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* BuryYourArt: "Big Bruce" by Steve Greenberg (a minor 1969 novelty hit), a spoof of Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" about a CampGay hairdresser, was hugely popular on the show in TheSeventies (getting to #4 on the Funny 25 for 1976), but after appearing on the Funny 5 for November 18, 1979, Demento didn't play it again for over 26 years, only resurfacing April of 2006. Obviously he felt that the song's stereotype-laden humor had turned into a case of ValuesDissonance.
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* BuryYourArt: "Big Bruce" by Steve Greenberg (a minor 1969 novelty hit), a spoof of Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" about a CampGay hairdresser, was hugely popular on the show in TheSeventies (getting to #4 on the Funny 25 for 1976), but after appearing on the Funny 5 for November 18, 1979, Demento didn't play it again for over 26 years, only resurfacing April of 2006. Obviously he felt that the song's stereotype-laden humor had turned into a case of ValuesDissonance.
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*** Under his real name, Jerry Samuels, Napoleon XIV wrote the 1963 hit Creator/SammyDavisJr ballad "The Shelter of Your Arms".
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Around 1984 or so, his syndicator Westwood One (which started distributing the show in 1978) apparently started being more restrictive on the lyrical content of the songs he played on his national show (he could be looser on his local LA show), especially targeting drugs, sex and offensive humor. A result is that some of the most popular material from the show's first decade-and-a-half basically disappeared from the national show between about 1984 and 1994, like Creator/ShelSilverstein's [[TheStoner "The Smoke-Off"]], Ogden Edsl's [[PaedoHunt "Kinko the Clown"]] and Jef Jaisun's "Friendly Neighborhood Narco Agent" (though it ''did'' get a couple of spins nationally in that period, suggesting that Dr. D just felt it was dated). He took over syndication from Westwood One in 1992, and started loosening the restrictions after a while.
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* InMemoriam: He'll often note the passing of an artist whose music he's played, often by playing some of their music on the next show after their death. The January 2, 1994 show was a two-hour tribute to Music/FrankZappa. On March 11, 2023 he did a double tribute to Robert Haimer of Barnes & Barnes and Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels), who both died in the week leading up to the show.
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** His 1975 novelty song compilation ''Dr. Demento's Delights'' was released by his then-employer Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, but the label reportedly [[ScrewedByTheNetwork refused to promote it]]. 1980's ''Dementia Royale'' started his long association with Rhino Records.
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** His 1975 novelty song compilation ''Dr. Demento's Delights'' was released by his then-employer Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, but the label reportedly [[ScrewedByTheNetwork refused to promote it]]. 1980's ''Dementia Royale'' started his long association with Rhino Records.Creator/RhinoRecords.
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*** Creator/WallyWingert got a lot of spins on the show with his song parodies before establishing himself as a voice actor. His biggest hit was "Creator/AdamWest", a ''Series/{{Batman}}'' tribute to the tune of "Wild, Wild West" by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Escape_Club The Escape Club]].
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*** Creator/WallyWingert got a lot of spins on the show with his song parodies before establishing himself as a voice actor. His biggest hit was "Creator/AdamWest", a ''Series/{{Batman}}'' ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' tribute to the tune of "Wild, Wild West" by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Escape_Club The Escape Club]].
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* NoHitWonder: Not Demento himself, but many of the bands he plays; Music/DaYoopers are a prime example.
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* NoHitWonder: Not Demento himself, but many of the bands he plays; Music/DaYoopers are a prime example.example.
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** The radio show changed syndicators several times over the years, before he finally just distributed it himself.
** His 1975 novelty song compilation ''Dr. Demento's Delights'' was released by his then-employer Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, but the label reportedly [[ScrewedByTheNetwork refused to promote it]]. 1980's ''Dementia Royale'' started his long association with Rhino Records.
** The radio show changed syndicators several times over the years, before he finally just distributed it himself.
** His 1975 novelty song compilation ''Dr. Demento's Delights'' was released by his then-employer Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, but the label reportedly [[ScrewedByTheNetwork refused to promote it]]. 1980's ''Dementia Royale'' started his long association with Rhino Records.
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*** Another popular song parodist on the show, Bud [=LaTour=], went on to have a #1 hit on the Billboard Dance chart in 1991 with "People Are Still Having Sex".
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*** Creator/WallyWingert got a lot of spins on the show with his song parodies before establishing himself as a voice actor. His biggest hit was "Creator/AdamWest", a ''Series/{{Batman}}'' tribute to the tune of "Wild, Wild West" by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Escape_Club The Escape Club]].
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* NoHitWonder: Not Demento himself, but many of the bands he plays; DaYoopers are a prime example.
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* NoHitWonder: Not Demento himself, but many of the bands he plays; DaYoopers Music/DaYoopers are a prime example.
