Monster Mash -- Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Zacherle!

Rare clips like this and text about the clips can be found at the blog for the cult NYC cable-access show Media Funhouse, located at:
mediafunhouse.blogspot.com

About this vid, from the former Funhouse blog:
Probably the nicest event I have experienced on Halloween since the days of kidhood was seeing Bobby Pickett sing his one and only big hit song, the gorgeously dumb "Monster Mash," with another horror-comedy legend, Zacherle, at the Chiller Theatre con in New Jersey, back in October of 2005. The two gents had both sung the song in the early Sixties — Bobby originated it, and Zach covered it on one of his wonderful horror-themed novelty-tune LPs — but the two had never sung it together, and yes, it was a fanboy moment par excellence. The wonderful instant of having hundreds of people, all gathered in a college graduation style tent-on-the-lawn, all cheering simultaneously when two senior gentlemen launched into cheesy impressions of the immortal Karloff was oddly touching, as Zach was 87 and Bobby was a mere 67, but both of them could rock out with the best of them (taking a page from their role model, the immortal Boris). Both men had a ball pleasing the assembled fandom with this once and future anthem for the holiday, that Pickett's obit-writers took care to point out is one of the only records in the history of records (!) that ever hit the Billboard Top 100 in three separate years (once in '62, twice in the Seventies). Major thanks to Funhouse viewer and friend George O. for this great (and novelty-tune historic) piece of footage!

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• Bobby
• Boris
• Pickett
• John
• Zacherle
• Zacherley
• Monster
• Mash
• Halloween
• Chiller
• Theatre
• novelty
• tune
• cult
• Media
• Funhouse

[Sonovox01]

Bravo. Outstanding example for what I would love to see more on Youtube. Thank you for posting this.

[bdguile]

That was great despite the sound. Seeing 2 legends on stage together singing the Monster Mash was great. I just wish they would have sang John's song, Dinner With Drac, too.

[dailfox]

awesome song ! Bravo



[pylgrym]

" . . . my eyes beheld an eerie sight . . . "

[w9x7cv3vg6]

c if they did it on youtube search !

[MrWilum]

The guy dressed up as Ygor (the Bela Lugosi role from The Ghost of Frankenstein and The Son of Frankenstein") looks quite authentic!

[hswatnik]

classic duo

[Geepsterr]

I think the band is standard fair. The camera and mic are up close and thus not picking up the pa and vocals well enough. I was a big fan of Zachs from his monster mash party album about 1962 with a lot of Parkway Cameo Cover spoofs Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, Dovells, Orlons, etc. I believe Dovells, and Orlons are doing the backing vocals. Producer writer guitarist from the original versions guitarist Mike Appel put it all together. I talked to Zach a few years ago but 87.? is surprising.

[coatdecuir]

The band suck!

[computersolutions164]

Correct R.I.P Bobby

Look at these "Hard Rock Pussies"

Who do they think they are Guns n' Roses or something

[814265]

bullshit band...too loud!!! bobby pickett only needed organ& drums..not a pack of heavy bullshit guitars showing off..r.i.p. bobby..