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CLASSICAL NEW YEAR 2016: Adele's Laughing Song, Carioca, When Trump was a Lad, 18th Century Drawing Room, Holiday for Strings, Tubby the Tuba, Bricklayer's Story Dec 31, 2016
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FUNNY 25 1653: The Funny 25 Countdown for 2016...plus songs for Hanukkah, After-Christmas and New Year's...and we remember Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. Rated PG-13. Dec 31, 2016
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HOLIDAY 1652: Here's our third and final holiday show for 2016, with a set of Hanukkah songs along with lots of crazy Christmas carols, familiar and not so familiar, new and not so new! Bonus track at the end: the notorious "It's an Alt-Right Christmas," totally uncensored. Dec 24, 2016
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CHRISTMAS 1651: Another brand new show with more Christmas classics (and some new stuff too). "Santa Lost a Ho," "Open Me First," "The Christmas Thong," "If There's a War On Christmas (Christmas Is Winning)," and a ca. 1897 recording of "Jingle Bells" are among the highlights. Note: the Eric Idle song (after the "Stay Demented" finale) has highly explicit language. Dec 17, 2016
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CHRISTMAS 1650: Santa gets into a bit of difficulty this week! Our first Christmas show for 2016 also features Walking Round in Women's Underwear, Wreck the Malls, Merry Christmas You Suckers, I Want a Part Time Girl for Christmas, Christmas at Ground Zero, The Wrap Trap and lots more. Dec 10, 2016
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OBNOXIOUS PEOPLE PART 2 1649: By popular request here's Obnoxious People - The Sequel! (With rude words here and there, including f-words in the Garfunkel & Oates song). Also a taste of Christmas, and a tribute to Logan Whitehurst on the tenth anniversary of his passing. Dec 3, 2016
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NAUTICAL/TOP TEN 1648: The Top Ten for November, plus a shipful of nautical dementia and more trash & treasures. Nov 26, 2016
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THANKSGIVING 1647: We celebrate America's annual food fight, aka Thanksgiving! This year is the 50th anniversary of the most famous Thanksgiving comedy song of all time. I also have a few songs, old and new, relating to the recent election. (Parental guidance: the very first song in the show has a couple of f-words). Nov 19, 2016
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NONSENSE 1646: Here's a perfect post-election tonic - two hours of total silliness and absolute nonsense! Nov 12, 2016
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TOP TEN 1645: The Top Ten for October...plus a farewell to John Zacherle, and just a few election songs (old and new, mostly after the countdown). Rarities include Steve Goodman's original 45 of "The Dying Cub Fan's Last Request," with Jethro Burns on mandolin, in honor of the Cubs winning the Series after 108 years. Nov 5, 2016
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1644 HALLOWEEN: Here's Part Two of this year's Halloween scaryfest...creepy classics and new stuff too. Monster Mash (and the story behind it), Dinner With Drac, Me And My Mummy, With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm and lots more. Bonus: the new record holder for shortest song in the history of the Billboard pop charts.
Special Bonus: no election songs! (One candidate is mentioned in passing). Oct 29, 2016
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HALLOWEEN 1643: Here's Part 1 of our two-part Halloween blast for 2016. Songs I only play once a year, and some that have been locked up longer than that! Oct 22, 2016
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ELECTIONS 1642: Something I only get to do every four years - a presidential election show! There's a new Trump song, and out first Johnson song, but mostly we'll be recalling elections of the days when things were civilized! Elvis For President, Alvin For President, Snoopy For President, Miss Piggy For President, Sinatra singing for JFK, Rapmaster Ronnie and a whole lot more - plus songs about scary clowns and scary hunters! Oct 15, 2016
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RANDOM 1641: This week we have 33 delightfully demented discs picked at random, plus a tribute to Oscar Brand. Oct 8, 2016
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WE & US 1640: This week I have songs with "we" or "us" in the title. Doesn't sound real sexy, but it's an amazing assortment, and some of the songs **are** a little sexy (the show is PG-13, with a passing f-word or two). Also Terry Jones, Steve Goodie, Lin-Manuel Miranda with Weird Al, and a White House Rap Battle. Oct 1, 2016
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TOP TEN 1639: Top Ten for September (close race this time!) plus robots, bad boys, C. Martin Croker (voice of Zorak, R.I.P.) and more. Sep 24, 2016
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OBNOXIOUS PEOPLE 1638: The world is full of obnoxious people-jerks, idiots, doofuses, buttheads, bastards, and a**holes. Especially a**holes. Fortunately, all those obnoxious people have inspired a whole lot of hilarious songs and comedy bits, and we'll hear some of the best on this show. Rated PG-13 ("a**hole" is not bleeped on the show). Sep 17, 2016
