# The end of the Doctor Demento Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432 "2010-06-08T15:12:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/1 "2010-06-08T15:12:39Z")
After 40 years, [the Doctor hangs up his stethoscope](http://drdemento.com/). ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/2 "2010-06-08T15:26:08Z")
As far as a radio show, yes, but apparently he will still be doing Internet shows & public appearances so not all is lost. And I see I’m going to have to order some CDs from him! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/3 "2010-06-08T16:14:21Z")
I really, really wish that XM Radio had given him Special X (the crazy music channel) instead of taking it off the air in 2003. In fact, they should do that now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/4 "2010-06-08T16:28:46Z")
Too bad it was on XM Radio, otherwise I would have listened. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/5 "2010-06-08T16:39:00Z")
Man, you almost gave me a heart attack here. Good thing he’s still got the internet broadcast going on. I’d hate to think he was giving it all up completely. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/6 "2010-06-22T13:39:59Z")
I heard this on NPR this morning - I have to confess, I never heard him on air, but he certainly has contributed to the industry. Good luck Dr. D! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/7 "2010-06-22T13:46:22Z")
I remember being an 11-year old circa 1980, lying in bed long after bedtime with a transistor radio with the volume turned down low enough that my parents wouldn’t catch me listening to Dr. Demento. Sometimes I had trouble staying awake for the whole show. That was my Sunday night routine at least through Jr High and my first few years of High School. [Here](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127989850) is the NPR story from today. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/8 "2010-06-22T14:29:14Z")
He comes to Reed College every year in the spring for a weekend of shows. On Thursday, as Barret Hansen, he lectures on a serious music topic, but on Friday and Saturday the Doctor is in! He’ll usually do an uncensored themed show on Friday, then on Saturday a multi-media Festival of Dementia. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-doctor-demento-show/542432/9 "2010-06-22T14:39:44Z")
You can still catch his show [here.](http://therealuhf.ning.com/)