The Chesterfields


From the tribute film to the spirit of Rock and Roll, American Hot Wax, we have the Chesterfields who were a fictionalized version of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. The film’s rock stars were half people who played themselves and half made up bands, which may make these fictional entries from the film muddled at best, and long shots for entry.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
American Hot Wax (1978)

Actors:
Carl Earl Weaver
Al Chalk
Sam Harkness
Arnold McCuller

Songs you might remember:
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

Why you should vote for them:
This is from a film that celebrated Rock and Roll.

Why you should not vote for them:
Basically, they pretended they were someone else.

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Chemical Toilet


How many people listened to a song and determined that it took no talent to become successful and wanted to form a band despite having an obvious lack of talent? Come to think of it, we feel the same every time we heard Blink 182.  

This was the source of an episode in the respected FX Comedy, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, where the “Gang” forms a band called “Chemical Toilet”. Near as we can tell, they had one sloppy gig at Paddy’s Pub and broke up shortly after.



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2008)

Actors:
Rob McElhenney (Mac, Guitar)
Danny DeVito (Frank, Drummer)
Charlie Day (Charlie, Vocals & Keyboards)
Glenn Howerton (Dennis, Vocals)

Songs you might remember:
The Nightman

Why you should vote for them:
Probably because most of us sound like they do.

Why you should not vote for them:
The band was really bad.

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The Cheetah Girls


You have to hand it to Disney, who created fabricated act after fabricated act. The one in question here is the Cheetah Girls, headlined by Raven Symone, which generated a series of Disney TV Movies. Was it good? Not really, but it did generate a lot of viewers, sales of their products and was a success in general. That in itself places it stories ahead of many of the others on the ballot.  



The Bullet Points:
Movies Appeared:
The Cheetah Girls (2003)
The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)
The Cheetah Girls 3 (2008)

Actors:
Raven Symone (Galleria “Bubbles” Garibaldi)
Adrienne Ballon (Chanel “Chuchie” Simmons)
Sabrina Bryan (Dorinda “Do” Thomas)
Kiely Williams (Aquanette “Aqua” Walker)

Songs you might remember:
Nothing really

Why you should vote for them:
They were successful on television. That should mean something.

Why you should not vote for them:
For a group with three TV Movies, they really did not have any signature songs.




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Charlie Waffles


Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) was an alcoholic womanizer on Two and a Half Men and we loved every minute of it! One of the times that we laughed out loudest was when the man who made his living doing commercial jingles, found that there was a lot of money to be made as a children’s singer; hence we have “Charlie Waffles” who didn’t sound like any kids singer we remember! We actually wish that this persona made more appearances, if for no other reason than to hear those songs again!



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Two and A Half Men (2007)

Actor:
Charlie Sheen

Songs you might remember:
Wet Sheets in the Morning
From Diaper to Wiper
The Booger Boogie
Who Cut the Cheese?
Kiss My Owie
Rush to Flush
Don't Shake the Baby
Feed It to the Dog
Bye Bye Boobies
Grandma May Smell Funny
Who Barfed in the Fish Bowl?
Potty Time
I Like Corn
The Peepee Song
The Cat Can't Swim (Don't Bite the Puppy)
Mommy's Little Happy Pill
Weekend Daddy
When Mommy and Daddy Wrestle

Why you should vote for him:
Do you see that list of songs? How do we buy this album?

Why you should not vote for him:
This is a “children’s singer”.
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Chanticleer


Loosely based on a French play from 1910, Rock-A-Doodle was an animated box office bomb with the main character being a rooster who becomes a musical sensation in the mode of Elvis Presley. Sadly for the creator, Don Bluth, this triggered a string of failures, but we did like Glen Campbell’s voice as the rooster in question. At least it wasn’t a total loss.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Rock-A-Doodle (1991)

Actor:
Glen Campbell

Songs you might remember:
Sun Do Shine

Why you should vote for him:
The voice of Glen Campbell was well cast.

Why you should not vote for him:
This film was not very good.

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Chandell


In what was a real stretch for Liberace, he played a flamboyant concert pianist (who happened to have an evil twin brother) in the campy Batman show in the 1960’s. We do have to wonder why they had to create an evil twin scenario and not just have Liberace play the villain only; not that it really matters.



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Batman (1996)

Actor:
Liberace

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for him:
If you base a vote on cheese, it is hard to do better.

Why you should not vote for him:
Why should a campy concert pianist be in any Hall of Fame?

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The Chan Clan


In another that almost slipped through the cracks, The Chan Clan were the children of the “Amazing” Charlie Chan, the first animated series in North America, with an Asian cast. The older five kids of Charlie Chan, not only helped their super sleuth dad solve mysteries, but in perfect early 70’s expectations, they had a Bubblegum Pop band. Incidentally, the lead was sang by Ron Dante, who was the lead for the Archies.



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)

Actors:
Multiple voices used. Ron Dante did the lead vocals

Songs you might remember:
Nothing really…..

Why you should vote for them:
Realistically, we have no good reason.

Why you should not vote for them:
If you are going to play Bubblegum Pop, you should at least have a signature song. They don’t.

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