Behind The Dementia - Alcon 2000 Dr Demento Documentary

Рет қаралды 59,648

ImuyumI

10 жыл бұрын

A friend was able to convert an old VHS tape of a smallish Dr. Demento documentary that was done for Alcon 2000. Enjoy!

Пікірлер: 127

@williamball1452 6 жыл бұрын

Dr. Demento is,by far,the best thing that has happened to the world of radio.The man is a true legend!!!

@funtimesatthefunhouse 11 ай бұрын

True

@stevenorsinelli4029 4 жыл бұрын

Love this! We listened Sunday nights on KMET! Just another thing that made the 70's great!

@iprey4surf Жыл бұрын

From the depth of the LA suburbs. Punk reigned supreme

@scottburton9701 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a long time devotee of the good Doctor-By the way,today's his 80th birthday-He still sounds great.

@3240590 8 жыл бұрын

From the smog berry trees! I remember him well from 1974 when I was 18. Sunday nights I never missed a show.

@ktsenya2 5 жыл бұрын

Snowberry trees... oh yeah that takes me back

@ChuckHouse420 8 жыл бұрын

I discovered Dr Demento when I was about 11. I point to him as being the one guy that taught me that there is a lot of music that is worth hearing. Not just the mainstream. I can never thank him enough for the pure joy I got listening to him.

@daniexists6 8 жыл бұрын

+Chuck House I bet you didn't know that he still does it. It's just more of a podcast than a radio show. Also, each episode costs 2 dollars, unless you buy a fanclub membership, then you get it in high quality.

@ChuckHouse420 8 жыл бұрын

I knew that a few years ago. Didn't know he was still at it. Good to know the Doc is still kicking around.

@johnyoung4039 4 жыл бұрын

@@daniexists6 I didn't that! That's great! This just prove that you can't keep a good man down.

@shadowcity11211 3 жыл бұрын

The Doctor is quite possibly the most important influence in my life. Always, he's amazing.

@johnyoung4039 4 жыл бұрын

LOVE IT!! The first time we heard Dr. Demento was when Dad started the car up to go home from watching Bambi at the drive in theater in Maybe April of 1974. The song that was on, the first song we heard from the show, was The Ballad of Irving. Our dad loves Western and he was laughing so hard, I never heard him laugh that like. He was a man that always hides his feelings. He couldn't hide them that night. Those were the days! Every Sunday night we'd listen the show. About 10 years ago I was able to get 70 cassette tapes from the show to 23 CDs. I sure miss listening to the shows. The stations seemed to stopped playing the show shortly after the 9/11 incident. I recorded the show Sunday night before 9/11 and one of the songs were called, Boom Boom Boom Boom. it makes me think of if the terrorist were communicating by song request. I have my doubts about that theory but it makes me wonder. Just the same, We need to keep these songs of yesterday year alive. Thank you for so many great and happy memories Dr. Demento!

@Monkofmagnesia 7 жыл бұрын

In 1979, when I was 17, he sent me a PERSONAL reply to a letter I wrote him!!!!

@Seasidecc95437 4 жыл бұрын

Lucky!

@kangnamsuperman 6 жыл бұрын

My brother and I used to stay up and record and his shows when we were little then listen to them later. a great childhood memory.

@jmsjms296 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the American Forces Network (US Forces radio) in Germany, we were able to hear him each Sunday night via cable in Switzerland throughout the 1990s. Thanks a lot, I'll never forget it!

@bonzomcduffy8336 5 жыл бұрын

OMG I LOVE YOU DOCTOR!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR MY EARLY TEEN YEARS AND I WILL ALWAYS BE DEMENTED!!!!

