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Boris Karloff sings Monster Mash on Shindig! Recreated!!

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Uploaded on Jul 14, 2007

Back in October of'65 ABC's Shindig! broadcast their Halloween episode and showed a clip of the Monster Mash performed by Boris Karloff. The clip was lost somehow, but with scenes from that show that still remain, I was able to assemble a music video of what it might have looked like. I've been searching for the Karloff clip for years, and until the original is found, this will have to do. Thanks to Jason at Scar Stuff for the great remix of the Monster Mash vocal by the GRRREAT Bobby Boris Pickett!

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  • TheDJGrandPa

    There's a clip from (I'm pretty sure it's the same show) where Karloff sings/monologues "Peppermint Twist"

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  • godzzla

    I used most of the clips from that video for this one, flipping and zooming, cutting and pasting scenes, then adding the audio.

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  • siys

    I'd always heard there was a version of Monster Mash by Boris Karloff, but I've never been able to find it and I'm Mr. Halloween of Nightmare City Halloween, the oldest running Halloween radio program!! Thanks for this share!

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  • godzzla

    Great site! I have it under my favorites and check it out regularly.

    The hero here is Lionelatwill for finding the original audio of the Shindig episode where Boris actually sang the song. He taped the audio with his reel to reel next to the TV. Genius! I put it to video recreation and is under the video responses on this page. Glad you liked it and I'm looking forward to check out more on your site in the next few weeks, with Halloween season coming, the best time of the year!!!@siys

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  • libraryjim59

    It would have been nice to have Karloff's voice instead of Picket's, (the soundtrack is out there somewhere). Still, nice effort.

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  • godzzla

    I made a second clip with the actual Karloff audio, along with the rest of the missing songs from the Shindig episode once it was discovered. It's above under video responses. This video was made a couple years ago when all I had was Bobby's version.

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  • kcope001

    Boris Karloff was grace, talent, elegance, and just general awesomeness personified!

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  • deja vu

    classy animated vid of classic impersonation

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  • Lesley Phillips

    BORIS STARTED OUT AS AN EXTRA, IN A LAUREL AND HARDY MOVIE, LIKE A LOT OF OUR FAMOUS STARS - PROBABLY NOT THOSE THAT YOU MIGHT THINK! FOR MORE HOLLYWOOD BACKGROUND SECRETS - AND A LOT MORE - READ "ARTHUR AND NORVELLE: THE FORGOTTEN AND REAL LEGEND OF LAUREL AND HARDY", JUST OUT, EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON!

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  • Carter Peterson

    As a Karloff fan, all I can say was that this was a hoot!

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  • sandre1953

    LUV U

    ME

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  • Skippy Doo

    This is simply awesome. For Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt) reciting the lines of the "Monster Mash" is just way too cool for school. Love it. Thanks to the poster...oh, and Happy Halloween everybody! Peace.

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  • Alea Soto

    Wish i still had it, but I had a vinyl 45 of this song I bought new.. My Children loved it when I played it on Halloweeen...

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  • Major Chutzpah

    this is BETTER than the first..! I LOVE IT!!

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  • TomWaitsNYC

    This is K00L!

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  • isitmondayet

    Nice Job!!! ..and good luck!!! I'm watching The Black Cat right now....

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