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The Best Of Dr. Demento #XM-87

January 22, 2005 - 12m ET (XM channel 151, mono, Saturday night); January 23, 2005 - 12m ET (XM channel 40, stereo, Sunday night)

originally broadcast as The Dr. Demento Show #05-01 - January 2, 2005 except first two songs of segment 2 which were originally broadcast as The Dr. Demento Show #04-48 - November 28, 2004

Special Topic: nonsense

Camelot - Monty Python
King Tut - Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons
Elvis Is Everywhere (Edited Version) - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
This Is Ponderous - 2nu
Insulin - Mike O'Connell

One More Minute - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Things Could Be Worse, I Could Be You - Bill Frenzer
Demented News With Whimsical Will

Hangover - Krypton
Duluth (early fade) - Vinnie & The Stardusters

Ambrose (Part Five) - Linda Laurie
Bucket Of Blood - The Consortium Of Genius
Talk Like A Pirate Day - Tom Smith
Epithets - Paul & Storm

Flat Foot Floogee (excerpt) - Slim & Slam
Rubber Biscuit - The Chips
Go Go Pogo - Walt Kelly
Fox In Socks (Fast Version) - Marvin Miller w/ Marty Gold & His Orchestra
Mairzy Doats - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
The Funniest Song In The World (excerpt) - Groucho Marx
Slopposition - Bob Miller

On The Amazon - Don McLean
The Ying Tong Song - The Goons
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (stereo edit) - The Beatles
Ain't We Crazy - Haywire Mac

#5 White Trash Husband - Sue Fabisch
#4 Swift Kick In The Rear - Dan Hart

#3 Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus
#2 Girlfriend - Henry Phillips

#1 Army Careers - The Frantics
next week: an in-studio interview with the originators of hilarious harmony a cappella style - The Bobs