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Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), [1] known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present.
The recording appeared on disc releases by Dr. Demento in 1975 as part of Dr. Demento's Delights, [19] [20] then in subsequent Dr. Demento LP records released in 1985, 1988 and 1991. Cover versions [ edit ]
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection is a release by radio disc jockey Dr. Demento to celebrate 20 years since the beginning of his radio career and novelty song show. It covers many of the novelty and comedy songs from the 1950s to the 1980s, such as “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight)” by Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group, to “Eat It” by "Weird Al ...
has been a popular song on the Dr. Demento Show, appearing 54 times between the show's premiere and 2006 [8] and selected for the Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection double CD. [ 9 ] In Ken Kesey 's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , the character Randle Patrick McMurphy also sings a few lines of this song when he realizes the Chief is ...
Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection is a release by radio disc jockey Dr. Demento to celebrate 25 years since the beginning of his radio career and novelty song show. It covers many of the novelty and comedy songs from the 1950s to the early 1990s, such as Shaving Cream by Benny Bell, to the then recent release of Smells Like Nirvana by "Weird Al" Yankovic, whose popularity was boosted by ...
A remake of "Shaving Cream" performed as a duet with Dr. Demento was released on the albums Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale and Dr. Demento's 25th Anniversary Collection. Dr. Demento occasionally performed the song live in concert with "Weird Al" Yankovic's band (Yankovic playing accordion).
It is the most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show, and a music video for the song made in 1980 was in regular rotation on MTV. [2] [3] The song was featured on Barnes & Barnes' 1982 Fish Heads (Greatest Hits) 12-inch on Rhino Records. [4]
For a long period of time, Ogden Edsl's "Dead Puppies" was the most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show, and remains the only song to ever hit number one on the annual "Funny 25" countdown two years in a row (1982 and 1983). Ogden Edsl formally disbanded in 1983.