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CANADA/FOOTBALL 1637: Double feature this week - the sequel to our Great White North extravaganza from May, with all different songs and sketches - plus (ta-daaa) Football! Lots of durty wurds in the last two songs. Sep 10, 2016
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LABOR DAY 1636: Once again this Labor Day weekend we have songs about working (and not working!) Here are a whole lot of our favorites, plus a short tribute to Gene Wilder. Rated PG-13. Sep 3, 2016
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TOP TEN 1635: School, sex & silliness, corporate Dementia, Barnes & Barnes rediscoveries, the 50th anniversary of "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!" - and the Top Ten too! Aug 27, 2016
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ANIMALS 1634: We celebrate the dog days of August this week...plus the cat days, the duck days, the pig days, the lizard days, the funky gibbon days and more! Aug 20, 2016
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BLUES 1633: Got another bucket o' blues for you today! "Hospitality Blues," "Recycled Vinyl Blues," "Existential Blues Pt. Too" and a bit of the real old time blues too. Aug 13, 2016
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FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS 1632: In honor of the new Meryl Streep film about "the world's worst opera singer," Florence Foster Jenkins, this show features an interview with her biographer Darryl W. Bullock, plus a half hour featuring more "bad singers" like Mrs. Miller and Leona Anderson...and an hour of really good funny music too. Aug 6, 2016
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TOP TEN 1631: The Top Ten for July, plus pizza, tacos, atoms, drugs, sex and violets. Jul 30, 2016
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LAUGHTER 1630: "Laughter is the best medicine!" says Dr. Demento. Lots of laughing songs (including one by the first African-American artist ever to make records) plus Zappa, Pokemon, Donald & Hillary too on this week's all-new Dr. Demento Show. Jul 23, 2016
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STATES 1629: We celebrated the U.S.A. for the Fourth of July...now it's time to celebrate some individual states. Also five brand new songs about Pokemon GO! Jul 16, 2016
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INSTRUMENTS 1628: Here's Part Two of our amazing collection of funny songs about musical instruments + songs about funny musical instruments. Highlights of the first hour include "I Think My Dog's a Democrat," "You're Always Throwing Salsa At the Light Bulbs," and "The Comedy Music Life." Jul 9, 2016
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FOURTH OF JULY 1627: Happy Fourth of July! This week I have songs about drinkin' beer and blowin' up stuff, but I'll also touch on such all-American topics as fast food, war, Elvis (and the late Scotty Moore), Garrison Keillor, Pocahontas, baseball, Ben Franklin, the Waldorf-Astoria, and that little brown shack out back...and by request I'll have some brief comments on the recent "Stairway to Heaven" legal case. Jul 2, 2016
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TOP TEN 1626: The Top Ten for June 2016, plus funny stuff about New York and Chicago, chickens and pigs, sex and cannibalism. Plus a couple for Muhammad Ali. Rated PG-13. Jun 25, 2016
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FATHER'S DAY/SUMMER 1625: Double feature this week - Father's Day, and the coming of summer - plus hot new stuff by Tim Cavanagh, Insane Ian and Steve Goodie. Rated PG-13, mostly for "Bluegrass" and "I'm Gonna Procreate". Jun 18, 2016
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LONG 1624: This is the week for Mega-Dementia. If it's not long, it doesn't belong! Every song and comedy bit on this show runs five minutes or more. Sit back and let the laughter roll! Jun 11, 2016
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INSECTS 1623: Our topic is insects. They bite us and sometimes make us sick and generally annoy the heck out of us, but they pollinate fruits and flowers, AND inspire funny songs! This week's show has a whole lot of those, with only a speck of repeats from the Insects show last July. Jun 4, 2016
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TOP TEN 1622: The Top Ten for May 2016, along with bicycles, animals and other assorted Demented diversions. May 28, 2016
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CANADA 1621: We salute Canada...the homeland of a lot of great audio humor, sketch comedy in particular. This week I have some of our all time most requested Canadian classics, including some that focus on what makes Canada delightfully different. Rated PG-13 (the Avenue Q song has an explicit sexual reference). May 21, 2016
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BLUES 1620: This show features the blues...not the slow sad blues, but the crazy Demented blues! Weird Al, Henry Phillips, Bonzo Dog, and of course Tom "T-Bone" Stankus' "Existential Blues," complete and unedited! May 14, 2016
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MOTHERS 1619: This week I have 34 songs and comedy bits about mothers and motherhood. Love, and sweetness, and kindness, and lots of other things too! May 7, 2016
