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Demento may be best known for introducing parody expert “Weird Al” Yankovic, then a teenager, to the nation. Demento’s eclectic mix.Īmong his many “accomplishments,” Dr. This tribute, on the occasion of his 35th anniversary, offers a small sample of Dr.
DR DEMENTO CHRISTMAS NOVELTY SONGS ARCHIVE
Demento’s extensive playlist archive here - everything from the naughty “Shaving Cream” to the bawdy “Scotsman” to the controversial “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!,” a 1966 novelty hit that rose quickly to the Top 10 and faded even faster, along the way running into widespread criticism from mental health groups that led to its banning at several radio stations. You can check out year after year of offbeat recordings at Dr. Remember the likes of the Thorndike Pickledish Choir’s “Ballad of Walter Wart (the Freaky Frog),” the Peels’ “Juanita Banana” or Guy Marks’ “Loving You Has Made Me Bananas”? With news of the radio show’s end, Salon offered a fond farewell to The Doctor and pondered the fate of the always-neglected and often-disparaged genre of novelty songs, which usually have a short shelf life even at the height of their fame and then usually face a long afterlife of total obscurity.