Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection
Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection is a release by radio disc jockey Dr. Demento to celebrate 25 years since the beginning of his radio career and novelty song show. It covers many of the novelty and comedy songs from the 1950s to the early 1990s, such as Shaving Cream by Benny Bell, to the then recent release of Smells Like Nirvana by "Weird Al" Yankovic, whose popularity was boosted by Demento. It is also a sequel to the previous album, Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection.
| Dr. Demento 25th Anniversary Collection | |
|---|---|
| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1996 |
| Genre | Comedy rock, Novelty songs |
| Length | 1:55:00 |
| Label | Rhino Records |
| Producer | Various |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| allmusic |  |
Track listing
Disc one
| # | Title | Performer(s) | Time | Writer(s) | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Smells Like Nirvana" | Weird Al Yankovic | 3:44 | Kurt Cobain / Alfred Yankovic | 1992 |
| 2 | "Heart Break Hotel" | Stan Freberg | 2:27 | Mae Boren Axton / Tommy Durden / Elvis Presley | 1956 |
| 3 | "The Curley Shuffle" | Jump 'N The Saddle Band | 2:54 | Peter Quinn | 1983 |
| 4 | "Rubber Buscuit" | The Chips | 2:06 | Charlie Johnson | 1962 |
| 5 | "The Martian Boogie" | Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group | 4:18 | Marty Bloom/Ernest Breur/Billy Rose | 1985 |
| 6 | "Fast Food" | Stevens and Grdnic | 2:22 | Ron Stevens and Joe Grdnic | 1993 |
| 7 | "Car Phone" | Sheller and Sheller | 2:49 | Chip Davis and Bill Fries | 1980 |
| 8 | "Highly Illogical" | Leonard Nimoy | 3:02 | Christopher Snell | 1969 |
| 9 | "One More Minute" | Weird Al Yankovic | 4:02 | Alfred Yankovic | 1984 |
| 10 | "No, I Don't Wanna Do That" | Happy Schapps Combo | 3:13 | Bobby Pickett/Leonard L. Capizzi | 1992 |
| 11 | "Dance of The Hour" | Spike Jones and his City Slickers | 2:58 | Arthur Johnston/Sam Coslow | 1944 |
| 12 | "My Dead Dog Rover" | Nervous Norvus | 2:18 | 1956 | |
| 13 | "There's a New Sound" | Tony Burrello | 2:23 | Tony Burrello / Tom Murray | 1958 |
| 14 | "When I Was a Dinosaur" | Trout Fishing in America | 2:41 | Larry Armer . David Egan | 1991 |
| 15 | "The Old Philosopher" | Eddie Lawrence | 3:15 | Eddie Lawrence | 1958 |
| 16 | "I'm a Happy Boy" | Beat Farmers | 1:17 | Jeff Becker / Dane Conover | 1980 |
| 17 | "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" | Tiny Tim | 1:51 | Joe Burke /Al Dubin | 1966 |
| 18 | "Shaving Cream" | Benny Bell | 2:12 | Benny Bell | 1947 |
Disc two
| # | Title | Performer(s) | Time | Writer(s) | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Particle Man" | They Might Be Giants | 1:56 | John Flansburgh / John Linnell | 1990 |
| 2 | "Sensitive New Age Guys" | Christine Lavin | 3:39 | John Gorka / Christine Lavin | 1987 |
| 3 | "The Huntin Song" | Tom Lehrer | 1:45 | Tom Lehrer | 1959 |
| 4 | "Achy Breaky Song" | Weird Al Yankovic | 3:21 | Alfred Yankovic | 1993 |
| 5 | "In Heaven, There is No Beer" | Clean Living | 2:28 | 1988 | |
| 6 | "I Gotta Get A Fake ID" | Barnes and Barnes with Friends | 3:05 | Artie Barnes | 1980 |
| 7 | "Peter the Meter Reader" | Meri Wilson | 2:30 | Meri Wilson | 1960 |
| 8 | "Everybody Wants My Fanny" | Benny Bell | 2:08 | Benny Bell | 1948 |
| 9 | "Entering Marion" | John Forster | 2:12 | John Foster | 1992 |
| 10 | "Cause I'm a Blond" | Julie Brown | 2:15 | Julie Brown / Charles Coffey/ Dennis Poore | 1989 |
| 11 | "Leader of the Laundromat" | The Detergents | 3:12 | Lee Pockriss / Paul Vance | 1965 |
| 12 | "Sing a Song of the Sewer" | Arthur Carney | 2:37 | Matt Dubey | 1969 |
| 13 | "Mr. Custer" | Larry Vern | 2:11 | Fred Darian / Al DeLory / Joseph VanWinkle | 1974 |
| 14 | "Second Week of Deer Camp" | Da Yoopers | 2:49 | Jim DeCaire / Joe Potila | 1987 |
| 15 | "Timothy" | Buoys | 2:46 | Rupert Holmes | 1975 |
| 16 | "Stardrek" | Peter Ferrara / Bobby "Boris" Picket | 4:52 | The Frantics | 1987 |
| 17 | "Three Little Pigs" | Green Jellÿ | 4:21 | Marc Levinthal / Bill Manspeaker | 1989 |
| 18 | "Moose Turd Pie" | Utah Philips | 5:20 | 1967 |
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