# The "Venitian Effect"!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-venitian-effect/601266>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 30, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-venitian-effect/601266 "2011-10-30T07:08:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-venitian-effect/601266/1 "2011-10-30T07:08:56Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok7WG_Nikvw)

Headphones required.

This is Mike Oldfield, after all!

Kick it!!!

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-venitian-effect/601266/2 "2011-10-30T07:30:09Z")

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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0thH3qnHTbI/hqdefault.jpg "bobby 'boris' pickett & the cryptkickers - monster mash") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thH3qnHTbI)

They did The Mash!

And “Vatevver happened to my Transylvania Tvist???”

It’s now the “MASH?”!

Sing it, **Tri**!

Sorry you ever got mixed up with me now, right?😉

Quasi

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**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-venitian-effect/601266/3 "2011-10-30T23:28:34Z")

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MC’d by Professor Snape himself, no less. I’ve had this version for years, and only recently listened to it for the first time in a decade. I was genuinely surprised to hear his voice, but knew immediately who it was.