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DR. DEMENTO--1976

DR. DEMENTO--2000

DR. DEMENTO--1980

DR. DEMENTO IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND FUNNIEST DEE-JAYS ON THE RADIO TODAY. iT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT AS OF THE YEAR 2002, "THE DOCTOR DEMENTO SHOW" HAS BEEN ON THE AIR FOR 32YEARS!! HIS FIRST BROADCAST OF THE SHOW AIRED IN OCTOBER OF 1970 ON RADIO STATION KPPC-FM IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

DR. DEMENTO WAS BORN UNDER THE NAME OF BARRY HANSEN. BY THE AGE OF 19, HE WAS WORKING AT RADIO STATION KRRC-FM AT REED COLLEGE. HE GRADUATED FROM UCLA WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN MUSIC IN THE LATE 1960s. BY 1970, HE HAD ADOPTED THE NAME "DOCTOR DEMENTO" AND HAD HIS OWN RADIO SHOW SPECIALIZING IN NOVELTY RECORDS AND ARTISTS, SONGS YOU WOULDN'T HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE. IN 1975, HE RELEASED HIS FIRST COMPILATION ALBUM OF NOVELTY SONGS TITLED "DR. DEMENTO'S DELIGHTS". IN 1978, DR. DEMENTO SIGNED ON WITH THE WESTWOOD ONE RADIO NETWORK FOR NATIONAL SYNDICATION. THAT SAME YEAR, DR. DEMENTO FIRST HEARD SOMEONE WHO WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARODY ARTISTS THE WORLD HAD EVER HEARD OF! THAT SOMEONE WAS NONE OTHER THAN "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC, WHO GOT HIS START ON THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW! THE DOCTOR'S SHOW HAS ALSO FEATURED NUMEROUS NOTABLE GUESTS OVER THE YEARS SUCH AS FRANK ZAPPA, MEL BROOKS, MONTY PYTHON, THE FIRSIDE THEATRE, STAN FREBERG, GEROGE CARLIN, AND CHEECH & CHONG.

AND NOW IN 2002, WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS LATEST CD, "HITS FROM OUTER SPACE", THE MAD DOCTOR CELEBRATES HIS 32ND YEAR OF SEARCHING, FINDING AND PLAYING SOME OF THE NUTTIEST, ZANIEST RECORDS EVER MADE. AND, AS THE DOCTOR HIMSELF IS FOND OF SAYING, "DON'T FORGET TO STAY DEMENTED"!!