The dark stars of Universal Studios' monster movies have no doubt permeated American pop culture over the years. To take one prominent example: an episode ("Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing") of the 60's hit television series Route 66. Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr. (not to mention Peter Lorre) appear here as themselves and, more importantly, embody the wonderfully frightful creatures they made famous. Frankly, Frankenstein's Monster looks a bit wizened here, and the Wolf Man has gotten long in the tooth, but these character makeups still start nostalgia sparking like the equipment in a mad scientist's laboratory.
For your viewing pleasure, here's the full episode (as it has been parceled out on YouTube):
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