Dr. Demento's Successor?
ZeeOhSix (Z06)
happier existance, but someday he will retire..... and a sad day that will be.
Will there be a sucessor? Who can step in and take his place? Certainly there
is a way to get the music to the people more than now (few radio stations carry
the good Dr. than before).
Just a thought.....
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Eric Houg
the end of his Elvis topic show, and routinely thanks every week? Who hosted the
show one time in his studio in Bloomington Indiana? Who has a really big record
collection and DJ's the Demented Dances at Alcon and Dementiacon? Who answers the
really tough questions here and posts the Demento playlists every week? Who has a
Dr. Demento website with a playlist search engine? Who disturbs the silence as a
pebble disturbs the stillness of a pond?
luk...@charter.net
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> If Marcon appearances by the Doc are any indication, maybe Luke Ski...
Well let's see. I have about 500 comedy CDs, cassettes, and LPs... that
means I need to get, oh, lets say about, another 499,500 or so to get before
I would be ready. I'm flattered you would suggest me as a possible
successor, but considering what we learned about Weird Al's past radio
experiences on the VH-1 Driven special, maybe he would want to take over for
the Doc when the time comes. I also see Whimsical Will as an obvious and
worthy successor, as well as a certain die-hard Transformers fan from
northern Indiana. If anyone ever offered me the position, I'd take it and
be honored, but I think there are probably a few others who are more worthy
than me ahead in line. Of course, we could always just invent an immortal
cyborg body and transplant Dr. D's brain into it, and he could do the show
forever! An Uber Geek can dream, can't he? :) Long live Dr. Demento!!!
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Tim Ryan
did the broadcast radio announcer thing once upon a time. I even made a
spec tape a while ago. Build the funny music collection. However, working
at radio stations has a way of driving you sane.
-Tim Ryan
Eric Houg
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> ME!
No, ME! I guess we will have to settle this with a game of Catch It And You Keep
It. We will put Dr. Demento's record collection in a box, throw it over the side,
and the first person who can catch it keeps it. Being the gentleman that I am, I
will let you try first.
ZeeOhSix (Z06)
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"Eric Houg" <eric@dressed_as_some_kind_of_vegetable.com> wrote in message
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Eric Houg
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> I bet Tim's got more records than Eric!
GEEK FIGHT!!! :o)
Tony Goldmark
Possibly.
> Chris Mezzolesta?
Maybe.
> Tony Goldmark?
Well...let me put it this way: if someone suddenly offered me the job today,
I would probably say no, just out of sheer graciousness to the listeners who
appreciate Doc's professionalism. Just because I have a weekly Internet
Radio show does not mean I have anything close to a Doctorate of Dementia.
To be frank, I don't think any one person could ever replace Dr. Demento;
Doc is one of a kind. I think a more interesting proposition would be the
new generation of demented DJs combining forces! If, say, Luke Ski, Chris
Mezzolesta, Chris Waffle, Jeff Morris, Kornflake, Keeterman and I were
locked in a recording studio with only a mixing board, a computer, our
combined CD collections, an assortment of musical instruments, our wits and
a three-day supply of Doritos and Mountain Dew, I guarantee we would come
out with something truly demented.
Or we'd run out of supplies on the first day, go insane and kill each other.
Either way.
DavidTanny
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On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 21:03:51 GMT, "ZeeOhSix \(Z06\)" <ZeeO...@lalim.net> wrote:
>I bet Tim's got more records than Eric!
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ZeeOhSix (Z06)
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Keith Rose
> Doc is one of a kind.
I would have to totally agree with Tony on this one - If and when
Barry retires, the show will be the same only in title. Barry is
indeed one of a kind and I am always glad to hear Doc on Sundays on
the net.
> I think a more interesting proposition would be the
> new generation of demented DJs combining forces! If, say, Luke Ski, Chris
> Mezzolesta, Chris Waffle, Jeff Morris, Kornflake, Keeterman and I were
> locked in a recording studio with only a mixing board, a computer, our
> combined CD collections, an assortment of musical instruments, our wits and
> a three-day supply of Doritos and Mountain Dew, I guarantee we would come
> out with something truly demented.
