D.T.'s FINAL KSCA Dr. Demento Report Ever

[David Ant Farmer Tanny]

NOTE: This is dedicated for the Los Angeles area fans of the soon-to-be
Spanish KSCA 101.9. I went down to the KSCA parking lot and met some of
the folks of the AAA format and Demento there as well as signing a
petition and the huge white banner out in front. We all got on TV
channels 4,7 and 9 at various times as the TV news crews reported the
event as well as the candlelight vigil that channel 9 aired in prime time.
I was doing my Milli Vanilli impression live on TV while I was holding
up one of the signs (I don't sing, so Demento won't be getting me singing
on tapes). If anyone has a tape of channel 9's live candlelight vigil, I
was the one to the left of the little girl holding a yellow poster.

Just before we left, we got to say hello to Dr. Demento as he was entering
the parking lot. I talked to him personally and he was upbeat but also
on the sad side of how bad things in Southern California radio has been to
his radio show in the area (no San Diego station either). He thanked me
for my efforts and I told him that asked God would take care of this matter.

Then, as it was late already, I had to return to San Diego, but you gotta
give credit to the people who made the media give the AAA format some
attention it deserves. Like someone else said, you never know what you
got until it's gone.

We gotta make our voices heard loud and clear that we don't want
corporates from who knows where dictate what goes on radio HERE. I don't
care if you're from Phoenix or New York or Terre Haute, tell the station
programmers what you want, and if you want Dr. Demento, as well as House
of Blues, Howard Stern, even Rick Dees, you'll have to tell them so.

If you want 80s and 90s AAA music as well as 60s and 70s AAA music on one
station, you'll have to be persistant until it's done. Same with Demento.
If you haven't faxed the radio stations after 30 days, do so again. Don't
give up.

R.I.P KSCA 101.9 July 1, 1994 - February 4, 1997.

Note to L.A. listeners: try writing KLOS 95.5 about Demento.
San Diego, try KGB 101.5.
Santa Barbara, I guess 99.9 is the best.
Palm Springs, try 93.7.

Addresses for LA and SD on my other posts. I don't have Santa Barbara
or other cities, so that will be your territories to get him back.

What follows now is the report heard on KSCA-FM. Most of the affilliates
will hear this playlist in three weeks as Dr. D has been doing the shows
in a three week gap for the past 2 1/2 years.

Jeff Morris from the University of Indiana has saved many hours of typing
by looking at my KSCA playlists in advance and making necessary corrections
as needed to put at his own web site he has been doing since 1995 or
whenever. I'm glad I was a help to him by allowing him to get his job
done sooner.

But, with no LA station, my job is finished for now.

I and many folks will continue our campaigns to get Dr. Demento back on
the air.

May the force be with you, always.

one final time for those outside the Los Angeles area...

I haven't done this in a while...

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Dr. Demento Report: 2/23/97 (KSCA 2/2/97)

ALSO D.T.'s FINAL DR. DEMENTO REPORT AFTER 1/33rd of a century!

this week: The Birds and the Bees

NOTE: For Los Angeles fans.
This is the final KSCA Dr. Demento show done live on fm 101.9 in Los
Angeles three weeks ago as the well-received but low-rated AAA format
has changed formats to a Spanish language format Feb 5.
As for syndication, Dr. D will simply tape the shows from his private
studio to be aired everywhere else but LA (and San Diego).
This also means for my Los Angeles friends no more KSCA reports unless
KLOS or some other hopefully strong station gets his show.
AND this is the final DT's Demento Report for now. If ANYONE wishes to
continue on and do the Dr. Demento reports as well as the Whimsical Will
news for the others to see, please let me know. Playlists of the shows
from March on are at Jeff Morris's web site, I hope assuming that he
can still get a station with Dr. Demento on there.
I won't be copying Jeff's playlists to this web site since I would have
nothing to add to the playlists as I will be unable to translate the notes
about the songs Dr. D announces on the air and I want to do it that way
so that when you click on my playlist, it will be time well spent.
Again, this is the FINAL D.T.'s DR. DEMENTO REPORT unless YOU can help.
I tried Real Audio but it crashed my computer too many times and I'm not
going to try it again, plus radio web sites tend to get strained if too
many people listen to the audio stream at the same time.
Please see my pages aimed at Los Angeles and San Diego from the main
Demento page if you haven't already.
No word on any L.A. area stations opting to get his show live or taped
either. Reply to me if you know where it will be on.
You can call the Demento Phone at 1-562-ODD-TUNE and they'll put you
on a mailing list and they'll send you a card as soon as they know
anything. If you're in the Demento Society already, you're already on
that mailing list. If you're in the Long Beach-Whittier area, just dial
ODD-TUNE. Or you can write him at P.O. Box 884, Culver City, CA, 90232.
Let's keep the faith and get his show on KLOS or anywhere.
If you live in a city where you can still get Dr. Demento and would
like to contribute, please e-mail me and let me know. Just simply
copy the style I been using (jokes optional) as well as the Whimsical
Will Demented news. You don't have to HTML the page. I'll do the rest.

