The Monkees (TV Series) Monstrous Monkee Mash (1968) User Reviews

Chalk up another one for The Chameleon

[cpotato1010 · 9/10 · 26 August 2019]

I just happened to watch Arlene Martel in the Star Trek (1966) episode Amok Time (1967) last night before watching this episode.

T'Pring is miles away from Lorelei, it is hard to believe they were acted by the same person. Based on some of the behind-the-scenes pictures I would say that Lorelei seems a lot closer to Arlene. Btw, this is Arlene's second episode of the Monkee's, in the other one she was just as different.

The rest of the show was the typical Monkee wackiness, which is just enjoyable fun. While the show is definitely a product of its times, in this case that is not a bad thing.

Vampires, mummies and werewolves, oh my!

[kevinolzak · 5/10 · 29 January 2014]

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."