I think it's a most outstanding concept, and I'm not saying this
because Tony has been gracious enough to include me in this list of
most outstanding comedy DJs. It would be quite similar to the earlier
years of the good doctor with many people in the studio helping out
(Al and many others). I had a similar experience during the final
"Insanity on the Airwaves" on WLFM with many contributors in the room
with me for the 8 hours on the air. I'd like to add all my Insanity
Crew to this list - it would be quite the demented experience and
quite the mix of mad music and crazy comedy.
> Or we'd run out of supplies on the first day, go insane and kill each other.
> Either way.
Supplies run out - oh yeah....
Killings - no, just collape from the lack of ozogen...
Keith Rose aka Keeter Man
The Rooster
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Cab City Combo
> sorry, I don't know what that word means....
>
"'The problem with the French', Bush confided in Tony Blair, 'is
that they don't have a word for entrepreneur'." - The London Times from
Bob Claster
Eric Houg
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> "'The problem with the French', Bush confided in Tony Blair, 'is
> that they don't have a word for entrepreneur'." - The London Times from
> Bob Claster
:o) http://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.htm
Here's another story that is about as true:
Subject: A really good joke... :)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:10:21 -0400
From: "bc90021" <bc9...@nospam.bc90021.please.net>
Newsgroups: alt.geek
While visiting England, George Bush is invited to tea with the Queen. He
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She gets Tony Blair on speakerphone and says, "Mr. Prime Minister. Please
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Your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not
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Upon returning to Washington, he decides he'd better put the Chairman of the
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and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your
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Helms hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to
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Helms immediately calls a meeting of other senior Republican senators, and
they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with
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And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong, it's Tony Blair."
Jeff Morris
>I also see Whimsical Will as an obvious and worthy successor, as well as
>a certain die-hard Transformers fan from northern Indiana.
You're kidding?! There's a die-hard Transformers fan in northern Indiana
who would also make a worthy successor to Dr. Demento? I know some die-hard
Transformers fans up there, but I didn't know they were into Dr. D.
Signed,
Jealous in Southern Indiana
Jeff Morris
Hmmm, sounds suspiciously like me. I appreciate the vote of confidence, but
I don't think I'm really that good at the DJ bit. I can play the records
and spout the trivia, but I don't have the personality or radio voice of
someone like Dr. D.
I don't expect him to retire any time soon, and I don't know what his plans
are for the show after he retires (or if he has any), but I would expect that
the show would either go into reruns or cease to exist. It wouldn't be "The
Dr. Demento Show" without Dr. Demento.
Some people have mentioned "Weird Al", and that's not such a bad idea, if
Al would be interested. Eventually he will quit touring, and maybe doing
a radio show in his spare time, like he used to do in college, would be
fun for him. We should get his opinion (and Dr. D's) before nominating
him though.
I've never heard Dr. D talk of retiring, so I'm sure these events are far
in the future at the moment.
Brian
Jeff Morris wrote:
...[on successor to the good Doctor]...
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> Hmmm, sounds suspiciously like me. I appreciate the vote of confidence, but
> I don't think I'm really that good at the DJ bit. I can play the records
> and spout the trivia, but I don't have the personality or radio voice of
> someone like Dr. D.
I used to play the records and spout the trivia and dig out the
obscurities for a radio comedy show - There were two people who liked
to be in front of the microphone as the "personalities." It was
their show and I joined in behind the scenes because I had a lot
of obscure material and cross-genre novelty. I was
happy with that because I cared about the material and I don't like
the limelight (actually track lighting in the studio).
While the Doctor is the one with the records and the info, many
personalities have the "man behind the curtain" who actually does
the digging, research and programming. While I would hate to see
the Doctor's successor be a talking head, I would be happy with a
GOOD DJ with a team behind him/her. [I'd love to be part of a team
with Jeff and some others. I doubt it would happen, but it is a nice
dream.]
Brian
Hiller SB
(Jeff Morris), alleged:
Dude, even Dr. D. signed you on with the credit for the Beatles stereo
remix on the 9/13-15 show...you have been assigned...or do you wish to be
like Dubya says....irrelevant...
Bad joke, but you know how things are, as Capt. Picard would say, "Q, We
NEED YOU!!!"
Vince
RYNKIE
I dug up Keith's interview with Weird Al from 1999.