Mr. Wonderful and the Electric Pimples

Fake rock band from humor columnist Erma Bombeck's "Convenient Hearing" column, as compiled in the 1971 book "Just wait till you have children of your own!"

Finally, I went directly to his room. He was sitting on the register in a fetal position. The record player was going full blast (Mr. Wonderful and the Electric Pimples). The television set was up to its aerial in decibels. He had a transistor cord in one ear and a telephone receiver in the other. He was teasing a yapping dog with a sock between his toes. I pulled all the plugs, hung up the phone, silenced the dog and demanded, "Why didn't you answer me when I called?"

He looked up slowly, made a peace sign with his fingers and said, "You know I can't hear you with a war on."