Dr. Demento on KSCA 101.9 began his show about the House of Blues
preceding the program and then segueued into stating that the staff
really has the blues there in Los Angeles.
The cowboy has done sold the ranch and we're saddling this old horse
for the last time in this corral. Dr. D told the audience it's been a
priviledge to work for Gene Autry, and at one time he owned many TV and
radio stations and now he's sold the very last one in his stable at KSCA.
The first movie that Gene Autry ever made was called "Radio Ranch", and
his very first Sunday at fm 101.9 he played some early Gene Autry records,
so he started the evening with one from a recently released CD called
"Gene Autry Blues Singer" recorded in 1931 when the old cowboy was about
23 years old.

KSCA: "Rattlesnakin' Daddy", by Gene Autry

It's enough blues for a while. He's decided to play the same mad music
and crazy comedy songs he had lined up to play before he knew that this
would be the last Sunday night at KSCA 101.9, so he told us to TURN UP
THAT RADIO and let's have some fun.

NEW! "Star Wars Cantina", by Mark Davis, a parody of Barry Manilow's
song "Copacabana". Mark Davis was a former member of Guns 'N Moses, who
done a lot of great parodies you heard.

Steve Downey of Oak Grove, Missouri, requested...
"Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball" (live), by Shel Silverstein, it was the
original version from the guy who wrote the song.

"Drivin'", by Henry Phillips as he sang it at Dementia Central a few
weeks back.

Mr. Freeman of Venice requested...
"Ambrose", by Linda Lori and Friend (who was that friend?)

(*)

For Jennifer in Los Angeles...
"Eddie's Apartment", by Kenny Young and the Eggplants, which is on the
1997 Demento Society CD.

For Joe in Norwalk...
"I'm Not Home Right Now", by Cheech and Chong. it's kind of an addition
to the telephone segment from last week.

"Best of Demented News", by Whimsical Will
(1) The cause of dizzy spells (from 4-9-95)
(2) Hindu's Holy Rolling Man (from 4-9-95)
(3) Principal Dudette (from 4-16-95)

(*)

For Bugs Moran in Northridge, Nora in North Hollywood, and Musical Mike
also suggested that this song is specially revelant now that Disneyland
has temporarily shut down the Pirates of the Carribean so that it could
be made more Politically Correct...
"A Pervert's Life", by Fermished, an unreleased song from about 15
years ago. Kids, don't try this at home.

"Little Willy", by The Foremen with a song they sang just four weeks
ago live.

For David in West Hollywood...
"Outside A Small Circle of Friends", by Phil Ochs

"We Won't Give 'em Sex", by Bianca Bob Miller and Flystrip, released some
years ago on the Singles Only label, 45 RPM vinyl only

(*)

For Dana in La Habra...
"Hepcat Lullabye", by Scatch Roodinger (sp?)

This is from a new album that's gotten a lot of publicity lately, not a
great many stations have added that one to their rotation, so here's a
sample from "In a Metal Mood", by Pat Boone, subtitled "No More Mr. Nice
Guy" from Hippo Records, no relation to Rhino Records, but it's time to
put on the historian hat before we get to a cut for people who may be
wondering just who is this pecular old dude singing this heavy metal
music.
Pat Boone became very famous in 1954 and 1955 which just before Elvis
became a national idol. Rock and Roll music by people like Chuck Berry
and Little Richard and Fats Domino was starting to catch on big, on young
people, but many stations were timid about playing this music back, it
was considered too radical or maybe too black or whatever.
But they didn't want to seem completely out of it, so, if they could
play some nice sanitary safe versions of these new songs, so along came
Pat Boone to fulfill their desires, and for all the stations that were
too chicken to play Little Richard records, it sounded like...

"Tutti-Frutti" (bit), by Little Richard

There was always Pat Boone's version...

"Tutti-Frutti" (bit), by Pat Boone

Pat Boone built a career out of songs like that, as well as many hit
records later on that were not covers of other people's hits. But now,
more than 40 years later, Mr. Boone has once again made an album made
of covers of hits made by other people that certain radio stations
considered too radical.
This time, it's the hits of Led Zeppelin, I guess they're not so radical
anymore, but Van Halen, Guns 'N Roses, and Metallica, which segues into
a cover of theirs...

