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FUNNY 25 1153: The Funny 25 countdown for 2011, plus After-Christmas and New Year's songs. (Lots of explicit language in song #24, and a little bit elsewhere). Dec 31, 2011
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HOLIDAY #3 of 3 1152: Our final holiday show for 2011 is fun for the whole family! No nasty words or dismembered Santas...just lots of funny songs for Christmas and Hanukkah. Dec 21, 2011
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HOLIDAY #2 of 3 1151: Christmas is sweetness and light, comfort and joy - for most folks! For some of us it's celebrated with sex, drugs and rock `n roll. This week's show has all of that, plus Hanukkah. (The kid-friendly holiday show is next week.) Dec 17, 2011
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HOLIDAY 1 of 3 1150: Here's the first of our three holiday specials for 2011 -- 53 demented delights for Christmas and Chanukah! Parental guidance suggested -- Santa gets killed, and Rudolph too. A few very bad words here and there. Lots of pure delight as well! (Watch for our good old-fashioned kid-friendly show coming up in two weeks, just in time for Christmas). Dec 10, 2011
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WINTER/LOGAN WHITEHURST 1149: A salute to winter, including hockey and skiing...plus a stack of Christmas songs, and a tribute to Logan Whitehurst. Explicit language on "It's Wicked Cold Outside" and "Here Comes Fatty Claus." Dec 3, 2011
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TOP TEN/1989 1148: The Top Ten for November (last Top Ten of 2011), plus a look back at 1989 (the year of Weird Al's "UHF") and the history of "Sweet Violets" and "Shaving Cream." The #1 song in the Top Ten has explicit language. Nov 26, 2011
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THANKSGIVING/TURKEYS 1147: Here's our Thanksgiving show for 2011...a dozen songs inspired by the holiday, plus some **real** turkeys - some of the worst songs in all the Demento Archives! This show also has a very special treat -- a Tom Lehrer performance recorded for his "Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer" album in 1959, but left off that album and never heard since then, until now! (Note 1: for a different group of Thanksgiving songs, including Stan Freberg and Arlo Guthrie classics, check out our show dated 11-20-10. Note 2: one new song in this show has lots of Bad Words. We wish George Carlin were still around to hear it, in fact). Nov 19, 2011
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MARIJUANA 1146: It's a marijuana marathon with over two hours of songs about the killer weed. "The Smoke-Off" and "Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent" plus lots of rarities -- old and new, pro and con, and in practically any musical style you can name. Note: lots more marijuana melodies on our show for November 15, 2009; that show has only five duplicates of this one. Nov 12, 2011
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TOP TEN 1145: The Top Ten for October, plus the winners of the first annual Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for excellence in comedy music. (Weird Al and I were among the judges). Also some hot new stuff (They Might Be Giants, Tony Goldmark, Tom Waits), a 109-year-old record of "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" (sounds darn good, considering) and lots of requests. Nov 5, 2011
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HALLOWEEN II 1144: Part Two of our Halloween party for 2011 begins and ends by casting spells -- "Castin' My Spell," "I Put a Spell On You." In between, we have monsters mashing, hashing, twisting and rapping...ghosts grinning and dancing, and haunting Space Station Three...vampires kissing, and zombies doing what zombies do! Over two and a half hours of haunted hits from Halloweens past, present and yet to come. Oct 29, 2011
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HALLOWEEN #1 1143: Vampires, spiders, and other creepy creatures take the stage in part one of our Halloween spectacular for 2011 -- two and a half hours of spooky tunes and scary melodies. Rarities include Bob Guy's "Dear Jeepers," an early Frank Zappa production. This show is rated PG-13. Oct 22, 2011
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THE YEAR 1988 1142: We mine the demented riches of the year 1988, the year of Nine Coronas, Spock Rap, Weird Al's Even Worse album and lots more...also some edgy new things (parental guidance suggested!), "Pink Beret March" (for the end of Don't Ask - Don't Tell), "I Hate Banks" (for the protestors), and some variations on "Mule Train." Oct 15, 2011
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REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS 1141: We celebrate reptiles and amphibians this week -- dinosaurs, snakes, alligators, toads, frogs. Especially frogs. Also: new Jonathan Coulton, new Richard Cheese, "Shakespeare Rap," "I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle" and lots of requests. Oct 8, 2011
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FISH PART II 1140: More songs about fish and fishing...kind of a sequel to our June 18 show. Also the long lost "Burger Rap" (a sequel to "Candy Rapper") and unreleased songs by Mason Williams and Napoleon XIV. Oct 1, 2011
