Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 11086
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
UPC: 081227074326
EAN: 0008122707432
ASIN: B0000032MK
Release Date: May 21, 1991
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Disc 1
| • | Delicious - Dr. Demento, Garson | | • | The Scotsman - Dr. Demento, Cross, Mike [1] | | • | Junk Food Junkie - Dr. Demento, Groce, Larry | | • | Eat It - Dr. Demento, Jackson, Michael [1 | | • | Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour On the Bedpost Overnight - Dr. Demento, Bloom, Marty | | • | Wet Dream - Dr. Demento, Addotta | | • | Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! - Dr. Demento, Busch, Lou | | • | Wappin' - Dr. Demento, Snell | | • | The Purple People Eater - Dr. Demento, Wooley, Sheb | | • | Monster Mash - Dr. Demento, Capizzi | | • | Cocktails for Two - Dr. Demento, Coslow, Sam | | • | Transfusion - Dr. Demento, Drake, Jimmy | | • | Beep Beep - Dr. Demento, Cicchetti, Carl | | • | St. George and the Dragonet - Dr. Demento, Butler, Daws | | • | Witch Doctor - Dr. Demento, Bagdasarian, Ross | | • | Gitarzan - Dr. Demento, Everette, Bill | | • | Earache My Eye - Featuring Alice Bowie - Dr. Demento, Chong | | • | Dead Puppies - Dr. Demento, Frenzer, Bill |
Disc 2
| • | Dancin' Fool - Dr. Demento, Zappa, Frank | | • | Star Trekkin' - Dr. Demento, Lister, G. | | • | The Time Warp - Dr. Demento, O'Brien | | • | Masochism Tango - Dr. Demento, Lehrer, Tom | | • | The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun - Dr. Demento, Brown, Julie [1] | | • | The Ballad of Irving - Dr. Demento, Aylesworth, John | | • | The Battle of Kookamonga - Dr. Demento, Driftwood, Jimmie | | • | King Tut - Dr. Demento, Martin, Steve [1] | | • | Der Fuehrer's Face - Dr. Demento, Wallace, Oliver | | • | Fish Heads - Dr. Demento, Barnes, Artie | | • | Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Dr. Demento, Lehrer, Tom | | • | Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out - Dr. Demento, Silverstein, Shel | | • | The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Dr. Demento, Drill | | • | Surfin' Bird - Dr. Demento, Frazier, Al | | • | Pencil Neck Geek - Dr. Demento, Cicero, Pete | | • | Ti Kwan Leep/Boot to the Head - Dr. Demento, Frantics | | • | Existential Blues - Dr. Demento, Stankus | | • | They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Dr. Demento, Bonaparte |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
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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| Customer Reviews:
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 The perfect carpool collection.... September 20, 2002
OAKSHAMAN (Algoma, WI United States)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
_When I was a kid there was one crazy dad in the neighborhood that collected novelty and party records- and looked for any excuse to play them- usually for us kids. There are recordings here that I haven't heard for 30 years- and several that I never heard before. There was also some stuff here that I think that I may have heard before at parties, but it was so far into the evening before anyone had the guts to play it that I'm not really sure....
_If you want to drive your carpool crazy on the way to work, then this is the perfect collection for the job. Actually, if you just want to make a permanent impression on people, turn the stereo up full blast, roll down the windows, and play "Masochism Tango" or "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"....they'll never forget you. In fact, they'll probably even write down your license plate number....
Explain this to the kindergarten teacher... January 10, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have worn out two copies of the audio tape in the car. My toddler has probably been permanently warped because of it, but at least he'll have a well-rounded catalogue to work from. For those of us in the shadow of corporate radio, it is a joy to have such a collection to sing along with, loudly (especially at traffic lights - I seem to have no trouble retaining the right-of-way).
Don't forget to stay demented! January 18, 2005
Johnny Heering (Bethel, CT United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the most essential of the Dr. Demento collections. It features most of the best known novelty hits of the 20th Century, plus some cult favorites that are among the most requested songs on the Dr. Demento Show. Classic hits like "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!", "Monster Mash", "Transfusion", "King Tut" and "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!". And then there are songs like "Dead Puppies" and "Fish Heads" that weren't hits, but became popular from repeated exposure on the Dr. Demento Show. Of course, 2 CDs can't contain everything, and that's why there are other Dr. Demento anniversary collections. Start with this one, then get the other ones.
a good laugh for sure July 15, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This CD can bring a smile to your face when you're in the worst mood. The jokes are great and the songs are a hoot! A must-buy!-Lulu
i found it to be funny July 8, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i've been a fan of the dr. for many years. most of the songs were fun to listen to and others were kind of boring but all together it is a good cd to buy so I would tell most of my friend's to buy it
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