Hey I know Dr. Demento, Dr. Demento is a friend of mine, Howard Dean is no Dr. Demento ;>
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Wasn't he the DJ who discovered and promoted Weird Al Yankovic?
Yes Al used to send him tapes... My favorite Al song was just Al and his Accordion on a tape doing a ode to mass transit called "Another one rides the Bus" to the tunes of Queens "Another one bites the Dust"....
Oingo Boingo also got part of there start sending tapes to DrD when they were "The Mystic Knight of the Oingo Boingo"
DrD was and LA radio legend in the 70,80...7 to 10 Sunday night on the Might Met (DrD was syndicated around the country later but started and home station was in LA)
"Little bit of Heaven 94.7 KMET..Twee del Dee!"
Might Met ...Greatest FM Rock station ever! RIP
(Can't believe they kill "The Might Met" for that new age crap "muzak" "the wave"
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Wasn't he the DJ who discovered and promoted Weird Al Yankovic?
I went to the same little college that Dr. Demento went to. He was a music major but (as he put it) he realized the only musical instrument he was able to play well was the phonograph. He would drop by the old college once in a while to play records live for current students. (This was circa 1980.) He would play the wonderful stuff he played on the air. Then he would play things he wasn't able to play on the air. Suitably tasteless but very funny.