Wild Man Fischer - My Name Is Larry

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[@morsedregs9239]

This song brings back memories of the Dr. Demento Show. Those were the days.

[@jjmars9160]

For some reason this silly song popped into my head. I haven't heard this in about 45 years. And it was on the Dr. Demento Show.

[@snokkensiedeutch]

Another Larry here. Dr. D. and the "Shaving Cream" regular Super-hit. ;-)

[@scottroberts3011]

I bought this album when it came out. I had never heard it, but loved the front cover. I was not disappointed. I played it for all my friends. Now I listen to it by myself.

[@fmlarry4684]

As someone who has the name "Larry"... I call this a masterpiece

[@zeppyfish]

Of course I heard this on Dr. Demento like everyone else, but it always struck me as sad and mysterious. Later, I looked into Larry Fischer's life and understood why the song made me feel that way.

[@gspendlove]

@@gratefulyankee377 Because he was mentally ill, you dumb shit.

[@gratefulyankee377]

@@gspendlove E chu ta o poodoo slimo!

[@gspendlove]

@@gratefulyankee377 You're about as funny as a turd in a punchbowl, Jar Jar. Go herd some nerfs.

[@hitman036]

2023 is the year of Larry! All hail Larry!

[@cmac1058]

It is right to give Larry thanks and praise.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

And not karens

[@koolarrow6339]

All Hail Larry!

[@snokkensiedeutch]

Darn! It's 2024 and I missed it! Larry

[@gcarlson]

Gotta love the internet. Just thought of this 30 years after I heard it, and here it is. thanks for posting!

[@63besgasman]

Haha yep a friend named Larry posted something on Facebook about someone else who had a song named after them and complained that he didn't have a song. Immediately I thought of this, though like you said it's been over 30 years since I've heard it

[@ryrykovi4227]

Jesus loves U

[@DavidTucker-x5y]

I love the fact that mother's name is mother!

[@vasquezres]

I remember going to Dodger Stadium in the 1970's and Wild Man would sing "My name is Larry" while he walked around the cheap seats.

[@67VW]

I remember that! Was that the same guy?

[@sumyiamark4135]

I used to sing this song when ever I was at my uncles house and annoy my mom. Still love it.

[@weswolever7477]

Yayas Diyfactory Are you still annoying your mom?

[@AudieS71]

I used love listening to this as a kid on the Mark Simone Radio show with my older brother (God rest his soul). We used to crack up.

[@youtuberxx0156]

Just uploaded the Simone My Name is Larry commercial at 10 minute mark in KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZKkiJWmi9SdpdU

[@firecriss1392]

I remember forty years ago in sixth grade there was a kd in science class that would always sing this.....and now forty years later I hear the original.....full circle..

[@damienf.7543]

that's me now

[@Johnny2-r1l]

@@damienf.7543is that true?😮

[@damienf.7543]

@@Johnny2-r1l yeah but I'm 10th grade and everyone thinks I'm weird. I love this song. wait do you think I'm the guy being referred to in the story? Unfortunately, I am not

[@traviskemp5408]

True story, I once requested this song for “The Dr. Demento Show”. Later on, he played this song & he said my name on the air. Another true story, the college radio station here in Amarillo carried “The Dr. Demento Show” for many years. When I started out in radio, one of my first shifts was engineering Dr. Demento on Saturday mornings.

[@mwbright]

The greatest song ever written.

[@pammoore2235]

mwbright ya

[@darkhierophant4914]

You're a sage!

[@richardcranium9325]

Put the crack pipe down.

[@ryrykovi4227]

Jesus loves U

[@Wyrmwould9]

This song has always reminded me of the book, Flowers For Algernon.

[@marcius692]

One of the many songs I used to drive my classmates up the wall with after staying up the night before listening to Dr. Demento on the AM radio. Ah, memories.

[@gratefulyankee377]

Ha! That would be classic!

[@robwoerner5116]

I had heard other shortened versions of this song and loved them. But this version is the most bestest.

[@billrichardson7748]

Deserves a Grammy . . . HI GRAMMY!!!

