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From the recurring "Mel's Rock Pile" skit on sketch comedy television series ''[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087596/combined SCTV]''. A parody of teen dance shows, the 04/10/1984 episode has host Rockin' Mel Slirrup (Eugene Levy) showing a clip from 1969 where this band plays and Mel freaks out after being slipped spiked water. In the present, he presents the band again, only now they've renamed themselvs [[Happiness Unlimited]], and Mel has acid flashbacks as they play.  
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Psychedelic rock band from Melonville, from the recurring "Mel's Rock Pile" skit on sketch comedy television series ''[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0087596/combined SCTV]''. A parody of teen dance shows, the 04/10/1984 episode has host Rockin' Mel Slirrup (Eugene Levy) showing a clip from 1969 where this band plays and Mel freaks out after being slipped LSD-spiked water.  
  
Lineup: Vocals-Melissa Humphries (Catherine O'Hara), Drummer-Chuck Humphries (Martin Short), the rest of the band played by extras.  
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In the present, he presents the band again, only now they've renamed themselves [[Happiness Unlimited]], and Mel has acid flashbacks as they play.  
  
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Lineup:
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*Vocals-Melissa Humphries (Catherine O'Hara)
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*Drummer-Chuck Humphries (Martin Short)
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*the rest of the band played by extras.
  
See also [[Vic Arpeggio]], [[Big Momma]], [[Tom Munroe]], [[Russ Riley]], [[Speed of Light]], [[The Wally Hung Trio]].
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==See also==
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*[[Happiness Unlimited]]
  
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==External Links==
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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzM5CxmrfHo
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[[Category:Rock|Tangerine Conspiracy]]

Revision as of 08:37, 29 April 2019

Psychedelic rock band from Melonville, from the recurring "Mel's Rock Pile" skit on sketch comedy television series SCTV. A parody of teen dance shows, the 04/10/1984 episode has host Rockin' Mel Slirrup (Eugene Levy) showing a clip from 1969 where this band plays and Mel freaks out after being slipped LSD-spiked water.

In the present, he presents the band again, only now they've renamed themselves Happiness Unlimited, and Mel has acid flashbacks as they play.

Lineup:

  • Vocals-Melissa Humphries (Catherine O'Hara)
  • Drummer-Chuck Humphries (Martin Short)
  • the rest of the band played by extras.

See also

External Links