S8E399 - Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection with Nick County

Are novelty records cool? Probably not, but this week's guest, musician/songwriter Nick County, makes the case that the best ones are artistically valid, culturally relevant and - most importantly - a hoot! We embraced the weird and dove head-first into Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Collection. Caution: freaks ahead... Songs discussed in this episode: Pico & Sepulveda - Felix Figueroa and His Orchestra; Welcome 2 Where U Been, Psycho, In Texas - Nick County; Another One Rides The Bus - 'Weird Al' Yankovic; Transfusion - Nervous Norvus; Eat It, My Balogna - 'Weird Al' Yankovic; Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight) - Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group; In Spite Of All The Danger - The Quarrymen; Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight - Billy Jones & Ernest Hare; Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh - Allan Sherman; Earache My Eye - Cheech & Chong feat. Alice Bowie; Dave's Not Here - Cheech & Chong; Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl; Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa; Star Trekkin - The Firm; Walmart - Jesse Welles; Big Parlay Blues - Silver Bluff Blues Band; King Tut - Steve Martin; Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes; Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer; A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash; Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out - Shel Silverstein; Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball - Dr Hook; They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV; Red Rocky Road - Nick County