Tuesday, May 22, 2007

POND POLL 2: BEST FAKE BAND(S)

Monday night on CBC's The Hour, they had a list of the 'top 5 fake bands'. These included the Blues Brothers, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the Partridge Family, and two others I'd never even heard of. Obviously there are several glaring omissions, the most puzzling one being Spinal Tap since Harry Shearer was a guest earlier in the hour!

So I began compiling a list of glaring omissions...I ended up with dozens. I narrowed the choices down to 20 and created a new Pond Poll. (I had to use a new poll host, since the old one, Freepolls, flagged "Josie and the Pussycats" as inappropriate language. Freepolls sucks. Oh, and thanks again, Janet Jackson, you dumb cunt.)

I'll tell you my rankings later. For now, here's the new Pond Poll. Have fun!

(BTW, you can vote for as many as you want)


Best fake band(s)?
The Archies
The Banana Splits
The Be Sharps (Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet)
The Blues Brothers
The Brady Six, aka the Silver Platters (Brady Bunch)
Candy Slice and the Slicers (Gilda Radner)
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (Muppet Show)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (from the movie of the same name)
Josie and the Pussycats
The Folksmen/Mitch & Mickey/The New Main Street Singers (from the movie A Mighty Wind)
The Monkees
The Nairobi Trio (from The Ernie Kovacs Show)
Otis Day and the Knights (from Animal House)
The Partiridge Family
Rod Torfulson's Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuck (from the Kids in the Hall)
The Rutles (from the movie of the same name, parody of the Beatles)
Scum of the Earth (hoodlum rock band from WKRP in Cincinnati)
Spinal Tap
Timmy! And the Lords of the Underworld (from South Park)
Wyld Stallyns (from the Bill & Ted movies)
  
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Sunday, May 13, 2007

ERNIE KOVACS' "NAIROBI TRIO"

Happy Mother's Day! To celebrate I am reposting the Nairobi Trio clip as it was one of my mom's favorites.



See, THIS is the sort of thing the internet was meant for: preserving classics like these for all to be able to access and enjoy. YouTube RULES!