The Who is an English rock band formed in 1964 consisting of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon. Some of their most well known songs include "Baba OโRiley," "Behind Blue Eyes," and "Pinball Wizard."
Their 1965 hit "My Generation" was used in Jim Henson's 1968 documentary Youth 68. In 2023, the Electric Mayhem performed "Join Together" in The Muppets Mayhem episode "We Will Rock You."
Animal, the drummer for The Electric Mayhem, is sometimes erroneously said to have been based on The Who's drummer, Keith Moon.
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- Oscar the Grouch, after smashing his guitar in Sesame Street Episode 0927, says "Pete Townshend, eat your heart out!" (referring to the band member's tendencies to do the same during the group's performances).
- When Kermit the Frog tells the Bug Band that they ought to come up with a name for themselves in The Muppet Show episode 407, one of them mentions the Grateful Dead as a possibility. Kermit asks, "The who?" Alexander Beetle says that it's been done already.
- During his talk show in Sesame Street Episode 2619, Hoots the Owl plugs an upcoming visit from the musical group the Hooooooo (as in the noise owls make).
- The Sesame Street song "Simon Says" is a parody of "Pinball Wizard" from The Who's rock opera Tommy.
- A second season Farscape episode is titled "Won't Get Fooled Again," the name of a 1971 song by The Who. John Crichton speaks several of the song's lyrics in the episode.
- Crichton, having had his body taken over by an evil alien queen in the Farscape novel Ship of Ghosts, plays The Who's "Squeeze Box" on an accordion within his mind in order to distract the queen from harming his friends.
- The Muppets Mayhem echoed The Muppet Show joke in the episode "Can You Picture That" when Floyd Pepper states that Pink Floyd hired The Carpenters to build The Shack back in the 70s. Zoot asks, "The who?" Floyd replies, "No, no man. The Carpenters."