This coming weekend, The Dr. Demento Show comes to an end after an incredible 55 YEARS on the radio and/or internet. And in this special bonus minisode, I veer off-topic from what we usually cover on this podcast to discuss who Dr. Demento is and what he and his gloriously demented show has meant to me, and play my brand-new tribute song all about him, "Smogberry Pie."

Dr. Demento's official site, featuring The Dr. Demento Show archives: https://drdemento.com/
"Smogberry Pie" annotated lyrics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FhduKLOq-fn8GrytL5QrRAmKE9lyDdcZzoaFXhsPQFI

It's our fourth episode of the increasingly-inaccurately-titled Patreon Request "Month" 2025, and in the longest official episode of this podcast to date, the randomizer is going all the way back to 1988 to pick ArthurCrane's request for, quite simply, one of the greatest cinematic triumphs of all time, a tour-de-force of animation, live action and pre-CGI special effects wizardry, wrapped up in a still-relevant metaphorical fable about civil rights and gentrification set in an impossible fantasy world that combines a gritty film noir aesthetic with off-the-wall cartoon zaniness. Directed by future Oscar-winning blockbuster visionary Robert Zemeckis at the peak of his powers, with animation directed by often-underappreciated genius Richard Williams, and representing a Disney studio with new management eager to swing for the fences and conquer the world, this masterpiece was truly a once-in-a-lifetime perfect melding of artistry, ambition and anarchy. And granted, the whole project was blown out of the water just a few years later by the even greater achievement that was Ralph Bakshi's Cool World, but this movie was still pretty darn swell too. Join Tony Goldmark, Laura Barry, Sam Barry and Kit Quinn as they investigate WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT!

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LAURA BARRY
Website: https://www.laurabarryfinearts.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurabarry330

SAM BARRY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sambarry.author/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sambarry

KIT QUINN
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Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/muppetvision3d/

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It's our third episode of Patreon Request "Month" 2025, and the randomizer is going all the way back to 2002 to pick Joejira's request for one of the most groundbreaking superhero epics of all time, a box office record-shattering worldwide phenomenon that finally brought one of the most legendary comic book characters ever created to the big screen in a timeless coming-of-age fable about great power and great responsibility, helmed by an offbeat yet aesthetically perfect visionary filmmaker. It also contains an extended cameo from a dead pro-wrestler who used to do Slim Jim commercials, a line of dialogue about Julia Roberts in a thong, and a scene in which Evil Scorsese-Jesus tries to make a case for objectivism on a rooftop while dressed kinda like a Power Ranger. Yeah, this one's a lot goofier than you remember, folks. Join Tony Goldmark, Chris Nebergall, Agatha Vile and VERY special guest Dan Lanigan of Prop Culture and Cinema Relics fame as they angrily demand pictures of SPIDER-MAN (2002)!

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DAN LANIGAN
Website: https://cinemarelics.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinemarelics
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemarelics

CHRIS NEBERGALL
Podcast: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/land-before-time-land-1230821
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisNebergall

AGATHA VILE
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It's our second episode of Patreon Request "Month" 2025, and the randomizer is going all the way back to 2023 to pick something we got THREE requests for, from Kris C., Carolyn Knudstrup and Emma Looman. It's an epic patience-testing three-and-a-half-hour live concert film spanning the entire illustrious career of the single most popular and influential musician of our time, arguably the most talented performer ever to rack up eleven #1 singles, ten #1 albums (fourteen if you count re-recordings), fourteen Grammys, over fifty million albums sold in an era when no one buys music anymore, seven hundred and forty-two ex-boyfriends, three thousand seven hundred and nine diss tracks about those ex-boyfriends, one old version of herself who can't come to the phone right now cuz she's dead, AND one animated voice role as a character named after Dr. Seuss's widow. But on this podcast episode, we boldly aim to dig deeper, peel back the layers and answer that all-important age-old earth-shattering so-controversial-yet-so-brave question, "but is her music actually any GOOD?" Join Tony Goldmark, Zach Hurst, Kit Quinn and Garrett Smith as they fail miserably to obtain tickets to TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR (TAYLOR'S VERSION)!

