# Comedy sketch identification - heard on the Dr. Demento show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436 "2025-08-24T21:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/1 "2025-08-24T21:34:34Z")
I heard this one in the 1980s and was thinking of it today. Probably from the 1960s or late 1950s. It’s a parody of a pop radio broadcast, with bits of “the latest hit song” that all sound the same: “Oh, Edna, oh, Edna, oh” (and then the same song with different names, ending with “Oh, my goodness…”), fake commercials and vapid prattle. Anyone remember this one? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/2 "2025-08-24T22:12:34Z")
Could it be [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW64pkbmGCA&list=RDJW64pkbmGCA&start\_radio=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW64pkbmGCA&list=RDJW64pkbmGCA&start_radio=1) ? It’s not very close, I admit. It contains the name Edna. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/3 "2025-08-24T22:58:42Z")
Unfortunately, no. What I’m thinking of has only a few snippets of music, of an earlier era. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/4 "2025-08-24T23:35:59Z")
There is an official Demento Society Facebook page. Have you tried there? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/5 "2025-08-24T23:48:57Z")
I’m not on Facebook, but thank you ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/6 "2025-08-25T00:01:51Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I heard this one in the 1980s and was thinking of it today. Probably from the 1960s or late 1950s. It’s a parody of a pop radio broadcast, with bits of “the latest hit song” that all sound the same: “Oh, Edna, oh, Edna, oh” (and then the same song with different names, ending with “Oh, my goodness…”), fake commercials and vapid prattle. Anyone remember this one? I asked on the Official Doctor Demento page, and will pass along anything I get. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/7 "2025-08-25T00:05:39Z")
Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/8 "2025-08-25T15:03:51Z")
Plug “1959 Arbogast & Ross - Chaos (Parts 1 And 2)” into You Tube, according to The Dr. Demento Show - OFFICIAL poster Cindy Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/9 "2025-08-25T16:20:56Z")
That’s it! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-sketch-identification-heard-on-the-dr-demento-show/1022436/10 "2025-08-25T16:58:58Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oh9GQLJUs1Y/hqdefault.jpg "1959 Arbogast & Ross - Chaos (Parts 1 & 2)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh9GQLJUs1Y)