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19 unusual facts about Dr. Demento


Arnold's Wrecking Co.

The soundtrack, by the band Adom, and produced by East Coast Records, has become something of a cult collectible, and the “Marijuana!” cut (the lyrics simply repetitions of that one word) has been heard frequently on Dr. Demento.

Bryan Bowers

Bowers became very popular with the audience of the comedy radio program The Dr. Demento Show with his 1980 recording of Mike Cross' song "The Scotsman".

Cosmik Debris

The song was popular on the Dr. Demento Show in the 70s, and in Zappa's concerts, with memorable guitar solos from Zappa, also featuring George Duke on keyboard and Napoleon Murphy Brock on sax.

Country Dick Montana

The song Happy Boy was popular on The Dr. Demento Radio Show and featured in several feature films.

Deirdre Flint

Her music has appeared on the Dr. Demento radio show and on the television show Nip/Tuck, as well as on The Learning Channel's "A Dating Story" and documentary "Always A Bridesmaid".

Harry Stewart

The two songs have for many years been holiday favorites on the Dr. Demento show.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

It is a Dr. Demento Christmas staple, and is currently available on Dr. Demento's The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Vol. 6: Christmas.

Jandek on Corwood

24) “New Town” from New Town (Dr. Demento discussing how the Jandek story will end. Sample lyric: “I thought I would send you the last song I wrote”)

KACV-FM

The station airs the syndicated "Dr. Demento" radio program, a feature of KACV-FM since 1987.

KTDY

KTDY at one point aired American Top 40 With Casey Kasem, King Biscuit Flower Hour, Record Report and the Special of the Week with Robert W. Morgan, Scan, Powerline, Earth News, Dr. Demento, Off The Record With Mary Turner, 60 Second LP, and in the early days of the station a strange, daily comedy serial called Kremmin of the Star Corps which turns out was created by well known BBC personality Kenny Everett.

Luke Ski

He had the most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show in 2002, 2003, and 2011 with his songs "Peter Parker" featuring Sudden Death, "Stealing Like a Hobbit", and "Snoopy the Dogg" respectively.

Neil Cicierega

This reached over 12 million views on Newgrounds as well as topping the "Funny Five" on The Dr. Demento Show for several weeks and becoming the #1 Request for 2006.

Russell's Shorts

"Carrot Juice Is Murder" received airplay on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show, and as a result, became the number one requested song of 1995 on that show.

Scrappy Lambert

"Cheerio, Cherry Lips, Cheerio," a 1929 vocal that Lambert recorded under the name Gordon Wallace, has been the closing theme of Dr. Demento's weekly radio broadcast since the early 1970s.

Terry Teene

Of the 300 songs in Teene's discography, "Curse of the Hearse" is perhaps his most famous, being played by Dr. Demento on the majority of his Halloween shows.

Tim Cavanagh

His parody of 99 Red Balloons ("99 Dead Baboons") was the third most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show in 1984.

Worm Quartet

Worm Quartet had the #1 Most Requested Song of the Year on the Dr. Demento Show in 2004 (Great Idea For A Song) and 2005 (Inner Voice with Sudden Death).

The "band" has a growing cult following thanks to exposure on the Dr. Demento show.

WQMA

Dr. Demento (pulled show from WQMA over a dispute over rights fees and Internet streaming, show is now Internet only)


KVEN

This station used to broadcast the syndicated Wolfman Jack Radio Program, and, on Sunday nights, the Dr. Demento show, but because The Boomer became an affiliate of True Oldies, both shows stopped airing on The Boomer.

Laff Records

Laff went out of business sometime in the mid-1980s, with their last "hit" recording being Kip Addotta's "Wet Dream" (a favorite of fans of the Dr. Demento radio show), but many of their more profitable recordings still circulated through other labels for some time afterward.

Last Will and Temperament

Sometimes, when this airs on Dr. Demento's radio program, it is followed by the theme song "Boot to the Head" from said 1987 album.