History Creator / DrDemento

* RealSongThemeTune: The opening theme is "Pico and Sepulveda", originally recorded by Freddy Martin (under the name Felix Figueroa) in 1947, but eventually replaced with an instrumental version. Every episode closes with the 1928 song "Cheerio, Cherry Lips, Cheerio" by Scrappy Lambert.

* AlliterativeName: Not just his own on-air name, but his crew of regulars mostly had alliterative nicknames too (Whimsical Will, Musical Mike, Jovial Joan, etc.)

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Tends to SoundEffectBleep out naughty words on his broadcasts, including an epic version of Creator/GeorgeCarlin's [[SevenDirtyWords "seven dirty words"]] routine with a different effect for each word.

%%* ChristmasInJuly: An annual tradition on his show.

%%* IncomingHam: "WIND UP YOUR RADIOS!!"

He is [[NoodleIncident reportedly]] one of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson's]] [[SitcomArchnemesis arch-enemies.]] Off the air, he has an extensive knowledge of music history, and has written articles, essays, and liner notes on a wide variety of music subjects.

* TheCameo

*** He also stands in for Creator/AllenGinsberg in Weird Al's "Bob" (which reproduces the video for [[Music/BringingItAllBackHome "Subterranean Homesick Blues"]]).
*** He's also an audience member in ''Film/{{UHF}}'' who gets whipped cream sprayed into his mouth by Stanley.
** Also has a small role in the video for "Fish Heads" by Barnes & Barnes (which was directed by and starred Creator/BillPaxton).
* ChristmasInJuly: An annual tradition on his show.

* FilkSong: He played some examples in TheSeventies and TheEighties. [[Creator/LeonardNimoy "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"]] got regular play on his show long before its later viral fame. But starting in TheNineties (spurred on by the initial Web boom) it became one of the staple genres of the show.
* IncomingHam: "WIND UP YOUR RADIOS!!"
* InnocentInnuendo

-->''Stay demented!''

* BlackComedy: A staple of the show, exemplified by the all-time second most-requested song, "Dead Puppies (Aren't Much Fun)" by Ogden Edsl. Usually with a good helping of LyricalDissonance to boot.

* BlackComedy: A staple of the show, exemplified by the all-time most-requested song, "Dead Puppies (Aren't Much Fun)" by Ogden Edsl. Usually with a good helping of LyricalDissonance to boot.

* OutsiderMusic: He plays it once in a while, sometimes in a SoBadItsGood vein, other times with genuine esteem for the material. Music/TheShaggs got their first known radio airplay on his show in 1973 (as selected by his guest Music/FrankZappa). He also helped revive the career of Wild Man Fischer.

** Often turns up in Weird Al music-videos. He's one of the TV operators in the video for "I Lost On Jeopardy" and is an audience member in ''Film/{{UHF}}'' who gets whipped cream sprayed into his mouth by Stanley. He also stands in for Creator/AllenGinsberg in Weird Al's "Bob" (which reproduces the video for [[Music/BringingItAllBackHome "Subterranean Homesick Blues"]]).
** At the 1:10 mark in the "I Love Rocky Road" video, he appears behind the cash register for a couple of seconds as a cashier.

** Often turns up in Weird Al music-videos. He's one of the TV operators in the video for "I Lost On Jeopardy" and is an audience member in ''Film/{{UHF}}'' who gets whipped cream sprayed into his mouth by Stanley.

Dr. Demento (AKA Barret Eugene Hansen, born April 2, 1941) is a disc jockey and ethnomusicologist who achieved fame and/or infamy with his long-running syndicated radio program which features strange and bizarre novelty tunes of every type and description. Along with reviving popular interest in performers such as Music/SpikeJones and Music/TomLehrer, he introduced Music/WeirdAlYankovic to the world, which is pretty much a lifetime achievement in itself. Other performers often associated with his show include Music/DaYoopers, Music/NapoleonXIV, Music/IvorBiggun, and Music/TheGreatLukeSki.

* RealSongThemeTune: The opening theme is "Pico and Sepulveda", originally recorded by Freddy Martin (under the name Felix Figueroa) in 1947, but eventually replaced with an instrumental version.

* WrapUpSong: Every episode closes with the 1928 song "Cheerio, Cherry Lips, Cheerio" by Scrappy Lambert.

* RealSongThemeTune: The opening theme is "Pico and Sepulveda", originally recorded by Freddy Martin (under the name Felix Figueroa) in 1947, but eventually replaced with an instrumental version. The show closes with the 1928 song "Cheerio, Cherry Lips, Cheerio" by Scrappy Lambert.

Dr. Demento (AKA Barret Eugene Hansen, born April 2, 1941) is a disc jockey and ethnomusicologist who achieved fame and/or infamy with his long-running syndicated radio program which features strange and bizarre novelty tunes of every type and description. Along with reviving popular interest in performers such as Music/SpikeJones and Music/TomLehrer, he introduced Music/WeirdAlYankovic to the world, which is pretty much a lifetime achievement in itself. Other performers often associated with his show include Music/DaYoopers, Music/NapoleonXIV, and Music/TheGreatLukeSki.