ha ha, I love that phrase, Good Grief Paul. Didn't Charlie Brown say it all the time? Or was it one of the Perishers? I forget. Yes, monster toys. Gruesomly brilliant. Where would we be without them!
Yes, it was Charlie Brown. I also use it, to the amusement of those around me. I never had any monster toys growing up, I do not recall monsters being big in NZ in the 1960s and 1970s, apart from The Munsters on TV, but at the time I had no idea they were all famous Hollywood stars of the 1930s and 1940s.
I feel like the "Monster Craze" in the US started as early as 1962, with the release of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Monster Mash record, and by the time 1964 hit, with the Addams Family, The Munsters, and all those Aurora monster model kits, "Monstermania" was hear to stay. A great time to be a weirdo kid!
Sure was Zigg. Those were monstrous times! I adored the Monster Mash and still sing it to my Missus on Halloween much to her annoyance! ha ha. I always wanted to visit the Akkermansion in Hollywood and was saddened to hear that Forry's definitive monster archive had to be sold off. Such a shame for him. RIP Forry, the Gruefather.
Good grief - some of those are really bizarre, but in a neat kind of way.
ReplyDeleteha ha, I love that phrase, Good Grief Paul. Didn't Charlie Brown say it all the time? Or was it one of the Perishers? I forget. Yes, monster toys. Gruesomly brilliant. Where would we be without them!
DeleteYes, it was Charlie Brown. I also use it, to the amusement of those around me. I never had any monster toys growing up, I do not recall monsters being big in NZ in the 1960s and 1970s, apart from The Munsters on TV, but at the time I had no idea they were all famous Hollywood stars of the 1930s and 1940s.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I knew they were famous before the Munsters Paul. Did you see the Addams Family as well?
DeleteI feel like the "Monster Craze" in the US started as early as 1962, with the release of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Monster Mash record, and by the time 1964 hit, with the Addams Family, The Munsters, and all those Aurora monster model kits, "Monstermania" was hear to stay. A great time to be a weirdo kid!
ReplyDeleteSure was Zigg. Those were monstrous times! I adored the Monster Mash and still sing it to my Missus on Halloween much to her annoyance! ha ha. I always wanted to visit the Akkermansion in Hollywood and was saddened to hear that Forry's definitive monster archive had to be sold off. Such a shame for him. RIP Forry, the Gruefather.
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