Dr. Demento
Sign in to saveAlso known as Barry Eugene Hansen, Barret Hansen, Barry Hansen
American disc jockey
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- Dr. Demento
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Dr. Demento (born April 2, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is the stage name of Barret Hansen [1], who has made a successful career as a radio disc jockey specializing in novelty songs and pop music parodies. He created the persona in 1970 while working at Los Angeles station KPPC-FM. Legend has it, after Hansen played "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus on the radio, someone said that he had to be demented to play that. Thereafter, the name stuck. His weekly show went into syndication in 1974 and i
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barry
- Family name
- Hansen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Minneapolis
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- comedy rock
- Official website
- drdemento.com
- Image
- Dr Demento.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-04-02
- Commons category
- Dr. Demento
- name in native language
- Barry Hansen
- birth name
- Barret Eugene Hansen
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- social media followers
- 1035
- pseudonym
- Dr. Demento
- writing language
- English language
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