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The Dr. Demento Show #124 - December 12, 1976

NOTE: Leon Redbone is mentioned in the intro, but is not played on the show. "Desert Blues" was originally planned after "The Dust Blows Forward And The Dust Blows Back".

Nuttin' For Christmas - Stan Freberg
Don't Give Me No Goose For Christmas, Grandma - The Korn Kobblers
The Crusher - The Novas
Backbreaker - The Grimms

Huggin' And Chalkin' - Clancy Hayes
The Dust Blows Forward And The Dust Blows Back - Captain Beefheart
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris

Suicide - Darryl Rhoades
I Hold Your Hand In Mine (live) - Tom Lehrer

Find Her Finer - Frank Zappa
When I Turn Out The Living Room Light - The Kinks
Thing-a-ma-jig - Billy Cullen

Ahab The Arab - Kinky Friedman
Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Beat The Reaper - Firesign Theatre

The Little Old Ford Rambled Right Along - Billy Murray
No Money Down - Chuck Berry

Smokey The Bear - Eddy Arnold
Open The Door Richard - Jack McVea
Nina-Kocka-Nina - The Dinks
Here Come The Martian Martians - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

White Christmas (3 O'Clock Weather Report) - Bobby The Poet f/ Steve Baron & Dennis Wholey - Bill Minkin Of The Hardly-Worthit Players
Ho Ho Ho (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas) - Elton John
A Christmas Carol (live w/ intro) - Tom Lehrer

Zorro - The Chordettes
The Beatle Flying Saucer - Ed Solomon

Ol' Ben Lucas - Kinky Friedman
#5 C. B. Savage - Rod Hart
#4 It's A Gas - Alfred E. Neuman
EXTRA: Merry Go Round - Wild Man Fischer

#3 Hey Shirley (This Is Squirrely) - Shirley & Squirrely
#2 They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (Demented Mix) - Napoleon XIV
EXTRA: They Took You Away - Teddy & Darrel/I'm Normal - The Emperor/Down On The Funny Farm - Josephine XIII

#1 Stardrek (original version) - Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara
next week: Christmas in Dementia