# Fictional performers whose t-shirt you would like to own **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405 "2019-02-12T14:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/1 "2019-02-12T14:32:35Z")
Mine: Aldous Snow and Infinite Sorrow (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) The Honey Bees (Gilligan’s Island) The Standell’s (The Munsters) Serena (Bewitched) There’s probably more but that’s all I can think of at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/2 "2019-02-12T14:42:46Z")
Dethklok. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/3 "2019-02-12T14:46:54Z")
Hotblack Desiato & Disaster Area ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/4 "2019-02-12T14:49:39Z")
[The Now-Tones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnwZGGV0rX8) Stillwater (Almost Famous) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/5 "2019-02-12T14:52:33Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Dethklok. Are they really fictional since they have toured? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/6 "2019-02-12T15:07:39Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Are they really fictional since they have toured? Not to mention they have at least three if not four albums. VERY good albums I should say. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/7 "2019-02-12T15:08:45Z")
Who else but The Sacred Cows (_Get Smart_)? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jGwSgk5U0Zk/hqdefault.jpg "Max & 99 meet the Sacred Cows") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGwSgk5U0Zk) ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/8 "2019-02-12T15:36:28Z")
Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution BTW, the Standells were a real band, from Boston. Their big hit was “Dirty Water.” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/9 "2019-02-12T15:38:29Z")
There’s no reason we couldn’t make t-shirts or gig posters for these bands… or get someone more versed in screenprinting to do it for us. Mine would be for **Drimble Wedge and the Vegetation**. Peter Cook’s character in the original ‘Bedazzled’ ('67). Dudley Moore wishes himself into a flamboyant, wild rock star to get the girl. Peter Cook outdoes him with weaponized ennui… “I don’t want you… You fill me with inertia.” [Found the clip!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXnoWb88Jr4) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/10 "2019-02-12T15:43:36Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Mine: > > Aldous Snow and Infinite Sorrow (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) > The Honey Bees (Gilligan’s Island) > The Standell’s (The Munsters) > Serena (Bewitched) > > There’s probably more but that’s all I can think of at the moment. I don’t think [the Standells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Standells) were “fictional”. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/11 "2019-02-12T15:53:54Z")
[quote=“Dropo, post:7, topic:829405”] Who else but The Sacred Cows (_Get Smart_)? [/QUOTE] Heee! How can I have never seen that episode!? That is great, including 99’s dancing. Also, I did not know The Standell’s were a real band! Also, also, Aldous Snow’s band is \*Infant \*Sorrow. No idea why I typed “infinite” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/12 "2019-02-12T16:03:31Z")
Fish Taco (_My Name is Earl_) The Silver Platters (_Brady Bunch_) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/13 "2019-02-12T16:04:34Z")
I’d like to own T shirts for both the Rutles and Spinal Tap. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/14 "2019-02-12T16:12:00Z")
Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/15 "2019-02-12T16:12:15Z")
Any/all of [Andy’s](https://www.ranker.com/list/parks-and-rec-funniest-band-names/mick-jacobs)band names. (Park and Rec) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/16 "2019-02-12T16:30:13Z")
> [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](#): > > BTW, the Standells were a real band, from Boston. Their big hit was “Dirty Water.” The Standell’s were from LA. None of the band members had ever visited Boston when they recorded “Dirty Water”. > **[The Standells | Boston connection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Standells#Boston_connection)** > > Despite the references to Boston and the Charles River in "Dirty Water," the Standells are not from Massachusetts. Tower Records producer Ed Cobb wrote the song after a visit to Boston, during which he was robbed on a bridge over the Charles River. None of the Standells had been to Boston before the song was released. > In 1997, "Dirty Water" was decreed the "official victory anthem" of the Red Sox, and is played after every home victory won by the Boston Red Sox. Also, in 1997 two Boston area mus... ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/17 "2019-02-12T16:41:49Z")
Dingoes Ate My Baby - from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/18 "2019-02-12T16:49:41Z")
Dazzler (from the Marvel comics character of the same name) Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers (from _The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension_) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/19 "2019-02-12T16:49:56Z")
The Nazgûl - from George R.R. Martin’s “Armageddon Rag”. Specifically, a t-shirt featuring the West Mesa NM concert poster. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405/20 "2019-02-12T16:58:13Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The Nazgûl - from George R.R. Martin’s “Armageddon Rag”. Specifically, a t-shirt featuring the West Mesa NM concert poster. When I was a teenager in Green Bay in the late 1970s, “Nazgûl” was, in fact, the name of a local jazz-fusion band (now long since defunct, I think). As far as I was able to figure out, they didn’t play any music inspired by Tolkien; they just liked the name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-performers-whose-t-shirt-you-would-like-to-own/829405.md?page=2)