"Vanna, Pick Me a Letter" made it on the pop charts here in the states. Everyone thought it was Cheech-but of course it wasn't. I think it was one of the few parodies that WASN'T Weird Al that made it on the charts.


Cat

CLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO

Barnes and Barnes: Fish Heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXK5x3DVQ9Y&feature=related

Ogden Edsl: Dead Puppies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57KDDKbfhmI

Wild Man Fischer: My Name is Larry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvLikiVraHE
only for truly demented wastoids

McKenzie Brothers: Twelve Days of Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32CwrOZVobo

Marvin the Paranoid Android: Marvin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS1CPHo_aes

Dr. Demento: Shaving Cream (after Benny Bell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKVCCcnHFw8

:D

Last night I was thinking of Fish Heads & Dead Puppies-definitely two Dr. D. staples.  :D ;D ;D ;D


I LOVE Marvin. There is another one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcMhFjmVVA



Cat

Strangely enough, I'd never heard of Dr. Demento until I was in the Army stationed in Germany 20 years ago and the Armed Forces Network would rebroadcast his show late at night (I forget if it was Friday or Saturday nights).

I can remember him playing these two songs from the 1950's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhvZ2y1V80

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMErG-idop4

;D

Strangely enough, I'd never heard of Dr. Demento until I was in the Army stationed in Germany 20 years ago and the Armed Forces Network would rebroadcast his show late at night (I forget if it was Friday or Saturday nights).

I can remember him playing these two songs from the 1950's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhvZ2y1V80

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMErG-idop4

;D



I see your Beep, Beep and I'll raise you with THIS:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXYKVfoJ2Gs



;D ;D ;D ;D




Cat

Last night I was thinking of Fish Heads & Dead Puppies-definitely two Dr. D. staples.  :D ;D ;D ;D


I LOVE Marvin. There is another one:



Yup, I had that one too!
:)


Strangely enough, I'd never heard of Dr. Demento until I was in the Army stationed in Germany 20 years ago and the Armed Forces Network would rebroadcast his show late at night (I forget if it was Friday or Saturday nights).


Lonely nights on KP with the Doctor!

MORECLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0x8S1U7O3w
Because it's so much fun to be groooosss!!!

Tom "T-Bone" Stankus: Existential Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6cGTq3nOwI

"Classy" Freddie Blassie: Pencil Neck Geek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNM4atakanI

Napoleon XIV: They're Coming to Take Me Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4

:D

I thought there were more Dr. D. fans here.  :\'( :\'( :\'(


BTW Max, I LOVE all the songs you posted.  :D :D :D :D



Cat

Never had the delights of the guy over here, but I'm pretty sure he must have played this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gVNodHcEHc

Never had the delights of the guy over here, but I'm pretty sure he must have played this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gVNodHcEHc



Yup-he did.  ;D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

A co-worker and I were discussing Dr. Demento today, we were trying to remember when he aired.
I believe it was 6:00 PM on WIOQ in Philadelphia but I am getting conflicting memories from others.
I do know he was on Sunday nights followed by The King Biscuit Flower Hour, oh how we lived for
Sunday nights.

I got a kick out of these ditties:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH3yYcc0gBc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YflASNDUsIU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytGOeiW0aE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbd_Ajkex0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU_j5cQ2sfQ



Cat

I LOVED Dr. Demento.  One of my friends got to talk to him on air one episode, requesting the top... 5 (I forget how many top ones he'd play).  They stopped playing Dr. Demento on my local station in the early 90s.  :\'(

Some of my faves have already been mentioned.

