playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show

The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - October 13, 1974 (6p-10p)

Special Topic: the history of rock 'n' roll as seen through the ears of Stan Freberg

Do They Hang Too Low - Oscar Brand

Lizzie Lost Her Beach Ball - T. Laurence & The Sherwood Greens
The Thing - Phil Harris
Grandpa's Grave - Peter Sellers

The Hunting Song (original studio version) - Tom Lehrer
Old MacDonald Had A Farm - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Jollity Farm - The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
The Interstate Is Coming Through My Outhouse - Billy Edd Wheeler

Do The New York - Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
The Eggplant That Ate Chicago - Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band
Zilch - The Monkees
Carnival Of Venice - Jack Oakie & Don Bestor
Derbytown - Old Ced Odom & Lil "Diamonds" Hardaway

Go Go Pogo - Walt Kelly
Dream (part 1) - Sam Pfnerm
Laffin' At The Funnies - Ruby Newman & His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra w/ The Funnyboners
Laughing Record - Staff Of MAD
Dream (part 2) - Sam Pfnerm
D-O-D-G-E-R-S - Danny Kaye
The Place Where The Nuts Hunt The Squirrels - Napoleon XIV

(I've Got Those "Wake Up, Seven-Thirty - Wash Your Ears They're Dirty - Eat Your Eggs And Oatmeal - Rush To School") Blues - Jimmy Boyd

Mountain Oysters - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Everybody Loves A Nut - Johnny Cash
Hot Nuts - Lil Johnson

They Are There - Charles Ives
I'm The Greek Ambassador - George Givot
The Argentines, The Portuguese And The Greeks - Nora Bayes

Letters

Dreaming Of Amos & Andy - Dalton & Rhine
One Meat Ball - Jimmy Savo
On Top Of Spaghetti - Tom Glazer & The Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus
Little Dog Yodel - Ralph Richardson

The Irish Ballad (original studio version) - Tom Lehrer
My Handy Man - Ethel Waters
Lydia, The Tattooed Lady - Groucho Marx

Sh-Boom - Stan Freberg

Heartbreak Hotel - Stan Freberg
The Sock - The Valentines
Wide Screen Mama Blues - Stan Freberg

The Old Payola Roll Blues - Stan Freberg
Love Is Coming Back - Genevieve Waite
My Pretty Girl - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Itsy Bitsy Spider - anonymous
Boris The Spider - The Who
Hunting Tigers Out In Indiah - The Bonzo Dog Band

A Zoot Suit - Kay Kyser
Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long - Ziggy Talent/Vaughn Monroe
The Rubber Room - Porter Wagoner
Frigid - Jim Backus

Christopher Columbus - Fats Waller
I'm Saved - Karl Davis & The Cumberland Ridge Runners
Accentuate The Positive - Andrews Sisters
Teen Commandments - Paul Anka-George Hamilton IV-Johnny Nash
Don'tville - Katie Lee

#10 The Mummy - Bob McFadden & Dor
#9 The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Possum
#8 Martian March - The Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band
#7 Get A Load Of This - R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders

#6 Deteriorata - National Lampoon
#5 The Vatican Rag (w/ intro) - Tom Lehrer
#4 Shaving Cream - Paul Wynn
#3 Plexiglas Toilet - Styx

#2 Dirty Old Man - Jim Backus
EXTRA: Nishimoto At The Bat - Harry Kari & His Six Saki Sippers
#1 Walter Wart, The Freaky Frog/It's Warts On The Flip Side That Counts - The Thorndike Pickledish Pacifist Choir
CLOSING: Slush - The Bonzo Dog Band