Archive: Boris Karloff Sings The Monster Mash: Shindig 1965 Halloween Ep: Monster Mash and The Lurch

[@tylerdoesstuff6834]

Love how Boris was probably like "I can't sing, you mind if I just speak the lyrics?" lmao.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@tylerdoesstuff6834 Spoken word seems to be very popular with horror actors, reminds me a lot of Vincent Price in Thriller

[@tylerdoesstuff6834]

@@Steven_Andreyechen Tru. At least that was meant to be spoken word lmao. Wish we could've heard Bella Lugosi speaking on a song.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@tylerdoesstuff6834 I know at least one occasion. Bela and Karloff did a duet of “We’re Horrible, Horrible men” for some radio program in 1938. I think there’s a version on both Daily motion and KZbin. It’s interesting to hear but not very good lol

[@tylerdoesstuff6834]

@@Steven_Andreyechen I remember that. It was cool, but I wish they could've recorded it in a studio lol.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@tylerdoesstuff6834 yeah it’s a shame there’s no visuals to go with it

[@roilresj413]

Thank you for preserving this. That original poster was such a clown ruining it with that watermark, such a shame!

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

Yeah it’s unfortunate but at least they uploaded in the first place

[@RyansColoradoRailProductions]

@@Steven_Andreyechen so the unwatermarked version was lost the whole time. he disabled comments too so people wouldnt ask for it. what a jerk

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@RyansColoradoRailProductions Yeah it’s a very frustrating situation, I’m very surprised though that they didn’t cave and share the original video.

[@RyansColoradoRailProductions]

@@Steven_Andreyechen yeah it's clear that they are bragging about having something that nobody else has. to be fair i've done the same when i was younger

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@RyansColoradoRailProductions I wouldn’t even have minded à slightly transparent water mark, so that it’s easier to actually see what’s on the screen (and easier to remove) this is just impossible to deal with and it’s a real shame

[@Daisnap]

What a treat to see Mr. Karloff AND Ted Cassidy as Lurch in this video! Not to mention the great dancers in their spooky make-up. Much fun - thanks!

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

Truly a unique occasion for sure

[@grantmcauliffe3437]

I was 9 when this came out, and I'd never seen this. Thank you.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

You’re very welcome, glad I could give you that chance

[@angelaf5040]

This was released a few years before I was born. It was still a pretty big deal and always played on the radio around Halloween when I was a little girl (early 70's) I'm so happy you brought this to or back to KZbin! I can't wait to show my kids! (28 & 37) They too grew up hearing this on the radio. I can't wait to show my partner! I'm sure he'll be as ticked about it as I am! Thank you so very much for sharing this awesome classic piece of history! Thank you! Have a blessed / wonderful day!

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

You’re very welcome, I’m glad everyone can get the chance to enjoy this

[@ladybug2021]

Thank you, thank you! I've never seen this 60s music video with the Addams Family pit with Karloff and the whole Monster wave back then!

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

I really can’t take all the credit, I’m only re-uploading it so more people can enjoy it, but you are very welcome!

[@HollywoodClassics33Returns]

That was exciting, thank you for positing this wonderful video 👍🏾

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

You’re very welcome, I’m just very happy to play a small role in keeping pieces of film and television history as accessible as possible

[@Izumi-sp6fp]

I'm pretty sure that AI could easily remove that watermark. I'd look into that.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

It’s certainly a possibility

[@charlesluallen3170]

So cool

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@charlesluallen3170 Yeah, perfect for this time of year

[@dogerecords5312]

They took this down?!

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

Yes, I expect it was connected to the backlash for the giant watermark over the video.

[@philofarnsworth]

@@Steven_Andreyechen I expect the poster got too much attention from ABC/Disney, who own the show.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@philofarnsworth I very much doubt it. The only copyright ID that was flagged when I reuploaded it was by the people who own the Lurch song, and they didnt do anything with it

[@DouglasGreenough-bh5tc]

🏌️

[@chrishickory7907]

Perhaps some sort of ai can remove the du***@$$ watermark

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

Maybe someday in the future, but for a lot of the wide shots the letters cover up so much that there’s little detail to replace. Like some shots have Karloffs entire head covered by a letter. On the close ups I think there’s enough surrounding detail for it to be possible

[@HoorayTV21]

I wasn't aware this was taken down. I shared this with the Boris Pickett page on facebook at the time and of course saved a copy for myself and might have actually backed it up to the wayback machine. I wonder if this has anything to do with the recent discovery that quite a few episodes of Shindig actually exist in the archive as 2" tape masters with outtakes etc and god knows what else. I haven't thought about this clip for a while but now watching it back I don't really notice any film artifacts such as scratches etc. It looks as if it might have been recorded off of a screen to upload to the net but besides that I don't know why else it has its less than stellar quality. Its too clean to be just a found 16 kinescope.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

Yeah it’s very clean for sure, I would not be surprised if this was from its original source. The channel it was on seemed to have access to a lot of older tv stuff from video sources too

[@HoorayTV21]

@@Steven_Andreyechen The Ike and Tina Where the Action is is very high quality and I've never seen that clip before. Haven't been watching a lot of his stuff lately but I'll have to keep a better eye out now.

[@inspectorjack]

This is a kinescope source that they ran through Neat Viseo. You can see film dirt if you look closely. Hopefully a copy from the 2" will surface some day...

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@inspectorjack okay, interesting, I see what you mean

[@chasspeed]

No kinescope has ever looked this good. Film dirt can show up on any master.@@inspectorjack