Others I remember:

Kip Adotta - Wet Dream

My Dead Dog Rover - Hank,Stu,Dave&Hank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg0Vcff0UKQ

Squirrels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y--CnIWYXbE

Martian Boogie by Brownsville Station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZShVsRM_-c

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me (than a frontal lobotomy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-kn0JG5p4

Cocktails for two - Spike Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt4b_qwC_Q

Star Trekkin' - The Firm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

The Ballad of Irving (Frank Gallop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxUo781x34s

SONOFCLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO

Spencer and Spencer: Russian Bandstand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZnwD2A4dXk

Bryan Bowers: The Scotsman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoUV5d09JZw

Bobby Jimmy and the Critters: Big Butt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kouVPsazPO0

:D

Kip Adotta - Wet Dream


Believe it or not, there was even a video for this one:

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Fish puns figured prominently on last week's Family Guy.  I wonder if they predate Kip Addotta's 1986 track?  (The Addotta track was my introduction to the whole fish-puns-as-a-running-gag thing.)

Had to satisfy my curiosity and look at his ranked records...

...and to my surprise, saw what's at #86!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhSOupSU6es

...and to my surprise, saw what's at #86!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhSOupSU6es


Karma for Ivor Biggun's Bras on 45. 

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  - Holy Modal Rounders, why yes, I do like Boobs-a-Lot!

By the way, in addition to running a streaming radio show, Dr. Demento still gives public appearances.  Our thread missed it by a month!

And now for something completely different:

I remember the following two lines:

"Yeah, choosing what's best is hard to tell, so here's a list of everything we sell.
Well, we've got Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos, Ho-Hos..."
(the list continues for a long time, listing dozens of junk food / snack foods in an accelerating tempo.)

My memory of the voice is that the singer sounded like Shel Silverstein, but I can't place the name of the track.  I'm pretty damn sure it's not Larry Groce's Junk Food Junkie.

And that's all I remember until I wake up tomorrow and start rummaging through buckets of ancient cassette tapes.  Do those lines ring a bell to anyone out there?

And now for something completely different:

I remember the following two lines:

"Yeah, choosing what's best is hard to tell, so here's a list of everything we sell.
Well, we've got Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos, Ho-Hos..."
(the list continues for a long time, listing dozens of junk food / snack foods in an accelerating tempo.)

My memory of the voice is that the singer sounded like Shel Silverstein, but I can't place the name of the track.  I'm pretty damn sure it's not Larry Groce's Junk Food Junkie.

And that's all I remember until I wake up tomorrow and start rummaging through buckets of ancient cassette tapes.  Do those lines ring a bell to anyone out there?


I was gonna say it was "Leftovers" by Green Beings but that's not right.  :-\\  http://www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=6098 http://www.fjordstone.com/greenbeings/leftovers.html

Had to satisfy my curiosity and look at his ranked records...

...and to my surprise, saw what's at #86!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhSOupSU6es


All right, Paul! 

I remember they used to play this at the roller rink!  Nice nods to Ian Dury and Gary Numan too.

BRIDEOFCLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO

Frank Zappa: Valley Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489pO9q8guA

Mike Elliott and Bud La Tour: Rock Me Jerry Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzbbTPLUq8

The Frantics: Last Will and Temperament
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xA0TlaJ754
Ignore the Mario, it was the best audio I could find.  Funny if you're
fifteen and/or Canadian.

Reathel Bean & The Doonesbury Break Crew: Rappin' Ronnie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XECby_mT1w

My theme song.  :D :D ;D ;D ;D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxVkAhto0Ag&feature=related


Cat

My theme song.  :D :D ;D ;D ;D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxVkAhto0Ag&feature=related


Cat


Senator Santorum's campaign theme song ^


RETURNOFCLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO

Frank Zappa and the Mothers: Status Back Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vFQmXh6aMA

George Carlin: Ice Box Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GDEwoN9cxA

Ogden Edzl: Kinko the Klown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJNV4FMpGh8

More than a decade before there was nerdcore, there was nerdcore:

En-en-en-en-en-en-en-engineer!

My name is Steve, and I'm here to say,
That I'm an engineer, that's what I do all day.
My name is Nick, I like to analyze,
I can solve any problem, any size.
They call me Joe, the software man,
I write code like no one can.
And I'm Rick my friends, I program too,
At a hundred bucks a line I'll write one for you.

