# Crickets\> Beatles\>Byrds\>Animals\> Monkees\> Eagles

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376 "2025-12-03T22:39:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376/21 "2025-12-05T16:17:56Z")

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Fun fact: The Mosquitoes were played by a real band called The Wellingtons who recorded the _Gilligan’s Island_ theme song a year earlier.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376/22 "2025-12-05T16:28:59Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> This triggered an Abbot & Costello ‘Who’s on First’ scenario in my mind where instead of baseball they’re discussing rock music.
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> So Who’s the headliner at this concert?
> 
> The Who

> [@MrAtoz](#):
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> You have to throw The Guess Who in there as well.

> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> SCTV did it…

And so did The Credibility Gap:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ludCVowT-DE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Credibility Gap: Who's on First (David L. Lander and Harry Shearer)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ludCVowT-DE)

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376/23 "2025-12-05T16:50:11Z")

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And Animaniacs!

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mdqv5xIsFLM/hqdefault.jpg "Slappy Squirrel - Who's on Stage?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdqv5xIsFLM)

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376/24 "2025-12-05T17:02:28Z")

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And Yes.

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**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crickets-beatles-byrds-animals-monkees-eagles/1025376/25 "2025-12-05T17:48:41Z")

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Mad Magazine had a variation in the 90s called “Abbott and Costello Organize the MTV Library,” with song titles instead of band names. (“Give Me One Reason,” “You Oughta Know,” “Don’t Speak”….)

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