In 1988 my roommate Marcus and I did an independent album. It was called The Marcus Ratt - Rainbow Spectacles. He submitted a song from the album called “Goldfish” to Dr. Demento for consideration. It was a silly weird song about loving Goldfish crackers and how sad it would be if you had a sore throat and couldn’t eat them. We were both very young He was 19 and I was 22.

A couple of weeks later the phone rang. I answered it. A very Dr. Demento voice on the other end said, “Hi! Is Marcus there?” I asked who was calling and he said, “It’s Dr. Demento.” I cupped my hand over the phone and handed it to Marcus saying, “It’s for you. Dr. Demento.” He told me to fuck off (he didn’t believe me) and grabbed the phone. I still remember his eyes getting huge when he heard the voice. Dr. Demento liked the song and played it once on that week’s show!! I thought it was cool that he personally called. It is an awesome memory.