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FUNNY 25 2152: The Funny 25 countdown of the most demanded Demented Discs of the year is now online -- together with an opening set of After-Christmas songs! www.drdemento.com Dec 25, 2021
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CHRISTMAS 2151: And here it is - our third and final all-Christmas show for 2021. More Demented holiday songs old and new, in a wide variety of styles and smiles! No duplication of the past two weeks. On Christmas Day we'll have the Funny 25! www.drdemento.com Dec 18, 2021
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CHRISTMAS 2150: Part 2 of my Christmas trilogy is now available for streaming - featuring Tom Lehrer, the Aquabats, Randy Rainbow, Barnes & Barnes, the Mushroom Tab. Choir and more Demented holiday favorites old and new. Also a Dr. D exclusive - Osaka Popstar's rockin' new cover of "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't." www.drdemento.com Dec 11, 2021
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HOLIDAYS #1 2149: Hark, the Demented angels sing! The first of three holiday shows for 2021 is now available for streaming, with holiday hilarity old and new, from "Dominick the Donkey" to "Christmas In Lumania." Plus a set of Krampus songs, and a tribute to Stephen Sondheim. www.drdemento.com Dec 4, 2021
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HANUKKAH 2148: Happy Hanukkah! This year we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Hanukkah novelty song ever, "Hanukkah Rocks." Now there are quite a few, and I spin 14 of the best this week, along with the Top Ten for November, a just-released Weird Al cover of the Ramones, and lots more. www.drdemento.com Nov 27, 2021
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THANKSGIVING 2147: Here's the Thanksgiving show for 2021, with a tribute to the late Joe Siracusa, the last of the 1940s Spike Jones City Slickers, and a dear friend. My heartfelt thanks for your support of the show! drdemento.com Nov 20, 2021
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HUNTING 2146: I don't imagine a great many Dementites take to the woods with rifles or shotguns these days (I've never tried it myself) but there are a lot of funny songs about hunting, and this show has some of the best! Lots of other goodies too. www.drdemento.com Nov 13, 2021
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TOP TEN 2145: Now online - the Top Ten for October (a week late so as not to interrupt our Halloween celebration) plus some runners-up for the Top Ten and some surprises, old and not so old! Stream it at drdemento.com. Nov 6, 2021
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HALLOWEEN 2144: This week we celebrate zombies, werewolves, grave robbers, unripe pumpkins, and Count Dracula- it can only be another Dr Demento Halloween! We'll also preview another track from the new Barnes & Barnes album, "Pancake Dream," out November 5. Stream it at www.drdemento.com Oct 30, 2021
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HALLOWEEN 2143: Here's another two hours of spooky tunes and scary melodies, familiar and not so familiar, to get you in the mood for October 31 -- plus a sneak preview of the new Barnes & Barnes album which comes out next month on Demented Punk Records. It's very Demented -- and very dark! www.drdemento.com Oct 23, 2021
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HALLOWEEN 2142: Halloween is drawing closer, and this week's show is about two-thirds "spooky tunes and scary melodies"-- plus Ray Stevens' new song (and his first hit, from 60 years ago!), other gems from 1961, William Shatner's real-life rocket ride, and a cool new song featuring Josh Turner. Oct 16, 2021
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CAFFEINE 2141: Caffeinated beverages, especially coffee, have inspired a whole lot of Demented songs -- more than any other beverages except for alcohol. I've rounded up more than two dozen of them, including many never heard on the show before. Other highlights include the newly viral "Bohemian Catsody" and the story of how David Seville's first #1 hit, "Witch Doctor," originated. drdemento.com Oct 9, 2021
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NONSENSE 2140: By popular demand I revisit the topic of nonsense songs this week! The Ying Tong Song, Ain't We Crazy, Cobwebs and Strange, Like a Dribbling Fram and over 20 other of the silliest songs ever made or imagined. Hear that show now or anytime at drdemento.com. Oct 2, 2021
