Brings back memories,Dr.Demento

@susanshira3783

5 жыл бұрын

Hand to the heavly! I had the sureal honor to hold on to the hips of the dearest doctor demento at sockhop in hs...

@sarasunshinemt4444

4 жыл бұрын

I loved that show growing up! I still have the collector CDs

@owenohara623

4 жыл бұрын

Yes,the good Doctor played so many great songs!!

@wolletbullet

4 жыл бұрын

The good doctor still does his show every week! drdemento.com

@brandonyaezenko4614

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 31, that's was my childhood...I had weird parents...no regrets

I played this for my family back in high school. Everyone laughed, but my mother (who's a Japanese immigrant) didn't get much of the humor and remarked, "Oh poor Irving! I have a friend named Irving at work!" I gave her a tape recording of the song to play for him at work. She said she did and Irving thought it was the funniest thing he ever heard - especially the ending!

I first heard this on the Dr. Demento show...still funny thru the ages!!!!

@dariowiter3078

6 жыл бұрын

uVueD2b Me too! 😀

@catcollector6195

4 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@glennhecker4422

Жыл бұрын

Me three (four?)

@stephenmcguire7801

Жыл бұрын

The tune charted in '66, and I heard it on local AM Top Forty (in G'ville, FL) a few times. This old Cracker still loses continence when I hear it!

@Fortwentt

6 ай бұрын

same here

Best line ......Irving was looking for 143 !!!!!!!!!!

@jack002tuber

4 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, Peter, best line.

@jack002tuber

4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@stephenmcguire7801

Жыл бұрын

Ranking up there is "Irving's gun was there, but Irving was gone."

@stephenmcguire7801

3 ай бұрын

"When the train pulled in at the break of dawn Irving's gun was there, but Irving was gone"

@perrywinkle8183

20 күн бұрын

"Shot himself in the belly, just outside the Frontier Deli."

Hilarious! For those of you don't know who Frank Gallop was, he was an accomplished television announcer for several television shows, namely Perry Como's. Also, "The Ballad Of Irving" is a parody of Lorne Greene's tale of "Ringo" from 1964. RIP,Frank.

@glennhecker4422

Жыл бұрын

It was also a parody of "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean.

Every sunday night when I was like 10-13 or so, I would never miss a Dr Demento show. Classic childhood memories.

@jingle3

Жыл бұрын

KMET?

@williamashton9235

Жыл бұрын

This was a Demento mainstay. Were you listening the first time he played "Weird Al" Yankovic?

I found Dr D when I was 9, and I have listened to him ever since. RIP DR D!! YOU WILL MAKE US LAUGH FOREVER!

@tsitracommunications2884

3 ай бұрын

Dr. D died?!?

@robertorick6383

3 ай бұрын

@@tsitracommunications2884 I think @arkie74 meant that Dr. Demento's radio show had officially ended. He closed up shop in 2021 after 50 years on the air. If you want to know about deaths in the music business for the last two days, here are two: Duane Eddy died at age 86 on May 1, and ELO's Richard Tandy passed away at 74 on May 2, 2022. May they R.I.P..

Chicago Ed Schwartz played The Ballad of Irving frequently on his overnight radio shift on WIND and later on WGN. This remains a timeless classic. We miss you Chicago Ed !!

@ChicagoAstronomer

3 жыл бұрын

I spent too many nights listening to Schwartz instead of sleeping for school. No regrets. (His shine dimmed when moved to WGN...still have a T-shirt of his.)

"He was sitting there twirling his gun around and butterfingers Irving gunned himself down". I especially liked hearing a woman's raucous laughter in the background near the end of the song. I have the whole record album. Years ago I played it at a party and we all just about died laughing non-stop!

I adored this album but could NOT find a copy anywhere. Such brilliant comedy with brilliant artists from Yiddish theater! Loved Lou Jacobi! What a great thespian!

I remember listening to Dr. Demento on my old Panasonic AM radio (the one that was shaped like a donut) and just laughing my ass off.

@philly452009

9 жыл бұрын

I remember his show on now the extinct KMET FM94.7

@philly452009

9 жыл бұрын

on FAcebook there is apage called bring back the mighty met, KMET

@Houdini774

9 жыл бұрын

Philip Dickey"Little bit of heaven 94.7 KMET tweedle dee...".

@kennethkahn7913

4 жыл бұрын

You can still stream repeats of his show at www.drdemento.com/

@raymccarty4612

4 жыл бұрын

The yellow one that twisted?