@scattysafari7742 5 жыл бұрын

I was about 13 when I discovered Dr Demento. A shy Australian girl with a weird sense of humour. My family would watch New Faces(bland national talent show a but like UK's Opportunity Knocks) and I would disappear into my room and listen to DD on my little red transistor radio on 4IP on Sundays. The show introduced me to Monty Python, Stan Freburg etc and it had a huge influence on why I think my SOH is the way it is today. I've used humour as a coping mechanism all my life and i love so many of the artists he introduced me to.He should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

@randymiller6596 3 жыл бұрын

I listen to Dr demento on kmet every Sunday and I would listen to him on kola radio for another 2 hours on Sunday he always made things happy and fun I miss hearing him every week I love Dr demento he was one of a kind he was very special in so many different ways I enjoyed this presentation

@thepastcomesalive2082 Жыл бұрын

I am a big fan of Dr. Demento, I found his show when I was a kid in the 80s, he would come on our local radio rock station FM 99-WNOR every Sunday night. I think that laughter is one of gods greatest gifts and laughter is the best medicine, my sister would say when things go wrong, is that you have to hav humor in everything or else you’ll go nuts, and she’s right.

@robertellis4938 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up with Dr. Demento on Sunday nights in the late 70s early 80s on WTOS, the top of Sugarloaf in Maine.

@lorenwalters1334 10 ай бұрын

I really loved his show and I loved the back ground information he would provide

@seththomas9105 8 жыл бұрын

My buddies and I first heard the Doctor in about 81 on a Waterloo Iowa FM station (107.9) on his syndicated show. He gave us not only a laugh but a appreciation of music and a interest in music history and what was out there beside top 40. The variety was awesome. Thank you Doctor Demento, and stay demented!

@davidsthubbins176 4 жыл бұрын

I saw Dr Demento at a Weird Al concert in 2016. I really regret not going up to him and saying hi. BTW, I hope by now he's put his entire collection on a hard drive.

@PumpkinPixie1978 10 жыл бұрын

"Dr. Demento gave me my start and my car runs great now." Emo Phillips. :) Emo Phillips is good at quick and funny comedyy.

@bigroy38 8 жыл бұрын

Heard the Dr before he went nationwide,back in '78,from a family friend who lived in LA.Sent us Sunday night shows on KMET.

@GreenManalishiUSA 2 жыл бұрын

I started listening to Dr. Demento around 1974, when his syndicated show was carried by WNBC-AM in NYC. I remember a time when he visited NYC, and he performed the show live from the WNBC studio. In those days the Dr. Demento show was sponsored by Warner Brothers Records. At the scheduled commercial break, the Doctor announced that he had left the tapes of the commercials back home in California, so he ended up ad libbing spots for new releases by Warner Brothers artists like Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, and Ry Cooder. Radio was a lot simpler and more free-form back then.

@williampetersen9915 5 жыл бұрын

I just came across this video. It's an excellent documentary about the amazing Dr. Demento. I started listening to his show on KMET back in my junior high school days in 1973. It's too bad that they made no mention of Captain Chaos and Jungle Judy.

@robertszymanski717 6 жыл бұрын

First time I heard Doctor Demento was on KPPC FM in Southern California then his show was broadcast from KMET 94.7 FM....I heard all kinds of novelty songs thru out the 1970's...2000's!!

@ThundercatDarklion 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to my dad he got me hooked on Doctor Demento in the 1980's when I was a kid via WLUP in Chicago LOL! :D =^.^=

@larrycreed5049 4 ай бұрын

Every Sunday evening, I would be studying hard as from September 1975 until May 1977. D r. D would be playing as I was competing an Associate Dregree in Industrial Electronics. Some of the classes were homework intensive and Dr. D provided entertainment in busy time in my life.

@rickgregg6026 3 жыл бұрын

Grew up listening to dr. Demento on KYYS, Kansas City is ky-102!!

@kevinloving3141 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I am respected company I also discovered Dr. Dementia back in 79 when I was 17. Stay Demented and I have since I was 17, I am 56 and still Demented

@swat91172 5 жыл бұрын

I am 47, and loved when me and my dad would listen to Dr. Demento every Sunday night.

@MsThebeMoon 10 жыл бұрын

Used to love listening to The Doctor Demento show.

@genalof 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for posting this. Barry Hansen has been one of the greatest teachers in my life.

@rricci 5 жыл бұрын

He's like the uncle who has TONS of cool stories, and you don't want to miss any of them.

@666Brago 10 жыл бұрын

The was awesome. I live in Reno, Nevada and one of my local radio stations used to carry this show and I used to listen to it every week.

