Dr. Demento was parodied in an episode of Mr. Show with Bob and David as " Dr Retarded: Novelty Record Collector and Chief Head of Surgery, Mass General " and is featured as an expert in songs about " paranormal monster parties ".

Novelty songs achieved great popularity during the 1920s and 1930s.

Novelty songs are often a parody or humor song, and may apply to a current event such as a holiday or a fad such as a dance.

Novelty songs were a major staple of Tin Pan Alley from its start in the late 19th century.

Novelty songs were popular on radio through the 1980s, to the point where it was not uncommon for novelty songs to break into the top 40 ( for instance, Chuck Berry's " My Ding-a-Ling " went all the way to # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972 ).

Novelty songs and parodies are fixtures on morning radio.

Novelty songs, long a music industry staple, continued their popularity in the Rock and Roll medium with hits such as " Beep Beep.

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He recorded his best known material 1933 to 1938, as Sol Hoopii's Novelty Trio, Novelty Quartette and Novelty Five on Decca Records and Brunswick Records labels, like the famous Hula Girl, Ten Tiny Toes, and many more brilliant Hawaiian hula and hapa-haole songs penned by the best Hawaiian composers like Johnny Noble and Sol Bright.

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

She went on to compose and publish " Richmond Rag ", " The Thriller ", " Buzzer Rag ," " Blue Ribbon Rag ", " A Totally Different Rag ," " Novelty Rag ", and " Dusty Rag ," plus a number of waltzes and other songs including " I'll Pledge My Heart To You ," and a song version of " A Totally Different Rag " with lyrics by Earle C. Jones.

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

Category: Novelty songs

The three central characters, Amanda, Loveless, and Sir Novelty ( ennobled by Vanbrugh into " Lord Foppington "), are the only ones that recur in both plays, the remainder of the Relapse characters being new.

In 2009 TU Dresden, all Dresden institutes of the Fraunhofer Society, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community and the Max Planck Society and Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, soon incorporated into the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, published a joint letter of intent with the name DRESDEN-Konzept-Dresden Research and Education Synergies for the Development of Excellence and Novelty, which points out worldwide elite aspirations, which was recognized as the first time that all four big post-gradual elite institutions declared campus co-operation with a university.

Novelty used an airlock to feed the fuel in, but there was still a chance of flame and hot gases being blown into the face of the fireman.

Novelty companies have produced inexpensive, easily identified replicas of the error coins by inserting state quarters into hollowed-out dollar coins.

Upon graduation he joined the Jamaican Civil Service and eventually joined his father at Novelty Trading Company, which imported books and magazines into the island.

By 1892 Fuld had taken over as supervisor and the company changed its name to The Ouija Novelty Company and moved into a new location.

In 1898, William and his brother Isaac went into business together under the name Isaac Fuld & Brother, leasing the " Ouija " name from The Ouija Novelty Company.

Novelty ( or joke ) ties or deliberately kitschy ties designed to make a statement gained a certain popularity in the 1980s and 1990s.

Novelty ties featuring icons from popular culture ( such as cartoons, actors, or holiday images ), sometimes with flashing lights, have enjoyed some popularity since the 1980s.

Novelty attractions are oddities such as the " biggest ball of twine " in Cawker City, Kansas, the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, or Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska where old cars serve in the place of stones in a replica of Stonehenge.

As Austin natives, they make regular appearances in the Austin Chronicle's annual Austin Music Awards poll, taking home the # 1 prize for " Best Novelty Band " in 2004, " Best None of the Above " performing band in 2006 ( the first Celtic band to ever win such accolades ), and " Best Folk Act " in 2007.

Since 1982, Fantagraphics has also published critically acclaimed and award-winning series and graphic novels such as Acme Novelty Library, Eightball, Ghost World, Hate, and Love and Rockets.

Novelty glow lamps with shaped electrodes ( such as flowers and leaves ), often coated with phosphors, have been made for artistic purposes.

Novelty erasers, in a dual role as figurines ( such as musical notes, animals, confectionery ), are mostly decorative, as their hard vinyl tends to smear heavy markings.

Novelty acts ( such as shower shows, fire shows, and oil wrestling ) can be presented on dedicated stages, temporary staging on the floor, or on the main stage itself depending on the club.

Novelty Island also saw such memorable characters as Mr Wobbly Hand, Judith Grant, the Slitherer, the Hoxton Hockler, Mr Melon in the wind and Wavy Davey make appearances.

Novelty and fad dances such as the Roger Rabbit, the Cabbage Patch, and the Worm appeared in the 1980s followed by the Humpty dance and the Running Man in the 1990s.

Novelty acts such as acrobats have been added regularly to the main production numbers in recent years.

During the Rocket 150 event, Novelty was carried on a Well wagon, supported in such a way as to allow the engine to be run and its wheels to rotate freely.

Novelty headbands can be used for holidays and may have decorations attached such as bunny ears, reindeer ears, Santa Claus hats and others.