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The Dr. Demento Show #80-48 - November 30, 1980

Special Topic: music in miniature (more than 25 songs each under a minute long)

A Christmas Carol (live w/ partial intro) - Tom Lehrer
Sweet Violets - Larry Vincent
In The Bushes At The Bottom Of The Garden - Ray Noble & His New Mayfair Orchestra
There's A New Sound - Tony Burrello
My Body - Heng-yin

Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
The Sideboard Song - Chas & Dave
This Bus Won't Go To War - Firesign Theatre

Alexander's Ragtime Band - Collins & Harlan
Standing In The Bank Line - Twitch
A Day In The Life Of Green Acres - Damaskas And Barnes & Barnes

Sdrawkcab Klat - Steve Goodman
Dancin' Fool (album version) - Frank Zappa
I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio - Monty Python
26 Second Song - Shel Silverstein
It's Johnny's Birthday - George Harrison
Bow Tie Daddy - The Mothers Of Invention
Her Majesty - The Beatles
Moisture - The Residents

Heinz Baked Beans - The Who
Little Boxes - The Womenfolk
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes: Pat-A-Cake - Chick Bullock
Sounds That Saved My Life (Homage to K.S.) - George Melly
Miniature - Robert Fripp
The History Of Rock & Roll - Andy Partridge
Breather - Phantom Captain
Whistle In - The Beach Boys

Beside - The Fastest Group Alive
Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky - The Monkees
I Like My Meat - Danny Barer
Batteries Not Included - Sparks
Stars And Stripes Forever - Crazy Rick's Psychedelic Flea Band
Ballad Of Spiro Agnew - John Denver
Bum Love - Ollie Halsall & John Halsey
We're A Happy Family/Bali Ha'i - The Residents
The Wreck Of The Hesperus - Roger McGough
Evelyn, A Modified Dog - Frank Zappa
Disco Brief - Rick Dees
Them Moose Goosers - Mason Williams
Boogie - John Hartford
When You Die - Barnes & Barnes

#5 The Chipmunk Song - David Seville & The Chipmunks
#4 I Like Chinese - Monty Python

#3 Pencil Neck Geek (w/ part of epilogue) - Fred Blassie
#2 Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus

#1 Another One Rides The Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic
next week: the 10th anniversary of dementia
in three weeks: Christmas show