@Happysquigglyrudy 3 жыл бұрын

Dammit i wish Under the Smogberry trees was finished :( I could watch this Documentary everyday. I need moreee 😭😭😭😭

@AFloridaSon 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, what an amazing find. My first thought was, "Sunday night, LRS 102 - The Walrus", out of Louisville (the station I would listen to The Dr. on Sunday nights). And then Mom screaming every Monday morning, "Get out of bed or you'll be late for school", then getting to school and reliving the show with classmates. Now I see there was a minor epidemic of tardiness caused by The Dr. Thanks for sharing, tis an insightful video..

@screwyootube1 10 жыл бұрын

Yep, Monday mornings involved a lot of yelling, "Get your ass out of bed! Don't make me tell you again!" in our house as well, back in the late 70s! But the Sunday nights were worth it, LOL! Don't Forget to STAY DEMENTED!!!

@AFloridaSon 10 жыл бұрын

As a pre-note, "They're Coming To Take Me Away" by Napoleon XIV was my favorite. It was only a few years ago, after 20+ years (enough time for the drugs to seep out of my system -haha), I was playing the song for my kids when I realized it was about a 'dog' and not a 'woman'. Ah, the power of purple microdot on a youthful brain.

@rricci 5 жыл бұрын

I can see it all now...(dreamy harp music as scene dissolves to a hot tub with 4 naked ladies....) OOPS! Who put on Cinemax??? Hold on a sec....Ok, lets try this again (dreamy harp music as scene cuts to a TV circa 1982) Announcer (on screen): Next week marks the beginning of a new school year and this year, school administrators are determined to find out why students show up late to school on Mondays and often sleepy. Could it be school hours? We asked Vince Carter of the Mayberry School District. (scene on TV changes to a outdoor scene of a reporter, Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardenal, calling out to Vince Carter) Veracruz de la Jolla Cardenal: Mr. Carter, may I ask you a.... Vince Carter: I can't heeeaar you!!!!! Veracruz de la Jolla Cardenal: I just wanted to ask you a question regarding school hours. Isn't it...how can I put this nicely...INSANE to have school start at 5:30 in the morning. Carter: No, not here in California. Look, we have to compete with the East Coast. Schools there start at 0900, a FULL 1/2 hour after our schools start. We just want our kids to have a fighting chance. It makes them better soldiers...I mean people. Plus, it puts hairs on their chests Veracruz de la Jolla Cardenal Ick!!! Even the female students? Cater: Yes, ma'am. I have this student, Pomer Gyle. He's a little too girly. Always playing his gee-tar and singing. Now, I have this other student, Al Boondy. Great football player. I just hope he doesn't get married too early and becomes a shoe salesman. (ominous notes play and both Carter and Veracruz de la Jolla Cardenal look around nervously) Carter: I just got the feeling of impending doom. Veracruz de la Jolla Cardenal: Yeah, me too....like I'm going to be a fictional character on a sitcom, or something. Mr. Carter, I have one final question: Why are students coming in late on Mondays? Carter: No one knows. It's an ancient Chinese secret. Veracruz de la Jolla Cardenal: Be sure to tune in tomorrow when we reveal how many licks it takes (crunching sound)...never mind. We'll think of something. Back to you, Ted Baxter (end sequence) Annoucer (off screen); The preceding was produced by KROB channel 89, where our motto is "Very funny, FCC...putting us on a channel which no TV can recieve!"

@deniseleekc 10 жыл бұрын

finding billy mumy is in barnes and barnes-wow--DO NOT KNOW HOW I MISSED THAT-it is like a bad episode of the twilight zone!!!..love this-thanks for posting it

@rricci 5 жыл бұрын

Or a lost episode of "Lost In Space"

@nostalgia6578 6 ай бұрын

I heard "Your Feet's Too Big" by Fats Waller on Dr. Demento's Show 40 years ago. "Fishheads" I hated, but "I'm Looking Over My Dead Dog Rover", to this day when I hear that, I LMAO!!! Dark, sick, and hilarious! 🤣

@Aeimos 5 ай бұрын

I went to Alcon 2000 and sat not too far from Dr. Demento when this was played. I got a copy of the VHS still.