[@babu357]

That's Wild Man Fischer with number one on the funny five this week!

[@yanki161]

I’m 67 now and was thinking of this song as an example of the weird stuff one could hear on Dr Dimento radio program as I talked with some of my adult children. (We were on our way to see Weird Al is how that came up.). Haven’t heard it since then but that shows you how this song can stick with you. I was so happy to see this posted and happy to see so many others remember it too. I didn’t know the artist or his back story but will now look that up. Thanks to poster and commenters.

[@jacqwolk]

I chant the words to "My Name is Larry" when I am stuck in traffic you should try it sometime it's very calming!

[@donaldellis8837]

DiscountInferno definitely can clear an aisle at the grocery store

[@damienf.7543]

I do it in school and now nobody talks to me

[@LASVEGASREALTOR]

I just had a craving to hear the song. I should have said this in 1977 on Dr demento in LA in Orange county on kmet

[@Estabonbon]

40+ years ago I used to listen to this? oh boy.. my name is Larry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tednugent8501]

This and "hey baby wanna boogie??? Boogie oogie oogie with meeee!"

[@MultiPetercool]

Bill Mumy was right. Wild Man Fischer could bring you to tears. This ridiculous song is also incredibly sad if you know Larry’s history. The Grandfather stuff just breaks me up. Rest In Peace, Wild Man!

[@alanlabudde5041]

Ok, what is Larry’s history I mean wireman Fisher?? Question I’m too lazy to look it up

[@MultiPetercool]

@@alanlabudde5041 if you’re too lazy to consult Wikipedia then you’re really beyond my help, dude!

[@DoctorTurdmidget]

@@alanlabudde5041 Larry's grandfather used to molest him out behind the barn. That's why they didn't get along very well, and "Music Man" gets defensive if you ask about it because it reminds him of when his grandfather used to molest him out behind the barn (technically a different barn, but those hillbillies like to say "out behind the barn").

[@leahsahaas5855]

LOVE THIS SONG! Everytime I hear this, I'm surprised I don't piss myself! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HazeAnderson]

I like the part where he says "My name is Larry."

[@ricktroutman1758]

😂😂

[@lusien1570]

I like it too

[@aprilknight9240]

Best rock and roll song ever.

[@snokkensiedeutch]

Catchy, but with a deep message. ;-)

[@notesencantos]

I have a father who's name is Larry, and he used to sing this to me. He made up his own filler lyrics. I'm happy to hear that there is an original.

[@ironhand1057]

I remember Larry singing this song when I was a kid at Dodger Stadium in the bleachers

[@ggh7664]

Haven't heard this since junior high way back in the 70s. Still as bizarre and funny as it ever was.

[@ryrykovi4227]

Jesus loves You

[@Pantechnicon]

"You've been a nice boy. Now stay away from us." - That's some seriously dark s--t.

[@Malkmusianful]

The interviews with Larry's family in Derailroaded still enrage me They have no sympathy for him

[@matthewmartinez3596]

@@Malkmusianful I know. I just saw it, myself. I feel bad for first getting into this music because it was strange and at the time, I found it humorous. It’s clear, now that I’m older, that Larry was just trying to live the best way he could and singing was something positive that helped him.

[@d.vaughn8990]

⁠@@matthewmartinez3596I never knew this guy had problems! Just figured he was a funny dude! It was played on Dr. Dimento so I would’ve never guessed it was based on something real! I’ve been singing this song for 40 years. As a kid, this song made me laugh ’til I’d cry!

[@jordil6152]

​@Malkmusianful Well, Larry could get very violent. There was the incident with his mother and the butcher knife. Frank had his own run in but he also talks about a time when Larry broke Bob (Fischer's) arm with a hammer. Not to mention all the threats and abuse he would hurl when he was on a downturn. I think Larry was a legit artist and intuited a form of song on par with what Van Gogh did for painting, but you got to see the whole picture and what his family also went through.

[@thabearz]

"Now listen, Larry, you be a nice boy, and stay away from us. When we want you to come over, I'll get a hold of your mother, and I'll call her up and you can come over, okay?"

