Ballad of Walter Wart - Thorndike Pickledish Choir

[2n918]

Love is not blind - love is nearsighted. LOL! Thanks for posting

[zachdanasmith]

RIP Mr. Pickledish. 5/30/2010 its been a year.. I hope your lifting 3 whites, and your voicing all of gods Commercials... And your watching over my sister and I

[GaderineInsomniac]

I listened to his song over and over; drove my folks nuts saying, "Ribbit!" (or was that "knee deep?). He inspired my friend to attend disc jockey school in CA. Some years ago he and I struck up a brief correspondence via email (pre Facebook!). He found out i was a cartoonist and he asked if I could draw him lifting weights, or body building, or something. He said he liked the drawing! Yay! He also told me his career included many character voices for anime cartoons. Great guy!

[GaderineInsomniac]

Seattle AM radio personality Robert O. Smith called himself, "Rubber Dough Smith."

[zachdanasmith]

@GaderineInsomniac

Thanks... My dad Was awesome!

[Tigermoon1950]

We used to dance to this rockin' bad boy all night....ribbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbit!

[jonsilence]

I heard this on the radio ONE time in the 60s and hunted high and low for it but could NEVER find it....until now! This is my first time hearing my elusive frog since then!

[aristotle56]

I heard this on KDWB - Channel 63 in Minnesota on my Realtone Duke 6 transistor radio that came with a leather case. That was my handheld AM radio with a two inch speaker. We didn't know what FM stereo was. (1966)

[PawneeBill47]

IT'S HERE, I finally found this, no one believed me that it even existed!!

[12161euclid]

R.I.P. David O. Smith

[zachdanasmith]

@12161euclid Its been a year now. I'm just now finding your comment. and you got my dads name wrong... its Robert.

[12161euclid]

@zachdanasmith whoops! sorry,no disrespect intended. i'm not sure where i got david. i've heard dr. demento say his name so many times i'm surprised i made that mistake. i've always loved your father's off the wall humor. we need more people like him in the world today.

[THReynolds2]

I played this in the late 70's when I was a rebellious night-time Top 40 DJ.

[agun4hire]

I loved this song. My kids never believed this song existed. Thanks for posting!

[KNARF1]

RIP, Robert O. Smith

[imgloda]

a song i remember from the early 70's dr. demento kppc in pasadina

[cofycats]

I remember this song from the mid 60's being a kid, we used to say Brigitt at school all the time.

[tremsfan]

Did anyone notice that on the label, Walter's name is spelled Water ?

[noveltysongs]

LOL you're right! Musta been a typo

[Tigermoon1950]

I can't believe I found this song. I thought I might have just imagined hearing this song back in the '60s....Walter Wart Lives!!!!

[ak7ant]

Does anyone know if any websites, selling oldies vinyl, has this?

[powerliftingmama]

iam friends with the guy who did this

[crl22crl]

Used to play this on a 'Classic Rock' station in Philly I jocked at in the late sixties. It was always a hit.

[noveltysongs]

Far out!! What station?

[crl22crl]

WDAS-FM, 105.3 in Philly.

[woodrailking]

Wow!

[weenielongus]

So, someone else has heard of this record, too?!? One of my favorites, if your copy has "It's Warts On The Flipside That Counts" on the B side, check it out, if it doesn't, send me a message...

[zachdanasmith]

@weenielongus The only reason I heard it, is this is my dad!

[teenonator]

This was done by longtime Seattle-area DJ Robert O. Smith. Great to hear it again. It's not easy being green