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Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection

Index Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection

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73 relations: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Allan Sherman, AllMusic, An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, Arthur Johnston (composer), Barnes & Barnes, Beep Beep (song), Bobby Pickett, Bryan Bowers, Charlie Coffey (writer), Cheech & Chong, Cheech Marin, Cocktails for Two, Comedy rock, Dancin' Fool, Darrell Hammond, David Seville, Daws Butler, Der Fuehrer's Face, Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?), Dr. Demento, Earache My Eye, Eat It, Fish Heads (song), Frank Gallop, Frank Zappa, Freddie Blassie, Gaye Delorme, Gitarzan, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp), Homer and Jethro, Jim Backus, Johnny Legend, Julie Brown, King Tut (song), Kip Addotta, Larry Groce, Lonnie Donegan, Mike Cross (musician), Monster Mash, Napoleon XIV, Nervous Norvus, Novelty song, Ogden Edsl, Ray Colcord, Ray Stevens, Rhino Entertainment, Richard O'Brien, Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Sam Coslow, ..., Sheb Wooley, Shel Silverstein, Spike Jones, St. George and the Dragonet, Stan Freberg, Star Trekkin', Steve Martin, Surfin' Bird, The Firm (novelty band), The Frantics (comedy), The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun, The Playmates, The Purple People Eater, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Trashmen, They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!, Ti Kwan Leep, Time Warp (song), Tom "T-Bone" Stankus, Tom Lehrer, Tommy Chong, Walter Schumann, Witch Doctor (song). Expand index (23 more) »

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, film/record producer, satirist, and author.

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Allan Sherman

Allan Sherman (born Allan Copelon; November 30, 1924 – November 20, 1973) was an American comedy writer, television producer, singer and actor who became famous as a song parodist in the early 1960s.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer

An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer is an album recorded by Tom Lehrer, the well-known satirist and Harvard lecturer.

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Arthur Johnston (composer)

Arthur Johnston (January 10, 1898 – May 1, 1954) was a composer known for such works as “Mandy, Make Up Your Mind,” "Pennies From Heaven," and many others.

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Barnes & Barnes

Barnes & Barnes, fictional twin brothers Art Barnes and Artie Barnes (Bill Mumy and Robert Haimer, respectively), are a comedy rock duo based in "Lumania", a fictional mythological civilization (similar to Lemuria or Atlantis).

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Beep Beep (song)

"Beep Beep" is a novelty song by The Playmates.

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Bobby Pickett

Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007), known by the pen name Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer, best known for co-writing and performing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash.".

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Bryan Bowers

Bryan Bowers (born August 18, 1940 in Yorktown, Virginia) is an American autoharp player who is frequently credited with introducing the instrument to new generations of musicians.

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Charlie Coffey (writer)

Charlie Coffey is an American writer, actor and producer.

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Cheech & Chong

Cheech & Chong are a Grammy Award–winning comedy duo consisting of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their stand-up routines, studio recordings, and feature films, which were based on the hippie and free love era, and especially drug and counterculture movements, most notably their love for cannabis.

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Cheech Marin

Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer and activist who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp.

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Cocktails for Two

"Cocktails for Two" is a song from the Big Band era, written by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow.

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Comedy rock

Comedy rock is rock music mixed with comedy, often satire and parody.

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Dancin' Fool

"Dancin' Fool" is a song by Frank Zappa from his 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti.

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Darrell Hammond

Darrell Clayton Hammond (born October 8, 1955) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist.

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David Seville

David "Dave" Seville is a fictional character, the producer and manager of the fictional singing group Alvin and the Chipmunks.

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Daws Butler

Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor.

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Der Fuehrer's Face

Der Fuehrer's Face (originally titled Donald Duck in Nutzi Land) is a 1943 American animated anti-Nazi propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released in 1943 by RKO Radio Pictures.

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Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)

"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)" is a novelty song by Lonnie Donegan.

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Dr. Demento

Barret Eugene "Barry" Hansen (born April 2, 1941), better known as Dr.

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Earache My Eye

"Earache My Eye" is a comedy routine and song by Cheech and Chong from their 1974 album Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album.

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Eat It

"Eat It" is a 1984 song by comedy music artist "Weird Al" Yankovic.

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Fish Heads (song)

"Fish Heads" is a novelty song by comedy rock duo Barnes & Barnes, released as a single in 1978 and later featured on their 1980 album Voobaha.

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Frank Gallop

Frank Gallop (June 30, 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts – May 17, 1988 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American radio and television personality.

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Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, activist and filmmaker.

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Freddie Blassie

Frederick Kenneth Blassie (February 8, 1918 – June 2, 2003), better known as "Classy" Freddie Blassie, was an American professional wrestling villain and manager born in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Gaye Delorme

Gaye James Delorme (March 20, 1947 – June 24, 2011) was a Canadian songwriter, composer and guitar player.

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Gitarzan

"Gitarzan" is a novelty song released by Ray Stevens in 1969 about a character who lives in a jungle and forms a musical band with his female partner, Jane, and their pet monkey.

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Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)

"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" is a novelty song by Allan Sherman and Lou Busch, based on letters of complaint Allan received from his son Robert while Robert attended Camp Champlain in Westport, New York.