10.30 a.m. tuesday 3..10.2023. What an absolute pleasure to hear this song. I together with many other listeners loved the song which brought a big smile & much laughter to my person an absolute joy. Thank you thank you thank you would love more if possible.

I grew up listening to this album, thanks for uploading.

Boy, does this bring back memories! I was 11 when this came out! Still funny after all these years!

I was 12 years old when I got the album "Dumb Ditties" (K-Tel) in 1977. My mommy got it for me for Christmas as well as the classic 1st Foreigner album, I still remember every song and every word from every song, and I haven't heard this since 1983 when I went in the army and my sister "inherited" all of my albums. This still makes me smile so much. I still remembered every word since this song pops into my head from time to time 35 years later. Thanks. Love it. Really..............

@henrydrake8463

2 жыл бұрын

My friend had that the Dumb Ditties album.We used to listen to this and howl. Woke up thinking about it this morning and found this recording.

@chetthehoss

Жыл бұрын

I miss my Dumb Ditties album. Wasn't "Seven Little Girls" on that album too?

@--Canon--

9 ай бұрын

@@chetthehoss yes

@mystorian

9 ай бұрын

I also had "Dumb Ditties" in the early 80's. The whole reason I came across this was because somebody said "pumpernickel bread". From that moment, my mind went straight to this song. I don't remember much of anything else on this album (except for "Here Come the Judge", "My Ding-a-ling", "I'm Gettin' Nothing for Christmas").

Now, if only he'd done a follow-up: "Gunfight at the Oy Vey Corral"...

@THEWORDCHRISTIANMINISTRY

5 жыл бұрын

hahahaha !

@alanbradbury7778

5 жыл бұрын

That has to be the funniest comment I've heard in ages!

@glenbonura6149

5 жыл бұрын

lol lol lol

@Stoogewriter

4 жыл бұрын

Roflmao!

@davidbrown7432

4 жыл бұрын

Your hilarious!!!😂😂😂😂😂

In elementary school in the early 70's My best friend and I loved listening to this record . At our school talent show the two of us memorized & acted out several tracks off the album on stage for the school. Imagine two little kids delivering this kind of humor like that, we loved it.

Just found out that Frank Gallop was my grandfather's aunt's husband. So he's related to my family by marriage.

@spoonsk227

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Carlson LOL

@TralfazConstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Cool.

@hexl702too5

2 жыл бұрын

The 142nd cousin once removed…. He’s the best!

@Cheesegrater9000

3 ай бұрын

He was his Father’s Mother’s Sister’s Brother’s Nephew’s former Roommate.

I remember hearing this growing up. My dad had a friend named Mervin. They used to sing this to him.

Today I heard the sad news that Lou Jacobi died at age 95. I LOVED this album and listened to it all the time when I was a little girl. RIP Lou - you were a comic genius and you'll be sorely missed.

Long Live Doctor Demento! We need Doctor Demento Back on the Radio!

This song was when people really enjoyed ribald humour! And a HUGETHANK YOU to the one and only Dr. Demento for helping to form this young man into who I am today! Butterfinger Irving, indeed!

My dad use to sing this in his local club ,open mic 🎤 night long before karaoke! The b-side quite good too !

I first heard this about 50 years ago and it still makes me laugh.

I listen to this through my entire adolescence and it brings back so many memories

1st song I listened to in 2023. idk why.

I grew up on this! I can't believe its available! I'm floored.

Recorded in a studio with the audience laughter and applause recorded later. Still funnier than most of the stuff being released today.

😳 Holy wow, I haven't heard this in a VERY long time! Thanks (a bit belatedly) for posting! 😄

havent heard this song in like 35 years, on the old Dr Demento Show

"Butterfingers Irving gunned himself down" it's in Frank Gallop's delivery of that line.

Mom had this 45. Loved it as a kid and heard on Dr Demento years later.

Ancient history. Pure genius. Share with your grandchildren and realize we are a rare few left that can tell the tale of the wonders of the wireless.

This was one of my dad's favorite songs. I never heard it on Dr. D Been trying to find (out) this song for ages. I see why da d loved it. I was 9 when this came out. 2nd grade in Des Moines Washington. Big Grin!

I just hear this tonight for the first time played by the Vinyl King on KOWZ Fm out of Owatonna MN. I just about died laughing.

Listen to Lorne Greene's The Ballad of Ringo, then listen to this, to really appreciate the humor.

" gunned himself down ". That's just too funny. Lol. 👍

Just genius...so miss this type of humor

I remember my parents having this album. I still remember it to this day and I still love enjoy laughing with it.

