# Unknown artists from the Dr. Demento show **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853 "2000-08-26T19:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853/1 "2000-08-26T19:02:13Z")
I listened to his show from December 1988 until the big thinkers at KLSX removed him from the airwaves. (Now I don’t know _what_ L. A. station carries his show. :() But there are some titles he played, whose artists I never identified: “The Schnauzer”–modeled on Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer,” a bittersweet dog ballad. “Borderline”–country western style with rather aimless lyrics; singer was a young woman. “O-Vlade-O-Divac,” after the Beatles’ hit “Obla-D-Obla-Da,” celebrating the Lakers’ former Yugoslav center. “Silver Bells”–a version alluding to the madness of the Christmas shopping season. “[Elvis Sightings]”–title also unknown; sung in 3/4 time before a live (and appreciative) audience; the lyrics are hypothetical tabloid headlines about The King, including “Elvis gave AIDS to my dog.” “Running Wild”–Dr. D said that Spike Jones recorded this on an obsolete medium and that he could only play part of the recording–featuring an ocarina, a clarinet and a banjo–on a standard phonograph. What kind of machine was it? “Chinese Waiter,” by Buddy Hackett. I never did know the actual title. “I Think I’m a Clone Now”–by Weird Al Yankovic. I at first thought the original, “I Think We’re Alone Now,” was by the Rolling Stones… Can any Dopers answer these questions for me please? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853/2 "2000-08-26T19:17:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \* > \*\*I listened to his show from December 1988 until the big thinkers at KLSX removed him from the airwaves. (Now I don’t know _what_ L. A. station carries his show. :() > But there are some titles he played, whose artists I never identified: > “I Think I’m a Clone Now”–by Weird Al Yankovic. I at first thought the original, “I Think We’re Alone Now,” was by the Rolling Stones… > Can any Dopers answer these questions for me please? 🙂 > \*\* Actually, ‘I Think I’m A Clone Now’ is a parody of Tiffany’s version of the Bobby Shondell classic “I Think We’re Alone Now” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853/3 "2000-08-26T19:21:07Z")
Thanx 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853/4 "2000-08-27T01:12:11Z")
You can search playlists back to 1980 (and some 70’s) at [http://php.indiana.edu/~jbmorris/playlists.html](http://php.indiana.edu/~jbmorris/playlists.html) . And when Zack’s Stacks comes back up (check the newsgroup below), you might be able to get MP3s of the things you want. I tried a search on “schnauzer”, but got no hits. A search for “hackett” produced a few hits, among which was this most recent airing: “drd94.0515.html:The Chinese Waiter - Buddy Hackett” Subscribe to the USENET newsgroup rec.music.dementia! You can check there for places to listen to it on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853/5 "2000-08-27T03:17:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*Actually, ‘I Think I’m A Clone Now’ is a parody of Tiffany’s version of the Bobby Shondell classic “I Think We’re Alone Now” \*\* Actually, that’s **Tommy James and the Shondells**. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853/6 "2000-08-27T10:21:55Z")
Is Dr. Demento’s show still alive and kicking? It’s been a long time since I heard “Dead Puppies.” ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853/7 "2000-08-28T00:19:33Z")
I am still looking to find you have 254 messages. I heard it a few weeks ago and laughed my ass off. I can still hear Dr. Demento on Sundays, but it goes in and out from crappy reception since I live by a few different radio stations and television stations. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-artists-from-the-dr-demento-show/30853/8 "2000-08-31T22:22:43Z")
I logged onto that website and I am immensely impressed. However, since I listened to Dr. D in the Los Angeles area, I heard a version of his show different from the syndicated version heard everywhere else, and some of the titles I sought weren’t on those playlists. ☹ So I sent them an e-mail to ask for the titles apparently Angelenos only heard.