[@Hillers62]

I remember when he and Dr. Demento sang "I'm a Christmas Tree"...pure hilarity...

[@DrLeePercussion]

Ever notice Super Dave osborne sounds like wild man fisher?

[@owenohara623]

Yes!!!+I thought it was the same guy.

[@opaljk4835]

Of course, wild man Fischer was just one of his characters

[@travisbagley6097]

I can't stop listening

[@cindytaylor3129]

Just had an argument with my ex over this song!He said it was Alan Sherman! The NERVE! I was a d.j. for twenty years and people LOVED this!

[@mwbright]

Cindy Taylor I've been singing this goddamn song for decades. It's driven many an ex of mine crazy, especially as I didn't know who wrote it or where I first heard it. Now I know. I really did hear it.

[@CCon-zt8hk]

I can see where he made the error, because both of them have voices that I remember Allan Sherman's being described as sounding like a Brooklyn stevedore, or something similar to that!

[@johnlevalley521]

When Mark Simone had an evening radio show on WMCA in New York in 1980 he used this song as the theme for a mock Broadway show appropriately titled, "My name is Larry".

[@youtuberxx0156]

Just uploaded the Simone My Name is Larry commercial at 10 minute mark in this youtube video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZKkiJWmi9SdpdU

[@samuelpajoa215]

Great Song! This sounds better then today's music..he should have sang this song on the Grammy. 😁🤤🤡

[@gastredner6044]

That was introduced on SWR3 Radio Station in Germany this Week... Great! Thanks to DJ Kristian Thees 🙂👌

[@markalexander4884]

Like it when grandpa says “ you’re a nice boy, stay away from us “

[@bleepbleep1961]

I remember this from Dr Demento , too !!! It was by ... ... umm ... uhhh .... .. hmmmmm .... you know what's his name !!!

[@bmxdelta123]

da fuq u

[@willeysingleton3057]

I think zappa learned a lot from larry, (like don't let insane people into your home) and what schizophrenia was. Larry was a classic skitz, try real hard be real but afraid of success. any time he got close he would lash out and attack or hold someone hostage, in a way to hold onto his insanity and be real. Love the wild man, i think it was the electro shock that really did him in though,

[@SovereignStatesman]

He was also bi-polar. "DANGER, DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!" (Get it? "D)

[@alanlabudde5041]

Perhaps his Society of tormentors had some kind of sadistic term for themselves and had to give him electro shock to shut him up about it all?hmmm….

[@bconigliaro]

All you need to know about life is in this song. Larry was nice boy. Ni-sch.

[@ryrykovi4227]

Jesus loves U

[@juliussw9153]

picture is an election poster for thorvald stauning, the 24th prime minister of denmark from 1924-1926 and again from 1929-1942

[@ryrykovi4227]

Jesus loves You

[@scorpiog9467]

Hi god bless have a good one.

[@zmsmotorsportz]

Doctor Demento ! This goes way back.

[@hzv7242]

I remember this from Dr. Demento every week! 😂

[@johnpflugfelder698]

I now know where the inspiration for the voices came from for the "Jackoff a Saurs" characters in the show South Park cartoon.

[@baileyfitzpatrick1769]

I LOVE THIS SONG lol

[@ryrykovi4227]

Jesus loves U

[@dansheehan4709]

My new name is Larry my new name is Larry

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i remember being a little kid in the early 1980's and the radio was on for some strange reason and I was in bed and THIS SONG CAME ON under weird circumstances

[@zenfrodo]

The one, the only...

[@megatherion2695]

If you say: "Eee rall zee mean ya" Record it Play it backwards *YOU'RE WELCOME*

[@charliedontsurf70]

dr.demnto brought me here.

[@JMein13074]

I have an Uncle His name is Grandpa HI UNCLE GRANDPA!!!!!

[@bmxdelta123]

da fuq u

[@gratefulyankee377]

I think you're watching too many cartoons. Ha!

[@jackdiddlysquat1402]

where can i get the tabs for this?

[@bmxdelta123]

da fuq u

[@tincanguru]

At your local drugstore. Two tabs for five bucks

[@63besgasman]

@@tincanguru hahahaha perfect response

[@peopleskarmasquad1042]

WMF was awesome.

