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canopic jug [soylentnews.org] writes:

Digital Music News and Radio Insight are observing that comedian Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen [digitalmusicnews.com] is hanging up his top hat later in October this year [radioinsight.com]. The last of his regular shows aired the other day and the countdown has begun.

Dr. Demento wraps up with an October countdown of the show’s all-time Top 40 songs. In between, there will be bi-weekly historical recaps alternating with flashback shows from the period in question. Check out the show archives here. [drdemento.com]

The final episode will coincide with the 55^th anniversary of his radio program which launched in 1970. His odd humor gained quite a large following over the years. He started at a local station in Pasadena, California. The show gained more or less its current focus on comedy and novelty records by 1972 and national syndication by 1974. It moved to a subscription-based Internet platform in 2010.

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