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The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - March 14, 1982 (6p-10p)
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Jeff Morris
May 28, 2012, 8:05:54 AM5/28/12
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Most interviews on the show have been around half an hour including
music, or if longer have been split across two shows, but this one is
a full hour with less music than is typical, so a lot of ground is
covered. We've all heard the excerpt where he explains the Borscht
Belt, but it's exciting to hear the whole interview, including Mel's
memories of Allan Sherman. This is the same interview that aired in
syndication, except for the accidental insertion of a tiny bit of
"Impossible" by Steve Allen.
Also of note on this show - the original version of "Rock & Roll
Doctor" which mentions Led Zeppelin instead of Ted Nugent, a different
song called "Who Drank My Beer (When I Was In The Rear)" than the Dave
Batholomew one we've often heard, a cool song "It Don't Do Nothin' But
Rain", and one song in the top ten that's rarely been heard since 1982
("Hamburger").
playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show
The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - March 14, 1982 (6p-10p)
Special Topic: an hour-long interview with Mr. Mel Brooks himself
Rock & Roll Doctor - Travesty Ltd.
Framed - Cheech & Chong
Hello D.J. - Don Bowman
Who Drank My Beer (When I Was In The Rear) - Tommy Duncan
I'm A Lonely Little Petunia In An Onion Patch - Arthur Godfrey
Me And My Vibrator - Susie Seacell
Dirty Don - Don Bowman
Dirty Old Man - The Fugs
The Old Dope Peddler (live w/ intro) - Tom Lehrer
Snack Attach (in-studio lyric reading) - Dr. Demento
Snack Attack (album version) - Godley & Creme
Coupon Clippin' - Jumpin' Gene Simmons
I Had But Fifty Cents - R. Crumb
Why Do Girls Wear Britches (brief accidental excerpt) - Karl & Harty
Teenage Romance - Stuart Paul
Trouble With My Trousers - Roger Ruskin Spear
Why Do Girls Wear Britches - Karl & Harty
I Don't Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa
Hot Dog Boogie - The Singing Dogs
Dogs And Cats - Bill Cosby
The Antelope And The Lion - Al Trace
My Dead Dog Rover - Stu, Dave & Hank
I Got Tears In My Ears - Homer & Jethro
She Told Me - Mush
It Never Rains In Sunny California - Spike Jones
Biddie McGraw - Carlton Showband
Clancy Lowered The Boom - Dennis Day
Shark Attack - Surf Punks
It Don't Do Nothin' But Rain - Lew Childre
Fat Girls - Gary Parker
Bras On 45 - Ivor Biggun & The D. Kups
Seduced - Leon Redbone
Sex With A Gun - Blotto Bros.
Wet Dream - Max Romeo
Mel Brooks interview
Springtime For Hitler - Mel Brooks
Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
The Two Hour Old Baby - Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks
Impossible (brief accidental excerpt) - Steve Allen
Won't You Come Home Disraeli - Allan Sherman
The French Mistake - Mel Brooks
The Ying Tong Song - The Goons
Puttin' On The Ritz - Mel Brooks
It's Good To Be The King Rap (Part 1) - Mel Brooks
Musical Mike's Jazz Corner: Dippermouth Blues - Muggsy Spanier's
Ragtime Band
#10 Do The Donkey Kong - Buckner & Garcia
#9 Ralph And Herbie - Cheech & Chong
EXTRA: Hey Fred! - Fred Blassie & His Skullsuckers Authentic American
Geekabilly
#8 Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie
#7 Stop Draggin' My Car Around - "Weird Al" Yankovic
#6 Meltdowner's Nightmare - Robin Williams
#5 Hamburger - Jimmie & The Suspects
O Superman (brief in-studio performance) - Dr. Demento & others
#4 The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Bob & Doug McKenzie
#3 Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic
#2 Sister Mary Elephant - Cheech & Chong
#1 Take Off (single version) - Bob & Doug McKenzie
music, or if longer have been split across two shows, but this one is
a full hour with less music than is typical, so a lot of ground is
covered. We've all heard the excerpt where he explains the Borscht
Belt, but it's exciting to hear the whole interview, including Mel's
memories of Allan Sherman. This is the same interview that aired in
syndication, except for the accidental insertion of a tiny bit of
"Impossible" by Steve Allen.
Also of note on this show - the original version of "Rock & Roll
Doctor" which mentions Led Zeppelin instead of Ted Nugent, a different
song called "Who Drank My Beer (When I Was In The Rear)" than the Dave
Batholomew one we've often heard, a cool song "It Don't Do Nothin' But
Rain", and one song in the top ten that's rarely been heard since 1982
("Hamburger").
playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show
The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - March 14, 1982 (6p-10p)
Special Topic: an hour-long interview with Mr. Mel Brooks himself
Rock & Roll Doctor - Travesty Ltd.
Framed - Cheech & Chong
Hello D.J. - Don Bowman
Who Drank My Beer (When I Was In The Rear) - Tommy Duncan
I'm A Lonely Little Petunia In An Onion Patch - Arthur Godfrey
Me And My Vibrator - Susie Seacell
Dirty Don - Don Bowman
Dirty Old Man - The Fugs
The Old Dope Peddler (live w/ intro) - Tom Lehrer
Snack Attach (in-studio lyric reading) - Dr. Demento
Snack Attack (album version) - Godley & Creme
Coupon Clippin' - Jumpin' Gene Simmons
I Had But Fifty Cents - R. Crumb
Why Do Girls Wear Britches (brief accidental excerpt) - Karl & Harty
Teenage Romance - Stuart Paul
Trouble With My Trousers - Roger Ruskin Spear
Why Do Girls Wear Britches - Karl & Harty
I Don't Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa
Hot Dog Boogie - The Singing Dogs
Dogs And Cats - Bill Cosby
The Antelope And The Lion - Al Trace
My Dead Dog Rover - Stu, Dave & Hank
I Got Tears In My Ears - Homer & Jethro
She Told Me - Mush
It Never Rains In Sunny California - Spike Jones
Biddie McGraw - Carlton Showband
Clancy Lowered The Boom - Dennis Day
Shark Attack - Surf Punks
It Don't Do Nothin' But Rain - Lew Childre
Fat Girls - Gary Parker
Bras On 45 - Ivor Biggun & The D. Kups
Seduced - Leon Redbone
Sex With A Gun - Blotto Bros.