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TOP TEN 2139: Here's the Top Ten for September, plus songs about punks by non-punks, a few more songs about school. On top of that, YouTube star and terrific musician Josh Turner visits Dementia Central! Josh and I chat about funny music and other things. drdemento.com Sep 25, 2021
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BACK TO SCHOOL 2138: This week we go back to school - songs and comedy bits about education, that is! Weird Al, Tom Lehrer, Robin Williams, Frank Zappa, Barnes & Barnes, The Frantics and many more intelligent people comprise this week's faculty. Norm Macdonald, Monty Python, Roger Miller and other stars of Dementia join in the opening free-for-all. Drdemento.com Sep 18, 2021
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MILITARY 2137: On this 20th anniversary of the infamous 9/11 attacks, here's a Dr. Demento salute to the defenders of America, the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. There are a lot of funny songs about the armed services, and the experiences of those who serve, and I play more than an hour's worth on this show. www.drdemento.com Sep 11, 2021
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LABOR DAY 2136: This is the weekend where we interrupt our labors by celebrating them! Hear more than an hour of funny songs about all kinds of work on this weekend's brand-new Dr. Demento Show. www.drdemento.com Sep 4, 2021
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TOP TEN 2135: The Top Ten for August 2021, plus a tribute to Tom T. Hall, Don Everly and Charlie Watts, and a nice long swim in the Ocean of Dementia! drdemento.com Aug 28, 2021
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CATS 2134: Dinosaur Song, Birdhouse in your Soul, Rap Yodeler, Clean Song, She Grabbed my Coconuts, Shlock Rod, Traffic Lights, Driving through Chicago, Big Cat, Everybody Wants to be a Cat, Cat Song, Siamese Cat Song, Overflowing Catbox Blues, Cat Came Back, Monster, 7-11, Earache my Eye Aug 21, 2021
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DOGS 2133: Teenage Mutant Kung-fu Chickens, Surfing Bird, Oy it's so Humid, Stonk, Hillbilly Rap, Cheesehead Song, It Ain't Easy Being Male, Hot Dog Boogie, Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, Barbecue Spuds McKenzie, How Come my Dog Don't Bark, Freeze-Dried Fido, Poetic Justice Thurgood, Hey Robin, Don't Touch That, Dead Puppies Aug 14, 2021
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FOLK II 2132: And here it is - Demented Folk Music II! Featuring the Smothers Brothers, the Kingston Trio, Allan Sherman (My Son the Folksinger), Country Joe & The Fish and many more. Plus a half dozen songs by Logan Whitehurst and some Demented songs about Radio, and more. drdemento.com Aug 7, 2021
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TOP TEN 2131: The Top Ten for July 2021 and runners-up, plus "I'm Better Than the Beatles," new songs by Rand Bellavia (Ookla the Mok,) "It's Hot As Balls Outside," "I Heart Aging and Dying" and "Steppin' On a Spaniel" (mystery solved!) Hear it at drdemento.com. Jul 31, 2021
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FOLK 2130: Funny folk songs have been around for centuries, but the Folk Revival of the 1950s and 1960s had more than its share! Hear some of those, and newer songs in the same spirit, plus Weird Al, Logan Whitehurst, Chet Atkins with Ray Stevens, and more on my all-new show! drdemento.com Jul 24, 2021
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RECORDS 2129: The topic is records on this all-new show! An hour-plus of historical/hysterical songs and stories about records,mostly the kind you play on a phonograph --preceded by an hour's free swim in the ocean of Dementia. It all adds up to two hours 15 minutes (no extra charge for the extra time!) Jul 17, 2021
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DIETING 2128: As some of us are trying to shed the pounds we added during the long months of lockdown, here's some musical motivation! I also have the five nominees for the Logan Award for best song parody of 2020, plus Stan Freberg's hilarious backhand tribute to Lawrence Welk and other goodies. Note: "Car Keys" and "The Captain's Wife's Lament" have some adult humor. drdemento.com Jul 10, 2021