This is magic, its just what Benny Hill borrowed from in the UK with "Ernie, the fastest milk cart in the West". A great tune from my childhood and about 6 weeks at the No 1 spot. So cooool....

"Walked into Sol's Saloon like a man insane, And ordered three fingers of two cents plain." lol

@runly1

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand this line when I heard it as a kid, but now I know that only a sissy would walk into a bar and order a little bit of seltzer. LOL!

@LadyDeirdre

4 жыл бұрын

@@runly1 I didn't understand it until just now; I had no idea what "two cents" was.

@ChicagoAstronomer

3 жыл бұрын

Today - 18 July 2021...I learned what "Two Cents Plain" meant....after decades of wondering. Solid.

I've always loved this song.......ha-ha-ha-ha......... Love it!

May the gods chuckle along with Dr. Demento.

@rickoc3022

3 жыл бұрын

@Anita Bonghit For 50 years and proud of it.

A real comedy classic!! I never got the two sets of dishes joke until years later.I know now folks who adhere to eating kosher sometimes use two sets of dishes.

@scrapplepig

7 жыл бұрын

And the joke is that gunslinger Irving would even use dish sets.

@l33tsamurai

7 жыл бұрын

Jim Hynes oh is that what it means?

@indy_go_blue6048

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's part of the Deuteronomy laws: You don't mix meat and dairy on the same plate, something like that.

@PatriciaK55

6 жыл бұрын

The great thing is that it doesn't matter if you understand about keeping Kosher -- it just seems so fussy-prissy-sissy to have two sets of dishes out on the range!

The lyrics change, from “with a t0-gallon yarmulke on his head” to “schlepping a salami and a pumpernickel bread” was because the record company thought that the first comment might be lost on the non-Jewish listeners.

@kenfxj

10 жыл бұрын

I think the second line might be funnier anyway.

@cadjobster

9 жыл бұрын

It has been genetically proven that several American Indian Tribes are decendants of the Dan Tribe (from the 10 Lost Tribes).

@greggmoeller6307

8 жыл бұрын

I agree--to be honest, the "schlepping" line change is funnier.

@InnocenceExperience

6 жыл бұрын

well they were right...it was totally lost on me.

@scottbordelli177

5 жыл бұрын

Good catch!

Omg, I have this album... Was my parents. Still one of the best comedy albums ever!!!

Loved this classic! Heard it many times on the Dr. Demento show.

Searched for this due to sudden flashbacks of The Dr. Demento Show back in the 70s.

Was just listening to this on an old Dr. D show. What a hoot! "Irving's gun was there but Irving was gone......big HELP Irving..." LOLOLOL!

I'm in Reno at the moment and just heard a mechanic commercial that i would swear is inspired by this song

I haven't hoyd dat since the '60's. Good one.

so incredible

Loved this one on the Dr. Demento show on KMET back in the early 70s!

thanks for posting for this. brings back memories

Don't know why but "ordered 3 fingers of 2 cents plain" popped into my head this morning. This is still funny as heck.

*"He came from the old bar mitzvah spread, with a 10-gallon yarmaulke on his head"* 😂😂😂😂

I think I still have my father's old 45 of this!!

Funniest song ever!! I actually have this album from way back. It was my parent's album. LOL

My stepmom had this album when I was 6. My sister and I played it all the time, although we didn't get most of the Jewish jokes. I have it on CD now.

I grew up on this album. Fathers side is Jewish, I found it on CD several years ago and bought 15 of them and gave them yo all of the family foer what else. (Christmas)

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG!!

God this brings back memories. The laughing lady in the front row really captures it all!

MAN, does this bring back the memories!

As a kid we had this song on an album called "Dumb Ditties". In that version the line went, "He came from the old bar mitzvah spread, schlepping a salami on pumpernickel bread..."

@frankkolton1780

4 жыл бұрын

Well this afternoon I'm stopping at the Frontier Deli and then when I go home, I'll be schlepping some nova lox, onion bagels, and cream cheese.

"141 could draw faster than he, but Irving was looking for 143.." That line has stuck with me since I was a kid. Kinda like, "With 75 consecutive losses, I am due for a win.."

@indy_go_blue6048

6 жыл бұрын

Lol, I was posting a comment on another video a few days ago that mentioned 142 deaths. After my main comment I added, "like Irving the cowboy, I'm looking for 143" then erased it because I figured nobody would get the reference.

