"Monster Splash" would have rhymed with "Monster Mash." But what he is referring to here is a fad dance called "the swim" which was popular around the time this song was recorded.
@@jonathank8057 True, but they might have used splash and still incorporated some reference to the Swim in the lyrics. Anyway, the song didn't go over.
In 1987 my soon to be wife and I went to a place called Spooky World in Berlin, Mass. I had a bad cold. As we waited outside in the freezing weather for a hay ride we passed by a stage area. The door swung open and the man himself, Bobby Boris Pickett, came out and sang Monster Mash! Suddenly I forgot all about my cold and the cold. What a treat not a trick! ALL true!
Same here 53 years old and didn't know who did the song. I remember the first time I heard it though. My elementary class were doing a stage show for Halloween. 6th or 7th grade and these girls dressed up as cats, black body suits and black tights with long tails. I got to see all the the rehearsals and the show. I never heard the song again until The Doctor Demento Show about 78 or 79. I didn't know he did anything else.
i lived a few miles away from the original spooky world.... It was amazing, just about every horror icon would vist that place...... u parked in a rolling green field and went to actual old new england houses and barns.....just an amazing timr
@@beverlypollack1745 He was lip syncing here. He didn't sock it to anyone. He was a moron for being a global warming zealot. We're still waiting for that coming ice age.
@@fjccommish It's not an "ice age" But scientists are claiming that that the global climate shift has already started. Breaking records for weather patterns everywhere
@@fjccommish His facial expressions are identical to conservatives when talking about how the world is changing. They'd also love to live in the world of black and white and have everyone wear clothes like his.
Everyone knows that. Thats what made it so cool! They had this strange thing back then called humor, and no one got offended, needed a safe space, or shot up the school over it!! Imagine that!!
Michael Craig No one had a safe space huh? You mean the era where people bitched and whined when a different color race drank from the same drinking fountain as them?
I couldn't think of a better guy to do a song like this. What a fun and loving tribute to the one and only Boris Karloff. I'm sure Boris himself got a laugh out of this one!
Hi, I’m just a female 21 year old (October 30th, 2002) Gen Zer here, and I just clicked on here to say this… Bobby “Borris” Pickett was such a talented performer, his facial expressions are just amazing!!! His Halloween album played a giant role in my childhood, while the monster swim was definitely not much better/nor bigger than the mash lol 😭 He’s was just truly one creative ass man fr! Seems like he was a real treat opposed to a trick!
2:54 I wonder if he was referring to the bands The Beatles and The Rolling Stones when he said "Even The Beatles are shaking their domes bouncing to the swing band of the rolling bones."
I was 9 then and don't remember this one, but I enjoyed this one as much as " The Monster Mash" and watching the young audiences then. I wish I was there then.
It’s a little known fact that Bobby was actually recounting the horrors of a traumatic experience through these songs. RIP Bobby, May you finally find the peace you were looking for
Always a treat ( not a trick ) to watch Bobby 'Boris' Pickett sing one of his hits and change into his Boris Karloff characterization! The eyebrows constantly moving up and down, the lip tucks and facial expressions... all 'Vincent Price-less Pickett!!!'
I was sitting in my home, late one night When my mind imagined some awful shite The same old tune that I'd done before To get some cash like a musical whore From the studio walls where it all began I'd make a new record for the dumbfuck fans I need the dollars and I have no shame My landlord and agent they're the ones to blame
I can remember hearing this on the radio back in 1964, probably on WINS, then the no. 1 top 40 station in NYC. It didn't get anywhere near the traction the Monster Mash did, in fact that was the only time I heard it. Until now.
Personally, I enjoyed both this one and monster mash. This is much like a sequel to monster mash and I love how the lyrics just fit. I do wish this took off like monster mash.
As a kid I listened to the radio all the time in those days but never heard this one. Guess it didn't catch on while Monster Mash was revived every year.
@@USCG.Brennan well... holy bejesus! Lived in Salem my entire 57 years.grew up on 3rd and Rosemont in west Salem by Safeway.last 40 years on college dr off Salem /Dallas hiway.