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TOP TEN 1618: The Top Ten for April, plus funny songs about vintage TV, Cinco de Mayo, censorship, fun and laughter, and some of the Doctor's notorious Bonus Tracks at the end (with durty wurds & such). Apr 30, 2016
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STUPIDITY PART 2 1617: By popular demand, here's Stupidity: The Sequel. Judging by number of requests, this is the most popular non-holiday topic so far in 2016. Lots of songs never before heard on the show! Apr 23, 2016
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EARTH DAY/AROUND THE WORLD/MARIJUANA 1616: Three featured topics this week. In order of appearance: Earth Day, Around the World with Dr. D., and a set for 4-20. Some incidental nawty wirds and not-so-incidental cannabis references (in that last set). Apr 16, 2016
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 1615: Our topic this week is musical instruments - funny songs inspired by guitars, pianos, banjos, bagpipes and various other instruments used in different kinds of music...including five about the tuba! Explore their sociological and sexual connotations with Dr. D. (Occasional naughty words). Plus a small tribute to the great Merle Haggard. Apr 9, 2016
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BASEBALL/BIRTHDAY 1614: Demented Baseball, plus Dr. Demento's Birthday! As the Doctor says, "It's only every few years that my birthday actually falls on the day a new show premieres, so I like to celebrate with an hour of special stuff. Mostly Demented, very much so, but also a few other musical things that are important to me." Apr 2, 2016
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TOP TEN 1613: Hidden tracks from CD's and LP's, silly songs about bunnies, sex and chocolate and more Demented springtime carols, plus the Top Ten for March! Mar 26, 2016
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SPRING 1612: It's springtime in the Land of Dementia! An hour-plus of Very Demented springtime songs, plus a song for every day of the week (two each for Friday & Saturday), songs from the new Wild Man Fischer CD, and the Donald Trump Club March! Rated PG-13 (there's a nasty word in the last verse of the very last song). Mar 19, 2016
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STUPID 1611: We celebrate stupidity in all its forms...stupid people, stupid actions, stupid songs! As Weird Al sang, Dare To Be Stupid! Also a tribute to Sir George Martin with some of his lesser known and most intriguing pre-Beatles productions. Mar 12, 2016
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LITTLE 1610: The topic today is a small one - literally. Little things - little animals - little people! From Little Boxes to the Smallest Thing Known to Man. Also creepy love songs, demented yodels, and lots and lots of laughter. A bit of explicit language on "Little Toot." Mar 5, 2016
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TOP TEN 1609: Here's the Top Ten for February, plus the Logan Awards nominees and other surprises. Rated PG-13 ("Sex Rhymes" is just what you'd expect from the title). Feb 27, 2016
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MONEY 1608: Lots of money for you this week...money music, that is! Our sequel to last May's money show has mostly different songs to entertain you...plus some luscious leftover love songs. Feb 20, 2016
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LOVE SONG 1607: For Valentine's Day, here's 90+ minutes of demented love songs, by request! Quite a few things I haven't played in years, or haven't played at all till now. We'll also remember Bob Elliott (Bob & Ray) and Dan Hicks. Feb 13, 2016
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BODY PARTS 1606: Today's topic is body parts! Sequel to our 8-1-15 show with (mostly) different songs. Subject matter & language is a bit more explicit than usual, especially "Fume" and of course "Titties and Beer." Feb 6, 2016
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TOP TEN 1605: Our first Top Ten of 2016, plus songs for sniffle season, songs for haters, and a big bunch of requests. (Doctor's note: This show includes two different cases of two very different sets of lyrics set to the same tune! I didn't realize that till the show was almost finished). Jan 30, 2016
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LONG 1604: It's another big show this week...this time it's the songs that are long, every one running five minutes or more! Jan 23, 2016
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BIG 1603: It's a big show about big things this week, plus a tribute to David Bowie. Jan 16, 2016
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WEATHER 1602: Everybody talks about the weather...some people sing funny songs about it! "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'," "It Never Rains in Sunny California," "I Still Write Your Name In the Snow" and lots more Demented weather is in the forecast this week. Jan 9, 2016
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MOVIES 1601: We salute "The Force Awakens" with a retrospective of Star Wars spoofs through the years...and a few other blockbusters too, plus our first political salvos of 2016. Jan 2, 2016
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