[@peopleskarmasquad1042]

I am WMF's bastard son.

[@Danny-qq5nr]

John peel used play this years ago

[@tdzzle]

you're a nice boy Larry,just stay away from us!

[@jasoncall2648]

Fetty Wap's "My Way" was obviously inspired by this song.

[@jerrymichael1533]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DonKeyhoetee]

One of the newly forming hurricanes will be called Larry.

[@jefftheschauer1]

Hiiiiiii larrrrtrryyyyyyyyyy!!!!!

[@gunleiksen]

Er du skandinav og Fisher-fan? Super!

[@Xerock]

Pre-Brak Brak

[@gastredner6044]

Der Song ist diese Woche bei SWR3 vormittags angespielt worden / war wohl auf Facebook Thema. 😂. Gruß an Kristian Thees

[@luisvasquez7829]

oh hi Mark!

[@MrWc867]

He does not say hi to sister Joyce ?

[@bradleydowning4655]

I don't know why I thought this was funny on Dr. Demento, but it was just as funny today.

[@McNabbulous]

I did not catch the guys name. Was it Larry or something?

[@cocoa1088]

I CAN STOP LISTENING TO THIIIISS

[@andrewphilbrick3582]

He had some funny stuff back in the day; but he ended up going coocoo…lol

[@larry785]

Yup.

[@jeffschwartz4671]

HI AUNTY BECKY!

[@maxwaller734]

*¡ridiculous and great!* - 12:11 pm Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, 6 January 2022 - one year ago on Wednesday, 6 January 2021 the insurrection at Washington D.C.

[@Carl-LaFong1618]

I like the chord

[@brettclifford608]

Hi Larry

[@rickmiller2811]

it's. buitiful

[@yourname1407]

Is not song but im love

[@karlament6939]

?? 7.200 LSB 40 METER BAND ??

[@mitchellkarera]

What? No "hello" for Joyce?

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

That pause without saying anything to her is one of the funniest bits.

[@mikecummings6593]

I always thought Larry had a brothers whose name was Larry

[@BossyGuyMike]

7.200MHz brought me here.

[@billk9403]

I heard this on 3.850Mhz

[@BossyGuyMike]

+Bill K When 40 fades, the dunderheads migrate to 75.

[@Sparkyzilla85]

+Bossy Guy Mike (RF Exorcist) Well I'm glad that I'm not the only one who came here thanks to 7.200 MHz.

[@davehire1433]

Picture looks like David Letterman.

[@DwarfRapist]

stauning eller kaos!!!!11

[@larrymiller5714]

hi im larry

[@BossyGuyMike]

+Larry Miller What's Larry up to today?

[@larrymiller5714]

Bossy Guy Mike Being a potato

[@RTV1389]

+Bossy Guy Mike (RF Exorcist) Larry's dead.

[@12eyespy]

Freddy's dead, that's what I said

[@Amberjack1973]

Sounds like Super Dave Osborne!

[@troyastro103]

Sure does!

[@lassejensen6246]

i dont see the connection between Stauning and wild man Fischer.but other than that great song!

[@karamiles8057]

WTF LooooL!!

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

Joke's on us I think.

[@ryrykovi4227]

Jesus loves U

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

He never said hi to Joyce.

[@Helo_rides_for_commies]

His name was Larry. He passed awayayy. He is a gho-ost. Hi ghost!

[@bmxdelta123]

da i lik other guys

[@bmxdelta123]

da fuq u so hard

[@rorymurray256]

What's the stupid German Poster? Where:s Larry? He died for your amusement.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@actormarkhopkins8576]

I knew Biden could sing

[@haileypaetz2209]

poor harmony :(

[@destroyernoah]

I like that he remembered it as the album with baseball songs.

[@jackdiddlysquat1402]

00:28

[@averykates1239]

Frater 137 .

[@ryrykovi4227]

Jesus.Loves U

[@cocoa1088]

Jk

[@denkmal8085]

WTF?!?!?

[@uzielgaricia8858]

temazo.