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Lurch, The - Dance craze introduced on the October
30, 1965 Halloween episode of SHINDIG, an ABC teen rock music program. After
assisting Boris Karloff with his rendition of the "Monster Mash," Ted Cassidy,
who played the zombie butler, Lurch on the sitcom THE ADDAMS FAMILY/ABC/1964-66,
debuted a new dance craze called "The Lurch." The dance steps were nothing more
than a lot of shuffling and arm dangling a la the Frankenstein Monster.
"The Lurch" was released as a single 45 record (Capitol 5503) with the vocals
performed by Ted Cassidy and a background female chorus and music by Gary
Paxton.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY episode No. 33 "Lurch, the Teenage Idol" (5-14-65) predated
this event with a storyline where Lurch records a song at the harpsichord and
soon becomes the idol of screaming teenage fans.
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Lurch: |
[gong sounds] YOUR RANG!?
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Singers: |
[speaking] Hi Lurch! |
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Lurch: |
AAAHH! |
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Singers: |
[begin to sing] Hey Lurch, We just
heard the news around town |
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Lurch: |
NEWS? |
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Singers: |
And we're here to see what's
putting you down' |
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Lurch: |
AAAAH! HA HA |
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Singers: |
We thought you might give us a
chance
And teach us how to do the Lurch dance |
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Lurch: |
MY PLEASURE |
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Singers: |
Hey Lurch, teach out how to do the
Lurch dance |
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Lurch: |
YOUR SERVANT |
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Singers: |
Yeah Lurch, we wanna learn to do
the Lurch dance |
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Lurch: |
FOLLOW ME.... |
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Excerpts from "The Lurch"
(Capitol Records 5503 - 45 single ) |
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