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ALL AMERICAN 2127: Celebrating the Fourth of July with an all-American show! Stan Freberg, Frank Zappa, Weird Al, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Mel Brooks, the Hoosier Hot Shots, David Peel and the Lower East Side, and my choice for a new National Anthem -- one you can actually sing! Streamable now at drdemento.com. Jul 3, 2021
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TOP TEN 2126: The Top Ten for June, plus twisted tunes about stupid people, smart dinosaurs, fat chickens, confused sportscasters, and mammary glands! Jun 26, 2021
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ALCOHOL PART 2 2125: For various reasons, alcohol has inspired an enormous number of songs, including many very funny songs! Here are some more great ones I didn't get to two weeks ago. Also a set for Father's Day. Jun 19, 2021
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TRAVEL 2124: People are finally free to hit the road (or the airport) this summer, so we have some Demented travelin' music for you...plus some Demented requests, a salute to the Bo Burnham Netflix special, and a Cicada Cacophony! Stream it anytime at drdemento.com. Jun 12, 2021
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ALCOHOL 2123: Today's show features funny songs about alcohol. It's pleasant, it's dangerous, and it mixes well with music, so there are naturally a lot of songs about it, and some of them are Demented! I'll also preview the new vinyl album featuring legendary comedian Jonathan Winters. www.drdemento.com Jun 5, 2021
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DYLAN/TOP TEN 2122: In celebration of Bob Dylan's 80th, a dozen Demented tributes to the man from Minnesota, by a wide variety of artists, famous and otherwise. Plus the Top Ten for May, some great requests, and a farewell to Rusty Warren. Drdemento.com May 29, 2021
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TOBACCO 2121: Tobacco isn't as popular as it used to be, but it has inspired a pack of hilarious songs and comedy through the years. This week's new show brings back "Another Puff," "Introducing Tobacco to Civilization" and "Nocturnal Stumblebutt," plus Frank Zappa, Mrs. Miller, Adam West and many more. drdemento.com May 22, 2021
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EARLY '80'S 2120: Our special topic today is the early 1980s -- when the show was on over 100 stations nationwide, and Demented music was on a collective roll! Lots of hits, and some Demented rediscoveries. www.drdemento.com May 15, 2021
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MOTHER'S DAY 2119: Our annual Mother's Day Dementiafest features motherly melodies from Frank Zappa and the Mothers plus Dweezil, Tom Lehrer, Spike Jones, Rolf Harris, Danny Kaye, Josh Turner and more, plus Monty Python, Polkacide, Talking Media Fear Makers Blues and more moments to remember! drdemento.com May 8, 2021
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MINNESOTA 2118: We've heard a lot about Dr. D's home state, Minnesota, in the news during the past year. Unfortunately much of that news has been unpleasant. Minnesota has produced more than its share of great music, however, including lots of funny music! We'll hear an hour's worth of that on this week's show. May 1, 2021
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TOP TEN 2117: The Top Ten for April, plus a lot of runners-up, old and new! Funny songs and/or spoken comedy about mystery meat, advertising, cats and a couple dozen other things. Apr 24, 2021
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EARTH DAY 2116: Earth Day is Thursday, April 22, and on this show I salute Mother Earth with a variety of environmental songs by Tom Lehrer, Barnes & Barnes ("Don't F*** Up the World, unbleeped), Green E (The Environmental Elvis), Tiny Tim, Bill Oddie, Jim Henson and many more. www.drdemento.com Apr 17, 2021
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SINGERS AND MUSICIANS 2115: This week I have songs and sketches about Singers and Musicians, real and imaginary, from Gitarzan to Smells Like Nirvana - sung by artists from Allan Sherman to Tenacious D, from the Andrews Sisters to Shel Silverstein. Plus sets about stupid people and the solar system, and the first Weird Al song I ever played. www.drdemento.com Apr 10, 2021
