entered by jbmorris@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show

The Dr. Demento Show #88-40 - October 2, 1988

Special Topic: 100th anniversary of the oldest existing sound recording (the 1880s to the 1980s)

1970s:
The Time Warp - Riff Raff, Columbia, Magenta, Narrator & The Transylvanians (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Junk Food Junkie (live in studio from show #91, 1976) - Larry Groce w/ Burk McElvy
Trade Description Act - Monty Python

1930s:
Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
(Boop-Boop Dit-Tem Dot-Tem What-Tem Chu!) Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
1960s:
Noah: Right! - Bill Cosby

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris
1900s:
No News, Or, What Killed The Dog - Nat M. Wills
1950s:
Little Blue Riding Hood - Stan Freberg
The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley

I Love Lucy (edit) - Desi Arnaz
Ricky - "Weird Al" Yankovic
1920s:
The OKeh Laughing Record (early fade)
Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight? (edit) - Billy Jones & Ernest Hare (The Happiness Boys)
Banana Oil - Vaughn De Leath
The Human Race - The Frantics

Mary Had A little Lamb - Thomas Edison
1880s:
Sir Arthur Sullivan Speaks
The Elements (live) - Tom Lehrer
1940s:
William Tell Overture - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
I'm My Own Grandpa - Lonzo & Oscar
Six Jerks In A Jeep - Andrews Sisters

1910s:
I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier (excerpt) - Morton Harvey
He'd Have To Get Under - Get Out and Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile) (edit) - Billy Murray
1980s:
Dance, We Dance - Angie Jarre
Calm Down (It's Only Ones And Zeroes) - Kathy Mar
The Sounds Of Sinus - Mark Young

1890s:
The Sly Cigarette (edit) - S. H. Dudley
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
#5 White Collar Holler - Stan Rogers
#4 Another One Rides The Bus - "Weird Al" Yankovic

#3 My Girlfriend Is Inflatable - John Mammoser
#2 Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band

#1 Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun - Julie Brown

next week: the shortest songs and comedy bits ever recorded