Hey, guess what the Number One record in America was on this date in 1953. It was "St. George and the Dragonet," a parody of the Dragnet TV show, lovingly spoofed by Stan Freberg and Daws Butler. It was so popular that they (and their female co-star, June Foray) flew back to New York and performed it on Ed Sullivan's highly-popular TV show. Not only that but Freberg did a tour of Australia and crowds cheered the record, even though it was at least a year before Dragnet was even broadcast in Australia. Stan claims that when he later toured the continent, people were telling him, "Did you know someone stole your idea and made a serious TV show out of it?"
I'm not sure when the last time was that a comedy record made the Top 100, let alone the Number One slot. Allan Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh," probably. Maybe Weird Al Yankovic got onto the lower levels of the chart with one of his songs. Anyway, it's been a long time.