Who’s Dr. Demento? He must be fucking demented to be prescribing songs about spiders in dunnies. Does he also sing about Pubs with no Beer by any chance?
Dr. Demento is a radio personality with a sporadically nationwide show (the whole formatting situation with radio stations is slowly but surely driving strange little shows like his off the air) who plays what he calls “Music of the Weird”. He’s been doing it for well over 30 years and he has a huge following, especially now that some stations that carry the show broadcast over the web.
He doesn’t really record his own songs. He plays other peoples’ demented music. Weird Al Yankovic, for one, got his first national exposure on Dr. Demento’s show. He also plays stuff like “Redback” and Rolf Harris (I loved Rolf’s take on “Stairway to Heaven”!) on occasion.
{Billy Connolly, re redbacks}
They’re all right if you don’t annoy them.
IS ONNYBIDDY THAT BORED? Goad, ah’m bored. Thank ah’ll go and annoy that fucken’ spider.
{Sorry, I can’t type a Glaswegian accent}
You need to make a little trip to Branson, MO, then!! He has his own theater there–I went a few years back and really enjoyed the show!
You are lucky. My husband got a brown recluse bite about two months ago. He was hospitalised with a fever of 104 and there is still a pit in his arm where the bite was.
I hate spiders.
I have been. AWESOME!
Plus, Branson is a cool place overall. Mini-Nashville/Vegas smack dab in the middle of the prettiest part of MO.
One of my non blood related uncles got put in the hospital for a spider bite a few years ago. He still has the scar. Everyone blood related to me has this weird immunity to reactions from bites/stings. I need to get bit by a snake, see how invincible our clan actually is.
I think it’s weird we are so protected from bug reaction when we have some of the worst plant allegies I’ve ever seen. For instance, I am so allergic to poison ivy that my fingers itch just from typint the word!
Dr. Demento is a god. I grew up with his stuff every Sunday nigh. Now, I have several CD compilations and am always looking for more. Dirty deeds, done with sheep!
Its been years since i listened to Dr. Demento, but I loved that show. I can’t think of how many times singing “They are coming to take me away…” has been the most appropriate response possible.
My husband joins in singing and our daughter says “MOOOoooMM” you know the way only a pre teen drama queen can manage.
Dude, not cool. Glad you’re okay - I’m terrified of spiders.
Tho NoClueSpiderBoy has super-spider-resistant-blood powers, kids, and thereby should be registered in Marvel’s universe, he’s not you. If you get bitten by a fiddleback, seek help immediately.
I’m never moving further south than, say, Iowa. Winter keeps the bugs down.
Yeesh.