Bonzo Dog Band

Before Monty Python, there was Bonzo. A remarkably inventive gang of wits, this late-'60s London quintet did twisted vaudeville, delivering custard-pie funny bits with an acid-era sense of the absurd. Lord Buckley and Lenny Bruce were among their influences; the satirical pieces of the Mothers of Invention provided an American parallel (although the Bonzos were far more cheery). Keeping close watc...