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The Dr. Demento Show #84-50 - December 9, 1984

Special Topic: bears
I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Kip Addotta
Wreck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - The Three Stooges
The Man On The Flying Trapeze - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

(I've Listened For Weeks Upon Weeks, Dear) (sung by caller) - Christy Halda(?) from Woodstock, IL
The Masochism Tango (orchestral version) - Tom Lehrer
Slam/Square Dance - Lance Brown
Punk Polka - The Toons
Ned Nostril (And His South Seas Paradise, Puts Your Blues On Ice, Cheap At Twice The Price Band - Ikky-Ikky, Ukky-Ukky) - Ray Stevens

The Tardis (excerpt/background) - Doctor Who Original TV Soundtrack
The Doctor - Jim Burrill
Doctor Who Theme (new version) - Doctor Who Original TV Soundtrack
Rocky Meets Moose (w/ spoken intro) - The Brass Band
The Crusher - The Novas
Woke Up This Morning - Fish Karma

Earth Girls Are Easy - Julie Brown
I Couldn't Spell @#%*! - Sam The Sham
Baby, Take Your Teeth Out - Frank Zappa
Bodine Brown - Purvis Pickett & The Punk-a-Billies

The Teddy Bears' Picnic - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Bears - The Fastest Group Alive
The Funniest Song In The World (excerpt with "Bear Song") - Groucho Marx
Elmer And The Bear - Phil Harris w/ Jack Benny's Quartet

The Preacher And The Bear - Phil Harris
Grizzly Bear (excerpt) - Arthur Collins
Animal Farm - Scott Pettersen
Green Chri$tma$ - Stan Freberg

#5 This Is The Life - "Weird Al" Yankovic
#4 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy

#3 Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun - Julie Brown
#2 Ice Box Man - George Carlin

#1 They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (Demented Mix) - Napoleon XIV
next week: a little talk with Kip Addotta; a song or two for Hanukkah
in two weeks: our Christmas special (all Christmas dementia)