# Music artists guest starring on television **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402 "2012-07-26T00:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/21 "2012-07-26T20:03:17Z")
The one that always bemused me as a kid was Hoagy Carmichael on The Flintstones. A guy who was famous in **1927**. And why didn’t he get a Flinstonized name, like Stoney Carmichael or Hoagy Carpebble? On the other hand, Ann-Margrock seemed much more sensible, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/22 "2012-07-26T20:54:44Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > It seems like maybe Walsh is originally from Cleveland, like Drew Carey is; Maybe they know each other that way? He was born in Wichita, KS, but played in the Cleveland area while attending Kent State. I think it’s more likely that he and Carey ran into each other somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/23 "2012-07-26T20:59:37Z")
Chad & Jeremy also appeared as themselves on an episode of Adam West’s _ **Batman.** _ And I know Lesley Gore appeared on one episode playing one of Catwoman’s flunkies. She got to sing a song, though. The Standells, best known for “Dirty Water,” appeared as themselves on _ **The Munsters** _, and played “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” The old NBC Mystery Movie used to have a lot of musicians trying to act. John Denver played a Western deputy on an episode of _ **McCloud** _, Rick Nelson played a thinly disguised version of himself on _ **McCloud** _, and Johnny Cash played the killer on an episode of _ **Columbo.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/24 "2012-07-26T21:10:45Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Portlandia - [Aimee Mann is our cleaning lady](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7aTfyEfgA8) Heh. That house is about two blocks up from mine on the same side of the street. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/25 "2012-07-26T21:19:22Z")
Also, James Darren as holodeck lounge lizard Vic Fontaine in Deep Space Nine. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/26 "2012-07-26T21:22:18Z")
[Phil Spector, Tommy Boyce, and Bobby Hart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJTUx7QDCuY) on _I Dream of Jeannie!_. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/27 "2012-07-26T21:22:24Z")
Pinky Tuscadero on \*Happy Days \*(hey, you said cheesy). Johnny Cash (no singing) on _Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman_. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/28 "2012-07-26T21:47:18Z")
Pat Benatar has appeared as herself on such fine shows as _Dharma and Greg_, _That 80s Show_, _Charmed_ and _The Young and the Restless_. Remember, it’s not quantity but quality that counts. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/29 "2012-07-26T22:03:26Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The one that always bemused me as a kid was Hoagy Carmichael on The Flintstones. A guy who was famous in **1927**. And why didn’t he get a Flinstonized name, like Stoney Carmichael or Hoagy Carpebble? > > On the other hand, Ann-Margrock seemed much more sensible, somehow. I believe the episode with Hoagy Carmichael aired during the first season of “The Flintstones” and he was first guest-star they had the program. Thus, the precedent of using a “stone-age” name like Tony (Stony) Curtis and Ann-(Margrock)Margaret later did in their appearances probably had not yet been established. Also, at the time, Ray Charles’ cover of “Georgia On My Mind” had just topped the charts making Carmichael “relevant” to a whole new generation who weren’t even born in 1927 (or 1937 for that matter). ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/30 "2012-07-26T22:27:20Z")
**bup** , I think you mean **Leather Tuscadero** (Suzi Quatro). Found out when I looked up Pinky(Roz Kelly) to see what band she was in. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/31 "2012-07-26T22:38:29Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > While it’s not super cheesy, [David Bowie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE) on Extras is my favorite. He sings starting at 1:16. My favorite from Extras was Coldplay, showing up to play in his terrible show “When The Whistle Blows.” He even mentions how ridiculous it is for them to show up at the factory in his TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/32 "2012-07-26T22:46:00Z")
Frank Zappa also did a turn on _Miami Vice_ as a drug kingpin who referred to his goods as “weasel dust.” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/33 "2012-07-26T23:09:35Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Johnny Cash (no singing) on _Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman_. Johnny Cash also did a turn as the murderer of the week in an episode of _Columbo_. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/34 "2012-07-26T23:14:18Z")
Who is singing for Tom as he does the Louis Jordan song [Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvnKyg1qOhs) (Yes, I know they weren’t originally for TV.) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/35 "2012-07-26T23:20:09Z")
Luna guitarist Dean Wareham made an appearance on an episode of _Law & Order_ once. It wasn’t anything big, like a defense lawyer or a suspect or even a crucial witness. He was a bartender that the cops briefly talked to early on. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/36 "2012-07-26T23:30:38Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > [Phil Spector, Tommy Boyce, and Bobby Hart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJTUx7QDCuY) on _I Dream of Jeannie!_. Boyce and Hart were also on _Bewitched_, singing a song Serena wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/37 "2012-07-26T23:45:20Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The old NBC Mystery Movie used to have a lot of musicians trying to act. John Denver played a Western deputy on an episode of _ **McCloud** _, Rick Nelson played a thinly disguised version of himself on _ **McCloud** _, and Johnny Cash played the killer on an episode of _ **Columbo.** _ And Alice Cooper played a thinly disguised version of himself in an episode of NBC’s _The Snoop Sisters_. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/38 "2012-07-27T00:13:27Z")
How can we forget The Wellingtons (+1) as [The Mosquitoes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onh2lNcbHE8) on Gilligan’s Island? Is there no love for Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/39 "2012-07-27T02:14:35Z")
Meat Loaf has acted in various TV series over the years. I’ve seen him on _Monk_ and on _House._ Mick Fleetwood was in an episode of _Star Trek: The Next Generation._ Mick Jagger was on the short-lived series _The Knights of Prosperity,_ which actually started as a concept called _Let’s Rob Mick Jagger._ Also, I believe the character Mimi on _The Drew Carey Show_ was once married to Eddie Money. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402/40 "2012-07-27T02:45:49Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > **bup** , I think you mean **Leather Tuscadero** (Suzi Quatro). Found out when I looked up Pinky(Roz Kelly) to see what band she was in. Um, yeah. [Lisa Loeb on _ **Cupid** _](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm-6YwKic64) (go to about 7:10 to see her start singing). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-artists-guest-starring-on-television/629402.md?page=3)