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ZACH HURST
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Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/wimdpod
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVoyages

KIT QUINN
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Podcast: https://pocketcasts.com/podcasts/d0ced230-d352-0138-e776-0acc26574db2

GARRETT SMITH
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In this episode, after way too many delays, the randomizer kicks off this year's Patreon Request Month by going all the way back to 2009 to pick E.J. Riley's request for a documentary about two legendary brothers who became Walt Disney's personal staff songwriters in the 1960s. Over the course of their illustrious decades-spanning careers, they composed such all-time classic beloved evergreen masterpieces as "Fidelity Feduciary Bank," "Let's Put It Over with Grover," "The Boomps Song" and of course "Detroit." But beneath those hummable earworms, all was not well for Richard and Robert, for theirs is a story that involves bitter personality clashes, familial estrangement, post-traumatic stress disorder and songs with titles like "Rutabega Rag," "The Ugly Bug Ball," "A Most Befuddling Thing," "Va-Va-Va-Veee (For Victory)," "Don't Shoot the Hooey to Me, Louie," "Protocoligorically Correct," "The BunnyBee Song," "Dolly Of PaPali," "Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies" and yes those song titles are all real. Join Tony Goldmark, Sydney Agnew, Ryan Hipp and Veronika Vexed as they hang with THE BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS' STORY!

Watch Some Jerk With A Camera's three-part It's A Small World Holiday video from 2011! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj2qICxnu-I

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SYDNEY AGNEW
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thederpyhipster
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RYAN HIPP
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanHippFTW
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/theryanhipp

VERONIKA VEXED
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Veronika_Vexed
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cuddlepunk6217

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In this episode, we're bypassing the randomizer for a VERY long-awaited Guest's Choice episode, in which our good friend David Ganssle FINALLY takes his Guest's Choice option out of his back pocket after four-and-a-half years and slaps it in front of our eyeballs, but not before cutting eyeholes in it to shield our identities. That's right, Doggans is making us watch a 1958 "clip show" movie compiled from the first thirteen episodes of Disney's hit 1950s ABC black-and-white primetime series about that legendary world-famous dashing Spanish Californian outlaw played by the dad from Lost In Space who outfoxes tyrannical dictators, swashes buckles while buckling his swashes, and carves a Z with his blade. No one knows what that Z stands for, but perhaps someday our top scientists will figure it out. Join Tony Goldmark, Charlie Callahan, David Ganssle and Nicholas Bogroff Ganssle as they look for THE SIGN OF ZORRO!

I have RE-OPENED REQUEST LINES FOR PATREON REQUEST MONTH! Pledge to my Patreon and you'll have until Wednesday, April 30 to submit your requests: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-request-126255862

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CHARLIE CALLAHAN
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/themesnark.bsky.social
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rbgprods

DAVID GANSSLE
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doggans.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/doggans
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/doggans

NICHOLAS BOGROFF GANSSLE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJUNsvVi8H54SuaoyjmjMuw

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In this episode, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1999 to pick a teen high school romantic comedy loosely based on one of the more controversial plays by history's most celebrated playwright, William Shakespeare. Now, Shakespeare is of course ubiquitously revered as the greatest writer the English language has ever known, but it's worth asking from time to time, did any of his plays contain motorcycle stunts, ska music, outdoor paintball, high school students inexplicably dressed as cowboys, Seattle's Fremont Troll sculpture, a large penis drawn on the face of the head elf from The Santa Clause, or Larry Miller rattling off hip-hop slang? Tragically, no, they did not. But, luckily for literature lovers the world over, the writers of The House Bunny and the director of the Martin Lawrence vehicle Black Knight eventually came along to correct these grievous oversights on the Bard of Avon's part. Join Tony Goldmark, Rob Bergman, David Ganssle and Renie Rivas as they list 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU!

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ROB BERGMAN
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DAVID GANSSLE
DVD: https://doggans.com/rwdvol1
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/doggans.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@riffinwithdoggans

RENIE RIVAS
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renie_rivas
Podcast: https://ringringpodcast.podbean.com

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In this episode, for this year's Christmas episode, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2004 to pick a straight-to-DVD anthology feature in which everyone's favorite classic Disney animated characters were given some of the most horrendously hideous CGI makeovers you ever done seen, just so they could star in a bunch of even-cheaper holiday stories about everything Christmas is all about: sick ice skating moves, espionage, chronic embarrassment, blacklight-induced violent rage, and of course the act of naming a dog Murray. Needless to say, they couldn't get Kelsey Grammer to narrate this one. Join Tony Goldmark, Dave Cobb, Tyler Green and Cassie Shima as they regift MICKEY'S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS!

Emily Clark and Jeff Scot Carey's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jeff-and-emily-rebuild-after-eaton-fire

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DAVE COBB
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/davecobb
Podcast: https://linktr.ee/ratcastlepodcast
AR Gaming Company: https://infiniterabbitholes.com

TYLER GREEN
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Podcast: https://channelkrtpodcast.libsyn.com

CASSIE SHIMA
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Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/wimdpod

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