Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1991
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Rock

Review

Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time gathers two discs' worth of highlights from the five-volume Dr. Demento Presents series, as well as some of the good doctor's other favorite novelty singles. Anyone familiar with Demento's show will instantly recognize the Firm's "Star Trekkin'," Barnes & Barnes' "Fish Heads," and Darrell Hammond's "Wappin'," while Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash" and Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater" are among the novelty classics that have become part of the mainstream pop culture canon. Weird Al Yankovic's "Eat It," Ray Stevens' "Gitarzan," Julie Brown's "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun," Steve Martin's "King Tut," and Allan Sherman's "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)" are some of the other highlights of this fun collection, which is arguably the only novelty rock album most people will ever need. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Delicious		Jim Backus	(3:09)
The Scotsman	Mike Cross	Bryan Bowers	(2:27)
Junk Food Junkie	Larry Groce	Larry Groce	(3:05)
Eat It	Michael Jackson, Weird Al Yankovic	Weird Al Yankovic	(3:20)
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour On the Bedpost Overnight	Marty Bloom, Ernest Breur, Billy Rose	Lonnie Donegan	(2:30)
Wet Dream	Biff Manard	Kip Addotta	(5:08)
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!	Lou Busch, Sherman	Allan Sherman	(2:49)
Wappin'		Darrell Hammond, Christopher Snell	(3:02)
The Purple People Eater	Sheb Wooley	Sheb Wooley	(2:15)
Monster Mash (Lyrics)	Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Leonard Capizzi	Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Crypt-Kickers	(3:13)
Cocktails for Two	Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow	Spike Jones & His City Slickers	(2:58)
Transfusion	Justin Drake	Nervous Norvus	(2:27)
Beep Beep	Carl Cicchetti, Donald Claps	The Playmates	(2:47)
St. George and the Dragonet	Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Walter Schumann	Stan Freberg	(3:26)
Witch Doctor	Ross Bagdasarian	David Seville	(2:21)
Gitarzan (Lyrics)	Ray Stevens, Bill Everette	Ray Stevens	(3:15)
Earache My Eye - Featuring Alice Bowie		Cheech & Chong, Alice Bowie	(5:22)
Dead Puppies	Bill Frenzer	Ogden Edsl	(2:12)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Dancin' Fool	Frank Zappa	Frank Zappa	(3:36)
Star Trekkin'		Firm	(3:47)
The Time Warp			(3:19)
Masochism Tango	Tom Lehrer	Tom Lehrer	(2:56)
The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun	Julie Brown, Charles Coffey, Ray Colcord, Terrence McNally	Julie Brown	(4:41)
The Ballad of Irving	John Aylesworth, Frank Peppiatt	Frank Gallop	(3:27)
The Battle of Kookamonga	Jimmie Driftwood	Homer & Jethro	(2:39)
King Tut	Steve Martin	Steve Martin, Toot Uncommons	(2:39)
Der Fuehrer's Face	Oliver Wallace	Spike Jones & His City Slickers	(2:12)
Fish Heads	Artie Barnes	Barnes & Barnes	(2:26)
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park	Tom Lehrer	Tom Lehrer	(2:09)
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out	Shel Silverstein	Shel Silverstein	(2:47)
The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati			(2:11)
Surfin' Bird (Lyrics)	Brian Wilson, Robert Harris, Carl White, Al Frazier	The Trashmen	(2:24)
Pencil Neck Geek	Pete Cicero	Fred Blassie	(3:29)
Ti Kwan Leep/Boot to the Head		The Frantics	(6:08)
Existential Blues			(6:14)
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!		Napoleon XIV	(2:10)

Credits

Jim Backus (Performer), Barnes & Barnes (Performer), Fred Blassie (Performer), Julie Brown (Performer), Cheech & Chong (Performer), Dr. Demento (Main Performer), Dr. Demento (Liner Notes), Dr. Demento (Compilation), Stan Freberg (Performer), Homer & Jethro (Performer), Tom Lehrer (Performer), Steve Martin (Performer), Nervous Norvus (Performer), Bobby "Boris" Pickett (Performer), David Seville (Performer), Allan Sherman (Performer), Sheb Wooley (Performer), Ray Stevens (Performer), Bryan Bowers (Performer), Shel Silverstein (Performer), The Trashmen (Performer), Spike Jones (Performer), Lonnie Donegan (Performer), The Playmates (Performer), Larry Groce (Performer), Kip Addotta (Performer), Ken Perry (Remastering), The Frantics (Performer), Frank Zappa (Performer), Bill Inglot (Remastering), Napoleon XIV (Performer), Weird Al Yankovic (Performer), Frank Gallop (Performer), Geoff Gans (Art Direction), Spike Jones & His City Slickers (Performer), Rocky Schenck (Photography), Joan Farber (Design), Ogden Edsl (Performer), Crypt Keepers (Performer), The Firm (Performer), Firm (Performer), Toot Uncommons (Performer), Crypt-Kickers (Performer), Darrell Hammond (Performer), Christopher Snell (Performer), Steve Clark (Drums), Alice Bowie (Performer)