Dr. Demento to Retire After 55 Years

Ultimate Classic Rock ^ | June 20, 2025 | Martin Kielty

[blackdog]

Yes he was the best. Never from a mold. He was a very free thinking soul. He always took the side of a topic that was good and true, regardless of public and political pressures.

His shows on "MOVE" over the years were phenomenal. He should have won awards for them.

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Go to the corner of 7^th and Caterpillar, and step on it!

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The clue/answer in Chinese was priceless!

[markman46]

Had no idea he was still on the air, love Dr demento

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Big Short Fat Irving! I forgot about that one!

But you do remember that 'even on the range he kept two sets of dishes', don't you?

[markman46]

I am a lumberjack

[Bullish]

What the heck? I thought he was dead and gone LONG ago.

[freedomlover]

Dead Puppies aren’t much fun

[DoodleBob]

I just listened to the song online. So much of that went over my head 50 years ago. Maybe I’ll get it now.

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That line was over my head, so I had a Jewish friend enlighten me.

Else I might not have remembered it...

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Yippy kaya Cow Patty, she went out west to get the man who shot her daddy...

[DoodleBob]

Ahhh…I worked in Manhattan for a long time. NOW I get it!

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

AND, how could I not include Fish Heads!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XkB_CFi9row

Fish heads, fish heads
Roly-poly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads
Eat them up, yum

Fish heads, fish heads
Roly-poly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads
Eat them up, yum

In the morning, laughing, happy fish heads
In the evening, floating in the soup

Ask a fish head anything you want to
They won’t answer, they can’t talk

I took a fish head out to see a movie
Didn’t have to pay to get it in

They can’t play baseball, they don’t wear sweaters
They’re not good dancers, they don’t play drums

Roly-poly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino
In Italian restaurants with Oriental women
Yeah

Ask a fish head anything you want to
They won’t answer, they can’t talk

Ask a fish head anything you want to
They won’t answer, they can’t talk

[READINABLUESTATE]

Late night AM radio back in the 70’s was like a glimpse of the world.
After the sun went down I could pick up WLS Chicago.
..Ya, I grew up in the sticks.

[Tired of Taxes]

“Monster Mash” and “They’re Coming to Take Me Away” were big hits when I was a kid.

[shotgun]

Maybe Hank Johnson was auditioning his parody version of “Hey Joe” for the Dr. Demento show?

[ifinnegan]

This thread makes me nostalgic. And a bit melancholy.

I listened to Dr. Demento. I remember all the songs being mentioned.

I don’t think Wild Man Fisher and his My Name is Larry has been mentioned yet.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I always intended to catch his program someday. I guess not, too late. That's what procrastination does for you.

[broken_clock]

I’ll throw one out there “Moose Turd Pie” by Utah Phillips. I recite that one whenever there’s bitching about the cooking ;-)
https://songsear.ch/song/Utah-Phillips/Moose-Turd-Pie/5691122

[DoodleBob]

Wow…another one I forgot but which, upon hearing it, explains so much about many of us..

Thank you.

https://youtu.be/FvLikiVraHE