Chorus:
We all calculate and do design,
Test that box and deliver it on time.

Say "Oh"! ("Oh!")
Say "Plot that graph!" ("Plot that graph!")

I get up each day at 7 o'clock,
Put on my leisure suit, it's time to rock!
I go downstairs, and grab some food,
Then I'm out the door, I'm one bad dude.
We get get to work and into our stalls,
Make some coffee, make a few calls.

(guitar break)

Pick up my assignment from the pile,
Then place it in the circular file.
Ah, donuts today!  What's the deal?
It's a customer review and our free meal!
We say "Mmm Mmm good" - they say "Mmm Mmm good."
We say "Ooh ooh ooh ooh - Yeah yeah yeah!"

Sit right down and go through my mail,
Try to make my way down the paper trail,
Then on to a meeting in the conference room,
Catch some winks and wake up at noon.

Chorus:
We all calculate and do design,
Test that box and deliver it on time.

Say "Oh yeah"! ("Oh yeah!")
Say "Makin' my way down the paper trail,"
("Makin' my way down paper trail, a paper trail a paper trail, I make my way...")

Back fron lunch, too tired to think,
Too much to eat, and too much to drink.
Chattin' in the hallway, leaning on the walls,
Look, there's an auditor, comin' down the hall!

(whispered to backdrop of "Jaws" theme)
"auditor!"

That is the man that we all fear,
Now is the time to disappear!
For a place to  hide, the lab is the best,
Just in time for acceptance test.
Tweak the knob, turn the dial.
Hit return and wait for a while,
Now do it again at hot and cold.
Shake your thing and paint it gold!

I present to you, for all to see,
"The XYZ serial number 3!"
It meets its specs, its under cost.
Please take this thing and then get lost!

It's 5:15 and time to go,
But there's one more thing to do before we blow,
You see, the time card audit is here to stay.
Forget to write your hours and you get no pay.
I like to improvise and go with the flow,
But you know this song is under change control!

Cal-cal-cal-cal-calculate!
We all calculate and do design,
Break that box and blame it on the other guy!

Say "Logic is dear", ("Logic is dear!")
Say "It's very clear, ("It's very clear")
So pass that beer! ("Pass that beer")
(in harmony) 'Cos I'm an engineer!

Cal-cal-cal-cal-calculate!
Engineer...
(repeat/fade)

  - Run GMC, Engineer's Rap, which first aired January 8, 1989.  You're just going to have to trust me on those lyrics, or transcribe it from your own off-the-air recording!

But seriously, if the lyrics don't match your memory, Hard Drive covered it and changed a few lines about a year later:

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  - Hard Drive, Engineer's Rap, ca. June 17, 1990.

x0bn3oQqHAU


Along the same lines, there was a spoof on "Valley Girl" called "Silicon Valley Guy" by a certain Don Data & The Res-Tones, but I can't find it...

REVENGEOFMORECLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO

Hank, Stu, Dave, and Hank: My Dead Dog Rover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg0Vcff0UKQ
(sing until given detention)

Dickie Goodman: Harry's Jockstrap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_iTPCEBLSk

Julie Brown: The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG3yGdQYwqg

Fred Schneider and the Shake Society: Monster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUnO4gK_56g

Along the same lines, there was a spoof on "Valley Girl" called "Silicon Valley Guy" by a certain Don Data & The Res-Tones, but I can't find it...


I can!  (They get so much stuff wrong it's hilarious, but that's the whole joke.  MP3 and full lyrics at link.)


Fred Schneider and the Shake Society: Monster


It's almost like the B-52s :)

Now I have to find Computer Love, also by Strapped.

"She showed him her Apple, he showed her his Wang,
When he plugged in his hardware, his battery drained,
His battery's dead, she needs one that's live,
He's got a floppy disk, but she wants a hard drive.
High-tech sex
Computer love..."