I love the "2 cents plain" line. Very NYC

in my life, not many i've actually met with my name irving my mother was old finnish lutheran apostolic laughed my ass off to hear this once again since the 60's

What makes “The Ballad of Irving” even funnier is it’s a parody of the spoken word western ballads like “Ringo” by Lorne Green or “Big Bad John” by Jimmy Dean which were popular during the 60s.

The 45 rpm single, which was also the one played on local radio in my area, had an alternative line in the second verse, instead of, "He came from the old Bar Mitzvah spread With a 10-gallon yarmulke on his head..." It went: "He came from the old Bar Mitzvah spread A schlepping of salami on pumpernickel bread..."

@stephenmcguire7801

3 ай бұрын

Yes, I heard that version as well.

I first heard this song in the 1970's - my sister's boyfriend had it

I was on a flight in the mid 90s in Australia, bored by the movie playing and started cycling through the in-flight music channels and caught this just as it was starting on the comedy channel. It was the first time I'd ever heard it and I remember having to cover my mouth to stop from laughing out loud. The bloke next to me looked at me like I was nuts! Just what I needed to put a smile on my face at the time and I've loved it ever since.

Had this album Dumb Ditties when i was a kid, loved it

@JubalCalif You're very welcome! Thanks for commenting!

The version I remember said "He came from the old Bar Mitzvah spread, schelping a salami and a pumpernickel bread".

Back when people still laughed at themselves (almost all of the cast is Jewish, including two soon to be famous comediennes Valerie Harper and Nancy Walker of "Rhoda" fame) and they didn't have to drop the f-bomb every 5th word.

@minermike61

5 жыл бұрын

The older crowd didn't much go for the cuss words which meant you actually had to be funny. Don't get me wrong, when Pryor, Murphy or Carlin curse, it's funny but that can't be your whole act.

@get-the-lead-out.4593

5 жыл бұрын

indy_go_blue60 You hit the nail dead square on the head

@kennethkahn7913

4 жыл бұрын

Even though she almost always played a Jew from the Bronx, Valerie wasn't actually Jewish.

@SteveStalzle

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Valerie wasn't Jewish, in real life.

@paulgiglia7526

4 жыл бұрын

Betty Walker. Not Nancy.

142nd fastest gun. Oh my.

@kb6kgx

10 жыл бұрын

Irving was looking for 143.

@rascal211

7 жыл бұрын

That would still be fast.

Loved these albums "You Don't Have to Be Jewish" and "When You Are In Love the Whole World is Jewish". Priceless and no longer available anywhere. Such talent!

Memories

Classic song !

Very interesting!

Reminds me of that song Wet Dream..

@joepeirmont6026

6 жыл бұрын

Have a nice Dave Yes indeed, saw Kip do that once

This is one of those silly songs that just makes myself just love it. So lm just silly myself. Who will help Ole me

We will dedicate this to Jimmy Dean and Frank Gallop.R.I.P. This is one of the greatest song parodies ever! Didn't Soupy Sales play this a few times on his show?

Yes this Brings back Memories of Dr.Demento and on which Prior to this I'd heard Irving The Indian boy and after this I heard The Hey Irving The shake shake song.

@JOEYP1970

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Baer Amen,at 45 today this album brings me back to the best of times!!

oh yeah , my song

Great song

Bob McFadden voiced Lovable Truly in the Alpha-Bits ads of the 1960s. His character replaced Jack E. Leonard's The Friendly Post Man in those spots around 1963.

Irving - a fine, Scottish name! Seriously.

The audience laughter helps make this song.

Great song that Dr.Demento has played a time or two on his show.

Absolutely hilarious!

Wow,like wow!

“Irving…big fat Irving…big dum-dum Irving…big dum-dum DEAD Irving…” 😂

was there not a part 2 of this song, I remember Dr. Demento playing it one time

@rockland6674

8 жыл бұрын

+Philip Dickey Yep. "Seymour".

@elizabethwood1059

6 жыл бұрын

"Son of Irving"

@robertorick6383

3 ай бұрын

@@elizabethwood1059 "Son Of Irving", 1968, on Musicor Records. It was definitely a sequel.

Awesome

@lipdiddler Yah !!! That's where I remember this old relic from , too !!!

Oh I you to have this..discover it in bins in Sam James in 1978 in Royal Oak

ok i'll admit - the line about getting shot outside the deli made me smile.

You don't hear things like this very often. This is funny to listen to

He came from the old Bar Mitzvah spread, schlepping a salami and pumpernickle bread