Dr. Demento was "Da Guy" for off the wall tunes.
As for the .45 reference - back then our preference was a solid .357 or a .38 built for +P loads. Never cared for .45s.
Well, I do like 45s and we have a ton of those that we still play on the turntable. Tonight we had some of the aftereffects of the horrible tornados that hit way south of us. Playing some stuff on the turntable, power hit, turntable (with power protection) slowed down a bit - We just held hands and agreed we are lucky, as the lights flickered.