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playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show

The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - August 19, 1979 (6p-10p)

Romping Through The Swamp - Dave Van Ronk
Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning - Irving Berlin

Whatcha Gonna Do - Shelly & The Seashells
It's In The Book - Johnny Standley
Ernest - Skip Woolwine

Behind Those Swinging Doors - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
The Green Door - Jim Lowe
Gimme A Pigfoot - Bessie Smith
Muffin Man (w/ intro) - Frank Zappa

I Do The Rock - Tim Curry
Sh-Boom - Stan Freberg
Real Wild Child - Ivan
Yiddishco - National Lampoon
Disco Crep - Big Daddy

If I Give Up The Saxophone - Robert Q. Lewis
Piccolo Song - Judy Marshall

My Humble Home - D. J. Liebowitz
Marching Off To Bedlam - Napoleon XIV
Twinkie Insanity - Art Peterson
Amos And Andy - Fields & Hall

Do Something - Helen Kane
I Would If I Could - Jack Buchanan
Never Bite A Married Woman On The Thigh - Shel Silverstein
The Fang - Nervous Norvus

Chicken Power - Bill Bannister
In The Mood - Henhouse Five Plus Too
? (brief excerpt) - ?
I Hate Bugs - Norman Temple
Del Taco Teaser: Who is the singer on the next record and what group is he currently in? This group made only one album which came out last year, but the lead singer is in another group that currently has one of the top ten albums in the country. First correct caller wins his and her Del Taco T-shirts plus a taco and drink for two at Del Taco. (Answer: Doug Fieger)
Dirty Pictures - Sunset Bombers
Something's In The Bag - Barnes & Barnes
Masochistic Bubbie - Ron Eliran

If A Table At Rector's Could Talk - Nat M. Wills
Ape Lady - Primates

Loving You Has Made Me Bananas - Guy Marks
Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll - Ian Dury
Your Mommy And Your Daddy Used To Boogie Just Like You Do - Beth & Howard Bloch
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith

Nose Job - Dellwoods
Since Mother Had A Face Lift - Roy Leslie
There's A Trick In Pickin' A Chick Chick Chicken Today - Wendell Hall
Look Out - There's A Monster Coming - The Bonzo Dog Band

Big Business - Ross & Sargent
When I Was A Lad - Allan Sherman
It's Money That I Love - Randy Newman
Money - Big Jim Buchanan
Musical Mike's Jazz Corner: Ham And Eggs - Johnny Dunn & His Band

#10 Teenage Romance - Stuart Paul
#9 Something's In The Bag - Barnes & Barnes

#8 They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (demented mix) - Napoleon XIV
EXTRA: Mother Goose's Wine - National Lampoon
#7 My Sister's Nose - Peter Alsop
EXTRA: I Love To Bumpity Bump - Roger Ruskin Spear

#6 King Tut - Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons
#5 Sweet Transvestite - Tim Curry
EXTRA: The Coconut Tree - Beachnuts
#4 Pencil Neck Geek (w/ epilogue) - Fred Blassie [speed varied during epilogue]
EXTRA: The Geek's Revenge - Don Noon

#3 Bird Bathroom - Surf Punks
#2 Religion And Politics (lightly censored) - Scott Beach
#1 (Bleep)ies And Beer - Frank Zappa