I'd scheduled Al to do a guest appearance on my show September 14, the day before he had to go back to San Luis Obispo. It just so happened that I'd also invited Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz to that show. Jon and some friends had made a tape of "The Woodsy Owl Song" which I'd played several times. While waiting to go on, Al and Jon got acquainted.
When Al found out that Bermuda was a drummer, he was enlisted to bang on Al's accordion case, Dan "Damaskas" Hollombe, whose song "Making Love in a Subaru" had been a hit on the show, volunteered to sing the bass part. They rehearsed the song once or twice in the hallway, and then, bang, it was live onthe air, with Al reading his just-completed lyrics from the big loose-leaf notebook he carried with him everywhere in those days.
If I had to pick out one moment as the most exciting thing that has ever happened on the Dr. Demento Show, that would definitely be the one.
From the big loose-leaf notebook
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AL AND BERMUDA!