playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show
The Dr. Demento Show #25-27 - July 5, 2025
Will I Make It Through The Eighties (brief excerpt) - Julie Brown [played before opening]
Special Topic: the first of my two-part retrospective covering the totally tubular 1980s
Musical Mike's Jazz Corner: Horsefeathers - Cliff Jackson's Crazy Kats [including intro from KMET 7-18-1982]
Damaskas' Copycat Game (compilation)
- My Sweet Lord - George Harrison/He's So Fine - The Chiffons
- Saturday In The Park - Chicago/Short People - Randy Newman
- (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone - The Monkees/Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts
- Summertime, Summertime - The Jamies/Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells
- Spam - Monty Python/Men - Martin Mull
- Look What They've Done To My Song Ma - The New Seekers/Eric The Half-A-Bee - Monty Python
- High School Gym - Barnes & Barnes w/ Sulu/I Can't Dance - Allan Sherman
- High School Gym - Barnes & Barnes w/ Sulu/I Can't Dance - Allan Sherman
- The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) - The Banana Splits/Boogie Woogie Amputee - Barnes & Barnes
- Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd/Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
- Copy Cat - The Halos
Ayatollah - Steve Dahl Teenage Radiation
Disco Toilet - Hersh & Chipkin
Who Shot J.R.? - Gary Burbank w/ Band McNally
John Hartford interview excerpts (1980)
- Good Old Electric Washing Machine Circa 1943 (1981 version) (excerpt) - John Hartford
- Don't Leave Your Records In The Sun (excerpt) - John Hartford
- The Golden Globe Award - John Hartford
Stan Freberg interview excerpts (from show 80-43)
- Banana Boat (Day-O) (excerpt) - Stan Freberg
- The Yellow Rose Of Texas (excerpt) - Stan Freberg
- Try (excerpt) - Stan Freberg
- The Great Pretender (excerpt) - Stan Freberg w/ The Toads & Billy May's Music
Jon Schwartz interview excerpts (from KMET 9-14-1980)
Another One Rides The Bus (live on KMET 9-14-80) (w/ intro & outro) - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Another One Makes A Fuss - Whimsical Will
T. K. O. Mine Yopper Song - 3-Leez
Normal - "Weird Al" Yankovic & Jovial Joan
June Foray interview outtake excerpts (1981)
Reaganomics - Rich Little
Marty Feldman Eyes - Bruce "Baby Man" Baum
Yoda (demo) - "Weird Al" Yankovic
I Love Rocky Road (demo) - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Video Games (demo) - The Toons
Hey, E.T. - Dickie Goodman
Valley Girl - Frank & Moon Zappa
Bras On 45 - Ivor Biggun & The D. Kups
It's Good To Be The King (Rap) - Mel Brooks/It's Good To Be The Queen - Sylvia
Choke Your Chicken - Loose Bruce Kerr
I Like (full version) - Heathen Dan
Sleepin' My Way To The Top - National Lampoon
Metal Head - Blotto
Pop Hates The Beatles - Allan Sherman
99 Dead Baboons - Tim Cavanagh
The Curly Shuffle - Jump 'N The Saddle
Eat It - "Weird Al" Yankovic
next week: excerpts of one of my KMET shows from 1980, including an interview with the artist who called him Flamoligeon
in two weeks: the second half of the 80s