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BASEMENT TAPES 7 2114: This week's show features Dr Demento Basement Tapes #7, with a Weird Al rarity, Henry Phillips and more, plus a few Happy Easter songs...and I'll be celebrating a round number birthday with a couple of curlicues too! Join the party at www.drdemento.com! Apr 3, 2021
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TOP TEN 2113: The Top Ten for March, plus the W.A.P. Polka by Cardi Beerdehosen, Ghost Chickens In the Sky, an impromptu 90th birthday tribute to William Shatner, and other improbabilities! drdemento.com Mar 27, 2021
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SPRING 2112: Spring officially begins Saturday morning, March 20 in the Northern Hemisphere -- in the USA, just hours after my new show uploads. The show features a half hour of Demented spring songs, plus a glorious mixture of requests, a few new things, and Grammy winners Mister Rogers and Jim Kimo West (Weird Al's guitarist). www.drdemento.com Mar 20, 2021
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BODY PARTS 2111: The new show is a tribute to the human body. 29 songs, with 29 different Demented attitudes, explore body parts from head to toes. Also eight all-time favorites for St. Patrick's Day, plus "Mr. Biden (Bring My Vaccine)", "Chicken Fat", Max Headroom and more. Mar 13, 2021
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LIST SONGS PART 2 2110: By popular demand, List Songs, Part 2! Plus sets about pianos, moles, and 2 kinds of bums. www.drdemento.com Mar 6, 2021
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TOP TEN 2109: The Top Ten for February with runners-up, plus our first hour free-for-all, and a half hour of delightful Demented Discs from the 20s -- the 1920s! drdemento.com Feb 27, 2021
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FRUITS & VEGETABLES 2108: This week's topic is Fruits and Vegetables. Half a dozen songs about beans, and seven about bananas -- plus Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Call Any Vegetable, and Carrot Juice Is Murder. Plus a song about the Perseverance Rover, written and recorded the day it landed! drdemento.com Feb 20, 2021
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VALENTINE'S DAY 2107: Happy Valentine's Day everyone! We celebrate with a show that's 3/4 Demented love songs - Tapeworm of Love, Swallow My Love, U-Stink-But-I-Love-You, Loving You Is Surfing You, John & Marsha, Communist Love Song - you get the picture! drdemento.com Feb 13, 2021
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LIST SONGS 2106: This week's show celebrates "list songs", AKA "catalog songs" - songs like Weird Al's "Hardware Store," Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" and "99 Words for Boobs" by Robert Lund & Spaff. Also a shovelful of snow songs! Hear it now at drdemento.com Feb 6, 2021
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TOP TEN 2105: The Top Ten for January is here! Thanks to everyone who "voted" for their favorites. This show includes many of the "runners-up" as well. drdemento.com Jan 30, 2021
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ANIMALS 2104: The topic is funny songs about animals. Mississippi Squirrel Revival, Walter Wart the Freaky Frog, and lots more trash and treasures. Plus 8-year-old rapper Grandmaster Jax and Knucklehedz, Kirby Krackle, Phil Spector's most Demented song, and Q-Anon Girl (the only political song), drdemento.com Jan 23, 2021
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SUPERHEROES 2103: For Inauguration Day, here's a show devoted to the kind of person we hope our Presidents can be -- a Superhero! Here are songs and sketches about superheroes from Aquaman to Howard the Duck, plus a few about actual Presidents. www.drdemento.com Jan 16, 2021
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BASEMENT TAPES 6 2102: Here's Dr Demento's Basement Tapes #6, for your dementing pleasure! Includes Weird Al's demo of "Yoda" plus "Star Wars Cantina," and the first Demented hits by Henry Phillips and the great Luke Ski, plus "Deteoriorata," "I'd Rather Have a Bottle In Front Of Me," "The Trouble with Klingons" and lots more. drdemento.com [drdemento.com] Jan 9, 2021
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2101: At last it's 2021! Our first show of the New Year features a few songs from the 1920s, and from more recent times, Viral Hits from the internet. Plus lots of requests and other surprises. Jan 2, 2021
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