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The Dr. Demento Show #80-23 - June 8, 1980

Special Topic: part 1 of a 2 part special - 50 Years of Dementia

Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway [1931]
Sweet Violets - Joel Shaw & His Band f/ Dick Robertson [1932]
Mrs. Pettibone - Dwight Fiske [1933]

On The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple [1934]
I Like Bananas, Because They Have No Bones - The Hoosier Hot Shots [1935]
Wah Hoo - Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers [1936]

The Old Sow Song - Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees f/ Cyril Smith [1937]
Don't You Make Me High - Blue Lu Barker [1938]
Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama) - Fats Waller [1939]

Friendship - The T. Dorsey Family, Mountain Branch [1940]
Serenade To A Maid - Teddy Powell & His Orchestra [1941]
Der Fuehrer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers [1942]
I'm A Cranky Old Yank In A Clanky Old Tank - Bing Crosby [1943]

Mairzy Doats - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra [1944]
1945 Mother Goose Rhymes - Carson Robison [1945]
Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) - Slim Gaillard Trio [1946]

Shaving Cream - Benny Bell (vocal by Paul Wynn) [1947]
Woody Woodpecker - The Sportsmen & Mel Blanc & His Original Woody Woodpecker Voice [1948]
There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - South Pacific original cast [1949]

The Thing - Phil Harris [1950]
Black Strap Molasses - Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante, Jane Wyman & Groucho Marx [1951]

It's In The Book (Parts 1 & 2) - Johnny Standley w/ Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights [1952]
St. George And The Dragonet - Stan Freberg [1953]

What It Was, Was Football (Part I & Part II) - Deacon Andy Griffith [1954]
next week: 50 Years Of Dementia - Part 2