NEW! "Enter Sandman", by Pat Boone. It's also the song radio host
Tom Leykis uses for his radio show, the Metallica version that is.

Well, at least you can understand the words. The album might be worth
buying for that song alone. "Weird Al" quoted a few lines from that song
in one of his polka medleys.
The album is "In a Metal Mood or No More Mr. Nice Guy"

(*)

"" (1st part), by the Northlanders from Sweden on a bright-red vinyl LP.
Thanks to Sue, his wife, who pointed that out in the thrift shop isle.
One of the Northlanders plays the strangest looking guitar-type thing with
a big S-curve in the neck, a folk instrument no doubt.
I couldn't figure out the title. It had birds in the background and they
said B-B-B-Bitch B-B-B-Bee or whatever they said.

"The Bees and The Birds", by Yogi Yorgesson, thanks to Jeff Morris
for a nice copy of that.

"(the altered) Surfin' Bird", by The Trashmen

"The Spike Jones Laughing Record", to the music of the Flight of the
Bumblebee.

"Bumblebee Invaded the Nudist Colony", by Billy Mitchell

"" (2nd part), by the Northlanders.

(*)

"The Birds and The Bees", by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin

"The Funniest Song In The World", by Groucho Marx. Dr. D had that record
when he was seven years old. It's on the Young People's Records label,
which was CONDEMNED by certain commentators, as they thought it was what
they called in those days a Communist front, suddenly turning children into
commies. He thinks it was partly because Pete Seeger made records for
that same label, in a way, it might have been an implied lesson on that
record about not making fun of people who look a little bit different.
In 1948, some people considered that a radical concept.
It was written by Raymond Abrashken and Peter Gordon, and it was the
first phonograph record that Groucho ever made, he did make a few others
later on.

(*)

NEW! "Storm Troopers Are People Too", by Matt Gorly, another Star
Wars song.

EXTRA! KSCA: "Penis Envy", by Uncle Bonsai from "The Inessential
Uncle Bonsai" on the Yellow Tail Label.

Final joke ever:

Beavis: "Heh-heh, hmm, hmm, heh-heh-heh-heh, hmm-hmm-hmm, he played a
song with 'Penis' in it, heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh, hmm-hmm, heh-heh-heh,
hmm, BOOOOIIIIIING! Heh-heh-heh, hmm-hmm, Pop Goes The Penis! Heh-heh,
hmm..."
Butthead: "Shut up, buttmunch, this is the final D.T. Demento Report
from that wuss David Tanny and I want to read the rest of it."
Beavis: "Hmm-hmm, Shut up, Butt Bowl, hmm-hmm, you're just jealous because
your mother won't allow you to listen to his radio show. Hmm-hmm."
Butthead: "Huh-huh, and neither can you. Huh-huh. You're still too
young to listen to erector songs that Dr. Demento plays on occasion."
Beavis: "Heh-heh, hmm, isn't that David Tanny geek going to be, like,
one of those O.J. Simpson reports now?"
Butthead: "Huh-huh, you mean?..."
Beavis: "Yes..."
BOTH: "UNEMPLOYED!"
Both laugh hysterically.
Beavis: "I can see the sign now, heh-heh, hmm, 'Will Report For Food'.
Heh-heh, hmm-hmm-hmm."
Butthead: "Like, huh-huh, couldn't he just do transcripts for Howard
Stern or something like that? Huh-huh."
Beavis: "Heh-heh, I don't think so, Butt Man, hmm-hmm, I don't think
he'll look good in drag. Heh-heh, hmm-hmm."
Butthead: "Huh-huh, you're right, huh-huh-huh, what about having that
Tanny whatever to, huh-huh, take up reporting what happened on Melrose
Place or something? Huh-huh."
Beavis: "Or, heh-heh, hmm, he could just reformat his web page to
become another one of those hot chick sites! Heh-heh, hmm, hmm."
Butthead: "Like, huh-huh, that would be cool. Hmm-hmm, but what the
hell is a web site anyway? Huh-huh."
Beavis: "It's like, heh-heh, you put dirty nude picutres on a spider web
you find in your house, heh-heh-heh, and you look at the web site, heh-heh,
and BOOOOIIIIIING! Heh-heh."
Butthead: "Yeah, hmm, hmm, and no credit card needed. Hmm, hmm, hmm."

