Broadcast no. 51 (Jan 22 1968), "The Monstrous Monkee Mash" references Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's "Monster Mash" from 1962, featuring vampires, werewolves, bats, one mummy, and one (Frankenstein) Monster. Back from "The Spy Who Came in from the Cool" is beautiful Arlene Martel, more recently seen as Spock's wife T'Pring in STAR TREK's "Amok Time," whose Lorelei traps Davy into being groomed as a vampire by her uncle The Count (Lou Costello lookalike Ron Masak). Micky finds himself becoming a werewolf, while David Pearl's Wolfman is chasing sticks before demanding a better percentage of the profits. There's a mummy whose costume is stolen by Mike, and by the time Frankenstein's Monster wakes up, Nesmith really gives him a buzz (not a mention of the Texas prairie chicken). Fascinating to find Michael Lane cast as Frankenstein, since he actually played Boris Karloff's bandaged Monster in the 1958 "Frankenstein-1970." This is the second appearance of the single version of the band's self-composed "Goin' Down," heard previously only in "A Coffin Too Frequent" (as opposed to Micky's live vocalization featured in "The Wild Monkees" and "The Monkees in Texas"). 51st in production, filmed Oct 31-Nov 2 1967, next up- "Fairy Tale."
Review of Monstrous Monkee Mash
