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The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - August 4, 1985 (9p-11p)

Special Topic: winners of our big Tom Petty contest; the great battle of the Fernando Lamas impersonators; some of the world's worst records; some of our most requested California songs; double-shot of Tom Lehrer

The Rodeo Song - Showdown
Big Ten-Inch Record (live) - Bull Moose Jackson
Anything Goes - Harper's Bizarre
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out (Where The Sidewalk Ends version) - Shel Silverstein
Cement Mixer - Slim Gaillard
Hot Man - Johnny Cougar
KMET rotation song: Lonely Ol' Night - John Cougar Mellencamp

Downtown - Mrs. Miller
Actors & Athletes Medley - Joan Crawford/Rudolph Valentino/Scott Baio/Wilt Chamberlain/Ernie Banks/Ron Cey
Musical Snuff Box (excerpt) - Florence Foster Jenkins
I'm Surfin' (excerpt) - George W. Husak
Can I Pawn My Teeth To You - Roy Esser
The ABC's Of Dead Russian Leaders - Tim Cavanagh
I Wanna Kiss Her - Tim Cavanagh
You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal
You Look Marvelous - John Cygan
KMET rotation song: Never Surrender (album version) - Corey Hart

A California Kind Of Guy - Scott California
Orange County - Keith Harman & His Orchestra & Chorus
Big Bear Lake - Mel Blanc
The Sun And The Beach - Meyer & Drake
Pico And Sepulveda - Felix Figueroa
KMET rotation song: Would I Lie To You? - Eurythmics
Would I Fly To You (The Killer Bee Song) - Patty Glick & The Three Guys From Hollywood

Squirrel Nuts - Stuart Paul
#5 Like A Surgeon - "Weird Al" Yankovic
#4 El Monte - Llyn Foulkes & The Rubber Band
EXTRA: Downtown Downers Grove - Emo Philips
#3 Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band
KMET rotation song: No Lookin' Back - Michael McDonald
#2 Just A Big Ego - Bob & Zip
EXTRA: Hey E.T. - Dickie Goodman
#1 Candy Rapper - Bird & MacDonald