Dr. Demento, a.k.a. Barret Hansen, is the subject of a new tribute album, “Dr. Demento Covered in Punk,” featuring new punk rock versions of songs closely associated with his long-running ...

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

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

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

Demented Punk serves up a heaping platter of FISH HEADS in the all-new, fully animated music video from the #1 Billboard charting, punk-rock comedy hybrid, DR. DEMENTO COVERED IN PUNK. The album ...

Dr. Demento, now 69, continues to ... (“Achy Breaky Song”) are still fun to hear. Dr. Demento is also “credited” with popularizing such off-the-wall musical treats as Larry Groce’s 1975 ...

Dr. Demento, Song Satirist and D.J. Who Promoted Weird Al, Is Retiring. Barry Hansen, mostly known by his D.J. name, said he’d end his show’s run after 55 years of playing parody songs.

Dr. Demento Covered In Punk features over thirty different, never before released, all-new 'punk' cover versions of 'mad music and crazy comedy' songs famously heard on the airwaves of the ...

If you like humor in music, you probably have already encountered Rhino Records and Dr. Demento, both of whom have done yeoman work to ensure there are still a few smiles in the mega-business ...

As the zany-but-brainy on-air alter ego of music historian Barret Hansen, veteran radio show host Dr. Demento has championed the career of "Weird Al" Yankovic, the wacky music of humorists Spike ...

The pop culture universe became significantly less demented on Friday when Barret Hansen, aka Dr. Demento, announced his retirement after 55 years of playing novelty songs on the airwaves.