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Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Christmas Novelty CD

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  • Audio CD (July 31, 1989)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rhino
  • ASIN: B00000348G
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,837 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. The Chipmunk Song - Chipmunks
2. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones & His City Slickers
3. Jingle Bells - Singing Dogs
4. Twelve Gifts of Christmas, The - Allan Sherman
5. I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey
6. Nuttin' For Christmas - Stan Freberg
7. A Christmas Carol - Tom Lehrer
8. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
9. I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson
10. Twelve Days of Christmas, The - Bob and Doug McKenzie
11. Green Christmas - Stan Freberg
12. I'm A Christmas Tree - Wild Man Fischer
13. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Kip Addotta
14. Santa Claus And His Old Lady - Cheech & Chong
15. Christmas At Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic
16. Christmas Dragnet - Stan Freberg & Daws Butler

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The title might be immodest, but it's accurate. Just about every holiday song parody and comedy sketch you can imagine is jimmied onto this hilarious, sprawling collection. While you'll find a smattering of well-known Christmas wackiness (including "Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer" and the Singing Dogs' "Jingle Bells"), the Doctor's specialty is unearthing the obscure, such as Wild Man Fischer's weirder-than-weird "I Am a Christmas Tree." You'll never listen to "The 12 Days of Christmas" quite the same way after hearing the spins put on the tale by both Allan Sherman and Bob and Doug McKenzie, and you're likely to check your Christmas cookie for "special ingredients" after hearing Cheech & Chong's "Santa Claus and His Old Lady." --David Sprague

Product Description

Yikes! Includes Jingle Bells Singing Dogs; Nuttin' for Christmas Stan Freberg; Christmas at Ground Zero Weird Al Yankovic; A Christmas Carol Tom Lehrer; I'm a Christmas Tree Wild Man Fisher with Dr. Demento, and more.

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It is indeed "the greatest Christmas novelty CD of all time". Johnny Heering  |  21 reviewers made a similar statement
I really dont understand why some people call this album unsuitable for children. christmas lover  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Christmas Novelty CD November 9, 2006
Format:Audio CD
I have searched and searched for the song "I want a Hippo... for Christmas" and found it! This CD contained several silly songs that are hard to find these days and rarely heard anymore. Thanks!
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars and a Japanese transistor radio November 20, 2004
Format:Audio CD
This one lives up to it's title. It is indeed "the greatest Christmas novelty CD of all time". You get practically every great Christmas novelty song ever recorded. Classics from the Chipmunks, Spike Jones, Stan Freberg and many others. It even includes that overplayed "Grandma" song. My personal favorite Christmas novelty, "Green Chri$tma$", is here. And chances are that your favorite Christmas novelty is here, too. This is one of my favorite CDs from my huge Christmas CD collection. Highly recommended.
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35 of 42 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars NOT your average Christmas collection July 18, 2000
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Dr. Demento's collection of Holiday novelty songs is a weird and wonderful find. Just when it looked like the genre had been trampled to death with the success of "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," the good Doctor shows us that there are richer (and funnier) X-mas musical parodies to enjoy.

Granted, some of these tracks are inevitable additions on Christmas discs that cover a specific era, or only include songs that were commercial successes: the tracks by the Chipmunks, Spike Jones and Elmo & Patsy are almost as tedious as a Kenny G Holiday collection. Fortunately, there are plenty of lesser-known gems here, like Gayla Peevey's bouncy "I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas" and Tom Lehrer's "Christmas Carol," a witty and sharp commentary on Holiday commercialism.

This collections spans about 40 years, but the selections generally complement each other, rather than sound out of place. The humor of the material here also spans a wide area, from goofy-voiced tunes for kids to sly, insinuating musical parody. Some of the choices are obvious, but others are wonderfully inexplicable, like "I'm A Christmas Tree" and "I Saw DADDY Kissing Santa Claus." Two of the more recent tracks (from Cheech & Chong and Weird Al Yankovic) are classics that appear (to my knowledge) in this collection only.

There are a few lame entries: "Christmas Dragnet" will only appeal to fans of the TV show, and Bob & Doug McKenzie's (of SCTV fame) "12 Days of Christmas" is similarly limited. The "Jingle Bells" cover here is simply annoying, though it's probably appealing to kids and drunks.

Christmas music, as a sub-genre of Pop music, is generally not an area that produces a lot of unique performances. The sentiments and well-wishings of classic songs like "Silent Night" or even "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" tend to be lost when people buy collections for the singer and not the material. Dr. Demento's addled and brilliant collection is a sure-bet for people who are tired of Diva-esque Christmas albums, or who simply refuse to be conventional.

-Mic

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good product but not what I was looking for
I had ordered this for the Hippopotamus song but it wasnt the version I was looking for, so not a bad product just not what I wanted.
Published 1 day ago by jac73
5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest of the Goofy Christmas Ones
My absolutely favorite, just plain ole crazy Christmas songs. I always have loved Christmas but this makes it even more fun.
Published 1 month ago by Donna C. Hamby
5.0 out of 5 stars Excillent.
I first had this album as a box set of 6 albums & after lending it out, the Christmas album was warped & I finally have replaced it & has been great listening to it again after so... Read more
Published 1 month ago by E. Sankey
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank You, Dr. Demento!
It wouldn't be Christmas without these songs! OK, it would still be Christmas but it wouldn't be as much fun!
Published 2 months ago by R. K. Peterson
5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Demento CD
Have looked all over to get this cd and am so pleased that we were able to find it-very entertaining and fun to listen to.
Published 2 months ago by Sandra Westrum
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Not your mamas Christmas Carols. Delivered on time. What a treat to listen to something a little bit different on Christmas. A new holiday tradition.
Published 2 months ago by shegg
1.0 out of 5 stars I hated it
I was totally disappointed in the Christmas cd. these to me were Not the novelty ones i remember.
I am 70 years old & I would NOT recommend this album.
Published 3 months ago by Rose McCreary
5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas CD
I bought this cd to go along with the book "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas". I use it at school and the four year olds love the song and the book.
Published 3 months ago by tina broadbent
5.0 out of 5 stars great
Found the right song with original artist we wanted. For my little great niece. She wants it played most every day.
Published 3 months ago by Babs
3.0 out of 5 stars Hippo Christmas song
I recently heard the I want a Hippo for Christmas song. The song is from the 50s & I could not find the original album or a CD. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Miss C
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