Doing the Mashed Potato

In the early 1960's, in the wake of a dance craze called the Twist, there were a whole bunch of copycat dances that influenced the younger generation for about 5 years or so. One of these dances was called the Mashed Potato. In truth, I never actually learned how to do it, and I don't even remember what it looked like. But I still remember the name.

By the mid-1960's, all these dances had faded into oblivion. That whole scene had begun to look increasing trivial and irrelevant in the wake of such things as the Kennedy Assassination, the Vietnam War, and finally "Tune in. Turn on. Drop out." Last week, however, an e-mail that I received brought the Mashed Potato back into my memory.

Dear Yahoo! Mash member, Thank you for trying out our Mash Beta service. We hope you had fun with it. Please note that we will shut down Mash on September 29, 2008. As a result, your current profile on Mash will no longer be available. We strongly recommend that you return to http://mash.yahoo.com and copy the content that you wish to save onto a separate document. For a list of FAQs, please refer to the Mash Help Page. Thanks for trying out Mash! Matt Warburton Yahoo! Community Manager

Yes, Virginia, after only being around for a year or so, Yahoo Mash was closing down on September 29. After this date, Yahoo Mash will be as dead as the Mashed Potato dance is. It just shows you how much dedication Yahoo has to it's own products.

Anyways, here is a memorial of my Yahoo Mash profile. Many thanks to the Fireshot Firefox screenshot extension for being able to help me pull this off.