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The Dr. Demento Show #79-51 - December 23, 1979

Special Topic: the annual Christmas special

Wreck The Halls - The Three Stooges
I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson
Monsters' Holiday - Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
Kung Fu Christmas - National Lampoon

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey
An Albert Brooks Christmas - Albert Brooks
Santa's Beard - The Beach Boys

Pantomime: Everywhere It's Christmas (edit) - The Beatles
The Night Before Christmas (w/ full opening & closing) - Basil Rathbone w/ The Robert Mitchell Boychoir
Santa Claus Hides In The Phonograph (excerpt) - Ernest Hare
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (excerpt) - Riley-Farley Orchestra
Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) (excerpt) - Gene Autry

Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (edit) - Jimmy Boyd
The Chipmunk Song - David Seville & The Chipmunks

Green Chri$tma$ - Stan Freberg
Chinchy Old Scrooge - Phil Moore & The Phil Moore Four

The Day They Busted Santa Claus - Paul T. Morris & The White Mountain Express
Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope - Martin Mull
Santa Claus Is Dead - Eight Bay Bus
The Chipmunk Song - Canned Heat & The Chipmunks

#5 Open Me First - Ogden Edsl
#4 All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

#3 The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas - Allan Sherman
#2 Santa Claus And His Old Lady - Cheech & Chong
EXTRA: The Christmas Tree Song - Larry Vincent & His Look Out Boys

#1 A Christmas Carol (live) - Tom Lehrer
EXTRA: Deck The Halls - Kukla, Fran & Ollie
next week: the Funny 25