# Name this time traveller

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 7, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678 "2006-08-07T13:35:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/81 "2006-08-10T18:50:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin]  
Who is in The Band?  
[/QUOTE]

I dunno.

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**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/82 "2006-08-10T20:05:59Z")

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[QUOTE=JThunder]  
I dunno.  
[/QUOTE]

Not Me!

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**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:** [August 10, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/83 "2006-08-10T21:29:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Cherry Garcia]  
No, The Who is the band. Unless you mean Ronnie Hawkins’s former band that hooked up with some guy from Minnesota named Zimmerman.  
[/QUOTE]

Yes.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/84 "2006-08-10T21:38:08Z")

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[QUOTE=NDP]  
Yes.  
[/QUOTE]

Yes isn’t even at this concert.

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/85 "2006-08-10T21:39:51Z")

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[QUOTE=NDP]  
Yes.  
[/QUOTE]

The Band is performing later on. Who’s on the stage.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/86 "2006-08-10T22:11:51Z")

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He’s, not _askin’_ who’s on stage! He wants to know what’s the name of the time-travelling doctor in the phone booth!

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**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/87 "2006-08-10T23:09:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead]  
The Band is performing later on. Who’s on the stage.  
[/QUOTE]

That’s what I’m asking you!

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**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/88 "2006-08-10T23:23:56Z")

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[QUOTE=kaylasdad99]  
He’s, not _askin’_ who’s on stage! He wants to know what’s the name of the time-travelling doctor in the phone booth!  
[/QUOTE]

Who.

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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/89 "2006-08-11T00:05:24Z")

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[QUOTE=LateComer]  
It is not a free-for-all which is used for purposes of amusement.  
[/QUOTE]  
Yes, it is.

I’ve been hugely amused by this thread, and I’m just sorry I’m not clever enough to contribute.

Yes opens for Who, Them is later.

> [@Rodney Dangerfield](#):
>
> You’re the Who? I’m the What.

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/90 "2006-08-11T00:07:32Z")

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[QUOTE=NoCoolUserName]  
Yes, it is.

I’ve been hugely amused by this thread, and I’m just sorry I’m not clever enough to contribute.

Yes opens for Who, Them is later.  
[/QUOTE]

Uhhh… I’m not the droids you’re looking for?

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/91 "2006-08-11T00:41:16Z")

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[QUOTE=davmilasav]  
Who.  
[/QUOTE]

That’s what I asked! _Aaaargh!!!_

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/92 "2006-08-11T14:58:12Z")

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[QUOTE=JThunder]  
That’s what I asked! _Aaaargh!!!_  
[/QUOTE]

What’s on second base. We already went over this. “Aaaargh!!!” is castle somewhere in Scotland, I think.

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**Author:** ![Cherry\_Garcia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Cherry\_Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry_Garcia)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/93 "2006-08-11T18:47:04Z")

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John Fogerty’s in centerfield. 😃

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/94 "2006-08-11T19:43:54Z")

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[QUOTE=davmilasav]  
Not Me!  
[/QUOTE]

No, Not Me, like Ida Know, is in For Better or For Worse.

(How does Lynn Johnston keep creeping back into this thread?)

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/95 "2006-08-11T19:46:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Regallag\_The\_Axe]  
Uhhh… I’m not the droids you’re looking for?  
[/QUOTE]

“No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe, I’m not the droid you’re looking for.”

- R. Zimmerman, without The Band (or The Who)

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/96 "2006-08-11T20:03:43Z")

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And the name of Van Morrison’s old band is the …?

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/97 "2006-08-11T20:28:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> No, Not Me, like Ida Know, is in For Better or For Worse.
> 
> (How does Lynn Johnston keep creeping back into this thread?)

No, as I observed above, Ida Know (and Not Me) are in **The Family Circus**. We’re not talking about them. No Lynn Johnstons needed.

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**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/98 "2006-08-11T20:36:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Sean Factotum]  
And the name of Van Morrison’s old band is the …?  
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? and the Mysterians of \*96 Tears \* fame?

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**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/99 "2006-08-11T20:54:54Z")

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[QUOTE=davmilasav]  
? and the Mysterians of \*96 Tears \* fame?  
[/QUOTE]

Fame? But _? and the Mysterians_ neither lived forever, nor learned how to fly!

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/100 "2006-08-11T21:38:46Z")

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[QUOTE=NoCoolUserName]  
Yes opens for Who, Them is later.  
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And if I could write, I wouldn’t have to steal this bit.

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