@TheGamerZapocalypse 7 жыл бұрын

Roll On you Rolly Polly Fish Heads...Roll On... Thanks for sharing this...Good Times, Good memories :)

@gordonfitterer4660 7 жыл бұрын

eat them up yum

@kevinloving3141 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Muddy hello fadder how is mah darling baby bruddah.

@scottburton2218 8 жыл бұрын

His show is in a class by itself & that's what makes it great.

@BattleBound 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this! I was at ALCON 2000 when this was first played. This has been a wonderful trip down memory lane.

@whatyoulookingat595 6 ай бұрын

Used to listen to Dr Demento on WSPT in the 80's

@VWNate1 7 жыл бұрын

Barry ; It's been forever since you abandoned us in Los Angeles, I was a regular listener on 'The Mighty Met' ~ KMET 94.7 when you were young and living (IIRC) in South Pasadena . THANK YOU for all the great music and Musical Mike's Jazz Corner too =8-) . -Nate

@Parkwaymania 5 жыл бұрын

I miss the Sunday nights of the 80's

@mjjames7910 Жыл бұрын

browsing youtube found this. so glad i did

@xaenon 7 жыл бұрын

I remember the doctor; WOXY Oxford, OH 97.7FM Sunday nights 10-midnight in the 1980s. My crappy generic FM tuner struggled to pick this station up; it would fade in and out and what I could hear was lousy with static, but I listened anyway and never once regretted it.

@baylinkdashyt 3 жыл бұрын

And today -- ok, maybe it's yesterday now -- is the Doc *80th birthday*!

@therealkikiandlala4184 10 жыл бұрын

NO NO NO! WEIRD AL CAN'T HAVE A NORMAL JOB!!! THANK YOU DR.DEMENTO!!!

@AnklepantsSkateZine 9 жыл бұрын

Dr. Demento was so fun. I first heard Wesley Willis on the show ("Vampire Bat" was played). The Christmas shows were the best of them all. Listening to funny X-mas songs on a dark, snowy night with no school in the morning was so relaxing. "Oh, here comes fatty with his sack of shit!"

@jamesfenton7338 7 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm looking over my dead dog Rover, that I overlooked before", I forget the artist, if you could call it that, but it was fun times in LA on Sunday nights.

@raym909 7 жыл бұрын

of all to 60's 70's radio shows, the Dr was one i will never forget KMET was my station. they had the best, i can still remember the DJ names.

@ktsenya2 5 жыл бұрын

While in LA I listened to the good Doctor religiously. But then the family moved to san Diego. Because I wanted to stay in touch with the doctor, I would drive up to the top of Mt Soledad on Sunday nights to get high enough to pick up the FM signal. There I would listen and then finish the evening with HARRISONS mike and then come home around midnite

@misterbanana5591 9 жыл бұрын

I believe I am going to use this baritone and impressions to its fullest. Doc Demento is my type of crowd.

@ThatsnewsTV 5 жыл бұрын

That was great! Thanks for putting it up.

@SonofMrPeanut 10 жыл бұрын

We may not have Under the Smogberry Trees yet, but this certainly whetted my appetite for dementia.

@tinovanderzwan 10 жыл бұрын

i realy love record collectors who share their stuff to the world

@Outshined93 Жыл бұрын

this video totally inspired me to plug in my keyboard and take a nap😊

@trustmeimblack1620 7 жыл бұрын

I remember him playing Cab Calloway during the 1990s swing revival period.

@mantis_monk 10 ай бұрын

The nostalgia ❤😊

@katherinepearson386 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Doctor

@ottagol1985 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this up!

@craigchalmers3491 9 жыл бұрын

l am 41 and i grew up with him dr demento long live the doc

@astrowuff 6 жыл бұрын

I'm 35 and I remember him before the internet :)

@antigen4 5 жыл бұрын

seriously? i thought it was only on in the late 70s

@AluminumTray 9 жыл бұрын

I listened to Dr. D for all of my teens (I was 13 in 1981) on KMET until KMET switched formats and turned into KTWV in 1987. I recorded most of his shows on cassette tape and still have them. :P Then Dr. D was on KLSX in the early 90s. Taped most of those too. Then I didn't listen to him anymore for whatever reason, I think because he was syndicated to everywhere else in the world except southern California.