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TOP TEN 1139: Here's the Top Ten for September 2011, plus lots of requests (several of which sent me diving into the Archives for songs on similar topics, as you'll notice!) There's a Spike Jones track I've never played before. Sep 24, 2011
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THE YEAR 1987 1138: We timewarp to 1987 this week. Truly a vintage year, with the debuts of "Star Trekkin'," "Boot to the Head," three (very) different Demented spinoffs of the Beastie Boys' "Licensed to Ill," and a whole lot more. To round out the flashback, the Dr. has also included some long-forgotten 1987 items that were played only a time or two back then. We'll also hear a few rousing sea chanteys for Talk Like a Pirate Day. Sep 17, 2011
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MORE MONKEYS 1137: More manic monkey music...with no duplication of our other monkey show (June 11). We also cover skunks and ducks and Cadillacs and hair and nudity and hurricanes (and all that other stuff). Rough language on "Pool Shootin' Monkey" and a couple of passing swear words elsewhere. Sep 10, 2011
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LABOR DAY 1136: We celebrate Labor Day with 32 songs about working (and closely related subjects, like excess caffeine) - plus a tribute to the late Jerry Leiber (lyricist/producer for the Coasters, etc. etc.) and various other hot stuff. Sep 3, 2011
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TOP TEN 1135: Here's the Top Ten for August 2011. Also running: babies, butchers, tangos, schools, cellphones, French toast and wieners. Aug 27, 2011
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CATS 1134: And now we celebrate the Cat Days of August 2011. Like our dog show last week, there's a minimum of duplication with last year's cat show (the Doctor did consent to repeat a handful of the most requested kitty ditties). Also notable: Frank Crumit's 1929 ode to Wall Street debacles, and Steve Goodie's epic parody of "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Albuquerque." Aug 20, 2011
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DOGS 1133: Here's a show for the dog days - 27 songs about dogs, only three of which were played on last year's dog show (8-14-2010). Also: Luke Ski's new tribute to Monty Python, a tip of the top hat to Jerry Lewis, and some new bonus tracks not recommended for children. Aug 13, 2011
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THE YEAR 1986 1132: We salute the year 1986 - "Polka Dot Undies," Weird Al's "Polka Party" and lots of non-polkas including "Life in the Slaw Lane," "Ukrainian Uranium Bread" and the year's #1 song, "Rock Me Jerry Lewis." New stuff this week includes the Dr D debut of Cirque du SoWhat's audacious & amazing second album. Aug 6, 2011
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TOP TEN 1131: The Top Ten for July 2011, plus excursions to Scat Vocal Land, Meat Land, Grannyland and the Land of Songs about Labor Unions -- not to mention Hogwarts. No additional charge! Jul 30, 2011
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BALLADS (PART 2) 1130: Back in April Dr. D devoted a show to Ballads - songs that tell a story. There are a whole lot more very Demented ballads we didn't get to back then, and here they are, plus the uncensored "Legend of the USS Titanic" and other goodies. A few durty words in that song and the Axis of Awesome pieces, plus the bonus tracks. Jul 23, 2011
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COMICS 1129: We celebrate the comics this week...comic strips, comic books, and their big and small screen spinoffs. Several very rare items from the 1920s and 1930s. Also - Axis of Awesome vs. The Key of Awesome...a few naughty words here and there, and some irreverence in the last bonus track. Jul 16, 2011
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WEIRD AL INTERIVEW + THE YEAR 1985 1128: "Weird Al" Yankovic is our guest this week, celebrating "Alpocalypse" and discussing tattoos, technical emergencies and the CIA among other things. Afterward we celebrate 1985, one of the great years in Demented history, with way more hits than I can mention in this blurb. In the bonus tracks, the late Gaye Delorme tells us how he wrote "The Rodeo Song" (and sings it, uncensored)...also, a very lively 1985 backstage interview with Emo Philips. Jul 9, 2011
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ALL-AMERICAN 1127: Here's our annual All-American show for 2011. All kinds of amazingly American music & comedy for your Fourth of July celebration. Plus our tributes to Wild Man Fischer (with an interview in the bonus tracks, never before broadcast outside L.A.) and Red Blanchard, the zany DJ who launched Nervous Norvus' career. A few cuss words (Baldbox, Richard Cheese) and a bit of gruesome (Sufjan Stevens). Jul 2, 2011
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TOP TEN 1126: Here's the Top Ten for June, plus tracks from Weird Al's new CD, and provocative songs by Mark Silverman, winner of the International Songwriting Competition comedy/novelty category. Explicit language/content: "Titties and Beer," of course, plus the bonus tracks. Jun 25, 2011
