playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show

The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - December 19, 1976 (6p-10p)

Special Topic: the Christmas show
A Squirrely Christmas - Shirley & Squirrely
March From "Nutcracker Suite" - Portsmouth Sinfonia

The Night Before Christmas (w/ Jingle Bells opening) - Basil Rathbone
Granny's Holiday Fruitcake - Granny
Don't Give Me No Goose For Christmas Grandma - The Korn Kobblers
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey

Super Skier - The Chad Mitchell Trio
Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry
White Christmas (1947 version) - Bing Crosby
A Sleighride Party - The Haydn Quartet

Santa Jaws (Part I) - Homemade Theatre
Monster's Holiday - Bobby Pickett
Santa Jaws (Part II) - Homemade Theatre
Donde Esta Santa Claus? - Augie Rios
I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas - The Goons
Specific Hospital (live in studio) - Bedlam A.C. w/ Dr. Demento
Who Put The Gum In Santa's Whiskers - Lil Susie
Nuttin' For Christmas - Stan Freberg

Jingle Bells - The Singing Dogs
In The Mood - Henhouse Five Plus Too

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Bing Crosby/Andrews Sisters
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Santafly - Martin Mull
Chanukah Music Box - Shirley Cohen/Eli Gamliel

There Ain't No Santa Clause - Benny Bell
Christmas Dragnet - Stan Freberg
The Dallas Cowboys (Play Cow Pasture Pool) - Paul Blunt

Santa Claus Hides In The Phonograph - Ernest Hare
I Saw Mommy Do The Mambo With You Know Who - Jimmy Boyd
An Albert Brooks Christmas - Albert Brooks
I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson
The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas - Allan Sherman
A Surfer's Christmas List - Surfaris
No-Nonsense News (live in studio) - Bedlam A.C.
Wonderful Day - David Seville & The Chipmunks

I Want You For Christmas - Mae Questel
My Birthday Comes On Christmas - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

I Want A Beatle For Christmas - Patti Surbey & The Canadian VIP's
The Beatles Sixth Christmas Record - The Beatles
A Christmas Carol (live) - Tom Lehrer

The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Yin & Yan
Santa Claus - Sonny Boy Williamson
Happy Hairy Hippy Harry Claus - Rocki Lane & The Gross Group
Little Saint Nick (album mix) - The Beach Boys
A Trucker's Christmas - Lee Arnold

On The Night Before Christmas - Fibber McGee & Molly w/ Teeny
Be Bop Santa Claus - Babs Gonzalez
song from Have A Jewish Christmas - Jimmie Haskell

Medley: Deck The Halls/Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Jingle Bells/White Christmas - Harry The Hipster
The Trouble With Harry (brief in-studio performance) - Dr. Demento
Wreck The Halls - The Three Stooges
Deck The Halls - Shirley & Squirrely

#10 Santa Claus And His Old Lady - Cheech & Chong
It's Christmas In Dementia (brief in-studio parody) - Dr. Demento
Santa Claus glasses sketch (live in studio) - Bedlam A.C.
#9 Ho Ho Ho (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas) - Elton John
#8 All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Red Baron sketch (live in studio) - Bedlam A.C.
#7 Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen
#6 (tie) Nuttin' For Christmas - Stan Freberg
#6 (tie) The Day That Santa Claus Retired - Rose & The Arrangement [not played due to problem with tape]
#5 Christmas Balls - Ben Light & His Surf Club Boys
dog sketch (live in studio) - Bedlam A.C.
#4 Jingle Bells - The Singing Dogs

#3 (tie) The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas (album edit) - Allan Sherman [started at 45 rpm instead of 33 1/3 rpm, then played backwards and replayed at correct speed]
#3 (tie) A Christmas Carol (live) - Tom Lehrer
#2 (tie) Santa Jaws (Part I) - Homemade Theatre
stalling for time (live in studio) - Bedlam A.C.
#2 (tie) Santa Jaws (Part II) - Homemade Theatre

'Twas The Sunday Before Christmas (poem by Mark Hernandez) - read by Mark Bedlam
#1 The Twelve Days Of Christmas - The Mushroom Tab. Choir
Deck The Halls - Kukla, Fran & Ollie
next week: bottom 5 show
in two weeks: the top 50
in three weeks: our first normally demented show of 1977