@79tazman 9 жыл бұрын

Canned Heat with Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson was and is awesome!!

@gordonfitterer4660 7 жыл бұрын

time was on the road again going up the country

@hubertsumlin9697 2 жыл бұрын

A band of record collectors

@Sol-Cutta 2 жыл бұрын

What a amazing man

@bugsfrickingbunny Жыл бұрын

I would listen to his show under the covers in the dark at night. There was nothing like it and still isn't. I love that man for all of the musical knowledge he dropped on me over the many years.

@Otokichi786 5 жыл бұрын

I can't recall ever hearing "The Dr. Demento Show" on ANY local radio station, AM or FM. (did KPOI FM "Underground" or KTUH FM, University of Hawaii play the Doctor?) I kept reading about him from time to time in "culture" magazines. It was Bob Rivers' "twisted repertoire" found at Jelly's, where there were Dr. Demento CD music collections. Speaking of Jelly's, Norm Winter and "Radio Free Hawaii." the very eclectic, listener-programmed "playlist" was the closest thing to Dr. Demento.

@chiefdancingostriche Жыл бұрын

dr demento was born in the city i am living in now.

@robertszymanski717 6 жыл бұрын

Demento is a truly classic one of a kind! He is a legendary gifted man! I hope he lives to age 80 and beyond! Hey Doctor!...when are you coming up to Humboldt County? I would like to meet you dear doctor! ( Like to have my picture taken with you..and my ole lady Liz)....

@peteremmert8551 8 жыл бұрын

Barret did great liner notes for the Atco "Greatest Recordings" LPs from the early 1970s

@therealkikiandlala4184 10 жыл бұрын

Weird Al was just like "Very handsome...... ummmm..."

@SecretTimeWarp 10 жыл бұрын

No, he said "Barry Hansen?" That's Dr. D's name. :)

@therealkikiandlala4184 10 жыл бұрын

Nevermind.

@carpetmonk 10 жыл бұрын

do you smell that?

@umajunkcollector 8 жыл бұрын

where were Julie Brown and Judy Tenuda? I have Stan's box se, a must have. All my DrD C120 cassette tapes mysteriously disappeared? I did not know that he had a connection with the Wrecking Crew. Great vid, a must share! Don

@allanegleston13 10 жыл бұрын

heard him in the early 80s whilst living in glendora ca :)

@jsharp727 10 жыл бұрын

I do Miss Him being on the radio in Phila Pa

@jackadam01 8 ай бұрын

Comedy music is still underground

@YourFreeBeats 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who started listening in 1976, the wannabes with the guy in the garbage bag simply need to give it up. The magic of the Dr Demento show was the music was organic. Not created by millennial hipsters wanting to be famous. How did they even end up in this documentary?

@babytaz2yo 10 жыл бұрын

I spoke to Dr Demento online back with it was in the BETA, we spoke for all of 5 min while his engineer was running some tests

@spudsnet1 9 жыл бұрын

I was there!

@williamball1452 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe add this one to the DVD also!!!!!

@mvunit3 9 жыл бұрын

What was AT "Pico and Sepulveda" when that song was created? because for the past 25 years its been a crappy corner :p.

@johnnycuthbert5032 8 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@barrykoskie9233 4 жыл бұрын

Pico and Sepulveda!

@Mooncalf2012 5 жыл бұрын

If Barnes and Barnes and Barry Bookbinder had never existed, we might never have heard of Barnes and Noble.

@russcase9706 10 жыл бұрын

The Dr is a American treasure as his all his close friends ...

@sabrinacle 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he ever played Tuvan throat singers

@Alex_Watrous 3 жыл бұрын

"Dr demento is the yin to Britney Spears yang"... Lol

@gordonfitterer4660 7 жыл бұрын

roadie for Spirit and Canned Heat , , Man , thats so cool Two of the Greatest and Biggest bands of the Pyschedelic , 60s , Sprit is like the american Moody Blues or Pink Floyd , And Canned Heat best white boy Blues in the U.S.

