So that was the first funny music I heard, that along with "Too Fat Polka" by Arthur Godfrey that some may remember. It actually started when I was four years old and my dad brought home a copy of "Cocktails for Two" by Spike Jones, which was then a new release. And you got excited about that kind of music when you were a young man? Also, it's a kind of music that's been around as long as there's been recorded music, anyway. I don't know if you'd call it novelty songs. INSKEEP: And you're trolling in this brand of music. So you won't you go and buy a half a gallon, baby? I love rocky road. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC (Singer, Songwriter): (Singing) Baby, I love rocky road. INSKEEP: He ended up being an architect of a different kind. HANSEN: That was his - that's what he wanted to do originally. Demento Show," the probability is high that Alfred Yankovic would still be a professional architect today. ![]() He sent me a homemade cassette tape when he was 16 years old, and I played it on my show. INSKEEP: What do you mean by calling Weird Al Yankovic a protege? I've introduced a lot of people to Frank's music. It's also Spike Jones, Monty Python, some of the giants of the not-too-long-ago, including Stan Freberg and Allan Sherman, Tom Lehrer - two out of those three still very much alive - and, oh, Frank Zappa, of course. It's the music of Weird Al Yankovic, my most famous protege. Demento Show"): Well, in a phrase, I call it mad music and crazy comedy. BARRET HANSEN (Radio Personality and Programmer, "The Dr. INSKEEP: What kind of music is it that you have brought to the public's attention all these years? Unidentified Group: (Singing) Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads. For 40 years, he made the radio a slightly weirder place. He is still heard on Internet radio, but his broadcast cancellation marks a milestone. Demento's famous radio program went off the air this month. His name is Barret Hansen, though you may know him better by his nom de guerre: Dr. We've been talking with a man who gets some of the credit for bringing you songs like this. ELMO (Singer, Songwriter): (Singing) Grandma got run over by a reindeer. Put the flesh back into the rice, mix and serve.(Soundbite of song, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer")ĭr. When the rice is done, take the fish heads out and remove the flesh. This cooks the rice and the fish heads at the same time, letting the fish flavor seep down into the rice. It is pretty simple, cook your rice like normal with the fish heads placed on top of the rice. Serve with bread.Īnother simple recipe is to cook fish heads with rice. Add to broth and boil on low flame until cooked. Strain, take the meat of the bones and add back into the broth. Fish head soupīoil fish heads, onion and garlic for 1/2 hour. ![]() The following recipe shows how easy it is to make a fish head soup. ![]() So I have been doing some research on cooking fish heads and am finding that in the early days of this county they were quite popular. I wish I had paid a bit more attention to the way they cooked them. In some cultures, they eat fish heads because they find the cheeks of the fish to be absolutely delicious. When I was a child living in South Africa, I can remember some of our workers cooking fish and sheep’s heads. Now this may sound horrible to us, but they loved them and considered them to be one of the finer parts of the fish.
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