Dr. Demento's Demented Christmas Picks - December 1982

[Jeff Morris]

Last night drdemento.com added a hodge podge of three different items.
Here are the playlists for those.

http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd82p.xmas.html
http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd71l.1225.html
http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd72p.1112.html

playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show
Dr. Demento's Demented Christmas Picks - December 1982

In a memo dated December 10, 1982, associate producer Robert Young informed
stations about these special one-song Dr. Demento shows which were sent out
on an LP. This was the first time Westwood One pressed Dr. Demento shows on
vinyl, over a year before the regular weekly show switched to vinyl.

It is believed that this LP went to all Westwood One affiliates, not just
those who carried Dr. Demento. Stations could air them at any time. It's
not known which stations did or when.

The concept of one-song Dr. Demento shows was tried again the following year
with Dr. Demento's Demented Pick Of The Week.

NOTE: Th LP label calls it Dr. Demento's Demented Christmas Hits rather than
Picks. The LP also included the same 6 songs "in the clear" on the flip
side, without Dr. D's intro/outro so stations could play the songs in their
regular programming if desired.

Intro: Holiday Greeting

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy

Christmas Carol - Tom Lehrer

Wreck The Halls - The Three Stooges

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones

White Christmas - The Drifters

I Found The Brains Of Santa Claus - Jason & The Straptones


playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show
The Dr. Demento Show (live on KMET) - December 25, 1971 (5p-7p)?
NOTE: This playlist is incomplete.

Leave The Dishes In The Sink, Ma - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Christmas Salad:
Christmas Island - Andrews Sisters
Donde Esta Santa Claus? (Where Is Santa Claus?) - Augie Rios
Santa Claus is Comin' To Town - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
Here Comes Santa Claus - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
Santa Claus - Walter Davis
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey
The Chipmunk Song - Canned Heat & The Chipmunks [complete]
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - ?
Santa's Comin' In A Whirlybird - Gene Autry
Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol) - Bobby Helms
(Is Santa Claus Comin' To Stay?) - ?
Santa, No Chimney - The Osmond Brothers
"So what?!"
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd
Santa's Beard - The Beach Boys
Run, Rudolph, Run - Chuck Berry [complete]
The Beatles' Third Christmas Record - The Beatles [complete]
Christmas Balls - Ben Light & His Surf Club Boys [complete]


playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show
The Steven Clean Show (live on KMET) - November 12, 1972 (12:45a-1a)
NOTE: Dr. Demento made a brief guest appearance on Steven Clean's show
this night. The Dr. Demento Show had started as a segment on Steven Clean's
show on KPPC two years earlier, and then became its own show. This may have
been Dr. D's last appearance on Steven Clean's show.

I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted - Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
Don't You Make Me High - Blue Lu Barker
The Way I Feel - The Drifters f/ Clyde McPhatter
You'd Be Surprised - Orrin Tucker & His Orchestra
That Old Black Magic - Spike Jones & His City Slickers

[erikred]

Are you sure of the Osmond song because I have never heard that song. Now I have a copy of Jimmy Osmaong singing IT Never Snow in LA.......

It never snows in LA so Santa don't bring me a sleigh/ I'll leave the keys by the door cause there's no chimney anymore/ Remember where you are/ you better bring your car/ Cause there's no snow In LA.

Love the song and it rates right up there with R2D2 We wish you a Merry Christmas

and if the snow becomes too deep, just give a little beep/ we'll go in by the fire and warm your little wire

Maybe I'm wrong but don't you think meco was being a little suggestive?