I wanted to marry Dick Clark when I was 4. I even got a Dick Clark doll that Christmas..ugh 1959~ A good year! Rest peacefully, Dick.. brought us SO much great entertainment for MANY years! I sure miss him on New Year's eve!
If he couldn't think of a rhyme for "swim" then why did he call it "Monster Swim"? Come on, Bobby baby, call it "Monster Beach". That way, you'd have all your lines within reach. And the flow from what you know to what you row would be a peach For even the monsters, life is just a beach.
He called it this because like Monster Mash, this was his version of a dance style of the time. Mash Potato was the other, and there was one, for some strange reason, called the Swim.
@@wulf-3596 it's also why they referred to the Transylvania Twist...which is what the song might have been called if dances didn't change so often in the 60s.
FOR HALLOWEEN I HAVE THE MONSTER MASH FOR MY NOTIFICATION.THIS THE FIRST TIME I HERD THE MONSTER SWIM. I LIKE IT. I HAVE TO REMEMBER NEXT HALL🎃WEEN TO PLAY BOTH ONE FOR NOTIFICATION AND THE OTHER FOR RING TONE
The fact that this exists and was performed on television is incredible.
What, no scary chicks in bikinis?
Totally agree.
It is epically bad stuff; like wow what an awful song lol
He missed a great opportunity to call this one "Monster Splash."
"Monster Splash" would have rhymed with "Monster Mash." But what he is referring to here is a fad dance called "the swim" which was popular around the time this song was recorded.
@@jonathank8057 True, but they might have used splash and still incorporated some reference to the Swim in the lyrics. Anyway, the song didn't go over.
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originality my friend. Originality.
This comment is retarded
He performed well into his later years, but his facial expressions in the early years was amazing!
RIP and long live Bobby Pickett (February 11, 1938 - April 25, 2007), aged 69
You will always be remembered as a legend.
In 1987 my soon to be wife and I went to a place called Spooky World in Berlin, Mass. I had a bad cold. As we waited outside in the freezing weather for a hay ride we passed by a stage area. The door swung open and the man himself, Bobby Boris Pickett, came out and sang Monster Mash! Suddenly I forgot all about my cold and the cold. What a treat not a trick! ALL true!
Robert Diotalevi I'm 58 and have loved The Monster Mash song my whole life and never seen or knew who did it until 2 days ago...Awesome
Same here 53 years old and didn't know who did the song. I remember the first time I heard it though. My elementary class were doing a stage show for Halloween. 6th or 7th grade and these girls dressed up as cats, black body suits and black tights with long tails. I got to see all the the rehearsals and the show. I never heard the song again until The Doctor Demento Show about 78 or 79. I didn't know he did anything else.
Spooky World didn’t open until 1991 so...
i lived a few miles away from the original spooky world.... It was amazing, just about every horror icon would vist that place...... u parked in a rolling green field and went to actual old new england houses and barns.....just an amazing timr
I'm an enthusiast of old theme parks! Never heard of spooky world
First time I'm hearing the "Monster Swim".
same, im a little disappointed its the same as his monster mash, but still a nice one
Mee too i never knew thsi existed monster mash isy favorite Halloween time song
@@steveadams7940 Me too and it is the year I was born.
Same I just here monster mash
@J K yah, this one blows.
Even with no makeup or costume he amazingly transforms himself into a monster!. Really great performance!
I think that Bobby was a genius when it comes to do Halloween songs. He is the Emperor of Halloween songs.
Just amazing to see him in action. I always thought he had a group of other people doing the other voices. What a talent.
+Alan PageHe didhve othe people doing voices on a song called "Climate Mash" Check it out. He socked it to President Bush for climate change
@@beverlypollack1745 He was lip syncing here. He didn't sock it to anyone. He was a moron for being a global warming zealot.
We're still waiting for that coming ice age.
@@fjccommish It's not an "ice age" But scientists are claiming that that the global climate shift has already started. Breaking records for weather patterns everywhere
@@fjccommish His facial expressions are identical to conservatives when talking about how the world is changing. They'd also love to live in the world of black and white and have everyone wear clothes like his.