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FISHING 1125: Summer's here...time for some serious fishin'! Well, not all that serious on this show, but we do have a boatful of songs about fish and (mostly) fishing. We also have the debut of a new tribute to Weird Al, the family tree of Minnie the Moocher, a stack of songs with extra special sound effects, and Demented farewells to James Arness and Jack Kevorkian. Jun 18, 2011
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MONKEYS 1124: Dr. Demento monkeys with your mind this week, with two dozen songs about monkeys. Rare items include an unreleased track by the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, precursors of Oingo Boingo. (Note: Explicit language and sexual references in the bonus tracks, especially the last one). Jun 11, 2011
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THE YEAR 1984 1123: We salute the demented songs of 1984. Weird Al's big breakthrough year is also memorable for "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun," "99 Dead Baboons," "The Curly Shuffle" and more enduring Demented hits. We also salute the songs of acne, and "Barney Google" sent me off on a stream of consciousness which I share with a bit of trepidation. We're rated PG this week. Jun 4, 2011
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TOP TEN 1122: Here's the Top Ten for May. Other treats include vintage comedy from the National Jukebox and from the Benny Bell collection of the Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University. Some widely scattered cuss words in this show. Note: The next Top Ten will be uploaded Saturday, June 25 (not June 26 as the Doctor says on this show). May 28, 2011
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INSANITY & PSYCHIATRY PART 2 1121: Here's the sequel to our Insanity and Psychiatry show that was uploaded March 12. No duplication with that show - this will totally expand your collection of absolute innnnnn-sanity! Also included are three songs from the Trey Parker- Matt Stone - Robert Lopez Broadway smash "The Book of Mormon." (ATTENTION - the one in the bonus tracks has major blasphemy and very rough language!) Also in the bonus tracks (ahead of that Book of Mormon song) - four songs recorded in the 1920s and 1930s about the Mississippi floods back then, very similar to this year's catastrophe. May 21, 2011
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MILITARY 1120: Here's our bin Laden retrospective...Dr D brings back a bunch of the best (and one or two of the worst) songs about the world's most wanted man...including songs recorded right after 9-11 and a couple recorded after his demise. We'd already scheduled a salute to the military for this week, and that fits right in...lots of songs about life in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines created by the people who have lived that life. May 14, 2011
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THE YEAR 1983 1119: We salute the year 1983...the year of Monty Python's last feature film and "Weird Al" Yankovic's first album, plus a whole lot more top-drawer Dementia. Note #1 - For more Mother's Day songs, see our shows dated 5/9/2010, 5/10/09 or the second Sunday in May of many other years. Note #2: The death of Osama bin Laden occurred after this show was completed; this will be duly commemorated on our next show, uploading Saturday, May 14. May 7, 2011
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TOP TEN 1118: The Top Ten for April, plus one of the first "live" comedy records ever, two 1930s hits that just might contain the "f-word", and some truckin' tunes. For the bonus tracks, some of my grandfather's favorites. Apr 30, 2011
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POLICE 1117: Our 2 1/2 hour show this week features a tribute to the police. All kinds of attitude(s), pro and con. Also, the debut of WEIRD AL'S BRAND NEW Lady Gaga parody, "Perform This Way." Apr 23, 2011
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BALLADS 1116: This week's show features a big, big bunch of ballads - story songs (mostly) about all sorts of fabulous characters. Also note the Mel Blanc rarities including his voiceover demo tape. Explicit language/content: Maclean & Laclean, Ween, Nuclear Bubble Wrap, Jesse Smith Apr 16, 2011
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THE YEAR 1982 1115: We bring back 1982 with two dozen songs and performances from that vintage year, including some we haven't played in a quarter century. Also featured: breasts, nuclear emergencies, breakup songs, the "Friday" thing, the late Roger Abbott, and the equally late Elizabeth Taylor. Explicit language: Zucker, Pesci, the Nails. Apr 9, 2011
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DR DEMENTO's BIRTHDAY 1114: This is a special show on the occasion of Dr. Demento's birthday. As you may have noticed, the Doctor is enthusiastic about a great many kinds of music. Here he gets a chance to play some of his favorite records that aren't necessarily funny or "demented" - jazz, blues, rock, even some classical. He tells us how he got interested in each particular type of music. Dr. Demento's usual insanity returns next week, along with the Demented News and the bonus tracks. Apr 2, 2011