    - Strapped, Computer Love, 1986, but it's 404.

So we'll go with this other bit of mid-80s Dementia instead:

gUZGtAB_pcA

  - Edna, Strapped.

My family and I went to see a Dr. Demento show at Caltech in Pasadena in February of 1997. Demento himself performed some pieces, including a round of "Shaving Cream" (which was hilarious)...and even showed some videos of novelty music (such as "Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun", "Kinko the Clown", and "Fish Heads", among others). It wasn't until intermission that I noticed Weird Al was in the audience, in the row of seats across from me! I didn't meet him, though; that was okay with me. Mainly because there was a long line of people waiting to meet him, and possibly get an autograph. Al later performed on stage.

In later years, I was able to listen to the Demento show on the radio... although it wasn't every week.

CLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO

Barnes and Barnes: Fish Heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXK5x3DVQ9Y&feature=related



McKenzie Brothers: Twelve Days of Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32CwrOZVobo


:D

Those two were funny. :D

I can!  (They get so much stuff wrong it's hilarious, but that's the whole joke.  MP3 and full lyrics at link.)



Thanks for the MP3.  The square root thing isn't a big deal either.  My friend Mike the math teacher can figure any square root you give him in his head in three seconds.  It's just a trick some mathematically inclined people can do.  Mike explained it to me, but I suck at math, I can't even figure out how much is a bunch of dimes!

THESEARCHFORMORECLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO

White Noise: Here Come the Fleas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRacpYt5F0

Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ab5-nZPbYc

The Fools: Life Sucks then You Die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gejSEOnaYek
This song sure's makin' a lotta sense to me right now!

Tex Williams: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! that Cigarette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6gB89aThM0

Loudon Wainwright III: Dead Skunk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UejelYnVI3U
(Dead skunk time is just around the corner!)

Chuck Berry: My Ding-a-Ling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MLBfwblps8&feature=related

Along the same lines, there was a spoof on "Valley Girl" called "Silicon Valley Guy" by a certain Don Data & The Res-Tones, but I can't find it...



Great minds think alike, I was just looking for this one when I read your post.

This one I simultaneously loved and hated because of the name (Patty - my name)

Jim Stafford - Cow Patti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpapdB-bCFI

Man, some people have too much time on their hands:

ndB5q3klq9Y

  - Styx, Plexiglass Toilet, from As Bad As This, a 6-minute track from 1973's The Serpent Is Rising, first aired Jan 3, 1982.

Man, some people have too much time on their hands:

ndB5q3klq9Y

  - Styx, Plexiglass Toilet, from As Bad As This, a 6-minute track from 1973's The Serpent Is Rising, first aired Jan 3, 1982.



Believe it or not, I actually KNOW that song.  :-[ :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

ONTHETRAILOFMORECLASSICNOTWEIRDALDRDEMENTO

Travesty, Ltd: The Drug Doctor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNakkiXDpiE

Stevens & Grdnic: Fast Food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-e1Hxy_kQU

The Neural Paralyzers: Spock Rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxa_ZOfq6BY

The KLF: Doctorin' the Tardis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk

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- Gary Muller, My Name Is Not Merv Griffin.

That's the 1982 original; Mr. Bungle covered the track in 1989, as did The Great Luke Ski.


Travesty, Ltd: The Drug Doctor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNakkiXDpiE


That's the Rock and Roll Doctor, good Sir!

(You can spot anyone who remembers this one by saying "Hellooooo" in a valley girl's voice.  The only acceptable answer is "Goodbye", with the exact inflection as present in the skit.)


Believe it or not, I actually KNOW that song.  :-Plexiglass Toilet - but very few people remember it as being a side project from a "serious" artist back in the day.  Disadvantages of a childhood in which novelty records were often only available in the form of nth-generation-copied-from-cassette-tapes and hastily hand-scribbled notes from listening to the broadcast...