He's not doing the voices here either. Not a great job of lip-syncing to the record. ;)
I love this guy he throws himself into the character ,
And brings out the nightmare of the song
Very very talented and unique this bobby
Bobby " Boris " Pickett performs the art of gurning, while singing! Now that is talent!
Except he's only lip-syncing to the recording. ;)
"It's bigger than the mash!"
I think you jinxed yourself here, Boris
Lmao
It's great that he in a completely different direction with his follow up track.
He pretty much made the same song, added trumpets, and then had the same song talk mess about the song it copied. The man was a genius.
You realize he just did a parody of his own song?
Kate Isted That happened _a lot_ back then.
Everyone knows that. Thats what made it so cool! They had this strange thing back then called humor, and no one got offended, needed a safe space, or shot up the school over it!! Imagine that!!
Michael Craig
No one had a safe space huh?
You mean the era where people bitched and whined when a different color race drank from the same drinking fountain as them?
Michael Craig right right good times that I’m definitely not even close to old enough to have experienced
Is lip singing his own song!!! When he first first 30 seconds you can tell he's lip singing
It's like a "sequel" to the monster mash. Cute. Great facial expressions
Impersonations of an angry DICK YORK or PAUL LYNDE!
Love his singing and his expressions even more... great artist.. love it love it love it!!!!
I thought he was 'rapping'.
His expressions were amazing and very like that of Boris Karloff 😂
I couldn't think of a better guy to do a song like this. What a fun and loving tribute to the one and only Boris Karloff. I'm sure Boris himself got a laugh out of this one!
+Kain Nosgoth I believe Boris Karloff and Bobby Pickett did the monster mash together
Beverly Pollack Could be, I've never heard that that was how they did it, but if they did, what a great result, huh?
+I saw a video and it might have been dubbed. Anyway, it was amazig
Actually, Karloff performed "Monster Mash" on a tv special back in the '60's. There wasn't a whole lot of DIFFERENCE in the
voices
Listened to this every year since it came out in '64 . Ain't Halloween without it . Thanks Bobby
This dude was incredible! Thanks so much for both unforgettable songs Bobby. They’ll live in posterity.
"...dancing to the swim band of The Rolling Bones". I love it!
Now, age around 80, Mick Jagger and company do indeed resemble as "The Rolling Bones!"
Bobby's face has more rubber than Frank Gorshin and Jim Carey combined
Lol good comment bro about rubber in the face
Bobby looks like Darren Stevens from bewitched
@@lendrury2771 A chubbier version to be sure LOL
He's got them all licked
@@OdeeOz bobby moves like max headroom in the 80s lol
great song, and i love what he does with his face and hands
Mr. Pickett had great talent! Voice, face & all on point. No dang face ads or whatever they're called.
Sad loss, such a clever and talented artist at such a young age.
He was 69. RIP Mr. Robert George Pickett, February 11, 1938~April 25, 2007. The voice of Halloween!
70 years old is pretty average life span of a human. Of course, we can live to 130 years old, but most will die before 80.
I don’t think Bobby could have a song better than “Monster Mash”❗️
Hi, I’m just a female 21 year old (October 30th, 2002) Gen Zer here, and I just clicked on here to say this…
Bobby “Borris” Pickett was such a talented performer, his facial expressions are just amazing!!! His Halloween album played a giant role in my childhood, while the monster swim was definitely not much better/nor bigger than the mash lol 😭
He’s was just truly one creative ass man fr! Seems like he was a real treat opposed to a trick!
The "Crypt Kickers" were Gary S. Paxton, Leon Russell, Johnny McCrae, Rickie Page, and Terry Berg.
Wow. How in the world did you know that. You must have been there. Cool to know.
Leon Russel!!!
@@bikecopjoe or maybe has the record.
Love his facial expressions.
Impersonations of an angry DICK YORK or PAUL LYNDE!
Gosh I Love This!! Very talented.
The new generation will never truly understand the classics!
You just don't get more classic than this. 😅
Hello Dana, How are you doing?
