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The Dr. Demento Show #23-18 - May 6, 2023

Special Topic: Spike Jones (flashback)
NOTE: This was assembled from 7 different shows from 1984-1991. The first two segments are from 85-04, the next is from 86-03, the next two from 87-05, the next from 89-06, the next two from 90-03 (except the first song is from 89-06), the next from 84-06, and the last from 91-07 (except the last song is from 85-04).
Spike Jones as a sideman (Medley - part 1) Spike Jones as a sideman (Medley - part 2) Blowing Bubble Gum - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Dance Of The Hours - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

16 Tacos - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
The Late Late Movies - Part I - Spike Jones & The Band That Plays For Fun
Pimples And Braces - Spike Jones & The Band That Plays For Fun

Cocktails For Two (live) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Hawaiian War Chant (1945 version) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Commercial: Pootwaddle Cigarettes - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep - Spike Jones & His City Slickers (f/ Del Porter)
Chloe - Spike Jones & His City Slickers (f/ Red Ingle)
That Old Black Magic - Spike Jones & His City Slickers (f/ Carl Grayson)
April Showers - Spike Jones & His City Slickers (f/ Doodles Weaver)

All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (brief in-studio performance) - Dr. Demento
Ya Wanna Buy A Bunny? - Spike Jones & His City Slickers (f/ George Rock)
I Went To Your Wedding - Spike Jones & His City Slickers (f/ Sir Fredric Gas [Earl Bennett])

The Man On The Flying Trapeze - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Rhapsody From Hunger(y) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Black And Blue Danube Waltz, Paris Symphony (Texas) - Spike Jones

The Sheik Of Araby - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Runnin' Wild (excerpts) - Spike Jones
Clink, Clink, Another Drink - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Your Morning Feature - The Country Dodgers

By The Beautiful Sea - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
What Is A Disc Jockey - Spike Jones Without His Orchestra
Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
No Boom-Boom In Yucca Flats - Davey Crackpot & The Mexican Jumping Beans (f/ Billy Barty)

The Sound Effects Man - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Want Ads - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Dragnet - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Liebestraum - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Ugga Ugga Boo Ugga Boo Boo Ugga - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Help Me Make It Through The Night - Ray Stevens
Daisy A Day - Spike Jones, Jr.
next week: Mothers