he was arrested for felony vandalism.
cacampbell broooooo
@@johnny-Fig it was a nation wide splash
Your everywhere
@@shermo2885 was caught on national in a flash
He wasn't vandalizing anything. He was just trying to get out of his coffin
Coolest song out there when I was a kid growing up!
Loved this when I was a kid and still do at 63 !!!!
Back in the 70s in school, Everytime our teacher went to the bathroom we'd all sing "she took a crap"....."a monster crap"
Brian Glade classy
@@Jleed989 and absolutely charming
Hilarious
Brian Glade It was a toilet smash
And it sounded like this 3:33