Dr. Demento

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Born:
April 2, 1941, he's 71 and American.
Names:
Birthname: Barrett Eugene Hansen. Alternative names: BEH & Barry Hansen.
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An Artist with 11 releases.

Biography

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Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941) better known as Dr. Demento, is a radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present.

He created the persona in 1970 while working at Los Angeles station KPPC-FM.

Dr. Demento was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November 2009.

The Biography appearing in this section is attributed to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento. Portions of this Biography may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details.

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Dr. Demento - LA Premiere Of 20th Century Fox's "The Simpsons Movie" - After Party Getty Images

LA Premiere Of 20th Century Fox's "The Simpsons Movie" - After Party

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Genres

Comedy, Novelty. Vote on Genres

Discography

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