The songs tend to be weird, and are an eclectic mix of rare recordings, novelty songs, home recordings sent in, cow music from Mylo Hatzenbuhler, country comedy from Ray Stevens, Homer and Jethro and Bobby Bare (Bare's "Drop Kick Me Jesus" is played each week as the closing "hymn"), and the occasional Tom Lehrer song. Florence Foster Jenkins enjoyed an extremely brief resurgence of popularity on the show, and occasionally a more 'mainstream' oddball tune, such as "I Like Chinese" or "The Monster Mash" will be played. Since 2020, the opening theme has been Dave Van Ronk's "Rompin' Through the Swamp."