The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - September 10, 1978 (6p-10p)

[Jeff Morris]

Not only does this show feature an interview with John Landis,
producer of Animal House, but it is also the debut of Barnes & Barnes
on the show, with both "Fish Heads" and an early version of "Boogie
Woogie Amputee".

What's amazing is that Dr. D immediately draws a parallel between
"Fish Heads" and the one-year-old (at that time) "Dead Puppies", the
two songs which for decades to come would battle it out for the top
spot on the list of most requested songs in the history of the show.

Also, Damaskas immediately says he thinks Barnes & Barnes have a great
future in store for them on the top ten! Such prophetic statements
about new artists are rarely made on the show.


playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show
The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - September 10, 1978 (6p-10p)
Special Topic: our very special guest, the producer of the silliest
movie in America today, Animal House, Mr. John Landis

Hooray, Hooray, I'm Goin' Away - Beatrice Kay
Can You Dig It - Jerry Samuels

Back To School Again - Timmie "Oh Yeah" Rogers
New School Teacher - Avon Comedy Four
School Days - Disney voices
School Days - Stan Ross
School Cafeteria - Alfred Yankovic

I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus (side 1 excerpt) - Firesign
Theater
Us On A Bus - Fats Waller
I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus (side 2 excerpt) - Firesign
Theater
Cobwebs And Strange - The Who

College Life - Billy Murray
Bright College Days (live w/ intro) - Tom Lehrer
Hello There - Jerry Ragni, Denise Delapenha, Leata Galloway, Robin
Moore, Jim Rado, & Sakinah (from Disinhairited LP)
Hello, I Love You - The C.S. Kazoo Band Plus One
Night Fever - Heebe Geebees
Up In Smoke - Cheech & Chong

Listening To Music - Ron Jacobs & cast
Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And
Grooving With A Pict - Pink Floyd/Make Your Bird A Star (excerpt) -
Georgie Gobird
The Middle Of The House - Rusty Draper
Whistler And His Dog - Arthur Pryor's Band

Come After Breakfast, Bring Your Lunch, And Leave Before Suppertime -
Arthur Collins
Inflation - Moore Sisters & The Big Buckaroos
One Meat Ball - Jimmy Savo
Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes

Phonetic Punctuation (studio version) - Victor Borge
The Old Sow Song (w/o intro) - Rudy Vallee/Cyril Smith
Caught Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - B. J. Walton
Shish-kabob - Benny Bell

The Farmer - Bob Skyles & The Skyrockets
In The Mood - Henhouse Five Plus Too
Little White Duck - Burl Ives
There Was A Fungus Among Us - Terry Noland
Boa Constrictor - Shel Silverstein

Minnie The Moocher (12" disco version) - Cab Calloway
Music Business Lament - Anonymous

Animal House - Stephen Bishop
Guest: John Landis
You Went The Wrong Way Old King Louie - Allan Sherman
Stand Up - National Lampoon

I'm A-Rollin' - Jackie Miles
When I See An Elephant Fly - Crow Quintet from Dumbo
Lobby Number - Danny Kaye

Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) - Spike Jones & His Wacky
Wakakians
Faber College Theme - Elmer Bernstein/Louie Louie - John Belushi/
Twistin' The Night Away (brief accidental excerpt) - Sam Cooke
Faber College Theme (end only) - Elmer Bernstein/Louie Louie - John
Belushi
The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein

#10 C.B. Savage - Rod Hart

Hi Hi Hi On The Demento Show (brief in-studio performance) - Sulu
#9 It's A Gas - Alfred E. Neuman
#8 My Dead Dog Rover - Stu, Dave & Hank & The Aeolian Duo-Art Piano
#7 Window Shopping - Damaskas
#6 Fish License/Eric The Half A Bee - Monty Python

#5 Gilligan's Island (Stairway) - Little Roger & The Goosebumps
#4 Frosty The Dope Man - Marc Zydiac
EXTRA: Boogie Woogie Amputee - Barnes & Barnes

#3 King Tut - Steve Martin
EXTRA: Knockers Up - Rusty Warren
The Bagel Tree (brief in-studio performance) - Ludicrous Lori
#2 The Bagel Tree - Sulu & Janet Bieber
EXTRA: Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes - Lewis Lee
#1 Titties And Beer (lightly censored)- Frank Zappa

[R H Draney]

Post by Jeff Morris
Not only does this show feature an interview with John Landis,
producer of Animal House, but it is also the debut of Barnes & Barnes
on the show, with both "Fish Heads" and an early version of "Boogie
Woogie Amputee".
What's amazing is that Dr. D immediately draws a parallel between
"Fish Heads" and the one-year-old (at that time) "Dead Puppies", the
two songs which for decades to come would battle it out for the top
spot on the list of most requested songs in the history of the show.

About three years earlier than the John Landis appearance I remember in which he
tells Dr D that his next project is called "An American Werewolf In London", and
has to explain that it has nothing to do with the Warren Zevon song of a similar
title...also that was unable to secure a couple of appropriate tunes for the
soundtrack from various people (Bob Dylan for his cover of "Blue Moon", Cat
Stevens for "Moon Shadow") for religious reasons....r

[John Lorentz]

Post by R H Draney
About three years earlier than the John Landis appearance I remember in which he
tells Dr D that his next project is called "An American Werewolf In London", and
has to explain that it has nothing to do with the Warren Zevon song of a similar
title...also that was unable to secure a couple of appropriate tunes for the
soundtrack from various people (Bob Dylan for his cover of "Blue Moon", Cat
Stevens for "Moon Shadow") for religious reasons....r

Then after this, came John Landis' appearance to promote The Blues
Brothers movie, complete with at least one song that didn't make the
cut for the soundtrack album (or the movie).

[Jeff Morris]

Post by John Lorentz

Post by R H Draney
About three years earlier than the John Landis appearance I remember in which he
tells Dr D that his next project is called "An American Werewolf In London", and
has to explain that it has nothing to do with the Warren Zevon song of a similar
title...

Then after this, came John Landis' appearance to promote The Blues
Brothers movie, complete with at least one song that didn't make the
cut for the soundtrack album (or the movie).

Those are both the summer 1980 Dr. D interview with John Landis.