After 55 years, the Dr. Demento show - which launched the career of "Weird Al" Yankovic - is going off the air.

Barry Hansen, mostly known by his D.J. name, said he’d end his show’s run after 55 years of playing parody songs. His ...

Born Barret Hansen, the host first adopted the Dr. Demento moniker in 1970 while spinning oddball records, comedy cuts, and ...

Weird Al tries to guess lyrics from some of his most popular songs. He talks debuting his first songs on the Dr. Demento Show ...

Dr. Demento retires after 55 years of comedy radio, ending an era that launched Weird Al's career and preserved musical ...

Dr. Demento Leaving Radio for the Internet. June 30, ... He says he's long since lost count of how many recordings he keeps in the Southern California home he shares with his wife, ...

‘Dr. Demento’ abandoning radio for web. After nearly 40 years of broadcasting catchy little tunes celebrating everything from dogs getting run over by lawnmowers to cockroaches devouring ...

After more than five decades on the air, a legendary radio personality has announced that he is ready to retire.

Although regular programming has ended, Dr. Demento will host a series of bi-weekly retrospective episodes leading up to a grand finale in October, culminating in his 55th anniversary.

Barry Hansen, a.k.a Dr. Demento, gestures as he tours his record libarary in the Los Angeles suburb of Lakewood,Calif., Feb. 24 2000. Hansen’s “Dr. Demento Show” featuring unusual music has ...

Dr. Demento Watch Daniel Radcliffe as Weird Al in teaser for ‘The Al Yankovic Story’ biopic ‘WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story‘ also stars Rainn Wilson as Dr Demento and Evan Rachel Wood as ...