He was a riot! R.I.P. Bobby Pickett.
THIS IS THE GREATEST SONG IN THE HISTORY OF ALL MANKIND!
I don't see this becoming bigger than the Monster Mash.
Give it time.
It is hard to write a sequel song that will become a hit comparable to the original.
Phil Savage, you sir are hilarious. This is my favorite type of sense of humor
It obviously NEVER DID !
@@Petemonster62 I mean the original was the Transylvania Twist. It's why each version has Dracula asking whatever happened to (insert the last song).
I like Bobby Pickett. I saw this track as a kinda sequel to the monster mash really. Its good !
Monster mash? Mobster swim? Monster Tax return? Monster smash that like butt.
Ton berry yup the monster dash
Nice Teamfourstar reference there.
He did a number of monster songs.
Before MONSTER made a energy drink, we had pure talent
@@ZL.Mateo000 I thought I was the only one 😂
He probably did the best Karloff impersonation of anyone.
2:54 I wonder if he was referring to the bands The Beatles and The Rolling Stones when he said "Even The Beatles are shaking their domes bouncing to the swing band of the rolling bones."
Dude... DUH!!! yes lol
Sarcasm?
@@crashburn3292 No. I wasn't being sarcastic I was asking a genuine question.
Now, age around 80, Mick Jagger and company do indeed resemble "The Rolling Bones!"
"It's bigger than the mash." Pffft...he wishes.
Well, considering the Monster Mash is also his, I really doubt he cares the Monster Swim was less successful.
The following songs: Monster Jog, Monster Tax Filing, Monster Coupon Collecting.
He's very talented with alternate voices of characters, let me tell you.
Bigger then the Mash? Oh how you were ever so wrong. But still the best at his craft. Man I miss this dude!
This seems like a great tune when you wanna listen to a halloween song but it's the middle of summer.
R.I.P. and thanks for the laughs.
RIP Dick Clark, Charlie O'Donnell & Bobby "Boris" Pickett
I miss all those guys more than ever.
Those were the days
I was 9 then and don't remember this one, but I enjoyed this one as much as " The Monster Mash" and watching the young audiences then. I wish I was there then.
It’s a little known fact that Bobby was actually recounting the horrors of a traumatic experience through these songs. RIP Bobby, May you finally find the peace you were looking for
Great sequel, never heard it before
This wasn't the last Monster song. He also made "The Monster Rap" in the 80's.
Always a treat ( not a trick ) to watch Bobby 'Boris' Pickett sing one of his hits and change into his Boris Karloff characterization! The eyebrows constantly moving up and down, the lip tucks and facial expressions... all 'Vincent Price-less Pickett!!!'
Boy I miss those good old days.
And so many of these 50’s-60’s singers would get one hit and then think they can just keep going back to the same well.
The words 'Flogging' and 'Horse' come to mind.
Its not the Mash.
It's not the Monster Mash.
It's not the Mash.
But I need the cash.
@@fjccommish It's not the Mash
It's just some audio trash
It's not the Mash
But I still need the cash
I was sitting in my home, late one night
When my mind imagined some awful shite
The same old tune that I'd done before
To get some cash like a musical whore
From the studio walls where it all began
I'd make a new record for the dumbfuck fans
I need the dollars and I have no shame
My landlord and agent they're the ones to blame
Bobby Pickett: "It's bigger than the Mash" *Morgan Freeman voice*: "It was not bigger than the Mash."
Look at the crazed teens hypnotised by the jungle rhythms.
You have to give credit to this guy- he milked the living shit out of this bit. Good stuff
The forgotten sequel-of-sorts!
It's 2022 and We are just returning to see these great songs
Oh how I love that '60's music!! Giv😂 me that Good Ol' Rock n roll!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
I can remember hearing this on the radio back in 1964, probably on WINS, then the no. 1 top 40 station in NYC. It didn't get anywhere near the traction the Monster Mash did, in fact that was the only time I heard it. Until now.
