http://www.metafilter.com/tags/doctordemento Posts tagged with 'doctordemento' at MetaFilter. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:30:16 -0800 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:30:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/92629/Dont%2Dforget%2Dto%2DSTAAAAAY%2DDEEEEEEE%2DMENTED End of an Era / Mental Health Care Announcement: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento">Doctor Demento</a> is retiring from the airwaves after 40 years in the looney biz. If you're one of his patients, that's the bad news: <i>"He has come to agree with his manager and his family that it's necessary. The broadcast has been losing money for some time."</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The good news is that he'll continue producing shows for <a href="http://www.drdemento.com">his own website's</a> visitors every week <a href="http://www.drdemento.com/online.html?c=a&s=s">for $2 a pop, for all you junk music junkies.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.92629 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:30:16 -0800 Comedy DoctorDemento Music Radio Retirement not_on_display http://www.metafilter.com/68446/They%2Dcant%2Dplay%2Dbaseball%2Dthey%2Ddont%2Dwear%2Dsweaters%2Dtheyre%2Dnot%2Dgood%2Ddancers%2Dthey%2Ddont%2Dplay%2Ddrums "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpN9ce_qF0">Fish Heads</a>" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumania">Lumania</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218976/">1980</a>). Produced and Directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000200/">Bill Paxton</a>. Starring Bill Paxton, <a href="http://drdemento.com/index.html">Barry Hansen</a>; with <a href="http://spatula.net/blog/mobile_images/mobile_images/unnamed-image-1-704680-707259.jpg">Billy</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Robinson">Mumy</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Haimer">Robert Haimer</a> as <a href="http://www.billmumy.com/mumy/main.htm">Art</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mumy">Barnes</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_&_Barnes">and</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=artiebarnes">Artie Barnes</a>. <a href="http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=90">The song on which the film was based</a>, by <a href="http://www.voobaha.com/">Barnes &amp; Barnes</a>, turns <a href="http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/002931.html">thirty years old this year</a>, and has been <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb9N8DoHvp0">retooled for the internet age</a> by Haimer. Haimer and Mumy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UfanS2uTr4">have also collaborated</a> on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tixwkila7rs">some new material</a>. </a> More video weirdness from Barnes and Barnes' heyday: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGqzaMZRy5U"> - Love Tap (also starring Bill Paxton)</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7yid9THdAo"> - When You Die</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDSn5k7gW7c"> - AH-A</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkK9OodOExo"> - Pizza Face (again with the Bill Paxton)</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXA7yklaANo"> - Party in my Pants</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b7GGQ9tBoY"> - Soak it Up (I think Bill Paxton must have grown up with them or something)</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6sxhNWhl8A">Artie Barnes, Jr.</a> is carrying on the Barnes family tradition. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68446 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:54:12 -0800 1980's barnesandbarnes billpaxton BillyMumy doctordemento EatThemUpYUM fish fishheads heads phish rolypolyfishheads not_on_display