Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time

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Pop has a good time eating itself on this collection of Doctor Demento favorites. The tunes on this stylistically varied double CD send up a plethora of pop culture phenomena. The perpetrators come from every imaginable entertainment background. Pro wrestlers, folk singers, comedians, actors, garage bands--you never know who's liable to produce a novelty song. Here it doesn't matter if a respected composer or a one-hit wonder recorded the ditty; all sorts of tracks jostle each other on this funny collection. The material covers quite a time span, ranging from Spike Jones's "Der Fuehrer's Face," released in 1942, to "Wappin'," an unreleased track by Darrell Hammond and Christopher Snell which was a hit on Demento's radio show at the tail end of the 1980s. The 20th Anniversary Collection is quite an assortment of the corny, goofy, wacky, and wild. --Fred Cisterna

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Average customer rating: Why Does Music Have To Be So Seroius? Lots of fun Perfect A "Must-Have" For Dr. Demento Lovers The funniest CDs ever!

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Tracks:

1. Delicious! - Jim Backus & Friend
2. The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers
3. Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce
4. Eat It - 'Weird Al' Yankovic
5. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight) - Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
6. Wet Dream - Kip Addotta
7. Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! - Allan Sherman
8. Wappin' - Darrell Hammond & Christopher Snell
9. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
10. Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
11. Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
12. Transfusion - Nervous Norvos
13. Beep Beep - The Playmates
14. St. George And The Dragonet - Stan Freberg
15. Witch Doctor - The Music Of David Seville
16. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens
17. Earache My Eye-Featuring Alice Bowie - Cheech & Chong
18. Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl

Tracks:

1. Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa
2. Star Trekkin' - The Firm
3. The Time Warp - The Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast
4. Masochism Tango - Tom Lehrer
5. The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun - JULIE BROWN
6. The Ballad Of Irving - Frank Gallop
7. The Battle Of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro
8. King Tut - Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons
9. Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
10. Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes
11. Poisoning Pidgeons In The Park - Tom Lehrer
12. Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out - Shel Silverstein
13. The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement
14. Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
15. Pencil Neck Geek - Freddie Blassie
16. Ti Kwan Leep/Boot To The Head - The Frantics
17. Existential Blues - Tom 'T-Bone' Stankus
18. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV

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Pop has a good time eating itself on this collection of Doctor Demento favorites. The tunes on this stylistically varied double CD send up a plethora of pop culture phenomena. The perpetrators come from every imaginable entertainment background. Pro wrestlers, folk singers, comedians, actors, garage bands--you never know who's liable to produce a novelty song. Here it doesn't matter if a respected composer or a one-hit wonder recorded the ditty; all sorts of tracks jostle each other on this funny collection. The material covers quite a time span, ranging from Spike Jones's "Der Fuehrer's Face," released in 1942, to "Wappin'," an unreleased track by Darrell Hammond and Christopher Snell which was a hit on Demento's radio show at the tail end of the 1980s. The 20th Anniversary Collection is quite an assortment of the corny, goofy, wacky, and wild. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

Why Does Music Have To Be So Seroius?.......2007-06-27

This album is just plain fun. It's great to have a nice collection of novelty songs to sprinkle in during a party or when making compilation discs for long drives or just and evening of fun with some friends.

Dr. Demento's collection surely won't be one of those precious "desert island" albums, those must have albums one would never be caught without, but in the context of a complete collection, it's good to have a few laughs here and there.

You'd really have to be a baby-boomer to appreciate the full context of this album as many are from the before the 1970's, still have some fun, why not?

Lots of fun.......2007-06-27

My son suggested this as a birthday gift to his older sister, from him to her - I think I've listened to it more than either of them.

Perfect.......2007-05-19

I've been looking for some of these songs for a loooong time. Not only do I get to relive my adolescence, but I'm able to introduce my daughter (who shares my sense of humor) to some of my old favorites (G rated, of course)

A "Must-Have" For Dr. Demento Lovers.......2007-04-20

Unbeknownst to my conservative mother, my brother and I (born in the late 60's) listened to a wonderful radio program called "Dr. Demento" growing up. I told my mother about that recently, and her remark was that if she had known it was on the radio, she wouldn't have let us listen to it! LOL Anyhow, this collection has the vast majority of MY old favorites, such as the otherwise unavailable "Existential Blues", and many others unfamiliar to me to enjoy. It comes in two CD's of 18 songs each. I have happily imported it into my iPod and can't wait to hear everything!

The funniest CDs ever!.......2007-03-08

I used to have this CD collection back in college, and something recently reminded me of a song and I knew exactly where to buy it. I am very pleased with this collection of songs.

Mexican Music:

1. Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale
2. Enhancing Intimacy
3. Enhancing Massage
4. Enhancing Success
5. Enhansing Sensual Pleasure
6. Escape to Serenity: Drifting (Music)
7. Female Hits of the 90's, Vol. 124 [Karaoke]
8. Funk It [Explicit Lyrics]
9. Great Speeches of the 20th Century
10. Headbanger's Hits, Vol. 1 [Enhanced] [Karaoke]

Mexican Music

mexican music

Mexican Music

Kicks Joy Darkness [Import]

Rachmaninov: Corelli Variations/Moments Musicaux

On the Soul Side [Import]

Music CD: Pa Goza

Peace Love & Truth

Lo Mejor del Mariachi, Vol. 5

Our Souls Take Flight

Nederlandse Barokmeesters

Power of Love

Miguel Hernandez

Nirvana: Best of [Import]

Other Woman

Perfect Silence [CD-single] [EP] [Import]

Whatcha Lookin' 4

Lyle Lovett