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A virtual supermarket sweep of recorded history, with an emphasis on processed cheese.
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The Rolling Stones |
On With the Show
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Their Satanic Majesties Request | London | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |
Ben Vereen and the Players |
Magic To Do
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Pippin (Original Cast Album) | Motown | 0:02:55 (Pop-up) | |
Ensemble |
Another Op'nin', Another Show
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Armstrong Presents Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate (1968 Television Cast) | Columbia Special Products | 0:06:59 (Pop-up) | |
Barbara Harris & Jodie Foster |
I'd Like to Be You for a Day
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Freaky Friday soundtrack | Disney | 0:09:08 (Pop-up) | |
Barbra Streisand |
Something's Coming
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The Broadway Album | Columbia | 0:12:31 (Pop-up) | |
Jens Lekman |
You Are the Light (by which I travel into this and that)
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When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog | Secretly Canadian | 0:15:24 (Pop-up) | |
Kermit & Fozzie (Jim Henson & Frank Oz) |
Movin' Right Along
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The Muppet Movie (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Atlantic | 0:18:43 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Nino Rota |
Guido E Luisa - Nostalgico Swing ![]() |
Otto e Mezzo |
CAM |
0:21:35 (Pop-up) |
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Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver, & Danny Dayton |
Fugue for Tinhorns
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Guys and Dolls (1955 film) | 0:26:39 (Pop-up) | ||
Mickey Katz |
I'm an Old Cowhand
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Comin' 'Round the Katzkills | Capitol | 0:28:05 (Pop-up) | |
Sammy Davis Jr. |
Talk to the Animals
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Greatest Hits | 0:30:42 (Pop-up) | ||
Charlie (your host) sings and plays the ukulele |
Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals
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originally from Gilda Radner, Live From New York | 0:33:33 (Pop-up) | ||
Becker & Fagen [w/Denny Dias] |
Dog Eat Dog
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You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You'll Lose That Beat) | Visa | 0:35:38 (Pop-up) | |
They Might Be Giants |
Cowtown
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Lincoln | Bar None | 0:39:03 (Pop-up) | |
W.C.Fields, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton, et al |
Burglars singing in the cellar
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The Man on the Flying Trapeze (film dialogue) | 0:41:18 (Pop-up) | ||
Joseph Green |
On The Banks Of The Wabash, Far Away
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78 (originally) | Columbia | 0:44:32 (Pop-up) | |
Emmett Williams |
Cellar Song for Five Voices
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Tellus #24: Fluxtellus | 0:45:05 (Pop-up) | ||
Alan Price |
Look Over Your Shoulder
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O Lucky Man! (soundtrack) | Warner Bros. | 0:48:04 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Vic Mizzy |
Morticia's Theme ![]() |
Original Music From The Addams Family |
RCA Victor |
0:50:16 (Pop-up) |
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Deerhoof |
Milking
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Milk Man | Kill Rock Stars / 5 Rue Christine | 0:56:24 (Pop-up) | |
Fred Astaire, with Johnny Green and his Orchestra |
I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown
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Starring Fred Astaire | Columbia | 0:59:57 (Pop-up) | |
Geoff Muldaur |
Livin' in the Sunlight
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Is Having a Wonderful Time | Reprise | 1:02:58 (Pop-up) | |
Spanky and Our Gang |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
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Spanky and Our Gang | Mercury | 1:05:47 (Pop-up) | |
Joan Blondell & Etta Moten |
Remember My Forgotten Man, from Gold Diggers of 1933
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Lullaby of Broadway: The Best of Busby Berkeley at Warner Bros. | Rhino/Turner Classic Movies | 1:10:47 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Ennio Morricone |
Un Altro Mare (from Vergogna Schifosi) ![]() |
Eviva! Morricone |
Avanz |
1:17:15 (Pop-up) |
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Divine |
Female Trouble Theme
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Female Trouble (original soundtrack) | 1:22:31 (Pop-up) | ||
Liza Minnelli |
Losing My Mind
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Results | Epic | 1:25:18 (Pop-up) | |
Eva Bartok |
Don't Touch Me
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Hollywood Actors Sing | Master Classics | 1:29:32 (Pop-up) | |
Brak |
Don't Touch Me
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Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que | Kid Rhino | 1:31:11 (Pop-up) | |
Ninian Hawick |
Scottish Rite Temple Stomp
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Steep Steps | Grimsey | 1:32:03 (Pop-up) | |
La Lupe |
Touch Me
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The Queen Does Her Own Thing | Tico | 1:34:54 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Neil Hefti |
Home Movies ![]() |
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad |
RCA |
1:37:17 (Pop-up) |
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The Roches |
Big Nuthin'
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Speak | Paradox/MCA | 1:40:57 (Pop-up) | |
Tiger Lilies |
Send in the Clowns
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Circus Songs | Red Moon | 1:45:30 (Pop-up) | |
Brenda Lee |
All the Way
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All the Way | Decca | 1:49:15 (Pop-up) | |
Deanna Storey |
I'm Just a Little Person
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Synecdoche, New York (film soundtrack) | 1:52:07 (Pop-up) | ||
Dionne Warwick |
Knowing When to Leave
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I'll Never Fall in Love Again | Scepter | 1:55:28 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Johnny Beecher (aka Plas Johnson) |
Sax Fifth Avenue ![]() |
45 played at 33 |
Warner Bros. |
1:58:03 (Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
doctorjazz:
tom tom the pipers son:
Yvang:
StringOFperils:
wendy del formaggio:
doctorjazz:
spodiodi:
Charlie:
Dan S:
wendy del formaggio:
tom tom the pipers son:
Charlie:
Yvang:
doctorjazz:
Dan S:
tom tom the pipers son:
Chris S.:
Dan S:
tom tom the pipers son:
spodiodi:
Charlie:
Charlie:
tom tom the pipers son:
Chris S.:
schmutz:
doctorjazz:
tom tom the pipers son:
Dan S:
Yvang:
tom tom the pipers son:
Charlie:
tom tom the pipers son:
Charlie:
Dan S:
Michael:
Charlie:
tom tom the pipers son:
doctorjazz:
doctorjazz:
Dan S:
doctorjazz:
(brings me back to all the VHS videos we watched hundreds of times when the kids were small...)
arlo:
Charlie:
doctorjazz:
arlo:
wendy del formaggio:
tracy in LA:
Chris S.:
Dan S:
Sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving. :-)
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spodiodi:
Ruth hi school:
I used to work at Sesame Street so really loving this.
Dan S:
Dan S:
wendy del formaggio:
Yvang:
Dan S:
Charlie:
Ruth hi school:
doctorjazz:
tracy in LA:
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schmutz:
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tracy in LA:
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Ruth hi school:
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Charlie:
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Ruth hi school:
Charlie:
Webhamster Henry:
Listener Gregory:
StringOFperils:
Dan S:
Webhamster Henry:
wendy del formaggio:
Dan S:
Ruth hi school:
Speaking of which, play some Debbie Boone, sometime, maybe.
Ruth hi school:
Listener Gregory:
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Ruth hi school:
Doug Schulkind:
Charlie:
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Ruth hi school:
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wendy del formaggio:
Rluwi:
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Listening Out There:
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Rluwi:
Great stuff, Charlie!
Erik/VT:
& yea DanS: agree that film is sad, most especially now that PSHoffman is gone (so tragically). Sigh 😔
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