Is the Doctor Demento Show still on the radio?
Is the Doctor Demento Show still on the radio?
Demento is discontinuing his syndicated radio show. By summer’s end, the good doctor’s hyper-enthusiastic voice will be heard only on the Internet as it introduces oddball classics such as “There’s a Fungus Among Us,” “Fish Heads” and “Dead Puppies.”
Where does Dr Demento live?
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
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What Michael Jackson songs did Weird Al cover?
The Grammy Award-winning humorist has dropped his pair of well-known Michael Jackson parodies — “Eat It” (“Beat It”) and “Fat” (“Bad”) from the set this time out, in the wake of HBO’s Leaving Neverland documentary and the controversy that followed.
When did Dr Demento start his radio show?
Hansen created the persona of Dr. Demento in 1970 while working at Pasadena station KPPC-FM. The positive listener response to the offbeat novelties that Hansen included in his rock oldies show led to his eventually turning it into an all-novelty show. At the end of 1971, he moved to KMET in Los Angeles.
What did dr.demento do for a living?
Dr. Demento may be best known for bringing parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic to national attention. In 1976, Hansen spoke at Yankovic’s school where Yankovic gave a self-recorded tape of comedy songs and parodies to Hansen. The first song, “Belvedere Cruisin'” about the family station wagon, was featured on the show.
When did the Dr Demento Show move to KSCA?
The show became a two-hour live show on KLSX and, after that station converted to a talk-only format in 1995, moved again to KSCA, where it remained until that station changed to a Spanish-language format, in February 1997.
Who is the disc jockey known as Dr Demento?
Dr. Demento. Jump to navigation Jump to search. American disc jockey. Barret Eugene “Barry” Hansen (born April 2, 1941), better known as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present.
