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The Dr. Demento Show #83-05 - January 30, 1983

Special Topic: songs that came out of the first Great Depression back in the 1930s

The Last Blast Of The Blasted Bugler - Sonny Giannotta (w/ Phil Camarata & Tommy Cardinale)
(I Dream Of Doctor With The Demented Mind) (parody sung by caller) - Silly Steve from Celina, OH
Rock Around Stephen Foster - Stan Freberg

You Got Your Baby Back - The Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo
Naughty But Nice - Fred Warren
Love Poems: "To The Lovely Juanita Beasley" - Andy Griffith
Let Me Play With It - Hartman's Heartbreakers
Johnny Had A Yo-Yo - Ruth Wallis

A Tale Of The Ticker (excerpt) - Frank Crumit
Prosperity Is Just Around Which Corner? (excerpt) - Carson Robison Trio
Bread Line Blues (excerpt) - Slim Smith
Happy Days Are Here Again (excerpt) - J.H. Muldowney & Phil Baker
Brother Can You Spare A Dime (excerpt) - Bing Crosby

Now's The Time To Fall In Love (excerpt) - Dick Robertson
Headin' For Better Times (excerpt) - Ted Lewis
There's A New Day Coming (excerpt) - Ted Lewis
Happy Days Are Here Again (brief in-studio performance) - Dr. Demento [over early fade of above]
Prosperity Is Just Around Which Corner? (excerpt) - Carson Robison Trio
'35 Depression (excerpt) - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
No Depression (excerpt) - The Carter Family
The Gold Diggers Song (excerpt) - Gold Diggers Of 1933 soundtrack
Prosperity Is Just Around Which Corner? (excerpt) - Carson Robison Trio
Lock The Snackbah - Bobby Volare
Four Wet Pigs - Bryan Bowers

Metal Head - Blotto

In The Bath - Flanders & Swann
Insects - Oingo Boingo
Mr. Wizard And Timmy - Stevens & Grdnic
Sawing A Woman In Half - Rufe Davis

Bicycle Seat - Max Splodge
My Life Is Good - Randy Newman
#5 The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers

#4 Kinko The Clown - Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band
#3 Hey E.T. - Dickie Goodman
#2 The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein

#1 Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band