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Music Appreciation

wcmagumba

(5,986 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:10 PM 3 hrs ago

I loved American Top 40 along with Dr. Demento and The Firesign Theatre...

I just wanted to repost this from another thread...three of my favorite radio shows from the 70s...wish they were still around...

Edit: Though not always music but much of the time...

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I loved American Top 40 along with Dr. Demento and The Firesign Theatre... (Original Post) wcmagumba 3 hrs ago OP

at 40 was interesting at 3 hrs but when they bloated to 4...not. that xtra hr was all ads msongs 3 hrs ago #1

More use of the mute button for me... wcmagumba 2 hrs ago #2

Everything you know is wrong! buzzycrumbhunger 2 hrs ago #3

OK... wcmagumba 1 hr ago #5

Personal experience.... IjustDontlikeRepugs 2 hrs ago #4

msongs

(73,486 posts)

1. at 40 was interesting at 3 hrs but when they bloated to 4...not. that xtra hr was all ads

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:27 PM

3 hrs ago

wcmagumba

(5,986 posts)

2. More use of the mute button for me...

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:46 PM

2 hrs ago

I don't mind muting, I do it all the time on YouTube and other channels...

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,823 posts)

3. Everything you know is wrong!

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:02 PM

2 hrs ago

Firesign hardly belongs in the same group… Far and away one of the most intellectual 4 or 5 crazy guys ever—biting political wit with endless belly laughs, so many layers.

wcmagumba

(5,986 posts)

5. OK...

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:42 PM

1 hr ago

IjustDontlikeRepugs

(741 posts)

4. Personal experience....

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:32 PM

2 hrs ago

I loved the top 40 countdown. My sister won the albums one year. It was a collection of 33 RPM vinyls. Also, Dr. Dimento was excellent! I remember Rolly Polly FishHeads, Drink Up Chuck and Di when Prince Charles and Lady Dianna were married, and a lot of weird Al Yankovic. Good memories.

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