Dr Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time

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Editorial reviews

From Amazon.com
The title might be immodest, but it's accurate. Just about every holiday song parody and comedy sketch you can imagine is jimmied onto this hilarious, sprawling collection. While you'll find a smattering of well-known Christmas wackiness (including "Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer" and the Singing Dogs' "Jingle Bells"), the Doctor's specialty is unearthing the obscure, such as Wild Man Fischer's weirder-than-weird "I Am a Christmas Tree." You'll never listen to "The 12 Days of Christmas" quite the same way after hearing the spins put on the tale by both Allan Sherman and Bob and Doug McKenzie, and you're likely to check your Christmas cookie for "special ingredients" after hearing Cheech & Chong's "Santa Claus and His Old Lady." --David Sprague

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Customer reviews

review by: Arcaton date: 2006-01-03 rating:
Great selection, Great Collection
We need more folks like Dr Demento! For non -US readers Dr D presents a radio show showcasing what used to be called "novelty records" and it was while chasing one of these round the Net (I want a Hippopotamus" by Gayla Peevey if you must know) I came upon this collection.
And WHAT a collection. From Spike Jones' "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" (lisped thuperbly by George Rock) to the Spectoresque "Christmas at Ground Zero" by Wierd Al there is stuff here that most radio shows won't dare broadcast now. Buy it! even if only for "I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas" by Stan Freburg ("Had a good season? Excellent!")
In a world of dreary political correctness and dull rhythmic conformity this CD will open your mind to the potential of audio comedy.
And a Green Chri$tma$ to you all!


review by: date: 2001-11-22 rating:
A n album for those who are tired of the same carols
This album is good for parties, many old songs from the 40's and 50's that the young generation will be amazed at. Who would have thought that a song about grandma being run over would be so catchy, the lyrics are amusing and the tune unforgettable. Similarlily, Dominic the donkey and percy the puny poinsetta are such a suprise when you first hear it, but it just sticks in your head. The dog just thought the jingle bells was great and I do think it is actual dogs singing what do you think? Ground Zero is a very good song when you think it was written in the heady sixties, but now I do not think it will be acceptable to play in public! On the whole I am glad I bought this CD and will be on the lookout for more alternative xmas songs.

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