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* ColbertBump: In general, lots of old novelty songs have gotten boosts of popularity after being featured on his show. Benny Bell's obscure 1946 song [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion "Shaving Cream"]] became a Top 40 hit in 1975 because of Demento's airplay. And of course there's Music/WeirdAlYankovic...
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* FanCommunityNicknames: He regularly refers to the listeners as "dementites and dementoids".
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* NoHitWonder: Not Demento himself, but many of the bands he plays; DaYoopers are a prime example.
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*** Darrell Hammond ("Wappin' ", with Christopher Snell) and Ana Gasteyer (part of The Lemon Sisters, who sang "In My Country") both had hits on the show years before they joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
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*** Darrell Hammond ("Wappin' ", with Christopher Snell) and Ana Gasteyer (part of The Lemon Sisters, who sang "In My Country") both had hits on the show years before they joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
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* HeAlsoDid: He has a Master's in musicology, is a highly regarded expert in early blues and gospel recordings, assembled and wrote liner notes for numerous compilation albums, was an early reviewer for ''Rolling Stone'' and other magazines, and worked as a roadie for 60s bands like Spirit and Canned Heat.
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* HeAlsoDid: He has a Master's in musicology, is a highly regarded expert in early blues and gospel recordings, assembled and wrote liner notes for numerous compilation albums, was an early reviewer for ''Rolling Stone'' and other magazines, and worked as a roadie for 60s bands like Spirit and Canned Heat.Heat.
** A lot of the artists who hit it big on the show also count--
*** [[Series/LostInSpace Bill Mumy]] is half of Barnes & Barnes.
*** Barry Bookbinder, leader of [[http://www.barryandthebookbinders.com/ Barry & The Bookbinders]], is a [[http://www.mccuneharber.com/2001/03/barry-bookbinder/ successful Los Angeles attorney]].
*** [[http://www.timcav.com/ Tim Cavanagh]] was a teacher at a Catholic high school before he started his comedy career.
*** Randy "Dr. Rock" Hanzlick, who did "I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me (Than a Frontal Lobotomy)", became the [[http://pathology.emory.edu/AdminFacultyMember.cfm?Name_seq=23 Chief Medical Examiner]] for Fulton County, Georgia.
*** Krypton ("Hangover", "Let's Blow Up The Tow Truck"), now records [[http://www.signsandwonders.org/home.html religious music]] under his real name, T.R. Post.
*** Darrell Hammond ("Wappin' ", with Christopher Snell) and Ana Gasteyer (part of The Lemon Sisters, who sang "In My Country") both had hits on the show years before they joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
*** A 1975 ''Newsweek'' article noted that the Doctor played songs by five different cartoonists who also dabbled in music: Creator/RobertCrumb, Creator/ShelSilverstein, [[ComicStrip/LilAbner Al Capp]], [[{{ComicStrip/Pogo}} Walt Kelly]], and [[ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers Gilbert Shelton]].
** A lot of the artists who hit it big on the show also count--
*** [[Series/LostInSpace Bill Mumy]] is half of Barnes & Barnes.
*** Barry Bookbinder, leader of [[http://www.barryandthebookbinders.com/ Barry & The Bookbinders]], is a [[http://www.mccuneharber.com/2001/03/barry-bookbinder/ successful Los Angeles attorney]].
*** [[http://www.timcav.com/ Tim Cavanagh]] was a teacher at a Catholic high school before he started his comedy career.
*** Randy "Dr. Rock" Hanzlick, who did "I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me (Than a Frontal Lobotomy)", became the [[http://pathology.emory.edu/AdminFacultyMember.cfm?Name_seq=23 Chief Medical Examiner]] for Fulton County, Georgia.
*** Krypton ("Hangover", "Let's Blow Up The Tow Truck"), now records [[http://www.signsandwonders.org/home.html religious music]] under his real name, T.R. Post.
*** Darrell Hammond ("Wappin' ", with Christopher Snell) and Ana Gasteyer (part of The Lemon Sisters, who sang "In My Country") both had hits on the show years before they joined the cast of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
*** A 1975 ''Newsweek'' article noted that the Doctor played songs by five different cartoonists who also dabbled in music: Creator/RobertCrumb, Creator/ShelSilverstein, [[ComicStrip/LilAbner Al Capp]], [[{{ComicStrip/Pogo}} Walt Kelly]], and [[ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers Gilbert Shelton]].
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* HeAlsoDid: He has a Master's in musicology, is a highly regarded expert in early blues and gospel recordings, assembled and wrote liner notes for numerous compilation albums, was an early reviewer for ''Rolling Stone'' and other magazines, and worked as a roadie for 60s bands like Spirit and Canned Heat.