Wet Dream - Max Romeo
Mel Brooks interview
Springtime For Hitler - Mel Brooks
Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
The Two Hour Old Baby - Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks
Impossible (brief accidental excerpt) - Steve Allen
Won't You Come Home Disraeli - Allan Sherman
The French Mistake - Mel Brooks
The Ying Tong Song - The Goons
Puttin' On The Ritz - Mel Brooks
It's Good To Be The King Rap (Part 1) - Mel Brooks
Musical Mike's Jazz Corner: Dippermouth Blues - Muggsy Spanier's
Ragtime Band
#10 Do The Donkey Kong - Buckner & Garcia
#9 Ralph And Herbie - Cheech & Chong
EXTRA: Hey Fred! - Fred Blassie & His Skullsuckers Authentic American
Geekabilly
#8 Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie
#7 Stop Draggin' My Car Around - "Weird Al" Yankovic
#6 Meltdowner's Nightmare - Robin Williams
#5 Hamburger - Jimmie & The Suspects
O Superman (brief in-studio performance) - Dr. Demento & others
#4 The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Bob & Doug McKenzie
#3 Yoda - "Weird Al" Yankovic
#2 Sister Mary Elephant - Cheech & Chong
#1 Take Off (single version) - Bob & Doug McKenzie
R H Draney
May 28, 2012, 3:36:28 PM5/28/12
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Jeff Morris filted:
"alternate" versions of demented records like the "Rock & Roll Doctor" change
mentioned above...a while back I asked when he started editing out the line
"Alvin, Simon, Theodore are gay" from "Squirrels" and was told that it had never
had that line, that I must have heard it on local radio; a recent web-only show
played it with the line restored so it seems that version did eventually make it
into the demented archives....
Would the original version of "Mr Bill" (the one with the same tune as "Mr Blue"
instead of the "turn the sheet music upside-down" dodge) again be playable
because there's no FCC in the loop?...how about "Existential Blues" with the
repeated line "to dream the impossible dream"?..."In Old Mexico" with the
couplet about the "land of the wetback" or "Tae Kwon Leep" with the "fag talk"
reference?...r
--
Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
>
>Also of note on this show - the original version of "Rock & Roll
>Doctor" which mentions Led Zeppelin instead of Ted Nugent, a different
>song called "Who Drank My Beer (When I Was In The Rear)" than the Dave
>Batholomew one we've often heard, a cool song "It Don't Do Nothin' But
>Rain", and one song in the top ten that's rarely been heard since 1982
>("Hamburger").
Now that the Doc is off broadcast radio, I'd like to hear a little more of
>Also of note on this show - the original version of "Rock & Roll
>Doctor" which mentions Led Zeppelin instead of Ted Nugent, a different
>song called "Who Drank My Beer (When I Was In The Rear)" than the Dave
>Batholomew one we've often heard, a cool song "It Don't Do Nothin' But
>Rain", and one song in the top ten that's rarely been heard since 1982
>("Hamburger").
"alternate" versions of demented records like the "Rock & Roll Doctor" change
mentioned above...a while back I asked when he started editing out the line
"Alvin, Simon, Theodore are gay" from "Squirrels" and was told that it had never
had that line, that I must have heard it on local radio; a recent web-only show
played it with the line restored so it seems that version did eventually make it
into the demented archives....
Would the original version of "Mr Bill" (the one with the same tune as "Mr Blue"
instead of the "turn the sheet music upside-down" dodge) again be playable
because there's no FCC in the loop?...how about "Existential Blues" with the
repeated line "to dream the impossible dream"?..."In Old Mexico" with the
couplet about the "land of the wetback" or "Tae Kwon Leep" with the "fag talk"
reference?...r
--
Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
Jeff Morris
Jun 2, 2012, 8:50:04 AM6/2/12
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> a while back I asked when he started editing out the line
> "Alvin, Simon, Theodore are gay" from "Squirrels" and was told that it had never
> had that line, that I must have heard it on local radio; a recent web-only show
> played it with the line restored so it seems that version did eventually make it
> into the demented archives....
Yes, he edited that out when he first aired it in 1987, and the Beastly Boys agreed it was funnier without that line. It was re-edited for the Basement Tapes release and is slightly off-beat compared to the previous edit. But in 2007-2008, when he was still on the radio, he played the unedited version.
> "Alvin, Simon, Theodore are gay" from "Squirrels" and was told that it had never
> had that line, that I must have heard it on local radio; a recent web-only show
> played it with the line restored so it seems that version did eventually make it
> into the demented archives....
> Would the original version of "Mr Bill" (the one with the same tune as "Mr Blue"
> instead of the "turn the sheet music upside-down" dodge) again be playable
> because there's no FCC in the loop?
> ...how about "Existential Blues" with the
> repeated line "to dream the impossible dream"?
> ..."In Old Mexico" with the
> couplet about the "land of the wetback"
> or "Tae Kwon Leep" with the "fag talk" reference?...r
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