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TOP TEN/DEVO SPICE INTERVIEW 1113: The Top Ten for March, plus an interview with Devo Spice celebrating his new CD "Gnome Sane" (he explains what that title means, among other things), a mini-history of acid rock (in memory of Owsley Stanley), and lots of requests and new stuff. A few tracks have explicit content. Mar 26, 2011
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SPRINGTIME/BASEBALL/BUBBLING UNDER 1112: Our topic this week is a triple feature - springtime, baseball, and Demented Near Misses: novelty songs from Billboard's Bubbling Under charts, songs that almost but not quite made the magazine's Hot 100, the most authoritative chart for U.S. singles. More of those in the bonus tracks, along with one more Charlie Sheen song. "Bieber Vs. Beethoven" and "Charlie Sheen On the Scene" have durty wirds. Mar 19, 2011
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INSANITY 1111: Our topic this week is mental health, and the lack of it: insanity and psychiatry. (Surprisingly, we haven't covered this topic in over a decade until now). Also: songs for St. Patrick's Day, a song recorded live at the protests in Madison, WI, and some songs about Libya from the 1980s. (Lots of those in the bonus tracks). One f-word in "Liquor and Whores." Mar 12, 2011
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DOCTORS 1110: The Doctor of Funny Music celebrates all those other Doctors this week, along with hospitals, diseases, transfusions, everything medical...including a salute to Hadacol, the alcoholic vitamin tonic that swept the nation in 1949-51. Mar 5, 2011
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TOP TEN 1109: The Top Ten for February, plus songs about Egypt, hair, underwear, happiness, zombies and motorcycles. Explicit and/or controversial content: "Letter in the Mail" and all the bonus tracks. Feb 26, 2011
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THE YEAR 1981 1108: Here's our salute to 1981, another titanic year in the Land of Dementia. Listed below (starting with "Yoda") are some of the many all-time Demented hits that debuted on the show that year. And...as we kiss goodbye to Valentine season, we have some anti-Valentine songs for you (like "One More Minute" and "#2 On You"). NOTE: The bonus tracks this week are not recommended for children...lots of explicit language and content. Feb 19, 2011
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VALENTINE'S DAY 1107: Our annual Valentine's show features two dozen Demented love songs - totally different from the ones played last year (Feb. 14, 2010). Feb 12, 2011
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ANYTHING ANYTHING: Football Season's Over, Lonesome Kicker, I Want my Baby Back, Psycho Chicken, Street Meat, Boy Wonder I Love You, Song of the Sewer, Dead Puppies, Smells like Karen Carpenter, Take me out to the Ball Game, Nitrous Oxide High, Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, Ugly, Pocket Pool Feb 6, 2011
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LET'S SONGS 1106: In 1928 legendary composer Cole Porter wrote his first major hit song, "Let's Do It," very risque for its time. Since then there have been hundreds more "let's" songs, many of them thoroughly Demented. Also in this show are Denis Leary's latest (re political correctness), a lively 1947 ode to San Francisco's cable cars, and a hilarious mid-1930s take on the Middle East. Feb 5, 2011
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TOP TEN 1105: Here's the first Top Ten of 2011...plus lots of songs about horses (with more in the bonus tracks), a bit of rare Zappa, and (in the bonus tracks) a long-unavailable comedy rap by Dr. Demento himself, with music by Barnes & Barnes. Jan 29, 2011
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THE YEAR 1980 1104: This week we remember 1980. It was a vintage year for Dementia - "Existential Blues," "Another One Rides the Bus," Barnes & Barnes' first album, the first-ever comedy rap record, and a whole lot more. In the second hour of this show we bring back some of the year's biggest Demented hits and some long-forgotten favorites. Note: "The Rodeo Song" is the unexpurgated original, and "Never Be Rude To An Arab" has some ethnic and racial slurs used for totally satiric purposes. Jan 22, 2011
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DIETING 1103: The second half of this show is especially for everyone who made a New Year's resolution to lose weight. Aren't diets a riot? We also deal with wizards and lizards, crabs and alligators, lasagna and pizza, trash and garbage. Jan 15, 2011
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART TRIBUTE 1102: Robots & monkeys, Laurel & Hardy, buses & trucks, and eyebrow hairs all get their due in this show. In place of the bonus tracks, the Doctor shares memories of (and conversations with) that master of mad music, Captain Beefheart (who died in December), in a 55+-minute tribute. Jan 8, 2011
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FUNNY 25 1101: Here's the Funny 25 for 2010. Only four of the songs are more than two years old! Thirteen of the 25 are parodies (there's also one re-working of a traditional song). By contrast, we go back to the 1940s for the bonus tracks: two rarely-heard extended Spike Jones pieces, both over 12 minutes long. Jan 1, 2011
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