Monster Mash Archives

The General Mills Cereal Monsters: Boo Berry, Franken Berry, Count Chocula, Yummy Mummy, and Fruit Brute are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year (well, not the last two, they aren't as old), and to help celebrate the cereal maker has released Monster Mash The special edition mix throws all of our favorite monster cereal together[...]

  This week Jason talks to Mark Voger, author of Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze In America 1957-1972 (Twomorrows Publishing) We get into horror hosts, toys, books, movies, and why monsters became an integral part of mid-century pop culture You can find Mark at www.markvoger.com. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Mark_Voger_-_Monster_Mash_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_bh6iOY4sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW:[...]

I've given you a dose of said Halloween nostalgia below… https://youtu.be/vNuVifA7DSUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bobby Pickett "Monster Mash" (https://youtu.be/vNuVifA7DSU) Bobby Pickett is brilliant…can't beat those facial expressions! https://youtu.be/XSaqSVi–MsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Grim Grinning Ghosts (https://youtu.be/XSaqSVi–Ms) Haunted Mansion is by far the best ride in Disney World[...]