Dr. Demento Show ends after 40 years!

[Chicago Jake]

Fuck, fuck fuckity-fuck! This one hurts!!.......Jake (loyal dementite for 35 years)

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Dr Demento ends his radio show

Legendary broadcaster Dr Demento – the wacky radio host who introduced the world to Weird Al Yankovic – has announced his long-running radio show is no more.

The Dr Demento Show began in 1970 as an outlet for music too silly and strange for regular radio.

In the mid-to-late 1970s, a young Weird Al began sending home-recorded tapes to Dr Demento, who'd play them on his show. In the early 1980s, the exposure helped Weird Al bring parodies like 'My Bologna', 'I Love Rocky Road' and 'Another One Rides the Bus' to a US-wide audience.

Other songs made famous by the show include Barnes and Barnes' 'Fish Heads' and Christmas classic 'Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer'.

Dr Demento – real name Barret Hansen – will continue to broadcast, but only through his website.

www.3news.co.nz/Dr-Demento-ends-his-radio-show/tabid/418/articleID/159591/Default.aspx

[Merlot Joe]

After 40 years I don't blame him.

I listend to him a few times over the years but never really got into his show.

Joe

[Ardbeg... innit]

Hopefully NBC will pick up the show in the fall repackaged as Dr Demento: Special Victims Unite

[♥ COVID-19♥]

He might be good on satellite radio, too.

[Chicago Jake]

Jun 7, 2010 13:05:37 GMT -6 ♥ COVID-19♥ said:

He might be good on satellite radio, too.

That's not a bad idea. He's had a web version of his show for awhile now, and it always included some extra material that was "not suitable for broadcast." Satellite might be the perfect outlet for him.