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The Dr. Demento Show #83-40 - October 2, 1983

Special Topic: casting our demented eyes upon the boob tube and saluting television

Chew Tobacco Rag - Spade Cooley & His Fiddlin' Friends
Eye Of The Tiger - Big Daddy

Get Out Those Old Records - Mary Martin & her son Larry [Hagman]
There Is A Tavern In The Town - Wally Cox
This Isn't Our Second Album - Bob & Doug McKenzie

Elizabeth - David Rambo
Who's On First - Abbott & Costello
Van Lingle Mungo - Dave Frishberg
Beatle Barkers Medley (Can't Buy Me Love/She Loves You/Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out/I Want To Hold Your Hand) - The Woofers & Tweeters Ensemble

T'ain't No Sin - Lee Morse
The Great Gildersleeve (radio broadcast excerpts)
The Fred Allen Show (excerpt)
Howdy Doody TV opening - Buffalo Bob Smith
Milton Berle TV broadcast excerpt
Television - Zeke Manners
The Great Gildersleeve (radio broadcast excerpt)
The Lone Ranger TV theme (excerpt)
Along Came Jones - The Coasters
Your Hit Parade TV opening
TV Is The Thing (This Year) (excerpt) - Dinah Washington
Mr. Question Man (excerpt) - Ernie Kovacs

You Bet Your Life (TV broadcast excerpt) - Groucho Marx
What Did You Do Before You Had TV? - The Sandpipers
Captain Kangaroo (TV broadcast excerpt)
Tele-Vee-Shun' (album version) - Stan Freberg

"The following program is brought to you in Living Color on NBC."
The Vidiot - Ken Nordine
My Little Margie/The Life Of Riley/I Love Lucy/The Dick Van Dyke Show/The Beverly Hillbillies (TV broadcast excerpts)
I'm The Slime - The Mothers
Let's Make A Deal (TV broadcast excerpt)
TVGB's - Tyler Von Jeebes

The Secret Storm/The Guiding Light/The Doctors (TV broadcast intros)
General Hospi-tale - The Afternoon Delights
The Mickey Mouse Club TV theme (excerpt)
#5 The Rodeo Song - Showdown
#4 The Ballad Of Irving ("10 gallon" version) - Frank Gallop

#3 Boogie In Your Butt - Eddie Murphy
#2 Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie
EXTRA: The Geek's Revenge - Don Noon

#1 Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band
next week: Happy Columbus Day