How to dance the monster mash
Munsters Monster Mash Line Dance How To
Posted on by Holly Collins
Do you love Halloween? I do. I love finding monster line dances for the Halloween season. The monster mash is a great Halloween line dance. What princess of the night would fit the mash, the monster mash? Lily Munster for a Munsters monster mash line Dance how to.
Munsters:
The Munsters were 1960’s TV monster family. This popular sitcom featured a loveable family of monsters living at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The family was cross cultural, including Frankenstein, werewolves, witches, and Vampires. Lily Muster was the daughter of Count Dracula, making her a vampire princess.
Monster Mash History:The monster mash is a popular Halloween song created by Bobby “Boris” Pickett in 1962. Mr. Pickett loved B grade horror films, and the mash became a graveyard smash and has been haunting Halloween playlists since. Except in the UK, The monster mash was banned until 1973 for the line “graveyard smash” as being too racy.
Our line dance uses many popular 60’s dance moves. Pieces include the mashed potato, the twist, grapevines, and monster points. Take a dance adventure back in time to the 60’s with the monster mash.
Munsters Monster Mash Line Dance How To:Entrance
Begin to the lyrics “working in the Lab, late one night” holding two test tubes and pour back and forth. “My eyes beheld”, point at your eyes. “An Eerie sight” Jazz hands high and bring them down. “our monster began to rise” hands low to shoulder height like Frankenstein.
- Swim/mashed potato
Four step taps right and left while swimming arms forward for 8 counts.
- Twist
Twist right and left going down and up for 8 counts - Repeat Swim 8 counts.
- Repeat Twist for 8 counts.
- Awooooo- Right hand.
Split weight across both feet point right hand across to left side and pull back to right side for 8 counts. - Awoooo – Left hand.
Split weight across both feet point left hand across to right side and pull back to right Left for 8 counts. - Grapevine Right
Side right foot, cross left foot behind, side right foot, tap left foot next to right foot. - Grapevine Left
Side left foot, cross right foot behind, side left foot, tap right foot next to left foot. - Jump turning 1/4 left
Jump while turning ¼ to the left, 1,2,3,4 and shimmy 5,6,7,8 - Repeat from the top.
- On the 3rd repeat there Is a bridge where your repeat the Awooo section again.
- Repeat until the end.
Researching the Munsters was fun.
I found out many fun facts. The Munster’s costumes were based off universal studio’s monster movies. Sharing the same parent company gave then the rights to the movie monsters. Their house was a second empire Victorian house. It could be seen as a backdrop on many shows, like Leave It To Beaver, Shirley,(NBC, 1979–80) and Coach. After a remodel, it even was used in Desperate Housewives.
The interior shots were on a soundstage. Lily Munster enjoyed “dusting” the mansion with a Electrolux vacuum that spat out more dust than it piked up. Kenneth Strickfaden who build Frankenstein’s set also built Grandpa’s laboratory.
The Munster’s had two iconic cars. The first was the Munster Koach. Lily commissioned a dragster and a model T ford to be combined to chauffeur her family around. Second was the Drag-U-La, Grandpa’s coffin car. Coffins could only be purchased with an accompanying death certificate, so Barris made arrangements for an after dark cash purchase. The Drag-U-La was then featured in the credits of the Munsters.
Munster Monster Mash Cast
- Herman Munster- Craig Tomazin
- Lily Munster- Holly Tomazin
- Eddie Munster- William Hooker
- Aunt Elvira- Luna Chenault
- Vampira- Jessica Virgo
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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Munsters
https://www.history-a2z.com/behind-the-scenes-facts-about-the-munsters/3/?xcmg=1
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fandom.com/wiki/Lily_Munster
https://munster.fandom.com/wiki/Aunt_Elvira
https://tedium.co/2018/10/25/monster-mash-history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Mash
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Posted inArts, Musicby Madeleine Virginia Gannon
Bobby “Boris” Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers’ “Monster Mash” is the best Halloween song, no argument. I could even make the case that it’s a banger all year round (but that’s for another article). However, for as many times as I’ve sung along and busted moves to the “Monster Mash,” it never occurred to me to question the logic of these mashing monsters. What exactly is the monster mash? Apparently, something called the “Mashed Potato.”
“Monster Mash” is the first track on Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers’ 1962 album The Original Monster Mash. Pickett, with a Dracula-esque voice, narrates a monster dance party. I would say if you haven’t heard the “Monster Mash” before, you have probably been living six feet under –– but seeing as it was a “graveyard smash,” that’s no excuse.
Today’s kids –– when not monster-mashing –– can often be found making memes, lamenting Zoom calls and fighting to overthrow the capitalist elite.