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Homer and Jethro

Homer and Jethro were the stage names of American country music duo Henry D. "Homer" Haynes (1920–1971) and Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), popular from the 1940s through the 1960s on radio and television for their satirical versions of popular songs.

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Jim Backus

James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American radio, television, film, and voice actor.

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Johnny Legend

Johnny Legend (born October 3, 1948) is an American rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.

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Julie Brown

Julie Ann Brown (born August 31, 1958) is an American actress, comedian, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, and television director.

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King Tut (song)

"King Tut" is a novelty song performed by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons (actually members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).

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Kip Addotta

Kip Francis Addotta (born June 16, 1944) is an American comedian notable for being featured on The Tonight Show, The Midnight Special, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, and the syndicated show Make Me Laugh.

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Larry Groce

Larry Groce (born April 22, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and radio host.

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Lonnie Donegan

Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop musicians.

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Mike Cross (musician)

Mike Cross (born October 25, 1946 in Maryville, Tennessee) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

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Monster Mash

"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett.

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Napoleon XIV

Jerry Samuels (born Jerrold Samuels on May 3, 1938), known by the stage name Napoleon XIV, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Nervous Norvus

Nervous Norvus was the performing name of Jimmy Drake (March 24, 1912 – July 24, 1968).

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Novelty song

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect.

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Ogden Edsl

Ogden Edsl (shortened from "The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band") was an American band, formed in 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska, by Bill Frenzer, Bill Carey and Otis XII.

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Ray Colcord

Ray Colcord III (December 24, 1949 – February 5, 2016) was an American film and television composer, known for TV series such as 227, The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons, My Two Dads, Dinosaurs, Big Brother, and Boy Meets World.

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Ray Stevens

Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), --> known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as comedic hits such as "Gitarzan" and "The Streak".

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Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company founded in 1978.

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Richard O'Brien

Richard O'Brien (born Richard Smith; 25 March 1942) is a British-New Zealand actor, television presenter, musician, writer, voice artist and theatre performer.

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Ross Bagdasarian Sr.

Rostom Sipan "Ross" Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), otherwise known by his stage name David Seville, was an American pianist, musician, actor, voice actor, and record producer.

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Sam Coslow

Sam Coslow (December 27, 1902 – April 2, 1982) was an American songwriter, singer, film producer, publisher, and market analyst.

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Sheb Wooley

Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was a character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater." He played Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller, in the film High Noon; played Travis Cobb in The Outlaw Josey Wales; and also had a co-starring role as scout Pete Nolan in the television series Rawhide. Wooley is also credited as the voice actor who produced the Wilhelm scream sound effect.

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Shel Silverstein

Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer known for his cartoons, songs, and children's books.

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Spike Jones

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in satirical arrangements of popular songs and classical music.

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St. George and the Dragonet

"St.

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Stan Freberg

Stan Freberg (born Stanley Friberg; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American author, actor, recording artist, voice artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director, whose career began in 1944.

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Star Trekkin'

"Star Trekkin'" is a 1987 song by British band The Firm.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.

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Surfin' Bird

"Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, and it is also the name of the album that featured this hit single.

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The Firm (novelty band)

The Firm is a British music act, formed by guitarist, session musician and music producer John O'Connor, which had hits in the 1980s with novelty songs.

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The Frantics (comedy)

The Frantics is a Canadian comedy troupe consisting of Paul Chato, Rick Green, Dan Redican and Peter Wildman.

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The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun

"The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" is a song by American singer–comedian Julie Brown.

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The Playmates

The Playmates were a late 1950s vocal group led by the pianist Chic Hetti (born Carl Cicchetti, 26 February 1930), drummer Donny Conn (born Donald Claps, 29 March 1930 – September 2, 2015), and Morey Carr (31 July 1932 – 1987), all from Waterbury, Connecticut.

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The Purple People Eater

"The Purple People Eater" is a novelty song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which reached No.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical science-fiction horror-comedy film by 20th Century Fox produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman.

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The Trashmen

The Trashmen were a rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1962.

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They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! is a 1966 novelty record written and performed by Jerry Samuels (billed as Napoleon XIV), and released on Warner Bros. Records.

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Ti Kwan Leep

Ti Kwan Leep is a sketch comedy recording by the Canadian comedy troupe The Frantics.

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Time Warp (song)

"The Time Warp" is a song featured in the 1973 rock musical The Rocky Horror Show and in its 1975 film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and a 2016 TV production, as well as a dance performed during the chorus of the song.

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Tom "T-Bone" Stankus

Tom "T-Bone" Stankus is an American musician, based in Bristol, Connecticut, known for performing comedic stylings with his acoustic guitar.

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Tom Lehrer

Thomas Andrew Lehrer (born April 9, 1928) is a retired American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician.

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Tommy Chong

Thomas B. Kin Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, director, musician and cannabis rights activist who is known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show.

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Walter Schumann

Walter Schumann (October 8, 1913 – August 21, 1958) was an American composer for film, television, and the theater.

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Witch Doctor (song)

"Witch Doctor" is a song performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr., and released in 1958 by Liberty Records under the stage name David Seville.

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