@colt45peacemaker 3 жыл бұрын

KMET 94.7. Los Angeles

@ellyanna3757 10 ай бұрын

Dr. Demento is Lord Sheogorath.

@mr.pavone9719 2 жыл бұрын

32:52 "Weird" Al has a bachelor's degree in architecture...

@itsame43 5 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to find the radio show on KZfaq its 50/50 sometimes its good on KZfaq but other time its nots

@stebaer 10 жыл бұрын

Yes I go back to Dr.D.back in November of 1980 when I had 1st heard him on the radio 1 Sunday night on WCOZ Then later WROR then Later WZLX but since 1993 he still hasn't come back to Boston & Vicinity but almost did to WEGQ a.k.a.Eagle 93.7 but then it had got taken over by Star 93.7 with a rather annoying publicity stunt 15 hrs.of nothing but Prince's "1999." then a few years later Mike 93.7 took it over & I also found out a few years ago Dr.Demento left the radio to go fully online via Pay Pal but I just can't seem to access his show but should I be able to it costs $3.00 each time around to access a show but I just can't seem to access it if anyone out there has or can? Then do please let me know also?I've been heard on his show like 4 times or so & even once acknowledge via a snail mail request as Listener Ste of Framingham,Ma. back in 1992 for Dickie Goodman's Super Duperman after Dr.d. saiod "It's a bird,it's a plane it's Dead Superman of which i'd also acknowledged with this request But Dr.D. should've added/included "it's an Angel."Years ago here on You Tube My They Drive Ste Brady Request also from 1992 was heard but got removed do to copyright infringement.Time Time 124 was the party that accesed this & it was part of that whole 7/4/92 weekend show of Dr.Demento that had gotten removed from KZfaq.I hope someone can reaccess it on youtube because no sooner had I found & found I was being made famous on KZfaq than it got removed for the reason mentioned above. As Sadly as Truly Ste P.S. And don't forget to stay Demented!

@tooties545 8 жыл бұрын

What happened to Damaskas?

@algonacchick 9 жыл бұрын

I have this on a VHS tape, but I have no vcr, so I'm glad this is here. Question - Who all is in the hot tub at 33:42 besides Weird Al and Dr. Demento? 2 other guys look a lot like Bermuda and Steve Jay. Can anyone verify?

@chrisdolson4840 3 жыл бұрын

Chris Farley at 27:00?

@RedVynil 7 жыл бұрын

Would John Morris be John Tepper Morris in Captain Beefheart's band?

@Poopdick1994 6 жыл бұрын

I need the sound clip at 1:28

@carpetmonk 10 жыл бұрын

EMO PHILLIPS!

@countsickle 9 жыл бұрын

i think DR.D would really be into skratching and turntabilism.

@Cazz8203 10 жыл бұрын

am I the only one who is still thrown off by weird al without glasses and a mustache?

@MarkSiefert 4 жыл бұрын

@0:48 WARNING! WARNING! DANGER! DANGER! WISH THEM INTO THE CORNFIELD, MR. LENNIER!

@rricci 5 жыл бұрын

Hi all. I hate to toot my own horn, but I just sent the Good Doctor an email, and I think it's pretty damn good! Let me know what you all think about it "I don't knowthe name of the song or the artist...I'll explain below. I think it was 1985 or so, you had played a track that through various songs, it used the same words as Stairway To Heaven. I SO bADLY want to hear this again. How badly you asK? Well, I told my friends about it and apparently they didn't believe because those nice young men with the clean white coats came and took me away to yhe funny farm (HA HA!) where I spent my days with a pencil neck geek who had fish heads in his pockets. I heard rumors he had dead puppies in his room, but I wasn't about to find out!!!! Every night we ate Weird Al's bologna. Ever eat bologna 6128 nights in a row? It'll turn you int a junk food junkie and drive you Brady I sent The Good Doctor an email, I wanted to show him my wit. But when he read it over the air, it just turned into a pile of shaving cream. "