THE FUNNY FIVE OF 2/23/97
THE FINAL EVER FUNNY FIVE OF KSCA 2/2/97

#5: "Random Drug Testing", Cub Coda
#4: "The Scotsman", by Brian Bowers
#3: "On The Shoulders Of Freaks", by Henry Phillips
#2: "Dungeons and Dragons", by The Dead Alewives
#1: "Yoda", by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Once again, this was the final KSCA 101.9 show that housed the Dr.
Demento Show. It continues on in syndication, but for the first time
ever, no station in the Southern California has Dr. Demento on anywhere.
Not even the Doctor knows where it will pop up or where. This hasn't
happened since The Brady Bunch wasn't even in reruns yet.
He thanked Bill Ward, Mike Morrison, Rich Goosman, Bob Coons, Robert
Miles, Reuben Contos, all the great people they worked with at KSCA
in the last 2 1/2 years.
Rich Goosmont, Eric Bird, Holly Fox, Chuch Moshine, Lori Williams,
Anita Gevinson, Julio Flores, Nicole Sandler, Neury Kelly, Larry Morgan,
Jeff Gonzer, Terry Gladstone, and Mike Morrison, and Mimi Chen, and
all the rest.
And YOU the listeners for all your support.

next week: was not announced.

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See the book "He's Got The Whole World In His Pants" by Gavin Edwards about
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Get. Dr. Demento back in LA and SD. Write your favorite local rock station!
Keep your feet off the ground, and close cover before striking!

[SCarras]

Boycott KSCA! Use racist slurs against Hispanics if need be(DISREGARD that
last one-TotallY!)

[Jeff Morris]

David "Ant Farmer" Tanny <71041...@compuserve.com> wrote:
>Jeff Morris from the University of Indiana has saved many hours of typing
>by looking at my KSCA playlists in advance and making necessary corrections
>as needed to put at his own web site he has been doing since 1995 or
>whenever. I'm glad I was a help to him by allowing him to get his job
>done sooner.

Really? That's news to me. Just to set the record straight...first of all,
my place of employment is Indiana University, not the University of Indiana.
Second of all, I have never taken one of your lists, edited it, and then
posted it. I never post a playlist until I have actually heard the show
myself. So your playlists have never saved me any typing time. In fact,
I've always found your playlists hard to read due to the way they're
formatted and all the excess material in them, but that's just my opinion.

Also, my web site has been up since August 1, 1994, but the FAQ site as a
mail server existed a year and a half before that. Annie and I have been
posting the playlists since December 27, 1992, and have gone to great lengths
to verify all the artist and title spellings/attributions. I've noticed that
you update your playlists after seeing ours, but selectively update certain
entries. I always find it amusing that you frequently update the ones we
weren't sure about, instead of the ones we've verified. Of course, you have
no way of knowing which are which by our posts.

I don't really mean this as a personal attack on David, but I don't
appreciate him posting untruths about me, and acting as if we work together
on things. When David first started posting his reports to r.m.d around
November, 1994, I thought it was a good idea. I have tried a few times to
cooperate with him, but he always wants to go his own direction. This is the
only newsgroup I've been a part of where there seem to be two competing
people posting regular FAQ messages. Normally a newsgroup is a community,
and everyone contributes to the FAQ, which is posted by one person unless the
newsgroup as a whole has a problem with the way that person is doing it.

But to each his own. Anyone is allowed to post anything with any subject
line they want.

[David Ant Farmer Tanny]

sca...@aol.com (SCarras) wrote:

>Boycott KSCA! Use racist slurs against Hispanics if need be(DISREGARD that
>last one-TotallY!)

HEY! Let's not get into that. There is nothing wrong with Spanish radio, in
fact, Los Angeles could support 2-3 more. But if you want to discuss the late
KSCA, let's discuss it in the newsgroup la.media. I have no bad thoughts
about Heftel, the new owner.

I am personally boycotting XHRM The Flash for unceremoniously dropping Dr.
Demento's show without even giving us San Diegans a chance to respond.
You don't have to join in my boycott of 92.5, but now if it still aired here,
the friends in Los Angeles would have had some kind of chance to hear the good
doctor at least in a nearby city.

E-mail Luis at lu...@theflash.com and blow off some steam here. Leave KSCA
alone and concentrate on getting Demento's show back in LA AND SD (plus Santa
Barbara and Palm Springs as long as we're at it).

I reprogrammed the 92.5 button, oddly enough, to XHKY 99.3 playing Mexican
Ranchero music. I reprogrammed the 101.9 button, however, to KLOS 95.5.

d.t.