SPQR: SenÄtus Populusque RÅmÄnus. In Latin, SenÄtus is a nominative singular noun meaning Senate. Populusque is compounded from the nominative noun Populus, the People, and -que, an enclitic particle meaning and which connects the two nominative nouns. The last word, RÅmÄnus (Roman) is an adjective modifying the whole of SenÄtus Populusque: the Roman Senate and People, taken as a whole.
Two other actors played Trapper in other incarnations. Elliot Gould was the same character in the âMASHâ feature film that preceded the TV show, and Pernell Roberts played the title character in the 1980s spinoff drama âTrapper John, M.D.â.
Over the years, The Monster Mash has been used in several movies, including Sweetheart's Dance & Halloween III and has been heard on such popular T.V. shows as The Simpsons, Cheers, Rosanne, Doogie Howser, Happy Days, and Sesame Street. Even Boris Karloff himself sang the song on mid-sixties TV.