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The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - April 17, 1983 (6p-10p)

Rock Stars - Joan Rivers [played before opening]

Riot In Cell Block #9 - The Robins
Gee, Officer Krupke - West Side Story original soundtrack
I Paid My Income Tax Today (excerpt) - Barry Wood
Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Springtime For Hitler - Legs Larry Smith

Pancho Lopez - Lalo Guerrero
Fernando - Stanley Ralph Ross
The Old Dope Peddler (live w/ intro) - Tom Lehrer
Stoned - The Rolling Stones
Coke Deal - The Second City

April Showers - Doodles Weaver w/ Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Rain - The Beatles
Rain (excerpt of ending played backwards) - The Beatles
Why Does It Have To Rain On Sunday? (excerpt) - Freddy Martin
Wadada - The Mothmen
Ahab The Arab (live) - Ray Stevens
Bagdad Daddy - Punsters
Wop Music - Eddy Gorodetsky & Tom Couch

Religion And Politics (lightly censored) - Scott Beach
No News Or What Killed The Dog - Nat M. Wills
The Vatican Rag (w/ intro) - Tom Lehrer
Rag Mop - Johnnie Lee Wills
Student's Waltz - John Jaremko
Sister Mary Elephant - Cheech & Chong
Seven Old Ladies Locked In A Lavatory - Oscar Brand

Those Two Dreadful Children - Cruella De Ville
Saturday Morning Fever - Loudon Wainwright III
TV Mama - Joe Turner
Nobody But Me - Doug & The Slugs
Ugly Men's Clothing - Stevens & Grdnic

Famous Truckdriver's School Of Songwriting - Travesty, Ltd.
I Am A Truck - Peter Pan Players
Sidewalk Convoy - Sneakers & Lace
Sidewalk Surfin' (original version) - Jan & Dean
Granny Takes A Trip - Purple Gang

Cocaine Blues (new version) - Dave Van Ronk
Doggy Doo - Steve Wahl & The Hydrants
I'd Like To Be A Cow In Switzerland - Bob & Ray
What The Engine Done - Two Ton Baker
I'm A Train - King's Singers
Mystery Train - Elvis Presley w/ Scotty & Bill
Driving In My Car - Madness
Penguin On The TV/Comfy Chair/Sound Quiz (intro only) - Monty Python

By The Beautiful Sea - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford
Who Hid The Halibut On The Poop Deck - Yogi Yorgesson
Barnacle Bill The Sailor - Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra

Don't Call Me Chickenhead - True Life Confessions
Boris The Spider - The Who
The Little Man - Barnes & Barnes
Trying To Do Something To Get Your Attention - John Hartford

Musical Mike's Jazz Corner: You've Had Your Way - The Pods Of Pepper
#10 Sweet Transvestite - Tim Curry
EXTRA: Batteries Not Included - Sparks
#9 Teenage Romance - Stuart Paul
#8 Fast Food - Stevens & Grdnic
#7 I Like - Heathen Dan

#6 The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers
EXTRA: Burger In A Box - Second City
#5 Chicago - Abysmal Peptos
EXTRA: Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye - Mel Blanc
#4 Circular Impression - The Extras
EXTRA: Oxygen Depletion - Harold Huff

#3 Commercials On 45 - Stevens & Grdnic
#2 Kinko The Clown - Ogden Edsl
#1 Ricky - "Weird Al" Yankovic
next week: "Weird Al" Yankovic back to talk about the album (bringing Rick Derringer along)