It was going to be used for Summerween (Halloween in Summer). Underrated song
Personally, I enjoyed both this one and monster mash. This is much like a sequel to monster mash and I love how the lyrics just fit. I do wish this took off like monster mash.
Bobby Pickett is hilarious
I never heard this song before, it's cute lol
First time hearing the monster swim this gentleman was very creative I have a new theme song for Halloween
Tfs sent me here!
I'm just hearing this for the 1st time Wednesday 10-5-22, worth it.
Monster Swim...& Mash on in Eternity
You Naughty Boris You🤣😈😏.
Those facial expressions crack me up.lol
His facial expressions were unreal, somehow it helped him sing the song!!!! 👻👻👻🦇🦇🦇🎃🎃🎃👹😈👺🌚Boo.......................
Beatles shaking their domes, Dancing to the Rolling Bones !! Love it . Wait... The Rolling Bones are real today in 2019
Now, age around 80, Mick Jagger and company do indeed resemble "The Rolling Bones!"
Great performance 🎶🎼
Classic song + 🎵 video as well too 👌 😂western Australia 🇦🇺
As a kid I listened to the radio all the time in those days but never heard this one. Guess it didn't catch on while Monster Mash was revived every year.
What a cool update to his previous song.
I love this song
Great great song Bobby Pickett
Love it direct rip of the mm that's pop music x x x
I didn’t know there was a sequel!
I am getting a kick out this song can't remember ever hearing it but it's good.
Happy Halloween 2019!
Wow.....never heard this one before. Our stations up here in the PNW just never played it for some reason.
Oregonian here!
@@timhoovermusicman Me too....Salem area.
@@USCG.Brennan well... holy bejesus! Lived in Salem my entire 57 years.grew up on 3rd and Rosemont in west Salem by Safeway.last 40 years on college dr off Salem /Dallas hiway.
@@timhoovermusicman Now THAT'S what I call a small world!! I teach at Chemeketa periodically, and live just out of town in the country. ;-)
man, that guy's face is made out of rubber. i never heard this before, very fun! i have to wonder if they ever used that prop in a movie, though.
Best facial acting ever
Swing and a miss bobby!!
I wanted to marry Dick Clark when I was 4. I even got a Dick Clark doll that Christmas..ugh 1959~ A good year! Rest peacefully, Dick.. brought us SO much great entertainment for MANY years! I sure miss him on New Year's eve!
He didn't really get old until he got sick, then he aged overnight.
thanks lani
Sounded better on radio then watching that .
This single LITERALLY Bubbled Under the Billboard Hot 100 at its lowest ever position, No. 135 in 1964. LMFAO
Now, age around 80, Mick Jagger and company do indeed appear as "The Rolling Bones!"
Excellent job fellows!!
I know of a few teenagers today who would rather listen to this than their generation.
👍 Klasse ROCK N TWIST Aufnahme !! 💓
If he couldn't think of a rhyme for "swim" then why did he call it "Monster Swim"?
Come on, Bobby baby, call it "Monster Beach".
That way, you'd have all your lines within reach.
And the flow from what you know to what you row would be a peach
For even the monsters, life is just a beach.
monster splash
He called it this because like Monster Mash, this was his version of a dance style of the time. Mash Potato was the other, and there was one, for some strange reason, called the Swim.
@@wulf-3596 it's also why they referred to the Transylvania Twist...which is what the song might have been called if dances didn't change so often in the 60s.
I Know this was 56 Years Ago... He Should of Worn a Lab Coat.
FOR HALLOWEEN I HAVE THE MONSTER MASH FOR MY NOTIFICATION.THIS THE FIRST TIME I HERD THE MONSTER SWIM. I LIKE IT. I HAVE TO REMEMBER NEXT HALL🎃WEEN TO PLAY BOTH ONE FOR NOTIFICATION AND THE OTHER FOR RING TONE
Love you Bobby....we had such great times drinking and jamming together in Somerville, MA
It's not the Mash.
It's not the Monster Mash
It's not the Mash
But I need the cash.
Seriously lol......kinda sad
Puddin sent me.
Cool song for Halloween 2018 🎃
Hello Julie, How are you doing?