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The Dr. Demento Show #81-50 - December 13, 1981

Special Topic: cockroaches; holiday dementia

Rock And Roll Classroom - The Conception Corporation
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas (Hippo The Hero) - Gayla Peevey
The Day That Santa Claus Retired - Rose & The Arrangement
Hanukah Rocks - Gefilte Joe & The Fish
Rockabilly Christmas - Johnnie Que

The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement
Suzy Cockroach - The Four Preps
The Cockroach Stomp - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
Creep, The Tragic Cockroach - The Roaches

Mr. Roberts #2 - National Lampoon
Johnny Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton
Hopelessly Heterosexual - Peter Alsop
I Can't Leave My Girl Behind - Freddie Fisher

Romping Through The Swamp - Dave Van Ronk & The Hudson Dusters
I'm The Slime - The Mothers
Misery Farm - Tommy Handley

Jollity Farm - The Bonzo Dog Band
Black Strap Molasses - Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante, Jane Wyman, & Groucho Marx (w/ Sonny Burke's Orchestra & 4 Hits & A Miss)
Vegetables - The Beach Boys
The Fruit Song - Martin Mull

Bloat On Featuring The Bloaters - Cheech & Chong
Cheese Boogie Deluxe - The Oosik Music Company
Cats - Barnes & Barnes
Jingle Bells - The Singing Bogs
The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas - Allan Sherman

#5 General Hospi-Tale - The Afternoon Delights
#4 Making Love In A Subaru - Damaskas

#3 Another One Rides The Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic
#2 Shock Treatment - Richard O'Brien
EXTRA: Horrible Breath - Fresh

#1 Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band
next week: Christmas & Hanukkah in Dementia
in two weeks: the Funny 25 (the 25 most requested songs for all of 1981)