Dr Demento: Very Best of

Dr. Demento | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000056W0C
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,182 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #32 in Music > Miscellaneous > Holiday > Halloween

Track Listings

1. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

2. Yoda

3. The Scotsman

4. Fish Heads

5. Bulbous Bouffant

6. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!

7. My Dead Dog Rover

8. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow

9. Nanook Rubs It

10. Star Trekkin'

11. Pencil Neck Geek

12. Ti Kwan Leep/Boot to the Head

13. Marvin, I Love You

14. The Smoke Off

15. Dead Puppies

16. Shaving Cream

17. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: DR. DEMENTO
Title: VERY BEST OF DR. DEMENTO
Street Release Date: 02/06/2001
Domestic
Genre: COMEDY COLLECTIONS

Customer Reviews

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvin, I LOVE you!, May 26, 2001

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Derek C. Bontreger "derekb27" (Goshen, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr Demento: Very Best of (Audio CD)

This is a very nice collection of some of Dr. Demento's best hits on his radio show. I actually have many, many other Dr. Demento albums and so when I bought this most of them were repeats for me, but it was all worth it for the song "Marvin, I Love You" by Marvin the Paranoid Android, which makes its first appearance on CD ever right here! This is a very sweet song and listening to it will make you almost want to cry for the poor robot. It's also nice to hear Dr. Demento himself getting in on the act in his rendition of "Shaving Cream." "Posioning Pigeons..." is one of Tom Lehrer's best, I just love his voice! "Bulbous Bouffant" and "Ti Kwan Leep" have musical qualities to them, but they're more comedy sketches than songs. "Fish Heads", "Hello Muddah...", and "They're Coming..." are great classics. I'm also glad that Dr. D. decided to only put one Weird Al song ("Yoda") on here as well, because he usually tends to overdo his compiliation albums with too many Al songs. I mean, Al's a great singer (I have all his ALbums), but leave room for other talented people! Be warned though, some songs are mildly offensive. Other than the obvious ("Posioning Pigeons...", "My Dead Dog Rover", and "Dead Puppies") one of the tracks features Shel Silverstein (and yes, I mean that late, great children's author) using many swear words (including the "f" word, but that one is bleeped out), "Shaving Cream" just fools you into thinking it's going to cuss, and "The Scotsman" jokes about what ISN'T present underneath those kilts. And finally, if you plan on collecting ALL of the other Demento albums (on CD's), then you should know that the only ones that aren't repeats are: "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow", "Nanook Rubs It", "Marvin, I Love You", "The Smoke Off", and this special version of "Shaving Cream." But, if you're like me, then it's still worth it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just What the Doctor Ordered., April 22, 2004

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tvtv3 "tvtv3" (Sorento, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr Demento: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Several years ago there used to be an affiliate of the now-defunked children's radio group known as Radio Ahhs! (Radio Ahhs! no longer exists because of the Walt Disney Company). Anyway, the local affiliate in the St. Louis area used to play some of the coolest music around. Just about everyone I knew from my younger siblings to high school students and our parents listened to the station from time to time because of the original and highly entertaining music. Some of the songs I remember hearing from those times are on this album and I know now that a lot of the music they played originated from Dr. Demento. Some of my favorites on the album include:

"Yoda"

"Fish Heads"

"Bulbuous Bouffant"

"Hellow Mudduh, Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp)"

"Star Trekkin'"

"Ti Kwan Leep/Boot to the Head"

"Marvin, I Love You"

"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"

"Bulbous Bouffant" and "Ti Kwan Leep/Boot to the Head" aren't really songs but are comedy sketches that are just as entertaining as anything done by Monty Python. "Fish Heads" is one of the songs I remember from Radio Ahhs! and in reading the liner notes that are included with the disc, I found out that Bill Muny from LOST IN SPACE fame is one of the two members of the group that sings "Fish Heads". Dr. Demento is largely responsible for Wierd Al Yankovic even having a career, but it's nice to see that on this album the only song by Wierd Al is "Yoda". However, Wierd Al also wrote the introduction to the liner booklet. "The Smoke Off" by Shel Silverstein is probably the most offensive song on the cd because of the cursing and the subject matter (it's about a pot smoking competition). There are a couple other tunes that verge on the edge of vulgarity, but "The Smoke Off" is really the only one that crosses the line.
Overall, this is a good album for anyone looking for some truly original music to own. It's also a good way to introduce people to dementia music and the crazy world of Dr. Demento.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HE HE, HA HA, September 8, 2008

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Venessa Valdez "VDLVH" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr Demento: Very Best of (Audio CD)

I only bought the cd for "They're coming to take me away, he he, ha ha" but have thoroughly enjoyed the rest of it and am very satisfied w/my purchase!