In 1962, apparently they were obsessed with the “Mashed Potato” dance craze. Somehow, between modern TikToks and ’60s whacky pop-culture tends, the idea that youth culture was once obsessed with something called the “Mashed Potato” is really not so strange.
The “Mashed Potato” finds its roots in Dee Dee Sharp’s 1962 hit “Mashed Potato Time.” An American teen idol, Sharp found fame on American Bandstand, a music and dance television program which ran on-air from 1952 to 1989 (think ’60s MTV). Sharp’s music style was a mix of R&B, blues and ’50s doo-wop. While I’m inclined to laugh at the idea of my parents’ generation rocking out to the “Mashed Potato,” Sharp’s hit is undeniably good. I’ll still make fun of my dad later, but between us, I understand how it all came together.
However, the “Mashed Potato” dance itself can be traced back even earlier to James Brown’s dance moves during his 1959 live performances.
Brown was known for his killer moves on and off the stage, and while Sharp may have immortalized the dance in song, it was Brown’s electric personality and flair that started it all. Notably, Brown did write a 1960 song titled “(Do The) Mashed Potato,” in reference to the very dance move he created. However, the “Mashed Potato” craze itself arguably gained its notoriety through Sharp’s teen-idol fame in 1962.
The “Mashed Potato” dance, unsurprisingly, is incredibly varied. A recording of Dee Dee Sharp’s “Mashed Potato Time” presents a version of the dance with a bit of a hop and skip; another modern video attempting to break down the dance relates it more to 1920s Charleston, adding a side-kick for flair. James Brown’s version is extremely funky in an instructional video taught by the legend himself. The core of the move is the heel-toe action: Start off with your heels together and toes pointed outward and away from each other.
Then, quickly point your toes together, heels out and away.
“Monster Mash” was written as a direct response to Sharp’s “Mashed Potato Time.” Just as Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers sing of their monster dance party, so too does Sharp mash together a story about the “Mashed Potato” dance. The songs echo each other: The underlying vocal calls of “ah-oo” in the “Monster Mash” also make up the backbone of “Mashed Potato Time.” Pickett’s “Monster Mash” functions as a parody of Sharp’s hit, poking good-natured fun at the pop-culture phenomenon of the “Mashed Potato.”
It is worth noting that The Original Monster Mash is a smash hit of spooky, Halloween fun. Pickett features an array of fun, imaginative voices modeled after our favorite monsters. The album makes no attempt to be serious; rather, Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers deliver an array of playful tunes that one can’t help but dance to.
In between tracks, Dracula and Boris, Frankenstein and Igor make playful jibes, reminiscent of a live album. There’s no need to feel childish when Dr. Frankenstein and Igor are out on the dance floor, too.
Daily Arts Writer Madeleine Virginia Gannon can be reached at [email protected].
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Monster mash - Bobby Boris Pickett
Monster mashMonster dance I was working in the lab late one night0014 He did the mash To the master bedroom where the vampires feast The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes They did the mash The zombies were having fun scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds They played the mash Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring It's now the mash Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band Then you can mash I was working in the lab one night, He started dancing 1 , From my laboratory in the east wing of the castle They started dancing, Zombies had fun, The floor was shaking, everyone was high on these sounds, They started dancing, Dracula's voice came from the coffin, Everyone is dancing now, Everything's fine now, Dracula sings in a band, Then you can dance, The author of the translation is Masha Shersten Like the translation?Monster Mash Rating: 5 / 5 7 opinions You may like The logical song Warning SLY White roses Mary on a cross Holiday Unholy Was wollen wir trinken Freedom train | The original monster mashBobby Boris PickettTracklist (1)
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com. There may be some discrepancies between the clips and the song. Monsters in the game Evolve can dance lezginka as well as Caucasians
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The new shooter from Turtle Rock Studios pleases gamers not only with exciting asymmetric battles between hunters and monsters.
As it became known, monsters can also put on an unusual show, demonstrating the skill of real Caucasians. nine0018
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Unexpectedly, one of the gamers captured the dance of Goliath, the very first monster that is available in the game. The huge and merciless alien clearly showed that folk dances are not alien to him and froze with outstretched paws in a pose from the Lezginka dance. Until that moment, no one could have imagined that the developers taught monsters not only to destroy hunters, but also to dance.
There are a total of 4 monsters in the game that players can control. And if the crown dance of Goliath is already known, it remains to get acquainted with the folk dances of the Kraken, the Ghost and the Behemoth. The developers also promised that in the future they will replenish the game with new types of hunters and monsters. The Turtle Rock team also plans to expand the game with new locations that will become a series of epic confrontations between monsters and people.
